{{Short description|Canadian clergyman (born 1941)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = David John James Monroe | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic Church | archdiocese = | province = Vancouver | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Kamloops | appointed = January 5, 2002 | term_start = March 18, 2002 | ended = June 1, 2016 | predecessor = Lawrence Sabatini | opposed = | successor = Joseph Phuong Nguyen | other_post = | ordination = May 20, 1967 | ordained_by = James Carney | consecration = March 12, 2002 | consecrated_by = Adam Exner | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Vancouver (c. 1990–2002)}} | motto = "Come and See"<br>(Latin: {{lang|la|Venite et Videte}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Coat of Arms – Bishop Monroe Crest|url=https://www.rcdk.org/bishop-joseph-p-nguyen/biography-monroe/pages/coat-of-arms-bishop-monroe-crest|accessdate=January 11, 2019|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110132231/https://www.rcdk.org/bishop-joseph-p-nguyen/biography-monroe/pages/coat-of-arms-bishop-monroe-crest|archivedate=January 10, 2019}}</ref> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|4|14}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Canadian | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = Vancouver | parents = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of David John James Monroe.svg }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = James Carney (Vancouver aux.) | date of priestly ordination = May 20, 1967 | place of priestly ordination = St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | consecrated by = Adam Exner (Vancouver) | co-consecrators = Peter Joseph Mallon (Regina)<br>Raymond Roussin (Victoria in Ins. Vanc.) | date of consecration = March 12, 2002 | place of consecration = Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | elevated by = | date of elevation = | sources = <ref>{{cite web|title=Vocations Ordination Dates|url=https://rcav.org/vocations-ordination-dates/|accessdate=January 11, 2019|work=RCAV.org|publisher=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110204256/https://rcav.org/vocations-ordination-dates/|archivedate=January 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bishop Monroe marks golden jubilee|url=https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/bishop-monroe-marks-golden-jubilee|date=May 24, 2017|accessdate=January 11, 2019|newspaper=The B.C. Catholic|first=Josh|last=Tng|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110203709/https://bccatholic.ca/content/bishop-monroe-marks-golden-jubilee-23f50eae-c347-41bb-ad82-fb1632a6adc0|archivedate=January 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Comunicaciones – Colegio episcopal|url=http://www.osservatoreromano.va/vaticanresources/pdf/SPA_2016_025_2406.pdf|date=June 24, 2016|accessdate=June 11, 2019|page=12|newspaper=L'Osservatore Romano|location=Vatican City|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724114837/http://www.osservatoreromano.va/vaticanresources/pdf/SPA_2016_025_2406.pdf|archivedate=July 24, 2017}} {{in lang|es}}</ref> }} {{Infobox bishop styles | name = David Monroe | dipstyle = His Excellency<br>The Most Reverend | offstyle = Your Excellency | relstyle = Bishop | image = Coat of arms of David John James Monroe.svg | image_size = 200px }}{{For|the Canadian politician|David Munroe Ross}} '''David John James Monroe''' (born April 14, 1941) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained Bishop of the Diocese of Kamloops on March 12, 2002, and served in that post until 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmonroe.html|title=Bishop David John James Monroe [Catholic-Hierarchy]|first=David M.|last=Cheney|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> He was succeeded by Bishop Joseph Phuong Nguyen.
== History == David John James Monroe was born on April 14, 1941, in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he was also raised and went to school. Monroe completed his secondary school education at St. Patrick's Secondary School.<ref name="rcdk">{{cite web|url=https://www.rcdk.org/bishop/biography|title=Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops - Kamloops, BC|first=Roman Catholic Diocese of|last=Kamloops|website=www.rcdk.org}}</ref> In 2010, he experienced severe injuries following an attack in a church, perpetrated by an individual reportedly grappling with mental illness. As a result of the assault, Monroe required hospitalization for nearly two months. <ref name="rcdk2">{{cite news |date=23 October 2010 |title=B.C. bishop severely beaten |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-bishop-severely-beaten-1.918128 |work=CBC News |access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref>
== Ordination == Monroe attended Christ the King Seminary{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} and was ordained on May 20, 1967,<ref name="rcdk" /> by James Carney at St. Anthony's Church.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
== Diocese of Kamloops == On March 18, 2002, Monroe was installed as the Bishop of Kamloops.<ref name="rcdk" />
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