Steven Beseau

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Steven Beseau

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Rector and President, Pontifical College Josephinum
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Church Catholic
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City
AppointedMarch 19, 2019
PredecessorMonsignor Christopher J. Schreck
Other post(s)Professor of Moral Theology, Athenaeum of Ohio
Chaplain and Campus Minister, University of Kansas
Orders
OrdinationJune 10, 1995
by  James Patrick Keleher
Personal details
Alma mater University of Kansas
Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Steven Beseau (born May 24, 1966) is an American Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Kansas City who has served as rector and president of the Pontifical College Josephinum since 2019.

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Biography

Early life

Beseau was born in Shawnee, Kansas on May 24, 1966, to David and Mary Sue (née Sigourney) Beseau, being one of four children. [1] [2] [3] He graduated from Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kansas in 1984, [4] [5] and earned his bachelors degree in education from the University of Kansas [6] and masters degree in divinity from the University of Saint Mary of the Lake before being ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in June 1995 by Archbishop James Keleher. [7] [8] [6] [3] His first assignment was as associate pastor at St. Ann's in Prairie Village. [3]

Priesthood

Following ordination, Beseau pursued his doctorate at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, in 2010 defending a dissertation entitled "Magnanimity as an Interpretive Key for Moral Catechesis of Young Adults", having begun it five years earlier in 2005. He also served as a campus minister and chaplain at the University of Kansas. [9]

In 2016, he was appointed an assistant professor of moral theology at the Athenaeum of Ohio before being appointed the seventeenth rector and president of the Pontifical College Josephinum in March 2019. [8] In 2023, Lazzaro You Heung-sik appointed Beseau to a further three years as rector-president. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Suzanne Patricia Beseau". www.porterfuneralhome.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ Riddel, Jackie. "May". Serra International – Serra Club of Kansas City in Kansas No. 357. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Reeb, Pamela (June 23, 1995). "Steven Beseau ordained for archdiocese". The Leaven. p. 1. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  4. ↑ Thrasher, Brian (Winter 2011). "Saints Spirit" (PDF).
  5. ↑ LeCluyse, Henry J. (2018). The History of St. Joseph Catholic Church Shawnee, KS, 1868–2018. p. 6. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Parishioner Steven Beseau, son of Mike and Mary Sue Beseau, was ordained to the priesthood in June 1995 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Kansas City, KS. He celebrated his first Mass at St. Joseph Church at Noon the next day. Fr. Steve was a graduate of St. Joseph Grade and High Schools, and Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, IL. Alt URL
  6. 1 2 St. Lawrence Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture Academic Catalog 2015–2016 (PDF). 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2022. Alt URL
  7. ↑ "New rector to lead Pontifical College Josephinum" (PDF). The Catholic Times of Columbus. March 31, 2019. p. 2.
  8. 1 2 King, Danae (March 19, 2019). "New president to begin in July at Josephinum". The Columbus Dispatch .
  9. ↑ Hansen, Kara (January 14, 2011). "Campus center director makes the grade". The Leaven.
  10. ↑ The Catholic Times of Columbus, 3 September 2023 (September 3, 2023). "Father Beseau's term extended as Josephinum rector-president". The Catholic Times of Columbus. Retrieved September 3, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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