consecration other_post article_title coat_of_arms birth_date alma_mater title term_start image name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place motto type previous_post appointed successor see ordination birth_name
september 18 , 1998 chairman of usccb communications committee john charles wester
 coat of arms of john charles wester.svg 5 november 1950 saint patrick seminary archbishop of santa fe june 4 , 2015 coat of arms of john charles wester.svg john charles wester william joseph levada michael jarboe sheehan san francisco , california abide in christ bishop bishop of salt lake city april 27 , 2015 incumbent santa fe may 15 , 1976 john charles wester
john charles wester

john charles wester , -lrb- born november 5 , 1950 -rrb- is an american prelate of the catholic church who is serving as the twelfth archbishop .
of the archdiocese of santa fe .
pope john paul ii appointed him titular bishop of lamiggiga and auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese of san francisco .
after becoming auxiliary bishop , wester held the title of moderator of the curia until 2003 .
while he was episcopal vicar for clergy , wester also served as vicar general of the archdiocese of san francisco .
in 2007 wester was appointed by pope benedict xvi to be the ninth bishop of the diocese of salt lake city .
on april 27 , 2015 wester was appointed by pope francis to succeed michael jarboe sheehan as the twelfth archbishop of santa fe .
