Paul D. Etienne
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Paul D. Etienne (born June 15, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the eighth Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Biography
Early life and education
Etienne was born June 15, 1959 in Tell City, Indiana. He attended Bellarmine College in Louisville, KY before completing his studies at the University of St. Thomas at St. Paul, Minnesota. He obtained B.A. in Business Administration in 1986. After several years of work, he began his ecclesiastical studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the University Angelicum, where he obtained a Licentiate in Spiritual Theology in 1995.
Ordination and ministry
Etienne was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on June 27, 1992.[1] Father Etienne served in the following positions: assistant pastor of the Saint Barnabas Parish, Indianapolis (1992–1993)' Director of Vocations (1995–1998), and pastor of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany (1998–2008). Since 2002, he's served at Saint John the Baptist Parish in New Albany, and pastor of the Saint Simon the Apostle Parish and Saint John the Evangelist in Indianapolis (2008–2009). He's also served as vice-rector of the Bishop Brute College Seminary in Indianapolis (from 2008), and pastor of the Saint Paul Parish at Tell City (from 2009). He was also Consultant and member of the archdiocesan council of priests.
Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Bishop Etienne succeeded Bishop David Ricken, who was named the Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay on July 9, 2008.
On October 19, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him the Bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming.[2][3]
Etienne noted when he received the appointment. Describing how heard he noted that: "[I]t was bizarre. I don't know what else to say. [The papal nuncio] Archbishop Sambi called the office at the parish and it was my day off. We had to play phone tag. I was up at the [family] farm with a chain saw, working in the woods. And, when he called, I was just getting out of my pickup truck. I was in my Carhart jeans and in my work boots, and had nothing to take notes with. I was just sitting there in my truck listening to him tell me that I've just been named bishop. And he had to say 'Cheyenne' four times before I could understand what he was saying."
He was consecrated as bishop on December 9, 2009 and took possession of the see on the same day.
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
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Episcopal succession
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- University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) alumni
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
- Roman Catholic bishops of Cheyenne
- American Roman Catholic bishops
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops
- People from Tell City, Indiana
- Religious leaders from Indiana
