Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Stephen Arthur Jensen | |
Bishop of Prince George | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Province: | Vancouver |
See: | Prince George |
Appointed: | January 3, 2013 |
Term Start: | April 2, 2013 |
Predecessor: | Gerald Wiesner |
Ordination: | May 24, 1980 |
Ordained By: | James Carney |
Consecration: | April 2, 2013 |
Consecrated By: | J. Michael Miller |
Motto: | Latin: Parare Vias Eius (English: To prepare His ways) |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1954 |
Birth Place: | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Prince George |
Alma Mater: | St. Peter's Seminary |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Stephen Jensen.svg |
Stephen Arthur Jensen | |
Dipstyle: | The Most Reverend |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | Your Excellency |
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.[1]
Jensen was born on May 30, 1954, in North Vancouver. 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.[2]
Jensen was ordained as a priest on May 24, 1980, by the then-Archbishop of Vancouver James Carney. He then served as pastor for Immaculate Conception in Vancouver, St. Ann's in Abbotsford, and Corpus Christi, also in Vancouver.
On April 2, 2013, Jensen was ordained the Bishop of the Diocese of Prince George by Archbishop J. Michael Miller. Jensen has served in his post since that date, and remains a member of the board for St. Mark's College and Corpus Christi College.[3]