Christopher J. Coyne

Christopher James Coyne (born June 17, 1958) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut and the administrator of the Diocese of Burlington. Coyne previously served as the bishop of Diocese of Burlington from 2015 to 2023 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in Indiana from 2011 to 2015. Biography Early life and education Christopher Coyne was born on June 17, 1958, in Woburn, Massachusetts to Rita and Bill Coyne. He attended public schools in Woburn, graduating from Woburn Memorial High School in 1976. In 1980, Coyne received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from University of Massachusetts Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts. For two years after graduation, Coyne worked as a bartender. In 1986,Coyne graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from St. John's Seminary in Boston. Priesthood On June 7, 1986, Coyne was ordained a priest for Archdiocese of Boston by Cardinal Bernard Law. Coyne's first assignment was as parochial vicar for St. Mary of the Hills Parish in Milton, Massachusetts, staying there until 1989. In 1992, he earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology and in 1994 his Doctor of Sacred Liturgy degree from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. In 1994, Coyne was appointed director of the pre-theology program at St. John's Seminary. In 2004, he became an adjunct faculty member there. Coyne became director for the archdiocesan Office of Worship in 2000.