Herbert Bevard

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Herbert Armstrong Bevard
Bishop of Saint Thomas
Archdiocese Washington
Diocese Saint Thomas
Appointed July 7, 2008
Installed September 3, 2008
Predecessor George Murry
Orders
Ordination May 20, 1972
Consecration September 3, 2008
by Donald Wuerl, Joseph Edward Kurtz, and Daniel Edward Thomas
Personal details
Born (1946-02-24) February 24, 1946
Baltimore, Maryland
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Motto SUB TUUM PRÆSIDIUM
Styles of
Reference style

Herbert Armstrong Bevard

Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Herbert Armstrong Bevard (born February 24, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the Bishop of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands since 2008.[1]

Biography

After converting from Presbyterianism in 1964, Bevard was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1972. He was created monsignor in 2003. He was stationed in Philadelphia as episcopal vicar for the city’s northern half.

Bevard was appointed bishop of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands on 7 July 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI and was consecrated on 3 September by Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington as the Metropolitan of Saint Thomas, with the principal co-consecrators being Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of the Archdiocese of Louisville and Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia.

References

  1. David M. Cheney. "Bishop Herbert Armstrong Bevard". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
George Murry
Bishop of Saint Thomas
2008present
Succeeded by
incumbent



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