Stephen Jensen

{{similar names}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Stephen Arthur Jensen | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop of Prince George | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic Church | archdiocese = | province = Vancouver | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Prince George | appointed = January 3, 2013 | term_start = April 2, 2013 | ended = | predecessor = Gerald Wiesner | opposed = | successor = | other_post = | ordination = May 24, 1980 | ordained_by = James Carney | consecration = April 2, 2013 | consecrated_by = J. Michael Miller | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Vancouver (2009–2013)}} | motto = {{lang|la|Parare Vias Eius}}<br />(English: ''To prepare His ways'') | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|5|30}} | birth_place = North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Canadian | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = Prince George | parents = | alma_mater = St. Peter's Seminary | signature = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Stephen Jensen.svg }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = James Carney | date of priestly ordination = May 24, 1980 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = J. Michael Miller | co-consecrators = David Monroe<br />Brian Joseph Dunn | date of consecration = April 2, 2013 | place of consecration = Sacred Heart Cathedral, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada | elevated by = | date of elevation = | sources = <ref>{{cite web|title=Vocations Ordination Dates|url=https://rcav.org/vocations-ordination-dates/|accessdate=March 4, 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 web|title=Bishop Stephen Jensen|url=https://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/about-us/bishop-2/|accessdate=March 4, 2019|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044657/https://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/about-us/bishop-2/|url-status=live|archivedate=March 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tireless priest moves north|url=http://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Jan-2013.pdf|date=January 2013|accessdate=March 4, 2019|newspaper=Northern Catholic News|first=Nathan|last=Rumohr|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304230406/http://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Jan-2013.pdf|url-status=live|archivedate=March 4, 2019}}</ref> }} {{Infobox bishop styles | name = Stephen Arthur Jensen | dipstyle = The Most Reverend | offstyle = Your Excellency | relstyle = Your Excellency | image = Coat of arms of Stephen Jensen.svg | image_size = 200px }} '''Stephen Arthur Jensen''' (born May 30, 1954) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. 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.<ref name="CH">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjensen.html|title=Bishop Stephen Arthur Jensen [Catholic-Hierarchy]|first=David M.|last=Cheney|publisher=}}</ref>

== Background ==

Jensen was born on May 30, 1954, in North Vancouver. His childhood Parish was Holy Trinity Parish in North Vancouver, which is also the home Parish of fellow-Bishop Mark Hagemoen. He studied at St. Peter's Seminary in London, Ontario, receiving a BA in Philosophy and a Master of Divinity in 1976 and 1979 respectively.<ref name="CCCB">{{cite web |title=Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops - Appointment of new Bishop for Prince George |url=http://www.cccb.ca/site/eng/media-room/3498-appointment-of-new-bishop-for-prince-george |website=CCCB}}</ref>

== See also == *Catholic Church in Canada

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{S-start}} {{S-rel|ca}} {{S-bef|before=Mark Hagemoen}} {{S-ttl|title=Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Vancouver|years=2009–2013}} {{S-aft|after=Joseph Phuong Nguyen}} {{S-bef|before=Gerald Wiesner}} {{S-ttl|title=Bishop of Prince George|years=2013–present}} {{S-inc}} {{S-end}}

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