Robert Nugent Lynch
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert Nugent Lynch |
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| Bishop Emeritus of St. Petersburg | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Miami |
| Diocese | St. Petersburg |
| Appointed | December 5, 1995 |
| Installed | January 26, 1996 |
| Term ended | November 27, 2016 |
| Predecessor | John Clement Favalora |
| Successor | Gregory Parkes |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 13, 1978 |
| Consecration | January 26, 1996 by John Favalora, Edward A. McCarthy, and Paul Marcinkus |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 27, 1941 Charleston, West Virginia |
| Motto | PRO AMICIS SUIS |
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Styles of Robert Nugent Lynch |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Nugent Lynch (born May 27, 1941) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop Emeritus of St. Petersburg, Florida. He was ordained and installed as the fourth Bishop of St. Petersburg on January 26, 1996.
Bishop Lynch received his bachelor of arts degree from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio in May 1963 and his master of divinity degree from Pope John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts in May, 1978. That same month, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Miami.
As a priest for the Archdiocese, Lynch served as associate pastor of St. James in North Miami, and rector and president of St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami. His most recent assignment before coming to St. Petersburg was in Fort Lauderdale as the pastor of St. Mark Catholic Church.
On December 5, 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed Lynch the fourth Bishop of St. Petersburg to fill the vacancy left when John Favalora was named Archbishop of Miami a year prior.
Lynch was consecrated and installed as Bishop on January 26, 1996. Archbishop Favalora served as Principal Consecrator with Archbishop Edward McCarthy and Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus serving as Principal Co-Consecrators.
Bishop Lynch served terms as the General Secretary of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB).
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