Bishop Ricken to Succeed Hart in Cheyenne

WASHINGTON, D.C., SEPT. 26, 2001 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph H. Hart, 70, of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Coadjutor Bishop David L. Ricken will now become ordinary of the diocese.

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David Laurin Ricken was born Nov. 9, 1952, in Dodge City, Kansas. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Pueblo, Colorado, in 1980. From 1987 to 1989 he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a licentiate in canon law and a doctorate in theology.

He was working at the Congregation for the Clergy when he was named coadjutor bishop of Cheyenne in December 1999. He was ordained a bishop by John Paul II a month later.

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