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Rev. Richard William Bednar was born in 1963 in Ponoka Alberta. He attended St. Joseph Seminary between 1958 and 1962 and was ordained into the priesthood on June 2, 1962 at St. Andrew’s by Archbishop Anthony Jordon. His first appointment was as associate pastorl at Sacred Heeat Parish in Edmonton, as well as chaplain at the Royal Alexandra hospital. Over his career as a priest he worked at a number of parishes across the Archdiocese including a number of parishes in Edmonton, and parishes in Stettler, Wetaskiwin, and Leduc.
From 1963-1972 Bednar served as chair of the Archdiocese Liturgical Commission. During this time he also received a bachelor of theology from Newman theological College (1970). He continued his studies in counselling and spiritual at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa, and in Scripture and Canon Law at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax.
Rev. Bednar retired in 2001 from active parish ministry and died July 3, 2006.