Robert Milner Coerver

Robert Milner Coerver (born June 6, 1954) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the bishop for the Diocese of Lubbock in Texas since 2016.

[1][2] On June 27, 1980, Coerver was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe for the Diocese of Dallas at the Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento in Guadalajara, Mexico.

[1][2] In December 2004, Pope John Paul II named Coerver a prelate of honor with the title "monsignor."

[4] One name on that list was that of Jesus Guerrero, a retired deacon who had been accused in 1997 and 2007 of having an inappropriate relationship with an adult female parishioner alleged to have mental problems.

[5][6] The Supreme Court dismissed Guerrero's lawsuit in June 2021, citing the First Amendment rights under the US Constitution of churches to manage their own affairs.