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Cardinal Burke Installs Rev. Hildebrand Garceau, O.Praem. (’78) as Rector of Guadelupe Shrine
at Thomas Aquinas College, California, in 2015.
On the Feast of Christ the King, His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke appointed an alumnus priest, Rev. Hildebrand Garceau, O.Praem. (’78), as the new rector of the shrine of the Church of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
“In the joy of today’s feast, I have the profound joy of installing Father Hildebrand Garceau, Canon Regular of Prémontré of Saint Michael’s Abbey in Orange, California, as the Fourth Rector of the Church of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe,” His Eminence announced. The Cardinal founded the shrine in 2004 when he was the Bishop of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Its architect, Duncan Stroik of the University of Notre Dame, also designed Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel on Thomas Aquinas College’s California campus.
A native of Connecticut, Fr. Hildebrand first came to TAC as a student in 1974. After graduating in 1978, he attended Mt. Angel Seminary in Oregon and was ordained to the priesthood in 1984. He served as a chaplain on the California campus from 2011 to 2015.
For the past year and a half, Fr. Hildebrand has served the Shrine alongside three fellow Norbertine brothers. Now, he will aid its community and pilgrims as the Shrine’s administrator and guide. “As Rector of the Shrine Church, Father Hildebrand has the responsibility of assuring that all priests who serve here are faithful to the Shrine’s high mission: the care of the souls of pilgrims,” said Cardinal Burke in his Christ the King homily. “The pilgrims to the Shrine are profoundly blessed by his faithful and generous priestly life and ministry.”
