Stephen Arthur Jensen (born May 30, 1954) is a Canadian prelate of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He was ordained a priest on May 24, 1980, by then-Archbishop James Francis Carney. On April 2, 2013, he was ordained Bishop of the
Diocese of Prince George.
Background
Jensen was born on May 30, 1954, in North Vancouver. He studied at St. Peter's Seminary in
London, Ontario
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, receiving a BA in Philosophy and a Master of Divinity in 1976 and 1979 respectively.
Ordination
Jensen was ordained as a priest on May 24, 1980, by the then-Archbishop of Vancouver James Carney. He then served as pastor for Immaculate Conception in Vancouver, St. Ann's in Abbotsford, and Corpus Christi, also in Vancouver.
Diocese of Prince George
On April 2, 2013, Jensen was ordained the Bishop of the Diocese of Prince George by Archbishop J. Michael Miller. Jensen has served in his post since that date, and remains a member of the board for St. Mark's College and Corpus Christi College.
See also
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Catholic Church in Canada
The Catholic Church in Canada is part of the worldwide Catholic Church and has a decentralised structure, meaning each Diocese, diocesan bishop is autonomous but under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the Canadian Conference of Cathol ...
References
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1954 births
Living people
People from North Vancouver
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada
Roman Catholic bishops of Prince George