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Eckman is a Western Pennsylvania native from Bethel Park and has served as the auxiliary bishop since 2022. Along with that, he also served in central administration for the last 12 years.

He was auxiliary bishop in Pittsburgh from 1997-2003 and then bishop of Green Bay, WI, from 2003-07, before taking the reins Sept. 28, 2007, in Pittsburgh. Mount Galitzen closed in June 2009.