Robert Finn (bishop)

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Most Reverend Robert William Finn (born April 2, 1953, St. Louis, Missouri) is the current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, having succeeded Raymond James Boland on May 24, 2005.

Prior to his present appointment, Msgr. Finn was incardinated as a priest in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Having applied for membership in Opus Dei in January 2004, Father Finn was named two months later as coadjutor bishop (with right of succession) of the diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph. Father Finn was consecrated to the episcopate on May 3, 2004, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus. Bishop Finn became a member of Opus Dei in April 2005 and continues to meet with his spiritual director, Father Jay Alvarez twice a month in Columbus, Missouri. In an interview with the Catholic Key, Msgr. Finn told of how Opus Dei had helped open his heart to the work of the Holy Spirit.

In August 2005, he received the attention of many traditionalist Catholics by encouraging the traditional Latin Mass in his diocese in accord with Indult provisions which were established during Pope John Paul II's tenure, and welcomed the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest to the diocese to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at the city's oldest church, St. Patrick's Oratory.