Gregory Parkes
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| Motto | Nomini tuo da gloriam (To your name give the glory) |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency | |
| Religious style | Bishop | |
Gregory Lawrence Parkes (born April 2, 1964) is an American prelate of the
Early life and education
Gregory Parkes was born on April 2, 1964, in
Parkes decided to become a priest after attending morning masses and prayers. He studied for the priesthood at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida. In 1990, Parkes entered the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a Bachelor of Theology degree and a Licentiate in Canon Law in 2000.[3][1][4]
Priesthood
On June 26, 1999, Parkes was ordained a priest at Saint James Cathedral in Orland for the Diocese of Orlando by Bishop Norbert Dorsey.[5][6]
After his 1999 ordination, the diocese assigned Parkes as the
Episcopal career
Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
On March 20, 2012,
In May 2016, a group of parents protested the appointment of Reverend Roy C Marien as principal of John Paul II Catholic High School in Tallahassee, Florida. The parents objected to several teen novels authored by Marien that they felt were sexually explicit. In response, Parkes announced his full support for Marien.[7]
Bishop of St. Petersburg
On November 28, 2016, Pope Francis appointed Parkes as bishop of St. Petersburg, succeeding Bishop Robert Lynch.[8][5] Parkes was installed at the Cathedral of Saint Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg on January 4, 2017. For his pastoral motto, Parkes chose “To your name give the glory” from Psalm 115, Verse 1 from the Old Testament of the Bible.[2] On November 14, 2018, Parkes was elected treasurer of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).[2]
On October 17, 2018, Parkes and the diocese were named in a sexual abuse lawsuit by Mark Cattell, a Virginia resident. Cattell alleged that, at age nine, he had been abused in 1981 by Reverend Robert D. Huneke from Christ the King Parish in Tampa. In 1980, Huneke had sent a letter to the
Parkes attended his second
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
- ^ a b "Previous Bishops of the Diocese". Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Most Reverend Gregory L. Parkes". Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "Pope Accepts Resignation of Bishop Doran of Rockford, IL, Names Msgr. David Malloy to Succeed Him; Names Father Gregory Parkes of Diocese of Orlando, FL, as Bishop Of Pensacola-Tallahassee, FL". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ "Pope meets United States' newest and tallest bishop". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ "Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee". GCatholic.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ Call, James. "Priest's novels upset parents at John Paul II High School". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Elise (November 28, 2016). "Pope taps Tallahassee bishop to lead St. Petersburg diocese". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ^ Waveney, Ann Moore (October 17, 2018). "Man files suit against Diocese of St. Petersburg saying a Tampa priest sexually abused him in the 1980s". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
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