Richard Edmund Pates

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Richard Edmund Pates (born February 12, 1943 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is an American clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Des Moines .

Life

Richard Edmund Pates attended the Pontifical North America College in Rome. On December 20, 1968, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis by Bishop Francis Frederick Reh in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome . In 1969 he received from the Gregorian University , the licentiate in theology. In 1979 he was appointed papal honorary chaplain ( monsignor ). As a priest, he was, among other things, deputy pastor at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Paul, secretary to the archbishop, member of the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, DC , as director of the St. John Vianney seminary, and as a pastor at Our Lady of the peace in Minneapolis . In 1998 he became a founding pastor of St. Ambrose Church in Woodbury , Minnesota .

On December 22, 2000, Pope John Paul II called him auxiliary bishop in Saint Paul and Minneapolis and titular bishop of Suacia . He was ordained episcopal on March 26 of the following year by the Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Harry J. Flynn . Co-consecrators were Former Bishop John Robert Roach and Auxiliary Bishop Frederick Francis Campbell .

On World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Cardinal Karl Lehmann welcomed him by name at the television service in Nieder-Olm.

Pope Benedict XVI called him Bishop of Des Moines on April 10, 2008 . He was inducted into office on May 29 of the same year. On July 18, 2019, Pope Francis accepted Richard Edmund Pates' resignation due to reasons of age. As of December 27, 2019, Pates has been the Apostolic Administrator of Joliet in Illinois .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States Convernce of Catholic Bishops : Pope Names Bishops For Des Moines, Little Rock Dioceses, Auxiliaries For San Antonio, Denver, San Francisco Archdioceses
  2. ↑ Opening at the television service on August 14, 2005 in Nieder-Olm
  3. ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Des Moines (USA) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 18, 2019, accessed July 18, 2019 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Joseph Leo Charron CPPS Bishop of Des Moines
2008–2019 		William Joensen
personal data
SURNAME Pates, Richard Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Des Moines
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota