St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 12, 2009
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| Monsignor Richard Stika |
Monsignor Richard Stika of the Church of the Annunziata in Ladue has been tapped by the pope to be bishop-elect of the diocese in Knoxville, Tenn.
He will ordained as bishop there and begin his duties March 19.
Pope Benedict XVI made the announcement at 5 a.m. today St. Louis time (that's noon in Rome).
Stika, 51, is a native of St. Louis. He graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School in 1975. Four years later, he graduated with a business degree from St. Louis University. He graduated from Kenrick Seminary and became a priest in 1985. His first Mass as a priest came at Epiphany of Our Lord Parish. In 1995, he was named monsignor. Four years later, in 1999, he was the coordinator of Pope John Paul II's visit here.
Recently, Stika has been director of the Office of Child and Youth Protection.
He was associate pastor at Cathedral Basilica from 1992 to 1994; associate pastor at St. Paul parish in Fenton from 1991 to 1992; associate pastor of Mary Queen of Peace parish from 1986 to 1991; and a deacon at St. Patrick parish in Wentzville in 1985.
Stika takes over for Bishop Joseph E. Kurtz as bishop of the Knoxville diocese. Kurtz was named archbishop of Louisville in August 2007.
The Knoxville diocese is home to about 50,000 Catholics and covers about 14,000 square miles.
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