Gregory John Hartmayer

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Gregory J. Hartmayer, O.F.M Conv.
Archbishop of Atlanta
Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer.jpg
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Atlanta
AppointedMarch 5, 2020
InstalledMay 6, 2020
Predecessor Wilton Daniel Gregory
Orders
OrdinationMay 5, 1979
by  Howard James Hubbard
ConsecrationOctober 18, 2011
by  Wilton Daniel Gregory,
J. Kevin Boland, and Luis Rafael Zarama
Personal details
Born (1951-11-21) November 21, 1951 (age 71)
Buffalo, New York,
United States
ParentsJohn W. & Sally Hartmayer
Previous post(s) Bishop of Savannah
(2011-2020)
Education Boston College
Emmanuel College
St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary
St. Hyacinth College and Seminary
Motto
  • Pax et Bonum
  • (English: Peace and Good)
Styles of
Gregory John Hartmayer
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. (born November 21, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A Conventual Friar Minor, he serves as the Archbishop of Atlanta in Georgia, having returned to the archdiocese where he worked from 1995 to 2011. From 2011 to 2020, Hartmayer served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia.

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Biography

Early life

Gregory Hartmayer was born on November 21, 1951, in Buffalo, New York, one of four children of John and Sally Hartmayer. [1] He was raised in Tonawanda, New York, receiving his early education at St. Amelia School. [2] Hartmayer graduated from Cardinal O'Hara High School in Tonawanda in 1969. [2]

After graduating from high school, Hartmayer joined the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, commonly known as the Conventual Franciscans, at the St. Joseph Cupertino Friary in Ellicott City, Maryland. [3] He took his simple vows as a Conventual Franciscan friar on August 15, 1970, before making his solemn profession on August 15, 1973. [4] Hartmayer also studied at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Granby, Massachusetts, where he obtained a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1974. [1]

From 1974 to 1975, Hartmeyer taught at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore. [1] He then returned to New York to study at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, New York, receiving a Master of Theology degree in 1979. [3]

Ordination and ministry

Hartmayer was ordained to the priesthood for the Conventual Franciscans by Bishop Howard J. Hubbard on May 5, 1979. [5] He then returned to Archbishop Curley High School, where he served as a guidance counselor and teacher (1979-1985) and principal (1985-1988). [3] In 1980, Hartmayer earned a Master of Arts degree in pastoral counseling from Emmanuel College in Boston. [1] He served as principal of Cardinal O'Hara High School from 1988 to 1989, when he became principal of St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, New York. [1] Hartmayer received a Master of Education degree in secondary Catholic school administration from Boston College in 1992. [1]

Following a three-month sabbatical at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, Hartmayer briefly served as an instructor at John Carroll Catholic High School in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1995. [3] In August of that year, he was named pastor of St. Philip Benizi Parish in Jonesboro, Georgia. [1] He became pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in Lithia Springs, Georgia, in July 2010. [2]

Bishop of Savannah

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Hartmayer's coat of arms as Bishop of Savannah

On July 19, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Hartmayer as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah. [6] His episcopal consecration took place on October 18, 2011, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, Georgia. [7] His principal consecrator was Archbishop Wilton Gregory, with Bishops J. Kevin Boland and Luis Zarama as co-consecrators.

The diocese reached a settlement in 2016 of $4.5 million to a man who accused Wayland Brown, a diocese priest, of sexually abusing him in the 1980's. Authorities could not criminally charge Brown with this offense due to the statute of limitations. Already defrocked, Brown was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2018 on other sexual abuse charges. [8]

On November 12, 2018, Hartmayer released a list of 16 clergy from the diocese with credible accusations of sexual abuse of minors. [9] When Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced an investigation in May 2019 into sexual abuse claims against Catholic clergy in Georgia, Hartmayer pledged the full support of the Diocese of Savannah. [10]

Hartmayer was appointed to the board of directors of the National Catholic Educational Association in 2019.[ citation needed ]

Archbishop of Atlanta

Pope Francis appointed Hartmayer as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on March 5, 2020. [4] [11] He was installed on May 6, 2020 in the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. [12] The ceremony was held behind closed doors, with only a few attendees due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] Church journalist Rocco Palmo stated that Hartmayer was Archbishop Gregory's "chosen successor." [14]

On November 26, 2021, Hartmeyer commented on the conviction of three white men in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man in Glynn County, Georgia: [15]

“We are called to acknowledge and root out racism in our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces and yes, even our churches. I hope you will join me in prayer, peace and restorative works of justice in this cause of respecting the human dignity of all.” [15]

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