Richard Pates
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Richard Edmund Pates STL |
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| Bishop of Des Moines | |
Bishop Pates' episcopal consecration in 2001
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Dubuque |
| Diocese | Des Moines |
| Appointed | April 10, 2008 |
| Installed | May 29, 2008 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Charron, C.Pp.S. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 20, 1968 by Francis Frederick Reh |
| Consecration | March 26, 2001 by Harry Joseph Flynn, John Roach, and Frederick F. Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 12, 1943 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis (2001-2008) |
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Styles of Richard Edmund Pates |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Richard Edmund Pates (born February 12, 1943) is the ninth and current Roman Catholic Bishop of Des Moines.
The youngest of three sons, Richard Pates was born to Donald and Lenora Pates in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He attended Nazareth Hall Seminary and St. Paul Seminary, from where he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and Latin in 1965. He completed his graduate studies in Rome, where he resided at the Pontifical North American College and received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. On December 20, 1968, Pates was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Francis Reh at St. Peter's Basilica.
Upon his return to the Twin Cities, he served as associate pastor at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Paul from 1969 to 1970. From 1970 to 1974, he was the vocation director of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and a weekend associate pastor at the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis. He also served as private secretary to Archbishop Leo Byrne and vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese from 1973 to 1975.
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