Herbert Bevard

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Herbert Bevard
Bishop of Saint Thomas
Installed	September 3, 2008
Term ended	current
Predecessor	George Murry
Orders
Ordination	May 20, 1972
Consecration	September 3, 2008
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-24) February 24, 1946 Baltimore, Maryland
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

Styles of Herbert Bishop

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	none

Herbert Armstrong Bevard (born February 24, 1946) is a Roman Catholic bishop from the United States. He is the Bishop of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

After converting from Presbyterianism in 1964, Bevard was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1972. He was created monsignor in 2003. He was stationed in Philadelphia as episcopal vicar for the city’s northern half. He was appointed bishop of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands on 7 July 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI and was ordained to the episcopate on 3 September by Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington as the Metropolitan of Saint Thomas, with the principal co-consecrators being Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of the Archdiocese of Louisville and Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia.

Preceded by George Murry	Bishop of Saint Thomas 7 July 2008–incumbent	Succeeded by incumbent

External links

Diocese of St. Thomas in Virgin Islands
Bishop Hebert Armstrong Bevard at Catholic-Hierarchy.org

Persondata
Name	Bevard, Herbert
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	February 24, 1946
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland
Date of death
Place of death

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