Roger Morin
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Roger Paul Morin |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi | |
| Archdiocese | Mobile |
| Diocese | Biloxi |
| Appointed | March 2, 2009 |
| Installed | April 27, 2009 |
| Term ended | December 16, 2016 |
| Predecessor | Thomas John Rodi |
| Successor | Louis Frederick Kihneman |
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| Ordination | April 15, 1971 |
| Consecration | April 22, 2003 by Alfred Clifton Hughes, Philip Hannan, and Francis B. Schulte |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 7, 1941 Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans |
| Motto | WALK HUMBLY AND JUSTLY |
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Styles of Roger Paul Morin |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Roger Paul Morin (born March 7, 1941) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the third Bishop of Biloxi. Pope Francis accepted his resignation on December 16, 2016.
Roger Morin was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Germain and Lillian Morin; he has two brothers, James and Paul, and three sisters, Lillian, Elaine, and Susan. He attended St. John's Seminary in Brighton, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 1966, and then pursued his graduate studies in theology there for two years.
In 1968, he became director of The Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, a social service organization run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, having previously worked in the Archdiocese's summer Witness program. He entered Notre Dame Seminary that same year, earning a Master's in Divinity in 1970.
Morin was ordained to the priesthood on April 15, 1971, and then served as an associate pastor at St. Henry's Church in New Orleans. He received a Master of Science degree in urban affairs from Tulane University in 1974, and became director of the Archdiocesan Social Apostolate in 1975.
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