David Laurin Ricken (born November 9, 1952) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as the Bishop of Green Bay since 2008.

For his primary education, David Ricken attended Sacred Heart Cathedral Grade School in Dodge City.

Deciding as a teenager to become a priest, Ricken entered St. Francis High School Seminary in Victoria, Kansas, graduating in 1970.

[2] After his ordination, the diocese assigned Ricken as associate pastor of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Parish in Pueblo.

[1] In 1987, Ricken traveled to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he earned a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1989.

[1] After returning to Colorado, Ricken was named diocesan vocation director and vicar for ministry formation.

Ricken received his episcopal consecration in Rome on January 6, 2000, from John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Re and Marcello Zago serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica.

[5] Pope Benedict XVI named Ricken as the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay on July 9, 2008.