Stephen Edward Blaire
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Stephen Edward Blaire |
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Bishop Stephen E. Blaire
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| Archdiocese | San Francisco |
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| Appointed | January 18, 1999 |
| Installed | March 16, 1999 |
| Predecessor | Donald Montrose |
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| Ordination | April 29, 1967 by James Francis McIntyre |
| Consecration | May 31, 1990 by Roger Mahony, John Ward, and George Patrick Ziemann |
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December 22, 1941 Los Angeles, California |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles |
| Motto | ALIVE FOR GOD IN CHRIST JESUS |
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Styles of Stephen Edward Blaire |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Stephen Edward Blaire (born December 22, 1941) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been the fifth and current since March 16, 1999.
Stephen Blaire was born in Los Angeles, California, as the twelfth of fourteen children. He attended local Catholic schools in the San Fernando Valley, and graduated from Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary (high school) in 1959. Blaire then entered St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo. He was ordained to the priesthood by James Cardinal McIntyre on April 29, 1967, and then served as associate pastor of St. Luke's Church in Temple City until 1972.
From 1972 to 1986, Blaire worked in Catholic secondary education, initially as a teacher and administrator at Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills and later as Vice Principal at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente. He was Principal at Bishop Alemany from 1977 to 1986. He then became curial moderator and chancellor of Los Angeles Archdiocese.
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