Paul Terrio (born May 4, 1943) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul, Alberta.
Paul Terrio (born May 4, 1943) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul, Alberta.
Terrio was born in Montreal. He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1970. He was appointed as bishop of St. Paul by Pope Benedict XVI on October 18, 2012. He received his episcopal consecration on December 12, 2012. [1] [2] On January 1, 2021 it was announced that he was retiring and anticipated a replacement bishop in 2021.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of London is a Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto in Ontario, southeastern Canada.
The Catholic Church in Canada, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, and has a decentralised structure, meaning each diocesan bishop is autonomous but under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. As of 2021, it has the largest number of adherents to a Christian denomination and a religion in Canada, with 29.4% of Canadians being adherents according to the census in 2021. There are 73 dioceses and about 7,000 priests in Canada. On a normal Sunday, between 15 and 25 percent of Canada's Catholics attend Mass.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay is a Latin church diocese in the northeast region of Wisconsin in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay.
The Archdiocese of Edmonton is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese in the Canadian civil province of Alberta. The archbishop's cathedral see is located in St. Joseph Cathedral, a minor basilica in Edmonton. The Archdiocese of Edmonton is the metropolitan see of its ecclesiastical province, which also contains two suffragan dioceses: the Dioceses of Calgary and Saint Paul in Alberta.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. A metropolitan see, its archepiscopal see is the Montreal, Quebec. It includes Montreal and surrounding areas within Quebec.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver is a Roman Catholic Latin archdiocese that includes part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that includes part of the civil province of Alberta. On September 15, 2022, Gary Anthony Franken, was appointed Bishop of Saint Paul, succeeding Paul Terrio.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria–Cornwall was a Roman Catholic diocese that comprised the easternmost part of the Province of Ontario. The diocese was created by Pope Leo XIII on January 23, 1890. It has also previously operated under the name the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria in Ontario. On May 6, 2020 the diocese was merged with the Archdiocese of Ottawa to form the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall.
Paul Joseph Bradley is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo in Michigan from 2009 to 2023. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2009.
The Diocese of Hamilton is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese in Toronto.
Thomas Christopher Collins is a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto from 2007 to 2023, the Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta from 1997 to 1999, and Archbishop of Edmonton from 1999 to 2006. He was elevated to the rank of Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on February 18, 2012.
Samuel Joseph Aquila is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fifth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado. He previously served as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Fargo in North Dakota. Additionally, he serves on the board of directors at FOCUS.
Robert Daniel Conlon is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois from 2011 to 2020. From 2002 to 2011 he served as bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville in Ohio.
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Canada are well documented dating back to the 1960s. The preponderance of criminal cases with Canadian Catholic dioceses named as defendants that have surfaced since the 1980s strongly indicate that these cases were far more widespread than previously believed. While recent media reports have centred on Newfoundland dioceses, there have been reported cases—tested in court with criminal convictions—in almost all Canadian provinces. Sexual assault is the act of an individual touching another individual sexually and/or committing sexual activities forcefully and/or without the other person's consent. The phrase Catholic sexual abuse cases refers to acts of sexual abuse, typically child sexual abuse, by members of authority in the Catholic church, such as priests. Such cases have been occurring sporadically since the 11th century in Catholic churches around the world. This article summarizes some of the most notable Catholic sexual abuse cases in Canadian provinces.
William Terrence McGrattan is the eighth and current bishop of the Diocese of Calgary. He was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto and titular bishop of Furnos Minor before being appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Peterborough.
David Douglas Crosby is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the ninth and current Bishop of Hamilton, having previously served as Bishop of St. George’s Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador (2003–2007) and Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador (2007–2010).
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or personal ordinariate of the Catholic Church for Anglican converts in the United States and Canada. It allows these parishioners to maintain elements of Anglican liturgy and tradition in their services. The ordinariate was established by the Vatican in 2012.
Richard Joseph Gagnon is a Canadian bishop of the Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop of Winnipeg, appointed to the position in 2014 after previously serving as the Bishop of Victoria. He has also served as President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) since September 2019. Gagnon attended high school and university in Greater Vancouver, before studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1983 and served in the Archdiocese of Vancouver as an assistant pastor and parish priest for two decades. He became vicar general of the archdiocese in 2002 and was consecrated as a bishop two years later. Gagnon has been noted for his work toward reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Victoria and Winnipeg. He is also noted for calling the first diocesan synod in the Archdiocese of Winnipeg.
David Leon Toups is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont in Texas since 2020. He was previously rector of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.
