Fr. Echert is a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis and a senior Air Force chaplain for the 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard. His service to civilian parishes and the military spans decades. He is also a former professor of sacred Scripture for the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity and adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. A Scripture forum expert for EWTN, he holds a licentiate in sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.
