Michael Joseph Hoeppner

The Most Reverend Michael Joseph Hoeppner
Bishop of Crookston
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Crookston
In office	September 28, 2007 – present
Predecessor	Victor Hermann Balke
Successor	incumbent
Orders
Ordination	June 29, 1975
Personal details
Born	(1949-06-01) June 1, 1949 Winona, Minnesota
Previous post	None

Styles of Michael Joseph Hoeppner
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Michael Joseph Hoeppner (born June 1, 1949) is the current Bishop of Crookston, since his episcopal consecration on November 30, 2007. Bishop Hoeppner replaced Victor Hermann Balke, who previously had served as Bishop of Crookston for 31 years.^[1]

Biography

Bishop Hoeppner is a native of Winona, Minnesota, and comes from a background in parish work and administration coupled with teaching ministry.

He is an alumnus of the Pontifical North American College. He was ordained a priest, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, in Rome by Pope Paul VI who ordained 359 priests to mark the Holy Year. He is the second US appointee this year to come from the group that has been elevated to the episcopacy, which also counts Archbishops Raymond Leo Burke of St Louis, James Michael Harvey and J. Michael Miller among its members.

He studied for the priesthood and continued his education with a JCL from St Paul's in Ottawa and a master's in Education from a Winona-area university. The bishop-elect's priestly ministry included a seven-year term in the roles of high school teacher, school administrator and diocesan director of vocations. He served as Winona's judicial vicar from 1988–1997, when then-Bishop John George Vlazny named him vicar general.

Following Bishop Vlazny's transfer to the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, Hoeppner was elected as diocesan administrator to oversee the diocese during the interregnum before the appointment and arrival of Bishop Bernard Harrington, who subsequently appointed Hoeppner as his vicar general.

Hoeppner was appointed for Crookston by Pope Benedict XVI on September 28, 2007. Hoeppner was consecrated as bishop of the Diocese of Crookston on November 30, 2007.^[2]

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Diocese of Winona Bishops Ordinaries Joseph Bernard Cotter Patrick Richard Heffron Francis Martin Kelly Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Joseph Watters John George Vlazny Bernard Joseph Harrington John M. Quinn Auxiliaries Leo Binz George Henry Speltz Churches Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona Parishes Basilica of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Winona Church of St. Augustine, Austin Church of St. Adrian, Adrian Church of the Sacred Heart, Heron Lake Church of the Holy Trinity, Rollingstone Church of St. Kilian, Wilmont Township Education Higher Education Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary Saint Mary's University of Minnesota High Schools Cotter High School, Winona Lourdes High School, Rochester Loyola Catholic School, Mankato Pacelli High School, Austin Priests Robert Brom Frederick William Freking Michael Joseph Hoeppner John Hubert Peschges Catholicism Portal

Diocese of Crookston Bishops Timothy J. Corbett John Hubert Peschges Francis Joseph Schenk Lawrence Alexander Glenn Kenneth Joseph Povish Victor Hermann Balke Michael Joseph Hoeppner Churches Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Parishes Church of St. Peter, Gentilly Education Sacred Heart High School, East Grand Forks Catholicism Portal