John Clayton Nienstedt | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis | |
| Church | Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Appointed | April 24, 2007 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | May 2, 2008 |
| Retired | June 15, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Harry Flynn |
| Successor | Bernard Hebda |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 27, 1974 by Joseph Leopold Imesch |
| Consecration | July 9, 1996 by Adam Maida, James Aloysius Hickey, Edmund Szoka |
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| Born | March 18, 1947 Detroit, Michigan, US |
| Residence | Napa Valley, California, US |
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| Motto | Ut omnes unum sint (Latin for 'That all may be one') |
| Styles of John Clayton Nienstedt | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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John Clayton Nienstedt (born March 18, 1947) is an American retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis from 2008 until his resignation in 2015 due to his role in the clergy child sex abuse crisis.
Nienstedt previously served as Bishop of New Ulm from 2001 to 2007 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1996 to 2001. Nienstedt asked for early retirement as Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis after a local prosecutor announced plans to indict the archdiocese due to its failure to protect children from sexual abuse by its priests.