- Leonard Olivier
Bishop Leonard J. Olivier is a
Roman Catholic bishop . He was born in 1923 in Lake Charles,Louisiana ). In 1951 he was ordained a priest for the Society of the Divine Word (Divine Word Missionaries ) inBay St. Louis ,Mississippi .From 1952 to 1973, he served as Assistant Dean and Dean of Seminarians, and rector of the Religious Community. From 1974 to 1982, he was
Secretary of Studies for all USA Divine Word Seminaries and Rector of the Religious Community ofDivine Word Seminary , Epworth,Iowa .St. Anthony's parish in Lafayette, Louisiana was his first pastorate. In the last two years of that assignment, he also served as part time
Vicar for Black Catholics in the Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana. He became full time Vicar in 1986. Two years later,November 7 ,1988 he was appointedAuxiliary Bishop of theArchdiocese of Washington byPope John Paul II . Ordained Bishop onDecember 20 ,1988 , he has been serving as Regional Bishop of Northeast, Southeast. and East NorthwestDeaneries of the District of Columbia, and Deaneries of North and Middle Prince George's Counties, and since 1995, the Deaneries of Northeast and Southeast of the District of Columbia, of Lower Prince George County, and Counties of Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's.Bishop Olivier is a Fourth Degree Knights of St. Peter Claver, a Fourth Degree
Knight of St. John and Columbus . He served as the Convener of theAfrican American Catholic Bishops Subcommittee on Youth , the Ad Hoc Steering Committee for the National Strategy on Vocations, and the Task Force Group for American Adaptations to the Order of Christian Marriage, and the Liturgy Committee of USCC/NCCB. He is also a member of NCCB Committee on Bishops Life and Ministry, Board Member of Convenant House Washington, Member of the Inter-Faith Conference, Member of Maryland Catholic Conference, Board Member of TheNational Black Catholic Congress , Member of National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, and Episcopal Moderator of the Pan African Roman Catholic Clergy Conference.External links
* [http://www.nbccongress.org/aboutus/congress-directory/african-american-catholic-bishop-leonard-olivier.asp National Black Catholic Congress] bio of Leonard Olivier
* [http://www.nbccc-us.com/bishop_olivier.aspx National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus] bio of Leonard Olivier
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