Stephen Joseph Reichert

Stephen Joseph Reichert (14 May 1943) is a Roman Catholic archbishop-emeritus.

Coat of arms of Stephen Reichert

Born in Leoville, Kansas, United States, Reichert was ordained to the priesthood for the Capuchin order on 27 September 1969. On 3 February 1995, Reichert was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea and was ordained a bishop on 7 May 1995. He was then appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, Papua New Guinea on 30 November 2010.[1] The proposal of archbishop's coat of arms (redesign) created by Marek Sobola, a heraldic artist from Slovakia.

Reichert resignation upon having reached the age limit was accepted on 26 July 2019.

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