Bishop Steven Biegler (Cheyenne) is a native of Timber Lake, S.D. He has six brothers and six sisters. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Rapid City on July 9, 1993, and he was ordained and installed as the Bishop of Cheyenne on June 5, 2017.
He earned a BA in Philosophy from St. Mary’s College while a seminarian at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, Minnesota (1986-1989). He also earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University while a seminarian at the North American College in Rome (1989-1993). Later he completed a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (2006-2007).
He served as the Vicar General (2013-2017) and as the Diocesan Administrator of Diocese of Rapid City (2010-2011). Currently, he serves on the USCCB Subcommittee on the Translation of Scripture Texts. (Board President; Ex-Officio)