Roger Lawrence Schwietz
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Roger Lawrence Schwietz O.M.I. |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage | |
Roger Schwietz, photographed at the Alaska State Capitol in March 2013.
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Anchorage |
| Appointed | January 18, 2000 |
| Installed | March 3, 2001 |
| Term ended | October 4, 2016 |
| Predecessor | Francis Thomas Hurley |
| Successor | Paul D. Etienne |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 20, 1967 |
| Consecration | February 2, 1990 by John Roach, Robert Brom, and Michael David Pfeifer |
| Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
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| Born |
July 3, 1940 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Previous post | Bishop of Duluth |
| Motto | JESUS CHRIST IS LORD |
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Styles of Roger Lawrence Schwietz |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Roger Lawrence Schwietz, OMI (born July 3, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Anchorage from 2001 to 2016.
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Roger Schwietz was baptized on July 21, 1940, and made his profession as a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate on August 15, 1961. He studied at the University of Ottawa, from where he obtained an M.A. in 1964; and Loyola University, receiving an M.A. in Counselling Psychology in 1972.
Ordained to the priesthood in Rome on December 20, 1967, Schwietz earned his Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1968. He served as associate pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in International Falls from 1975 to 1978, when he was named Director of the College Seminary program for his religious institute at Creighton University. In 1984, he became pastor of Holy Family parish in Duluth.
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