Pope names new Bishop for Lubbock, Texas, USA
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
on Tuesday named Msgr Robert Milner Coerver, of the clergy of the Diocese of
Dallas, as Bishop of the Diocese
of Lubbock, Texas, USA. Monsignor Coerver has been serving as Pastor of
Saint Rita Parish in Dallas.
He succeeds Bishop Plácido
Rodríguez of Lubbock, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father, also
on Tuesday.
Biography of Bishop-elect
Robert M. Coerver
Monsignor Robert Coerver is a
priest of the Diocese of Dallas, raised in St Thomas Aquinas Parish.
He studied philosophy at Holy
Trinity Seminary and the University of Dallas. Monsignor Coerver was sent to
the Pontifical North American College in Rome for his theological studies,
taking courses at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas and the
Pontifical Gregorian University. In 1981 he obtained a Licentiate in Spiritual
Theology from the Gregorian University, and later (1990) a Master’s degree in
Counseling and Guidance from Texas A & M University — Commerce (formerly
East Texas State University).
Monsignor Coerver was
ordained to the priesthood on 27 June 1980 for the Diocese of Dallas.
Following his ordination,
Msgr. Coerver served as Assistant Pastor at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in
Dallas and at St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Plano. For eleven years he served
as Director of Spiritual Formation at Holy Trinity Seminary on the campus of
the University of Dallas. He moved into full-time diocesan ministry, serving as
spirituality consultant to programs of the diocese, in July 1996. In July of
1997 he was appointed Director of the Office of Sacramental Life for the
Diocese, and was named Director of Priestly Life and Ministry in 2003.
In December of 2004 Pope John
Paul II named him a “Chaplain to His Holiness.”
On March 16, 2005 Msgr
Coerver left his chancery and diocesan positions to become Pastoral Administrator,
and one year later Pastor, at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Rockwall
Texas. On July 26, 2010, the Bishop-elect assumed his current position as
Pastor of St. Rita Parish in Dallas. He has served as a member and Chairperson
of the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese of Dallas since 2008.
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