Gregory Michael Aymond (born November 12, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He became the fourteenth archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Louisiana on June 12, 2009. Aymond had previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Austin in Texas from 2001 to 2009, as coadjutor bishop of the same diocese from 2000 to 2001 and as an auxiliary bishop of New Orleans from 1997 to 2000. Biography Early life and education The oldest of three children, Gregory Aymond was born on November 12, 1949, in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended St. James Major Elementary School, and evacuated New Orleans with his family by skiff after Hurricane Betsy in 1965. After graduating from Cor Jesu High School in New Orleans in 1967, he studied at St. Joseph Seminary College in Saint Benedict, Louisiana, until 1971. He then attended Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, obtaining his Master of Divinity degree in 1975. He then furthered his studies at the Institute for Ministry at Loyola University New Orleans. Priesthood Aymond was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop Philip Hannan on May 10, 1975. He then served as a professor and later rector at St. John Vianney Preparatory School in New Orleans until 1981, when he became director of education and professor of pastoral theology and homiletics at Notre Dame Seminary. From 1986 to 2000, he served as president-rector of Notre Dame; his tenure was the longest in the seminary's history. During his priestly ministry, he also served as executive director of the Department of Christian Formation, with responsibility for Catholic schools and religious education. He was director of Society for the Propagation of the Faith and was a member of its national board (1977–2000). During the 1980s, Aymond and other Notre Dame traveled to Mexico to build houses and provide religious training. In 1994 he founded Christ the Healer, a medical mission program of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Granada, Nicaragua. Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans On November 19, 1996, Aymond was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and titular bishop of Acholla by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on January 10, 1997, from Archbishop Francis Schulte, with Archbishops Philip Hannan and John Favalora serving as co-consecrators. Brian Matherne sex abuse case As an auxiliary bishop of