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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Lee Anthony Piché (born May 8, 1958) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The eldest of seven children, Lee Piché was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to LeRoy and Cecilia Piché. He attended Irondale High School in New Brighton, and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He studied at St. Paul Seminary, from where he obtained a M.A. in theology, and was ordained a priest on May 26, 1984.
Piché then served as associate pastor at St. Mark's Church until 1987, when he joined the faculty of the University of St. Thomas. He then furthered his studies at St. Joseph Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey (1987-1988), and at Columbia University in New York (earning a Master's degree in Philosophy in 1994).
From 1994 to 1999, he taught undergraduate philosophy the University of St. Thomas. He was pastor of St. Joseph Church in West St. Paul (1999-2005), and of All Saints Church in Lakeville (2005-2008). From 2000 to 2008, he served as chairman of the Archdiocesan Commission for Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs. In June 2008, he was named pastor of St. Andrew Church as well as vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
On May 27, 2009, Piché was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Titular Bishop of Tamata by Pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 29 from Archbishop John Nienstedt, with Archbishop Harry Flynn and Bishop John LeVoir serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of St. Paul.