His Excellency, The Most Reverend Kevin Thomas Kenney
Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Titular Bishop of Cunavia
Kenney at his episcopal consecration
Archdiocese	Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Appointed	July 25, 2024
Installed	October 28, 2024
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Cunavia
Orders
Ordination	May 28, 1994 by John Roach
Consecration	October 28, 2024 by Bernard Hebda, Peter F. Christensen, and James R. Golka
Personal details
Born	(1959-12-29) December 29, 1959 (age 65) Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Alma mater	DeLaSalle High School College of Saint Thomas Catholic Theological Union Saint Paul Seminary
Motto	The Love of Christ Impels Us
Coat of arms

Styles of Kevin Thomas Kenney
Azure, three pallets wavy Argent, overall to dexter the Tower of Saint Kevin Or and to sinister a Greek Celtic cross Or, charged at the center with a dove overt Argent; on a chief Or flanked to dexter by a Rose Gules, barbed and seeded Proper, and to sinister by a sheaf of wheat Or and a bunch of grapes, Purpure, leaved Vert together, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Gules, crowned and wounded Proper, enflamed Or. The shield ensigned with an episcopal cross Or behind the shield and a bishop’s galero Vert cords and twelve tassels disposed in three rows of one, two and three all Vert. On a scroll below the shield the motto: "The Love of Christ Impels Us".[1]
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Kevin Thomas Kenney (born December 29, 1959) is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Currently an auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Kenney was born and raised in Minneapolis and attended DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis College of Saint Thomas in St. Paul. After spending time as a Claretian, Kenney was ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on May 28, 1994. He was named an auxiliary bishop on July 25, 2024, and consecrated on October 28, 2024.

Kenney was born on December 29, 1959, to William and Dorothy Kenney and is the fifth of eight children.^[2] He attended DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis, where he graduated from in 1978.^[2] He received a received a bachelor's degree in business administration and Spanish from the College of Saint Thomas in St. Paul. Through his time in high school and college he worked numerous odd jobs, including paper carrier, janitor, dishwasher, and drink vendor at the Metrodome.^[1]

After his college graduation, he moved to Chicago to work with the Claretians as a lay volunteer.^[2] After two years, he was hired as the program director.^[2] After another two years, he entered formation with the Claretians and began to attend Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where he received a Master of Divinity.^[2][3] After five years of formation with the Claretians, he left the community and applied as a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, where he attended Saint Paul Seminary.^[2] He was ordained a priest by Archbishop John Roach on May 28, 1994.^[3]

As a priest, Kenney served as parochial vicar at Saint Olaf in Minneapolis from 1994 to 1998, as pastor of Our Lady of Peace in Minneapolis from 1998 to 2004, as pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Saint Paul from 2004 to 2015, and as pastor of both Saint Michael in Kenyon and Divine Mercy in Faribault from 2015 to 2019, before his assignment as pastor of Saint Olaf in downtown Minneapolis in 2019.^[3] During the trial of Derek Chauvin, Kenney led a prayer service each morning calling for healing and peace.^[4]

Fluent in Spanish, he served as the archdiocese's Vicar for Latino Ministry from 2010 to 2018.^[1] He has also served as an adjunct professor of theology at the University of Saint Thomas.^[2]

On July 25, 2024, Pope Francis appointed Kenney as Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and Titular Bishop of Cunavia.^[3][2] Upon receiving the call from the apostolic nuncio, Christophe Pierre, Kenney was initially hesitant as at 64 years old he was already considering retirement opportunities. However, after reflecting on the daily readings of the week, he responded that he would accept.^[5]

He was consecrated a bishop on October 28, 2024, by Bernard Hebda, with Peter F. Christensen and James R. Golka as principal co-consecrators.^[1] Golka and Christensen had been seminary classmates of Kenney.^[6]

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