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DIOCESE OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
J. (JAMES) TERRY STEIB, S.V.D.
Bishop of Memphis
 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 currently serves
as a member on the USCCB Committee of Clergy & Consecrated Life & Vocations; a
Consultant for the USCCB Committee for Cultural Diversity; Commission on
Religious Life & Ministry; Sub-Committee of Catholic Campaign for Human
Development (CCHD). He also serves as a member on the Board of Directors of The
Catholic Extension Society.
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