Erik T. Pohlmeier

Erik Thomas Pohlmeier (born July 20, 1971) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida since 2022.

Pohlmeier enrolled in the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1989 to study mechanical engineering, Having decided to become a priest, he left the university after two years to enter the Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Indiana.

[1][2] After finishing at Saint Meinrad, Pohlmeier traveled to Rome to attend the seminary at the Pontifical North American College.

[1] He then received the following postings as pastor at these parishes in Arkansas: In 2015, Bishop Anthony Taylor appointed Pohlmeier as director of the permanent diaconate formation program.

In August 2023, Pohlmeier condemned the racially-motivated 2023 shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville that left three African-Americans dead:It has come to light that the shooter’s motivations were fueled by hatred and bigotry, as he targeted innocent lives solely because of their race.