- Roger Lawrence Schwietz
infobox bishopstyles
name=Roger Schwietz
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=none |Roger Lawrence Schwietz, OMI (born
July 3 ,1940 ) is an Americanprelate of theRoman Catholic Church who currently serves as Archbishop of Anchorage.Biography
Born in Saint Paul,
Minnesota , Roger Schwietz was baptized onJuly 21 ,1940 , and made his profession as a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate onAugust 15 ,1961 . He studied at theUniversity of Ottawa , from where he obtained an M.A. in1964 ; and Loyola University, receiving an M.A. in Counselling Psychology in1972 .Ordained to the priesthood in
Rome onDecember 20 ,1967 , Schwietz earned hisLicentiate of Sacred Theology from thePontifical Gregorian University in1968 . He served as associate pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas parish in International Falls from1975 to1978 , when he was named Director of theCollege Seminary program for his religious order atCreighton University . In1984 , he became pastor of [http://holyfamilyduluth.org/ Holy Family parish] in Duluth.On
December 12 ,1989 , Schwietz was appointed the seventh Bishop of Duluth byPope John Paul II . He received his episcopal consecration onFebruary 2 ,1990 from Archbishop John Roach, with Bishops Robert Brom and Michael Pfeifer, OMI, serving as co-consecrators, in theCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary . Schwietz was awarded an honorarydoctorate in humanities fromLewis University in1998 .Schwietz was later named Coadjutor Archbishop of Anchorage,
Alaska , onJanuary 18 ,2000 . He succeededFrancis Thomas Hurley as Archbishop of Anchorage upon the latter's resignation onMarch 3 ,2001 .In
August 2005 , he attracted the attention ofTraditionalist Catholic s when he refused to permit Fr. Andrew Szymakowski, FSSP, to celebrate theTridentine Mass at the latter's parish assignment within the archdiocese.Schwietz currently serves as Episcopal
Moderator for [http://www.tecconference.org/ Teens Encounter Christ] movement, having held this position since1991 . OnOctober 2 ,2006 ,Guzman Carriquiry ,Undersecretary of thePontifical Council for the Laity , met with the Archbishop, who presented Teens Encounter Christ to the Curialdicastery . He also served as EpiscopalLiaison to Region I of the [http://www.nacc.org/ National Association of Catholic Chaplains] .Within the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops , he served as a consultant to theLiturgy Committee (1991 -1994 ), member (1992 -2004 ) and chairman (elected 1998) of theVocation Committee, and member of the Committee on theLaity (1995 -1998) and chairman of its Subcommittee on Youth (1993 -1998). He has also sat on theCatholic Relief Services ' Board of Directions (1997 -2003 ) and the NCCB Administrative Board (1994-1997, 1998-2002 ). In 2002, he became Regional Representative on the Board for the American College inLeuven ,Belgium .External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschwietz.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.archdioceseofanchorage.org/archbishop/index.html Archdiocese of Anchorage]
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