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Paul David Sirba (September 2, 1960 – December 1, 2019) was an American
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of the
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who served as
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of the Diocese of Duluth in
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from 2009 until his death in 2019


Early life and education

Paul Sirba was born on September 2, 1960, in
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,
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. He attended Nativity of Mary Catholic School in
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, and later graduated from the
Academy of Holy Angels Academy of Holy Angels (AHA) is a private Catholic high school in Richfield, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, the nationally recognized college-preparatory school educates more than 600 students ...
in Richfield, Minnesota. Sirba then went to University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He completed his studies at the Saint Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota and at the Notre Dame Institute for Catechetics in
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.


Priesthood

Sirba was ordained a priest May 31, 1986, for the
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
. After his ordination, Sirba served as assistant pastor at Saint Olaf Parish in Minneapolis. In 1990, he was transferred to serve at Saint John the Baptist Parish in
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, for one year. Sirba was named spiritual director of the
Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity The Saint Paul Seminary (SPS) is a Catholic major seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. A part of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, SPS prepares men to enter the priesthood and permanent diaconate, and educates lay men and women on Ca ...
, holding that position until 2000. In 2001, he was named pastor of the Maternity of Mary Parish in
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. Sirba left Maternity of Mary to become director of spiritual formation at Saint Paul school in 2006. He was named
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and
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for the archdiocese in June 2009.


Bishop of Duluth

On October 15, 2009,
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appointed Sirba as bishop of the Diocese of Duluth succeeding Bishop Dennis Schnurr, who was named
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of
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in October 2008. Sirba was consecrated on December 14, 2009, by Archbishop John Nienstedt. On December 1, 2019, Sirba was preparing to celebrate mass at St. Rose Church in
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, when he suffered a
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. He died at age 59 at a local hospital.


See also

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References


External links


Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth Official Site
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