David Toups

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The Most Reverend

David Leon Toups
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Pontifical Gregorian University
MottoDiligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum
(All things work together for good to those who love God)
Ordination history
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by
Diocese of Beaumont, Texas
Styles of
David Leon Toups
Religious styleBishop

David Leon Toups (born 26 March 1971) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Beaumont since 2020. He was previously rector of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.

Biography

Early life

David Toups was born on March 26, 1971, in

Seattle, Washington. He first attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. However, after deciding to become a priest, he entered St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami, Florida. Toups graduated from St. John in 1993 with a Bachelor of Philosophy and Theology degree.[1]

Toups then traveled to Rome to enter the

Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[2][1]

Priestly career

Toups was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Saint Petersburg on June 14, 1997 at the Cathedral of Saint Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg by Bishop Robert Lynch.[2][3]

After his 1997 ordination, the diocese assigned Toups as

parochial vicar of St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Spring Hill, Florida.[2] From 2000 to 2002, he served as observer for Region IV to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) November meetings.[2]

In 2002, Toups returned to Rome to study at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, receiving a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 2004. Back in Florida in 2004, he was appointed to the faculty at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary as a professor of sacramental and liturgical theology and[4] as assistant dean of students. Toups was named dean of students later in 2004. During this period, he was also a member of the administrative council, the faculty council and the seminary formation team.[4][1]

In 2007, Toups left St. Vincent de Paul to become associate director of the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations at the USCCB in Washington D.C.[5] That position ended in 2010 when the Diocese of St. Petersburg named him as pastor of Christ the King Parish in Tampa, Florida. Toups was moved from that position in 2012, to become rector and president of the St. Vincent de Paul.[5][1]

Bishop of Beaumont

On June 9, 2020,

Romans 8:28, based on his predecessor's motto and his mother's favorite quote, “For those who love God, all things work together for good.”[8][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD of Beaumont; Names Monsignor David Toups of Diocese of Saint Petersburg as Successor". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  2. ^ a b c d "Pope Francis names new bishop for Beaumont, Texas - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. June 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Bishop Robert Nugent Lynch [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  4. ^ a b "Fr. David Toups". Catholic Answers.
  5. ^ a b "Fr. David L. Toups Installed as Seminary's 13th Rector". Archived from the original on 2022-05-16.
  6. ^ "Pope Francis names Clearwater priest bishop of Texas diocese". Tampa Bay Times.
  7. ^ "Pope Francis Appoints a Clearwater Priest to Serve as Bishop of Beaumont, Texas". Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Pope Francis appoints Monsignor David Toups as the new bishop of Beaumont". KFDM. June 9, 2020.

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Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Beaumont
2020-Present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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