Background
Naumann, Joseph Fred was born on June 4, 1949 in St. Louis. Son of Fred and Louise (Lukens) Naumann.
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Naumann, Joseph Fred was born on June 4, 1949 in St. Louis. Son of Fred and Louise (Lukens) Naumann.
Bachelor, Cardinal Glennon College, St. Louis, 1971. Degree in theology, Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, 1975.
He serves as the fourth and current Archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas. He is also serving as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, following the April 2015 resignation of Bishop Robert West. Finn. After serving as a transitional deacon in Florissant and completing his theological studies at Kenrick Seminary in 1975, Naumann was ordained to the priesthood on May 24 of that same year, for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
From 1984 to 1989, Naumann was a part-time curate at Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in Saint Louis, while working as Coordinator of the Archdiocesan Pro-Life Committee as well until 1995.
He was later pastor of Ascension Parish in Normandy (1989-1994) and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis (1994-2003). On July 8, 1997, Naumann was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis and Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla by Pope John Paul World War II He received episcopal consecration on the following September 3 from Archbishop Justin Rigali, with Bishops Edward O"Donnell and Edward Braxton serving as co-consecrators.
Naumann, after becoming Apostolic Administrator of Saint Louis in October 2003, was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas on January 7, 2004, serving under Archbishop James Keleher. He later succeeded Archbishop Keleher as Archbishop of Kansas City upon the latter’s resignation on January 15, 2005.
The Archbishop sits on the committees on Pro-Life and on Communications within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as Kenrick-Glennon Seminary Board of Trustees and the Board of Regents for Conception Seminary.
He is also Chairman of the Kansas Catholic Conference. On April 21, 2015, Naumann was also appointed Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph.