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The Most Reverend J.
Terry Steib, S.V.D.
Bishop of Memphis
INSTALLED May 5, 1993
Bishop J. Terry Steib, S.V.D. was born in Vacherie, Louisiana,
the oldest of five children born to Rosemond and Vivian Jones
Steib.
Bishop Steib received his
Theological Degree from Divine Word Seminary in Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi in 1967 and his Master of Arts Degree in Guidance
and Counseling from Xavier University, New Orleans in 1973.
He was ordained
to the Priesthood on January 6, 1967 in Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi. Following his ordination, he was assigned as
Assistant Dean of Students at Divine Word Seminary, Bay St.
Louis, Mississippi from 1967 until 1969. He also served as a
professor at St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis from
1967 to 1976.
In 1976 Bishop Steib was elected to the first of three terms (1976-1983) as the
Provincial Superior of Divine Word Missionaries, Southern
Province. He was also elected Vice President of the Conference
of Major Superiors of Men (1979-1983).
On February 10,
1984, he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of
St. Louis, Missouri and Titular Bishop of Fallaba in St. Louis,
Missouri by Archbishop John L. May.
Bishop Steib
was installed as the fourth Bishop of Memphis on May 5, 1993 by
the Most Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio.
He is currently the USCCB Subcommittee for Cultural Diversity as well as the USCCB Committee of Pro-Life Activities.
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