Michael Joseph Hoeppner

Michael Joseph Hoeppner (born June 1, 1949) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Crookston in Minnesota from November 30, 2007, to April 13, 2021.

Hoeppner was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Winona on June 29, 1975, by Pope Paul VI at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

In addition to assignments within the Catholic school system in Winona, Hoeppner served as diocesan director of vocations.

[3] Following Vlazny's appointment as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, Hoeppner was elected as diocesan administrator to oversee the diocese until the installation of Bishop Bernard Harrington.

This was the first investigation in the United States of a bishop for failure to follow the procedures for sexual abuse allegations that Pope Francis promulgated in the 2019 document Vos estis lux mundi.