Jeffrey Robert Haines

American prelate

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jeffrey Robert Haines
Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee Titular Bishop of Thagamuta
Archdiocese	Milwaukee
Appointed	January 25, 2017
Installed	March 17, 2017
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Thagamuta
Orders
Ordination	May 17, 1985 by Rembert Weakland
Consecration	March 17, 2017 by Jerome E. Listecki, Donald J. Hying, and Richard J. Sklba
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-06) October 6, 1958 (age 65) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Motto	And behold I am with you always

Styles of Jeffrey Robert Haines

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Jeffrey Robert Haines (born October 6, 1958) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Wisconsin since 2017. He also serves as rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee.

Biography

Early life

Jeffrey Haines was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 6, 1958, to Jim and Maureen (“Mo”) Haines. He has three siblings, John, Rick, and Anne. Haines was baptized at St. Elizabeth Church in Milwaukee before the family moved to New Berlin, Wisconsin, in 1965. Haines attended Holy Apostles School in New Berlin, and then New Berlin West High School. He graduated from high school in 1977.^[1]^[2]

Haines began his college studies at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh before transferring to Marquette University. He graduated from Marquette in 1981 with a Bachelor of Theology degree. Haines then attended Saint Francis de Sales Seminary in St. Francis, Wisconsin, earning a Master of Divinity degree there in 1985.^[1]

Priesthood

On May 17, 1985, Haines was ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee by Archbishop Archbishop Weakland.^[3]

After his 1985 ordination, the archdiocese appointed Haines as associate pastor of St. Nicholas Parish in Milwaukee. In 1987, he was also named as associate pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Milwaukee. Haines left the two Milwaukee parishes in 1991 to become associate pastor of St. Eugene Parish in Fox Point, Wisconsin. Haines was appointed pastor in 1996 of St. Frances Cabrini Parish in West Bend, Wisconsin.^[1]

Haines went to Washington D.C. in 2002 to study canon law at Catholic University of America. Returning to Milwaukee the next year, the archdiocese posted him as temporary administrator of St. Patrick Parish in Whitewater, Wisconsin. In 2003, Haines returned as pastor to St. Frances Cabrini Parish, then in 2004 also appointed to assist at Immaculate Conception/St. Mary’s Parish in West Bend. In 2011, Haines became rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee.^[1] He was elected three times as moderator of the archdiocesan council of priests and has served on the college of consultors.^[1]

Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee

Pope Francis appointed Haines as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee on January 25, 2017.^[4]^[5] On March 17, 2017, Haines was consecrated by Archbishop Jerome Listecki at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, with Bishop Donald J. Hying, and Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba serving as co-consecrators^[6]^[7] Haines is still serving as rector and pastor of the Cathedral Parish.^[1]

Haines occasionally makes what he terms as “pilgrimages” to Miller Park in Milwaukee to watch the Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball team. He also enjoys traveling to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, to listen to country music.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bishop Haines". Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
^ ^a ^b "Pope Appoints Two Local Priests Auxiliary Bishops For Milwaukee". Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
^ "Archbishop Rembert George Weakland [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
^ "Pope Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Milwaukee". Retrieved January 25, 2017.
^ "Pope Francis Appoints Two Local Priests Auxiliary Bishops for Milwaukee". Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
^ "Episcopal Ordination Order of Worship" (PDF). Archdiocese of Milwaukee Official Site. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ "Priests from Milwaukee, Burlington appointed by Pope Francis as "Auxiliary Bishops"". Fox6Now.com. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee Official Site

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by -	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee 2017-Present	Succeeded by -

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Archbishops

John Henni

Michael Heiss

Frederick Katzer

Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Samuel Stritch

Moses E. Kiley

Albert Gregory Meyer

William Edward Cousins

Rembert Weakland

Timothy M. Dolan

Jerome Edward Listecki

Auxiliary
bishops

Joseph Maria Koudelka

Edward Kozłowski

Roman Richard Atkielski

Jeffrey Robert Haines

James Thomas Schuerman

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Basilicas: Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee; Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Hubertus

Parishes: St. John Vianney Church, Brookfield; St. John the Baptist Church, Johnsburg; Gesu Church, Milwaukee; Holy Trinity Church, Milwaukee; Old St. Mary's Church, Milwaukee; St. Adalbert's Church, Milwaukee; St. Hedwig's Church, Milwaukee; St. Stanislaus Church, Milwaukee; St. Patrick's Church, Milwaukee; Saints Peter and Paul Church, Milwaukee; St. Vincent de Paul Church, Milwaukee; St. Mary's Church, Port Washington; St. Patrick's Church, Racine; St. Joseph's Church, Waukesha