Paul D. Etienne

Styles of Paul Etienne

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

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.

Biography

Early life and education

Etienne was born June 15, 1959, in Tell City, Indiana. He attended Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky before completing his studies at the University of St. Thomas in 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). Beginning 2002, he 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 also served as vice-rector of the Bishop Simon Bruté 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 L. 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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

References

1 2 "Rinunce e Nomine: Nomina del vescovo di Cheyenne (U.S.A.)" [Waivers and Nominations: Appointment of the Bishop of Cheyenne (U.S.A.)] (PDF). Holy See Press office. 19 October 2009.
↑ Evans, Baylie (20 October 2009). "Pope names a new bishop for Wyoming". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
↑ "Bishop installed with 'joy and enthusiasm' in Wyoming". Catholic News Agency. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by David L. Ricken	Bishop of Cheyenne 2009–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Diocese of Cheyenne

Bishops	Ordinaries Maurice Francis Burke Thomas Mathias Lenihan James Keane Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern Hubert Newell Joseph Hubert Hart David L. Ricken Paul D. Etienne

Churches	Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral Parishes Church of Saint Anthony, Casper Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Rock Springs

Education	Higher Education Wyoming Catholic College

Miscellany	Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass Site

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Archdiocese of Indianapolis

Ordinaries	Bishops of Vincennes Simon Bruté Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière John Stephen Bazin Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais Bishops of Indianapolis Silas Chatard Joseph Chartrand Archbishops of Indianapolis Joseph Ritter Paul Clarence Schulte George Biskup Edward Thomas O'Meara Daniel M. Buechlein Joseph William Tobin

Auxiliary bishops	Denis O'Donaghue Christopher J. Coyne

Churches	Cathedral Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral Parishes St. John the Evangelist Church, Indianapolis St. Mary's Church, Indianapolis Shrine Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Abbey St. Meinrad Archabbey Chapel Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

Education	Higher education Marian University Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Seminaries Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology High schools Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard High School, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter High School, Indianapolis Cathedral High School, Indianapolis Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception, Oldenburg Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School, Clarksville Providence Cristo Rey High School, Indianapolis Roncalli High School, Indianapolis Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School, Indianapolis Seton Catholic High School, Richmond Father Michael Shawe Memorial High School, Madison

Priests	Herman Joseph Alerding Paul D. Etienne Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina Alphonse John Smith

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