Paul Dennis Étienne | |
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| Archbishop of Seattle | |
 Archbishop Etienne in 2016 | |
| Archdiocese | Seattle |
| Appointed | April 29, 2019 (as Coadjutor) |
| Installed | September 3, 2019 |
| Predecessor | J. Peter Sartain |
| Previous post(s) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 27, 1992 by Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger |
| Consecration | December 9, 2009 by Charles J. Chaput, Daniel M. Buechlein, David L. Ricken |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul Dennis Étienne June 15, 1959 |
| Alma mater | Bellarmine University University of St. Thomas (BA) Pontifical Gregorian University (JCL) |
| Motto | Veritas in caritate (Truth in charity) |
| Styles of Paul Dennis Etienne | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Paul Dennis Étienne (born June 15, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State since 2019.[1]
Previously, Etienne was bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming from 2009 to 2016 and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Alaska from 2016 to 2019.[2] On September 3, 2019, Etienne automatically became the sixth archbishop of Seattle following the resignation of his predecessor.[3]
- ^ "Archbishop Etienne of Anchorage Named Coadjutor of Seattle". National Catholic Register.
- ^ "Pope Francis names new Coadjutor Archbishop for Seattle - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. April 29, 2019.
- ^ Birnbaum, Kevin. "Archbishop Etienne succeeds Archbishop Sartain as archbishop of Seattle". www.nwcatholic.org.