John Huston Ricard
American Roman Catholic bishop (born 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. (born February 29, 1940) is an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee from 1997 to 2011 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1984 to 1997.[1]
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Superior General of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola–Tallahassee | |
Diocese | Pensacola–Tallahassee |
Appointed | January 20, 1997 |
Installed | March 13, 1997 |
Retired | March 11, 2011 |
Predecessor | John Mortimer Smith |
Successor | Gregory Parkes |
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Ordination | May 25, 1968 by Robert Emmet Tracy |
Consecration | July 2, 1984 by William Donald Borders, Thomas Austin Murphy, and Eugene Antonio Marino |
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Born | (1940-02-29) February 29, 1940 (age 84) |
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Education | St. Vincent Seminary St. Joseph's Seminary Tulane University Catholic University of America |
Motto | God is gracious |
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Styles of John Huston Ricard | |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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Ricard was elected as superior general of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart in August 2019. He was reelected in 2023.