Father Bauknecht, Pastor of the Mater Dei Latin Mass Parish in Irving, TX, was born and raised in northern Wisconsin. He spent seven years in the Navy as an aviation electronics technician with tours in Japan, Spain, and Diego Garcia. He entered the fraternity’s seminary in Denton and was ordained in 2010. He previously served in the Archdiocese of Edmonton and the Diocese of Calgary, both in Alberta, Canada, the Diocese of Dallas, and the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.