WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Francis has appointed Father Kevin T. Kenney, a Minneapolis priest and high school chaplain, as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Bishop-designate Kenney, 64, is a native of Minneapolis and has been a priest of the archdiocese for 30 years. He currently serves as pastor of St. Olaf Catholic Church, administrator of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church and chaplain at DeLaSalle High School, all in Minneapolis.
The appointment was publicized in Washington July 25 by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. It comes just two months after Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Williams of St. Paul and Minneapolis was appointed coadjutor bishop of Camden, New Jersey.
Bishop-designate Kenney, who is fluent in Spanish, is former vicar for Latino ministry for the archdiocese, serving in the role from 2010 to 2018.
His episcopal ordination is scheduled for 1 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.