Donald Joseph Kettler

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Donald Joseph Kettler
Bishop of Saint Cloud
Bishop Kettler in Rio de Janeiro in 2013
Archdiocese	Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Diocese	Saint Cloud
Appointed	September 20, 2013
Installed	November 7, 2013
Predecessor	John Francis Kinney
Orders
Ordination	May 29, 1970
Consecration	August 22, 2002 by Roger Lawrence Schwietz, Michael William Warfel, and Robert James Carlson
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-26) November 26, 1944 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Previous post	Bishop of Fairbanks (2002-2013)
Motto	FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE

Styles of Donald Joseph Kettler

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Donald Joseph Kettler (born November 26, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the eighth Bishop of Fairbanks, and the fourth since the creation of the Fairbanks diocese in 1962. He currently serves as the ninth Bishop of St. Cloud following his installation on November 7, 2013.

Life and church

Donald Kettler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Joe and Marguerite Kettler. His family later moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where Kettler and his three siblings (Jim, Beth, and Kathleen) were raised. He received undergraduate and divinity degrees at Saint John's University in Collegeville before being ordained to the priesthood on May 29, 1970.

Kettler then served as an associate pastor in Aberdeen and Sioux Falls until 1979, whence he began coordinating work for the diocesan offices of Sioux Falls. In 1981, he entered the Catholic University of America, from where he obtained his licentiate in canon law. Kettler was named judicial vicar of Sioux Falls in 1983, and resumed his work coordinating its diocesan offices from 1984 to 1987. During this time, he also began celebrating a weekly televised Mass.

After serving as rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral from 1987 to 1995, he was pastor of St. Lambert Parish from 1995 to 2000, and of Christ the King Parish from 2000 to 2002. Kettler was also a member of the Sioux Falls Diocesan Finance Council, Stewardship Committee, Catholic Family Services's Board of Directors the Association of Christian Churches of South Dakota's Board of Directors, and a Board Member of the Sioux Falls Catholic School System.

On June 7, 2002, Kettler was appointed the eighth Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 22 from Archbishop Roger Schwietz, OMI, with Bishops Michael Warfel and Robert Carlson serving as co-consecrators. He is the first diocesan priest and non-Jesuit to head the diocese.

After a public announcement three weeks earlier,^[1] Bishop Kettler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following unsuccessful negotiations to settle dozens of sexual abuse claims, on March 1, 2008. The Diocese of Fairbanks thus became the sixth diocese in the United States to go bankrupt.^[2]

Pope Francis named Kettler Bishop of St. Cloud on September 20, 2013. He was installed as the ninth bishop of the diocese on November 7, 2013.

References

↑ Catholic News Agency. Diocese of Fairbanks to file for bankruptcy February 15, 2008
↑ Whispers in the Loggia. Bankrupt March 4, 2008

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Michael Joseph Kaniecki, SJ	Bishop of Fairbanks 2002–2013	Succeeded by Chad Zielinski
Preceded by John Francis Kinney	Bishop of St. Cloud 2013–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Diocese of St. Cloud

Bishops	Ordinaries Rupert Seidenbusch John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti Martin Marty James Trobec Joseph Francis Busch Peter William Bartholome George Henry Speltz Jerome Hanus John Francis Kinney Donald Joseph Kettler Auxiliary James Steven Rausch

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary, St. Cloud Parishes Church of the Immaculate Conception, Avon Church of St. Joseph, Browerville Church of the Sacred Heart, Freeport Church of St. Mary, Melrose St. Joseph's Church, Pierz Church of St. Mary Help of Christians, St. Augusta Church of St. Joseph, St. Joseph Church of St. Stephen, St. Stephen Abbey St. John's Abbey, Collegeville Chapel Assumption Chapel

Education	Higher Education College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University High Schools Cathedral High School, St. Cloud Saint John's Preparatory School, Collegeville

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Diocese of Fairbanks

Ordinaries	Apostolic Prefects of Alaska Pascal Tosi Jean-Baptiste René Apostolic Vicars of Alaska Joseph Raphael John Crimont Walter James Fitzgerald Bishops of Fairbanks Francis Doyle Gleeson Robert Louis Whelan Michael Joseph Kaniecki Donald Joseph Kettler Chad Zielinski Coadjutor bishop George Theodore Boileau

Churches	Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral Parishes Immaculate Conception Church, Fairbanks

Education	High School Monroe Catholic High School, Fairbanks

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Diocese of Sioux Falls

Bishops	Martin Marty Thomas O'Gorman Bernard Joseph Mahoney William O. Brady Lambert Anthony Hoch Paul Vincent Dudley Robert James Carlson Paul J. Swain

Churches	Cathedral St. Joseph Cathedral Parishes St. Anthony's Church, Hoven St. Peter's Church, Jefferson Holy Rosary Church, Kranzburg Holy Family Church, Mitchell St. Mary's Church, Salem St. Wenceslaus Church, Tabor St. Agnes Church, Vermillion Former St. Ann's Church, Badus St. Placidus Church, Gann Valley Holy Trinity Church, Kimball St. Scholastica Church, Letcher St. Agnes Church, Utica St. John the Baptist, Yankton County St. Mary's Church, Zell

Education	High Schools O'Gorman Catholic High School, Sioux Falls Roncalli High School, Aberdeen St. Mary High School, Dell Rapids

Priests	Thomas Gullickson Donald Joseph Kettler

Other	Old St. Wenceslaus Catholic Parish House

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