One of the first bishops appointed by Benedict XVI in 2005, he was promoted to archbishop of Portland a few weeks before the resignation of the Holy Father, demonstrating the link which unites him to the Pope Emeritus. During Sacra Liturgia 2013 in Rome, he delivered a memorable conference on the bishop’s mission with regard to the liturgy, not hesitating to explain why the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum was, according to him, “one of the greatest gifts that could be given to the Church in the service of liturgical renewal and reform.” Beyond the liturgical field, he is filled with a deep concern for formation—of the clergy as well as of lay people—and behaves like a true father towards his priests and faithful, all of his faithful! and as a courageous witness of Christian truth, including in the social and political sphere. Born in 1960, he embodies the new generation of prelates who prefer the cassock to a suit and tie.