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==Biography== |
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J. Terry Steib was one of five children in the family of Rosemond and Vivian Steib. The Steib family lived in Louisiana, in sugar cane country. The Bishop grew up in Louisiana. After graduating high school, Bishop Steib enrolled in three successive Divine Word Seminaries in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Conesus, New York ,and Techny Illinois, respectively, to study to be ordained as a priest. He was ordained in 1967 in the Society of the Divine Word, and took a job at St. Stanislaus College, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he had been in seminary. He also held a job as Assistant Dean of Students at the Seminary in Bay St. Louis from 1967-1969. |
J. Terry Steib was one of five children in the family of Rosemond and Vivian Steib. The Steib family lived in Louisiana, in sugar cane country. The Bishop grew up in Louisiana. After graduating high school, Bishop Steib enrolled in three successive Divine Word Seminaries in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Conesus, New York ,and Techny Illinois, respectively, to study to be ordained as a priest. He was ordained in 1967 in the Society of the Divine Word, and took a job at St. Stanislaus College, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he had been in seminary. He also held a job as Assistant Dean of Students at the Seminary in Bay St. Louis from 1967-1969. |
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Bishop Steib served as provincial superior of his order's Southern Province from 1976-1983. Around the same time period, (1979-1983), he was the Vice President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. |
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Before becoming Bishop of Memphis, Bishop Steib was appointed to the positions of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of of St. Louis, as well as the Titular Bishop of Fallaba. He received the appointments to these positions by Pope John Paul II in 1983. The next year he was officially ordained as a Bishop by Archbishop John L. May. Then, in 1993, Pope John Paul II assigned him to be the first African American Bishop of Memphis. Bishop Steib was installed as Daniel M. Buchlein's successor as the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Memphis on May 5, 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bishop Terry Steib|url=https://cdom.org/bishop-terry-steib/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Catholic Diocese of Memphis|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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[[Pope Francis]] accepted his resignation - as is customary when a bishop turns 75 - August 23, 2016. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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James Terry Steib | |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Memphis | |
| Archdiocese | Louisville |
| Diocese | Memphis |
| Appointed | March 24, 1993 |
| Installed | May 5, 1993 |
| Term ended | August 23, 2016 |
| Predecessor | Daniel M. Buechlein |
| Successor | Martin Holley |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | January 6, 1967 |
| Consecration | February 10, 1984 by John L. May, George Joseph Gottwald, and Charles Roman Koester |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 17, 1940 |
| Motto | THE LORD IS MY LIGHT |
| Styles of James Terry Steib | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
James Terry Steib, S.V.D. (born May 17, 1940) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Memphis from 1993 to 2016.
Biography
J. Terry Steib was one of five children in the family of Rosemond and Vivian Steib. The Steib family lived in Louisiana, in sugar cane country. The Bishop grew up in Louisiana. After graduating high school, Bishop Steib enrolled in three successive Divine Word Seminaries in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Conesus, New York ,and Techny Illinois, respectively, to study to be ordained as a priest. He was ordained in 1967 in the Society of the Divine Word, and took a job at St. Stanislaus College, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he had been in seminary. He also held a job as Assistant Dean of Students at the Seminary in Bay St. Louis from 1967-1969.
Bishop Steib served as provincial superior of his order's Southern Province from 1976-1983. Around the same time period, (1979-1983), he was the Vice President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men.
Before becoming Bishop of Memphis, Bishop Steib was appointed to the positions of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of of St. Louis, as well as the Titular Bishop of Fallaba. He received the appointments to these positions by Pope John Paul II in 1983. The next year he was officially ordained as a Bishop by Archbishop John L. May. Then, in 1993, Pope John Paul II assigned him to be the first African American Bishop of Memphis. Bishop Steib was installed as Daniel M. Buchlein's successor as the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Memphis on May 5, 1993.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Bishop Terry Steib". Catholic Diocese of Memphis. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
External links
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis Official Site
- National Black Catholic Congress bio of J. Terry Steib
- National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus bio of J. Terry Steib
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- People from Vacherie, Louisiana
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis
- Xavier University of Louisiana alumni
- Religious leaders from Louisiana
- Roman Catholic bishops in Tennessee
- Catholics from Louisiana
- Divine Word Missionaries Order