- John Dennis Corriveau
infobox bishopstyles
name=John Corriveau
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=not applicable |John Dennis Corriveau, OFM Cap (born
July 27 ,1941 ) is a Canadianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He serves as the sixth and current Bishop of Nelson.Biography
John Corriveau was born on the shores of
Lake Huron in Zurich,Ontario . He was initially attracted to the diocesan priesthood, but decided to enter the religious life like one of his cousins (who was a Redemptorist). He attended the Capuchinminor seminary in Blenheim, and then went to theUnited States to continue his education. He studied at the Capuchinnovitiate in Cumberland,Maryland , St. Fidelis College (1960-1962) in Herman,Pennsylvania , and Capuchin College inWashington, D.C. (1962-1966), from where he obtained his MA inreligious education .Corriveau made his temporary vows as a Capuchin on
July 14 ,1960 , and his perpetual profession exactly three years later, onJuly 14 ,1963 . Following his was priestly ordination onOctober 23 ,1965 , he served as alecturer and theprefect of discipline at Mount Alverno Minor Seminary inToronto .Corriveau was elected
Councillor of the [http://www.capuchins.ca/ vice-province of Central Canada] in 1969; during his three-year-long tenure as Councillor, he also held the office of Guardian andChaplain for the Christian Brothers. He was elected Minister of the vice-province being in both 1971 and 1974. He then served asPresident of the Conference of Capuchins ofNorth America until 1975, whence he became pastor of [www.stphilipneri.strcsac.com/ St. Philip Neri Parish] in Toronto. In 1980, he was nominated to serve on the General Council of the Capuchins. After asabbatical year, he was once again elected Provincial of Central Canada in 1989. During that same year, he began a year's study ofpastoral theology at Berkely inCalifornia .Corriveau was the worldwide head of his religious order as the seventy-first Minister General of the Capuchins from 1994 to 2006; although his headquarters were located in
Rome , he travelled for the majority of the year. He once said of the post, "The general minister is not so much an authority figure but a charismatic figure representing our contact with St. Francis" [Western Catholic Reporter. [http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2007/1210/bishop121007.shtml Capuchin leader named bishop of Nelson Diocese]December 5 ,2007 ] . Upon his return toCanada , he began work at [http://www.capuchinoutreach.org/ St. Francis' Table] , a restaurant for thepoor in Parkdale, where the Capuchin priest welcomed guests and served as a waiter, whilst doing parish work on weekends.On
November 30 ,2007 , he was appointed the sixth Bishop of Nelson,British Columbia , byPope Benedict XVI . Corriveau received his episcopal consecration onJanuary 30 ,2008 from ArchbishopLuigi Ventura , with ArchbishopRaymond Roussin , SM, and Bishop Eugene Cooney serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Nelson. He was formally installed as Bishop onJanuary 31 .Bishop Corriveau took as his episcopal
motto , "Pacificans per sanguinem crucis eius" (Colossians 1:20), or "Making peace through the blood of His cross."References
External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcorriv.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/1349/849/ The Catholic Register]
* [http://www.cccb.ca/site/content/view/2539/1062/lang,eng/ Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops]
* [http://www.db.ofmcap.org/pls/ofmcap/V3_S2EW_CONSULTAZIONE.mostra_pagina?id_pagina=2803 Order of Capuchin Friars Minor]
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