Frank Schuster

Frank Raymond Schuster (born May 20, 1971) is an American priest of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State since 2022.

Biography Frank Schuster was born on May 20, 1971, in Mount Vernon, Washington, to John and Virginia Schuster. He has two siblings. Frank Schuster grew up in Maple Valley, Washington, and attended Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington.

After finishing high school, Schuster enrolled in the University of Washington in Seattle, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 1994. Deciding to become a priest, he moved to Mundelein, Illinois, to enter the Mundelein Seminary. He received a Master of Divinity degree and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from Mundelein.

After his 1999 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Schuster as parochial vicar at both Church of the Assumption Parish and Sacred Heart Parish, both in Bellingham, Washington. Schuster in 2000 left both parishes to become chaplain at Catholic Campus Ministry at Western Washington University in Bellingham. On May 3, 2022, Schuster was consecrated as a bishop at St. James Cathedral by Archbishop Paul D. Etienne, with Archbishop J. Peter Sartain and Bishop Joseph J. Tyson acting as co-consecrators.

Schuster serves as regional bishop in charge of the Southern Deaneries of the archdiocese.