Steven Robert Biegler was born on March 22,1959 and is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming in 2017.
19 Facts About Steven Biegler
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Steven Biegler was born on March 22,1959, in Mobridge, South Dakota.
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Steven Biegler is one of 13 children of Alfred and Mary Biegler.
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Steven Biegler attended Timber Lake High School in Timber Lake, South Dakota, then entered South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Steven Biegler then spent time in a construction crew filling in abandoned coal mines around Glenrock, Wyoming.
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Steven Biegler entered Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary and started course work at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, both in Winona, Minnesota.
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Steven Biegler graduated from Saint Mary's in 1989 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree.
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Steven Biegler received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1993 from the Gregorian.
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Steven Biegler was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rapid City on July 9,1993, by Archbishop Charles Chaput at Holy Cross Church in Timber Lake.
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In 2003, Steven Biegler returned to Rome to serve as director of apostolic and pastoral formation at the North American College, serving there until 2006.
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Steven Biegler remained in Rome until 2007, working as the assistant to the rector of the Casa Santa Maria, a residence for priests at the college.
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Steven Biegler returned to Rapid City in 2007 to assume several posts:.
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In 2009, Steven Biegler resumed his work on the college of consultors and the, presbyteral council.
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Steven Biegler gave up his chaplaincy and pastoral assignments in 2010 to serve for one year as diocesan administrator after the departure of Bishop Blase J Cupich.
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Steven Biegler was moved from Our Lady in 2015 to become pastor of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and of St Michael Parish.
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On June 5,2017, Steven Biegler was consecrated during an installation mass at the Cheyenne Civic Center in Cheyenne.
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Steven Biegler is a member of the Jesus Caritas, a fraternal organization for priests.
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In 2019, Steven Biegler announced that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican was investigating Hart, who denied all the accusations.
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In 2022, after the Wyoming Legislature passed a bill severely limiting access to abortion procedures in that state, Steven Biegler called on state legislators to provide more assistance to needy pregnant mothers and their children.