Biography on bishop terry steib memphis

          (born May 17, ) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.!

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          Steib was ordained a priest of the Society of the Divine Word on January 6, , and served as Assistant Dean of Students at Divine Word Seminary in Bay St.

        1. He was ordained as a bishop in and served as the Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis before becoming the fourth Bishop of Memphis in He retired in
        2. (born May 17, ) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
        3. He was ordained as a bishop in and served as the Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis before becoming the fourth Bishop of Memphis in He retired in and.
        4. The first Black bishop to lead the diocese.

          5. Terry Steib

          His Excellency, The Most Reverend


          James Terry Steib

          DioceseMemphis
          AppointedMarch 24, 1993
          InstalledMay 5, 1993
          RetiredAugust 23, 2016
          PredecessorDaniel M.

          Buechlein

          SuccessorMartin Holley
          Previous post(s)
          OrdinationJanuary 6, 1967
          by Philip Matthew Hannan
          ConsecrationFebruary 10, 1984
          by John L.

          May, George Joseph Gottwald, and Charles Roman Koester

          Born (1940-05-17) May 17, 1940 (age 84)

          Vacherie, Louisiana, US

          MottoThe Lord is my light

          James Terry Steib, S.V.D.

          (born May 17, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Steib served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri from 1983 to 1993. He became the first African-American bishop of the Diocese of Memphis in Tennessee in 1993, serving there until 2016.

          Biography

          Early life

          James Terry Steib was born on May 17, 1940, in Vacherie, Louisiana, one of five children of Rosemond and Viv