Roger Lawrence Schwietz


Roger Lawrence Schwietz

O.M.I.
Archbishop Emeritus of Anchorage
Photograph of Roger Schwietz in March 2013
Archbishop Schwietz at the
Alaska State Capitol in March 2013.
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseAnchorage
AppointedJanuary 18, 2000
InstalledMarch 3, 2001
RetiredOctober 4, 2016
PredecessorFrancis Thomas Hurley
SuccessorPaul D. Etienne
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationDecember 20, 1967
by Joseph Patrick Fitzgerald
ConsecrationFebruary 2, 1990
by John Roach, Robert Brom, and Michael David Pfeifer
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born (1940-07-03) July 3, 1940 (age 84)
EducationUniversity of Ottawa
Loyola University Chicago
Pontifical Gregorian University
MottoJesus Christ is Lord
Styles of
Roger Lawrence Schwietz
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. (born July 3, 1940) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. Schwietz served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Alaska from 2001 to 2016. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Duluth in Minnesota from 1989 to 2000.