Michael Joseph Hoeppner

Michael Joseph Hoeppner
Bishop of Crookston
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Crookston
In Office	28 September 2007 — present
Predecessor	Victor Hermann Balke
Successor	incumbent
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1975
Personal details
Born	1 June 1949 (1949-06-01) (age 62) Winona, Minnesota
Previous post	None

Michael Joseph Hoeppner (1 June 1949) is the current Bishop of Crookston, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 28 September 2007. Bishop Hoeppner replaced Victor Hermann Balke one day before his 76th birthday, who previously had served as Bishop of Crookston for 31 years.^[1]

Bishop Hoeppner is a native of Winona, Minnesota, and comes from a background in parish work and administration coupled with teaching ministry.

He is an alumnus of the Pontifical North American College. He was ordained a priest, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, in Rome by Pope Paul VI who ordained 359 priests to mark the Holy Year. Interestingly he is the second US appointee this year to come from the group that has been elevated to the episcopacy, which also counts Archbishops Raymond Leo Burke of St Louis, James Michael Harvey and J. Michael Miller among its members.

He studied for the priesthood and continued his education with a JCL from St Paul's in Ottawa and a master's in Education from a Winona-area university. The bishop-elect's priestly ministry included a seven-year term in the roles of high school teacher, school administrator and diocesan director of vocations. He served as Winona's judicial vicar from 1988–1997, when then-Bishop John George Vlazny named him vicar general.

Following Bishop Vlazny's transfer to the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, Hoeppner was elected as diocesan administrator to oversee the diocese during the interregnum before the appointment and arrival of Bishop Bernard Harrington, who subsequently appointed Hoeppner as his vicar general.

He was consecrated as bishop of the Diocese of Crookston on 30 November 2007.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhoep.html
2. ^ http://www.crookston.org/Bishop_Hoeppner.html

Styles of Michael Joseph Hoeppner
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Preceded by Victor Hermann Balke

Bishop of Crookston 28 September 2007–incumbent

Succeeded by incumbent

Persondata
Name	Hoeppner, Michael Joseph
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Short description
Date of birth	1 June 1949
Place of birth	Winona, Minnesota
Date of death
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