Edward J. Burns

Quick Facts

Full Name	Edward J. Burns
Occupation	Catholic Priest
Date Of Birth	Oct 7, 1957(1957-10-07)
Age	67
Birthplace	Pittsburgh
Country	United States
Birth City	Pittsburgh
Horoscope	Capricorn

Edward J. Burns Biography

Edward J. Burns is one of the most popular and richest Catholic Priest who was born on October 7, 1957 in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States. Edward James Burns (born October 7, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the Bishop of Dallas, Texas, since 2017. He was previously the Bishop of Juneau, Alaska.

On January 19, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Burns the fifth bishop of Juneau, Alaska. a diocese with a Catholic population of 6,100 in southeastern Alaska. He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 3 at the St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh from Bishop David Zubik, with Archbishops Roger Schweitz, OMI, and Donald Cardinal Wuerl serving as co-consecrators; this was separate from his installation ceremony for the convenience of friends in the 48 contiguous United States, because of the distance to Alaska. He chose as his episcopal motto “Pray with Confidence”. He was installed in Juneau on April 2, 2009.

In 2008, he returned to his posts as rector of St. Paul Seminary and vocations director for the Pittsburgh diocese. In 2002 he was co-chairman of a Vatican- ordered congress on vocations in North America and in 2005-06 he provided support for a Vatican review of all Catholic seminaries in the U.S. He received the title of Monsignor in 2006.

Edward J. Burns Net Worth

Edward J. Burns is one of the richest Catholic Priest from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Edward J. Burns 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Vincent Leonard on June 25, 1983, and then served as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Lourdes in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania and Immaculate Conception in Washington, Pennsylvania. In 1991, Burns was made Vocations Director and Vice-Rector of St. Paul Seminary in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, where he became Rector in 1996.

He was also executive director of the Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for nine years beginning in 1999. Under his leadership that office produced an award- winning DVD Fishers of Men on the lives of priests. He published a booklet, We Were There, that described the experiences of priests who served at the sites of destruction on 9/11.

On December 13, 2016, Pope Francis appointed Burns the eighth Bishop of Dallas, Texas, to succeed Kevin Farrell, who was appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life on September 1, 2016 (and would be elevated to Cardinal before the end of 2016). His installation was on February 9, 2017, at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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How old is Bishop Edward Burns?

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Edward James Burns
Archdiocese| San Antonio
Diocese| Dallas
Appointed| December 13, 2016
Installed| February 9, 2017

Where does Bishop Burns of Dallas live?

Edward Burns led his first Easter mass as the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas last weekend. He moved from Juneau, Alaska , a few months back, and he’s already making a mark.

How many Catholic bishops are there in Texas?

ProvinceSan Antonio

DioceseDiocese of Dallas
Bishop Edward J. Burns
TitleBishop of Dallas (2017–present)

Who is the Catholic bishop of Dallas Texas?

Diocese of Dallas Diœcesis Dallasensis
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Edward J. Burns
Metropolitan Archbishop| Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. Archbishop of San Antonio
Auxiliary Bishops| J. Gregory Kelly

Who were the first bishops?

The early papacy Peter was Rome’s first bishop or that he was martyred in Rome (according to tradition, he was crucified upside down) during a persecution of the Christians in the mid-60s ce.