Paul D. Etienne

Paul Dennis Étienne (born June 15, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State since 2019. Previously, Etienne was bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming from 2009 to 2016 and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Alaska from 2016 to 2019. On September 3, 2019, Etienne automatically became the sixth archbishop of Seattle following the resignation of his predecessor. Early life and education Paul Etienne was born June 15, 1959, in Tell City, Indiana, the second son of Paul and Kay Etienne. One of his uncles is a diocesan priest and an aunt is a Benedictine nun. Etienne has a sister (Nicolette) who is a Benedictine nun at Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Indiana; two brothers, (Zachary and Bernard) are diocesan priests in the Diocese of Evansville. In 1983, Paul Etienne entered Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, but in 1984 transferred to University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from St. Thomas in 1986. After his graduation, Etienne worked for a year for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) as an assistant coordinator for papal visits.