John Huston Ricard
John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. (born February 29, 1940) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida from 1997 to 2011 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland from 1984 to 1997.
His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Huston Ricard | |
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| Superior General of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola–Tallahassee | |
| Diocese | Pensacola–Tallahassee |
| Appointed | January 20, 1997 |
| Installed | March 13, 1997 |
| Retired | March 11, 2011 |
| Predecessor | John Mortimer Smith |
| Successor | Gregory Parkes |
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| Ordination | May 25, 1968 by Robert Emmet Tracy |
| Consecration | July 2, 1984 by William Donald Borders, Thomas Austin Murphy, and Eugene Antonio Marino |
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| Born | February 29, 1940 New Roads, Louisiana |
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| Education | St. Vincent Seminary St. Joseph's Seminary Tulane University Catholic University of America |
| Motto | God is gracious |
| Styles of John Huston Ricard | |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Ricard was elected as superior general of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart in August 2019.
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