60th First Profession

Bishop J. Terry Steib

Birthplace: Vacherie, La.

Entrance: 1953

First profession: 1959

Final profession: 1965

Education: Master’s in guidance and counseling, Xavier University, New Orleans, 1971

Service in the archdiocese: Auxiliary bishop, Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1984-93

Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher, St. Stanislaus High School, Bay St. Louis, Miss., 1967-76

Assistant dean of students, St. Augustine Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Miss., 1967-69

Provincial superior, Society of the Divine Word Southern Province, 1976-83 (three terms)

Vice president, Conference of Major Superiors of Men, 1976-83

Bishop of Memphis, Memphis, 1993-2016

Bishop emeritus of Memphis, Memphis, 2016-present

About Bishop J. Terry Steib: Bishop Steib graduated from and later served as assistant dean of students at St. Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis, Miss. St. Augustine, opened by the Society of the Divine Word in 1923, was the first Catholic seminary for African-American men.