Coat of arms | Name Steven Lopes Ordination June 23, 2001 | |
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Alma mater University of San Francisco, St. Patrick's Seminary & University, Pontifical Gregorian University | ||
Recessional hymn at bishop steven j lopes episcopal ordination mass
Steven Joseph Lopes (born April 22, 1975) is an American Roman Catholic prelate. He is the bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, a community for former Anglican clergy and laypeople within the Catholic Church.
Contents
- Recessional hymn at bishop steven j lopes episcopal ordination mass
- Homily of bishop steven j lopes solemn vespers at st mary s cathedral san francisco ca
- Early life and education
- Ordained ministry
- Episcopal ministry
- References
Homily of bishop steven j lopes solemn vespers at st mary s cathedral san francisco ca
Early life and education
A native of Fremont, California, Lopes was born on April 22, 1975, the only child of José de Oliveira Lopes and Barbara Jane Lopes. His father was from Portugal and his mother from Poland. He was educated at Catholic schools in California: St. Pius School in Redwood City, St Edward's School in Newark, and Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward.
Lopes studied at the St. Ignatius Institute at the University of San Francisco, and also pursued studies at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. His philosophical studies and preparation for the priesthood took place at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California, before he was assigned to study theology in Rome. There he obtained a licentiate at the Pontifical Gregorian University while living at the Pontifical North American College.
Ordained ministry
Lopes was ordained to the diaconate on October 5, 2000, during a Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. He was ordained a priest on June 23, 2001, for the Archdiocese of San Francisco by William Levada. He served in two parishes in California as an associate pastor; St. Patrick's Catholic Church, San Francisco, and St. Anselm Catholic Church in Ross, California.
Lopes returned to Rome to obtain a doctorate in sacred theology from the Gregorian University. Since 2005, he has served as an official of the Holy See's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, while also serving as a professor of theology at the Gregorian. During that time, he served as a personal aide to William Cardinal Levada, who was prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith from 2005 to 2012. On July 10, 2010, he was appointed a Chaplain of His Holiness and therefore was then addressed as "Monsignor". Starting in 2012, Lopes served as the secretary of the Vatican commission Anglicanae Traditiones, which was formed with the goal of developing a missal that would hybridize Anglican and Roman Rite liturgical elements for the use of the personal ordinariates.
Episcopal ministry
On November 24, 2015, the Holy See announced that Lopes would be the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter for the Anglican Use. In assuming that responsibility, he succeeded Monsignor Jeffrey N. Steenson, a former Episcopal bishop appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to the position of "ordinary" in 2012. (Because he is married, Steenson was ineligible for episcopal consecration in the Catholic Church.) Lopes's appointment therefore marks the first time a Roman Catholic bishop has been appointed to any of the world's three ordinariates erected for former Anglicans. On February 2, 2016, he was consecrated a bishop in Houston and took up his appointment as prelate of the ordinariate.