Church Roman Catholic Name Christopher Coyne Ordination June 7, 1986 | In office 2015–present See Burlington | |
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Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington Consecration March 2, 2011
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Doing bad by doing good christopher j coyne
Christopher James Coyne (born June 17, 1958) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2015, he has been the Bishop of Burlington, Vermont.
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- Doing bad by doing good christopher j coyne
- Bishop christopher j coyne preaching and the new evangelization
- Early life and education
- Priestly ministry
- Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis
- US Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Bishop of Burlington
- References
Bishop christopher j coyne preaching and the new evangelization
Early life and education
Coyne was born in Woburn, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor's degree from UMass Lowell and earned a master's of divinity from St. John's Seminary in Brighton. He also has a doctorate in liturgy (SL.D) from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome.
Priestly ministry
Coyne was ordained priest on June 7, 1986, by Cardinal Bernard Francis Law. He was a professor of sacred liturgy and homiletics, as well as director of the pre-theology program at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. He also served as director for the Office of Worship as well as cabinet secretary for Communications and archdiocesan spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston. For four years Coyne was pastor of Saint Margaret Mary Parish in Westwood, Massachusetts.
Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis
In January 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named Coyne an auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis and titular bishop of Mopta. On March 2, 2011, he was consecrated in St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis. He was the first auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis since 1933.
Bishop Coyne was appointed the apostolic administrator by Pope Benedict XVI, on September 21, 2011, upon the early retirement of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein because of ill health. He served as apostolic administrator until the installation of Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. as the Archbishop of the archdiocese.
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
In November 2014, Bishop Coyne was elected chairman of the Committee on Communication of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Bishop of Burlington
On December 22, 2014, Pope Francis named Coyne Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington in Vermont. His installation occurred on January 29, 2015.