J. Terry Steib
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend James Terry Steib |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Memphis | |
| Archdiocese | Louisville |
| Diocese | Memphis |
| Appointed | March 24, 1993 |
| Installed | May 5, 1993 |
| Term ended | August 23, 2016 |
| Predecessor | Daniel M. Buechlein |
| Successor | Martin Holley |
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| Ordination | January 6, 1967 |
| Consecration | February 10, 1984 by John L. May, George Joseph Gottwald, and Charles Roman Koester |
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May 17, 1940 Vacherie, Louisiana |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis |
| Motto | THE LORD IS MY LIGHT |
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Styles of James Terry Steib |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
James Terry Steib, S.V.D. (born May 17, 1940) is an African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Memphis from 1993 to 2016.
The oldest of five children, J. Terry Steib was born in Vacherie, Louisiana, to Rosemond and Vivian (née Jones) Steib. He worked alongside his father in the sugar cane fields of Louisiana, and was inspired to become a priest by his doctors, ministers and community leaders. He attended St. Augustine Divine Word Seminary in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi from 1953 to 1957, and graduated from Divine Word Seminary in Conesus, New York, in 1961. He completed his philosophical studies also at Divine Word Seminary in Techny, Illinois in 1963, and earned a theological degree from Divine Word Seminary in Bay St. Louis in 1967.
Steib was ordained a priest of the Society of the Divine Word on January 6, 1967, and served as Assistant Dean of Students at Divine Word Seminary in Bay St. Louis until 1969. He was a professor at Saint Stanislaus College, a Catholic high school in Bay St. Louis, from 1967 to 1976, and earned a Master of Arts degree in Guidance and Counseling from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1973. In 1976, he was elected to the first of three terms (1976–83) as the provincial superior of the Society of the Divine Word's Southern Province. He was also Vice-President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men from 1979 to 1983.
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