Ronald Paul Herzog

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Ronald Paul Herzog
Bishop of Alexandria
Archdiocese New Orleans
Diocese Alexandria
Appointed November 4, 2004
Installed January 5, 2005
Predecessor Sam Jacobs
Orders
Ordination June 1, 1968
Consecration January 5, 2005
by Alfred Clifton Hughes, Thomas John Rodi, and Robert William Muench
Personal details
Born (1942-04-22) April 22, 1942
Akron, Ohio
Motto ONE IN THE LORD
Styles of
Ronald Paul Herzog
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Ronald Paul Herzog (born April 22, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as Bishop of Alexandria in central Louisiana.[1]

Biography

He was born in Akron, Ohio. A child of a marriage of mixed faiths, his parents were a Lutheran and a Catholic. He studied at St. Joseph Seminary in Covington, Louisiana, and at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 1968.

He did pastoral work in the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, but was later incardinated into the Diocese of Biloxi on March 1, 1977 and served as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Lumberton, Miss., and the Saint Joseph Church and Mission in Poplarville, Mississippi. Herzog was director of the diocesan Office of Liturgy from 1980 to 1985. He was later raised to the rank of monsignor, and became pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Laurel in 1988. He also served as chaplain of the National Guard, holding the rank of brigadier general.

On November 4, 2004, Herzog was appointed Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on January 5, 2005 from Archbishop Alfred Hughes, with Bishops Thomas Rodi and Robert Muench serving as co-consecrators. He selected as his episcopal motto, "One In The Lord."

He is the current Catholic Chairman of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation. Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he is a member of the Committee on Divine Worship, Committee on National Collections, and the Subcommittee on Native American Catholics.

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Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Sam Jacobs
Bishop of Alexandria
2005Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent


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