David Laurin Ricken

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David Laurin Ricken is the bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne in the state of Wyoming in the United States of America. He is a native of Kansas, having been born in Dodge City on 9 November 1952.[1]

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[edit] Education

For his primary education, Ricken attended Sacred Heart Cathedral Grade School in Dodge City. He later attended St. Francis High School Seminary in Victoria, Kansas, graduating in 1970.[1]

Ricken did undergraduate studies in philosophy at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio and Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri, graduating from the latter institution in 1974. As a seminarian for the Diocese of Pueblo, he attended St. Meinrad School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Indiana and the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium, receiving a master's degree in theology in 1980 from the Catholic University of Leuven.[1]

Seven years later, in 1987, Ricken was sent to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He completed his studies there in 1989, receiving a licentiate degree in canon law.[1]

[edit] Ordination and Ecclesiastical Career

Bishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya ordained Ricken a priest of the Diocese of Pueblo in 1980. He subsequently served as associate pastor and administrator in the diocese until his appointment as vice-chancellor in from 1985 to 1987. After returning in 1989 from his additional studies, he served as the Diocese of Pueblo's vocation director, vicar for ministry formation, and—from 1992 onward—chancellor.[1]

In 1996, Ricken was appointed to the Congregation for the Clergy in the Roman Curia. On 14 December 1999, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne. Pope John Paul II ordained him to the episcopacy for Cheyenne on 6 January 2000.[1]

Preceded by
Joseph Hubert Hart		 Bishop of Cheyenne
26 September 2001–		 Succeeded by
incumbent

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Diocese of Cheyenne Bishops. Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.

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