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"I think its more important to be out. They need to know who I am and see me to talk to me, and if they have a problem, they can confront me. If Im not there, Im just kind of a figurehead in Seattle."

Alexander Joseph Brunett
Alexander Joseph Brunett
Alexander Joseph Brunett was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State from 1997 until his retirement in 2010. Brunett previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Helena in Montana from 1994 to 1997 and after his retirement he served as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Oakland in California from 2012 to 20