Christopher J. Coyne

Most Rev. Christopher Coyne
Auxiliary Bishop
Church	Roman Catholic
See	Mopta (titular); Indianapolis (auxilliary)
In Office	2011—present
Orders
Ordination	7 June 1986
Consecration	2 March 2011
Personal details
Born	17 June 1958 (1958-06-17) (age 53) Woburn, Massachusetts

Styles of Christopher Coyne
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Bishop Christopher J. Coyne (b. June 17, 1958) is the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana. He was appointed administrator by the Pope on September 21, 2011, upon the early retirement of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein on grounds of ill health^[1].

Bishop Coyne was born in Woburn, Massachusetts and ordained in 1986. He earned a bachelor's degree from UMass Lowell and earned a master's of divinity from St. John's Seminary in Brighton. He also has a doctorate in liturgy from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome.

Bishop Coyne was a professor of Sacred Liturgy and Homiletics, as well as director of the Pre-Theology Program at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. He also served as Archdiocesan Director for the Office of Worship as well as Cabinet Secretary for Communications and Archdiocesan Spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston. For four years Coyne was Pastor of Saint Margaret Mary Parish in Westwood, Massachusetts.^[2]

In January 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named Coyne Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. On March 2, 2011, Coyne was ordained a bishop in St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis. He is the first auxiliary bishop for the Church in central and southern Indiana since 1933.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Most Reverend Daniel M. Buechlein, Archbishop of Indianapolis, granted early retirement by Pope Benedict XVI"
2. ^ Pope names Father Christopher Coyne auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
3. ^ "Witness the Mystery"

External links

• Let Us Walk Together: Thoughts of a Catholic Bishop (Bishop Coyne’s blog)
• Archdiocese of Indianapolis information page on Bishop Coyne

Persondata
Name	Coyne, Christopher J.
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Date of birth	17 June 1958
Place of birth	Woburn, Massachusetts
Date of death
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