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American prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1943)

Richard Edmund Pates (born February 12, 1943) is an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Des Moines from 2008 to 2019 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis from 2000 to 2008. After his retirement, Pates served as apostolic administrator of both the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois and the Diocese of Crookston for short terms. On April 4, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Pates as administrator of the Archdiocese of Dubuque due to the abrupt retirement of Archbishop Michael Jackels.

The youngest of three sons, Richard Pates was born on February 12, 1943, to Donald and Lenora Pates in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He attended Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary in Saint Paul and St. Paul Seminary, where he earned Bachelor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Latin degrees in 1965. Pates completed his graduate studies in Rome, where he resided at the Pontifical North American College. He received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

On December 20, 1968, Pates was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis by Bishop Francis Reh at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. After returning to Minnesota in 1968, he was appointed associate pastor at Blessed Sacrament Parish in St. Paul. in Minneapolis. In 1973, he was named as private secretary to Archbishop Leo Byrne and vice chancellor of the Archdiocese.

In 1975, Pates was appointed as secretary of the apostolic delegation to the United States in Washington, D. C During this time, he assisted at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and was raised by the Vatican to the rank of chaplain to his holiness in 1979. Pates advocated lifting the Cuban embargo and other restrictions the US Government had placed on Cuba. He called for further dialogue between the two countries, earning some support from Catholics in South Florida.

On February 16, 2018, Pates submitted his letter of resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines to Pope Francis having reached the canonical retirement age of 75. His successor, Reverend William M. Joensen, was announced in late July 2019.

On December 27, 2019, Francis named Pates as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Joliet after Bishop R. Daniel Conlon took medical leave. He continued in that role when Conlon retired on May 4, 2020. Pates' responsibilities in Joliet ended when new Bishop Ronald Hicks was installed there on September 29, 2020. On April 13, 2021, Francis named Pates as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Crookston. The pope had asked Bishop Michael Hoeppner to resign due to his mishandling of sexual abuse allegations against priests. Pates' term ended on December 6, 2021, with the installation of Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens as bishop of Crookston. Due to health issues, Archbishop Michael Jackels of Dubuque in April 2023 asked Francis to immediately accept his resignation as archbishop. Francis accepted the resignation on April 4, 2023 and appointed Pates as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese until Thomas Robert Zinkula was appointed the Archbishop on July 26.