Robert Nugent Lynch

Bishop Robert Lynch
Bishop of St. Petersburg

Church	Catholic Church
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg
In office	January 26, 1996— present
Predecessor	Archbishop John Clement Favalora
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	May 13, 1978
Consecration	January 26, 1996
Personal details
Born	(1941-05-27) May 27, 1941 Charleston, WV

This is about a bishop from Florida, for the physician see Robert Clyde Lynch.

Robert Nugent Lynch (born 1941) is the current Bishop of St. Petersburg, Florida. He was ordained and installed as the fourth Bishop of St. Petersburg on January 26, 1996.

Education

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.

Pastoral work

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.

Episcopacy

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 is known for his time spent as the General Secretary of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB).

Bishop Lynch was appointed the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Palm Beach, while remaining the Bishop of St. Petersburg, on June 6, 1998. He remained administrator until November 12, 1998 when Bishop Anthony O'Connell was appointed to fill the vacancy.

Bishop Lynch continued the reorganization and management of the diocese begun under Archbishop Favalora. He commissioned the building of a new Pastoral Center, and on March 31, 2000, the newly erected Bishop W. Thomas Larkin Pastoral Center was formally dedicated. He also took an active role in planning for the future construction of new Catholic high schools, and improvements to the existing schools.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg under Lynch's tutelage has spent $4.7 million to settle sexual misconduct cases.^[1]^[2]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Clement Favalora	Bishop of St. Petersburg January 26, 1996 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Diocese of St. Petersburg

Bishops	Charles Borromeo McLaughlin William Thomas Larkin John Favalora Robert Nugent Lynch

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle Abbey Saint Leo Abbey Parishes Sacred Heart Church, Tampa St. Patrick Church, Tampa

Education	Higher Education Saint Leo University High Schools Academy of the Holy Names, Tampa Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School, Hudson Clearwater Central Catholic High School, Clearwater Jesuit High School, Tampa St. Petersburg Catholic High School, St. Petersburg Tampa Catholic High School, Tampa

Other	Florida Catholic

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Archdiocese of Miami

Archbishops	Coleman Carroll Edward Anthony McCarthy John Favalora Thomas Wenski

Auxiliary Bishops	Norbert Dorsey Felipe Estévez Gilberto Fernandez John Fitzpatrick René Gracida John Nevins John Noonan Agustin Roman Thomas Wenski Peter Baldacchino

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary, Miami Parishes Church of the Little Flower, Coral Gables Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Key West St. Dominic Church, Miami Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Miami St. Patrick Catholic Church, Miami Beach Saint Edward Catholic Church, Pembroke Pines

Education	Higher Education Barry University St. Thomas University Seminary St. John Vianney College Seminary High Schools Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School, Miami Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, Miami Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School, Southwest Ranches Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Miami Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School, Hollywood Christopher Columbus High School, Miami-Dade County Immaculata-Lasalle High School, Miami Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami St. Brendan High School, Miami St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale Grade Schools St. Theresa School, Coral Gables Saint Mary's Cathedral School, Miami St. Patrick Catholic School, Miami Beach

Priests	Ambrose Battista De Paoli Fernando Isern Robert Nugent Lynch

Miscellany	Academy of the Assumption Catholic Health Services Florida Catholic

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