Raymond W. Lessard

Raymond William Lessard (December 21, 1930 – January 3, 2016) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[citation needed] He received his episcopal consecration on April 27, 1973, from Archbishop Thomas Donnellan, with Bishops Justin Driscoll and Francis Gossman serving as co-consecrators.

[4] Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Lessard chaired the Committee for Pastoral Research and Practices.

[citation needed] Due to his chronic back problems, Lessard submitted his resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah to Pope John Paul II.

Lessard then became a professor at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida, where he taught ecclesiology.