Stephen Joseph Reichert (14 May 1943) is a

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archbishop-emeritus. Born in

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, 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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mendi is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen, in Mendi, Papua New Guinea. It was erected Prefecture Apostolic in 1958 and elevated Vicariate Apostolic in 1965. It was elevated, alon ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

and was ordained a bishop on 7 May 1995. He was then appointed archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak. The Archdiocese was created in 1966 when it was elevated from a predecessor see. The Metropoli ...

, Papua New Guinea on 30 November 2010.Stephen Joseph Reichert
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, a heraldic artist from

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

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1943 births Living people People from Decatur County, Kansas Capuchin bishops American Roman Catholic priests 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Papua New Guinea Catholics from Kansas Roman Catholic archbishops of Madang Roman Catholic bishops of Mendi American expatriate bishops {{US-RC-archbishop-stub