A Conversation with 威廉·D主教. 伯恩

威廉·D主教. 伯恩出生于9月11日. 26, 1964. A native of Washington, D.C., he is the youngest of eight children of Mary (Largent) 伯恩 and the late Dr. William 伯恩, a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon who passed away in 2011.

年轻时, the bishop attended Mater Dei School in Bethesda, 马里兰 and went on to Georgetown Preparatory School in Rockville, 马里兰. He completed his undergraduate studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. He then taught for three years at Mater Dei before being accepted as a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.

He studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, completing his licentiate in sacred theology from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and was ordained on June 25, 1994 by Cardinal James A. 希基.

任命后, then Father 伯恩 was assigned to the Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda, 马里兰 as parochial vicar where he served until 1995. From there he was assigned as parochial vicar at the Shrine of Saint Jude in Rockville. 从1999年到2007年, he served as the chaplain for the University of 马里兰’s Catholic Student Center in College Park. He was named pastor of St. Peter Parish in Washington, D.C., in 2007 where he served until 2015. From 2009 until 2015, while serving as pastor of St. 彼得的, he was also secretary for pastoral ministry and social concerns for the Archdiocese of Washington. In 2015, he was named pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Potomac.

主教伯恩’s ministry also includes service on the Archdiocese of Washington’s vocations team (1998), formation board (2002-present), priest council (2003-2006), priest personnel board (2006-2009), and archdiocesan administrative board (2009-2015). He also served on the board of directors of St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity 首页, Catholic Youth Organization, and Redemptoris Mater Seminary, as well as the advisory board of the Lay Leadership Institute.

In addition to his parish and diocesan work, for nine years he taught homiletics to the seminarians of the Pontifical North American College. He has been invited to speak at numerous Priests Convocations, including in the Archdioceses of Washington, 纽瓦克, 新泽西和西雅图, as well as in the dioceses of Providence, R.I.以及康涅狄格州的布里奇波特.

In 2007, 他向20人讲道,000 Catholic youth and their leaders gathered at the Verizon Center for the annual Mass and Rally for Life which each year precedes the Annual March for Life in Washington D.C.

In 2016, Pope Francis named him a “Missionary of Mercy” for the Jubilee Year of Mercy.

主教伯恩 is a popular columnist and YouTube personality, with his series “Five Things” highlighting five life hacks, 祷告开始, or spiritual meditations to help people to grow closer to God and appreciate the small — but vital –things in life. The series was so popular that it has been developed into a book, 与Fr的五件事. 比尔, which is being released tomorrow, Oct. 洛约拉出版社出版.

Pope Francis has named him as the 10th bishop of Springfield October 14,  2020. 主教伯恩 assumed the position left vacant when Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski was named as the archbishop of St. Louis on June 10, 2020 and was installed on Aug. 25. Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus served as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Springfield in the interim.

主教伯恩 was ordained and installed as the 10th Bishop of Springfield on Dec. 14点钟. Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield by Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley.