Bernard Anthony Hebda (born September 3, 1959) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis since 2016.
In Rome, Hebda also served as an adjunct spiritual director at the North American College and confessor to the Missionaries of Charity.
In 2009, following the announcement of his appointment as a bishop, the community at the Pontifical North American College presented him with a pectoral cross and crosier.
[2] Hebda was consecrated and installed on December 1, 2009, at Saint Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Gaylord, Michigan.
[3] In November 2013, Hebda was elected to chair the Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
[8] On June 15, 2015, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of Archbishop John Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piché of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
"[11] Hebda organized a series of public meetings – "listening sessions" – throughout the archdiocese to allow parishioners, clergy, and employees to express their views on the appointment of a new archbishop.
During Hebda's term as administrator, the archdiocese agreed on a civil settlement with Ramsey County on procedures to prevent child sexual abuse.
[15] In his time as administrator, less than a year, he handled a number of cases of priests accused of sexual abuse of minors, both removing and reinstating them.
[21] In September 2018, the archdiocese's bankruptcy-exit plan was approved by a federal judge; by the end of the year, the archbishop announced that it was officially out of bankruptcy.