Christopher James Coyne (born June 17, 1958) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Hartford since 2024.

[4] To pay for college he worked multiple jobs, including stints as a YMCA lifeguard, in retail at Sear's, and bartending.

[4] In 2002, Coyne became cabinet secretary for communications and archdiocesan spokesman in the middle of the clerical sex abuse scandal in the archdiocese.

Coyne said that on accepting the job, he told Law that he would not lie or disparage victims and wanted full access to archdiocese records.

[7] In September 2005, Law's successor in Boston, Archbishop Sean O'Malley, appointed Coyne as pastor of Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Newton, Massachusetts.

[4] From September 21, 2011, to December 3, 2014, Coyne was the apostolic administrator of the archdiocese, from Buechlein's early retirement due to ill health until the installation of Archbishop Joseph Tobin.

[12] In November 2014, Coyne was elected chair of the Committee on Communication of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

[15] In September 2016, Coyne waived the non-disclosure agreements signed by sexual abuse victims from St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington who previously settled lawsuits against the diocese.

Any victim of abuse at the hands of clergy of the church is an awful thing and I can't apologize enough.On June 26, 2023, Francis named Coyne as coadjutor archbishop of Hartford in Connecticut.