Archbishop Paul Etienne Takes on New “Frontier” Assignment in Alaska

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Archbishop Paul Etienne – Anchorage, Alaska:  Formerly of the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming, he was installed as archbishop of Alaska’s largest diocese last month. Archbishop Etienne (pronounced “AY-chen”) had been the bishop of Cheyenne—Wyoming’s statewide diocese—since 2009; it was his first episcopal assignment, received at the tender age of 50.

Ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Archbishop Etienne has two brothers who are priests and a sister who is a religious. As archbishop of Anchorage, he is now the metropolitan over a province that includes Alaska’s other two dioceses, Juneau and Fairbanks.

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Pope Francis has named Bishop Paul Dennis Etienne, 57, to be the next archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, and accepted the resignation of retiring Archbishop Roger Schwietz. Archbishop-elect Etienne has served as the bishop of Cheyenne Wyoming for the past seven years.

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