Herbert Bevard

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Herbert Armstrong Bevard
Bishop of Saint Thomas
Archdiocese	Washington
Diocese	Saint Thomas
Appointed	July 7, 2008
Installed	September 3, 2008
Predecessor	George Murry
Orders
Ordination	May 20, 1972
Consecration	September 3, 2008 by Donald Wuerl, Joseph Edward Kurtz, and Daniel Edward Thomas
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-24) February 24, 1946 Baltimore, Maryland
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Motto	SUB TUUM PRÆSIDIUM

Styles of
Reference style	Herbert Armstrong Bevard His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Herbert Armstrong Bevard (born February 24, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the Bishop of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands since 2008.

Biography

After converting from Presbyterianism in 1964, Bevard was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1972. He was created monsignor in 2003. He was stationed in Philadelphia as episcopal vicar for the city’s northern half.

Bevard was appointed bishop of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands on 7 July 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI and was consecrated on 3 September by Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington as the Metropolitan of Saint Thomas, with the principal co-consecrators being Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of the Archdiocese of Louisville and Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia.

External links

• Diocese of St. Thomas in Virgin Islands
• Bishop Hebert Armstrong Bevard at Catholic-Hierarchy.org