Most Rev. J.Terry Steib, S.V.D.

Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee

Ordination: February 10, 1984 and March 12, 1983

Most Reverend J. Terry Steib was born on May 17, 1940 in Vacherie, Louisiana. He attended St. Augustine Divine Word Seminary, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi from 1953 to 1957. Bishop Steib completed college studies at Divine Word Seminary in Conesus, New York in 1961 and Philosophical Studies also at Divine Word Seminary, in Techny, Illinois in 1963. He has pursued post-graduate studies in Theology at Divine Word Seminary, in Bay St. Louis, MS in 1963-1967 and a Master of Arts Degree in Guidance and Counseling from Xavier University - New Orleans, LA in 1973.

Bishop Steib was ordained to the Priesthood at Bay St. Louis, MS on January 6, 1967. Bishop Steib was ordained Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of St. Louis and Titular Bishop of Sallaba in St. Louis, MO., on February 10, 1984. He was installed as Fourth Bishop of Memphis on May 5, 1993

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