21 Facts About Bernard Hebda

Bernard Anthony Hebda was born on September 3,1959 and is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis since 2016.

Bernard Hebda previously served as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese beginning in 2015, and as coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark from 2013 to 2015, as Bishop of Gaylord from 2009 to 2013, and in the Roman Curia on the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts from 2003 to 2009.

Bernard Hebda was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 3,1959, in the community of Brookline.

Bernard Hebda attended South Hills Catholic High School in Mt.

Bernard Hebda then entered Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Political Science degree in 1980.

Bernard Hebda studied philosophy at the Saint Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh from 1984 to 1985.

Bernard Hebda lived at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and attended the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and a licentiate in Canon Law.

On July 1,1989, Bernard Hebda was ordained by Bishop Donald Wuerl as a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh at Saint Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh The diocese then assigned him to the following positions:.

In 1996, Bernard Hebda went to Rome to work at the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

In Rome, Bernard Hebda served as an adjunct spiritual director at the North American College and confessor to the Missionaries of Charity.

Bernard Hebda lived at the Villa Stritch, a residence for American priests working for the Vatican.

Bernard Hebda was consecrated and installed on December 1,2009, at Saint Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Gaylord, Michigan.

In November 2013, Bernard Hebda was elected to chair the Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Bernard Hebda was appointed as coadjutor archbishop of Newark on September 24,2013.

Bernard Hebda chose a dormitory at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, as his residence.

Bernard Hebda defended Myers against complaints he had spent an extravagant amount on living quarters for his retirement, noting that Myers had lived in shared quarters at the cathedral rectory in Newark for thirteen years.

In September 2015, Bernard Hebda met with representatives of the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

Bernard Hebda was installed in the Cathedral of Saint Paul in St Paul, Minnesota, on May 13,2016.

In 2019 Bernard Hebda announced that he would be calling an archdiocesan synod.

Bernard Hebda said that, "In the time that [he has] served in this archdiocese, [he has] come to believe that [the] local Church is particularly ripe for a synod".

Bernard Hebda released a pastoral letter, "You Shall Be My Witnesses", on the feast of Christ the King in 2022.