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| December 10, 2007 |
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| The senior Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, the Most Reverend Richard J. Grecco has been named to the National Council of Development and Peace for a three-year mandate.
The National Council, the organization’s highest decision-making body is composed of 21 elected volunteer members representing all regions of Canada and two representatives appointed by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB).
Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Bishop Grecco, 61, is Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto since 2002. He has been the vice-president of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops (OCCB) since 2004.
He completed his theological studies at the Gregorian University in Rome, and received his degree of Doctor of Theology from the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto. He has taught at St. Joseph’s College at the University of Alberta (1992-1994), at St. Michael's College, Toronto (1988-1992), and at St. Augustine's Seminary, Toronto (1981-1985). At St. Augustine he was Spiritual Director and Moderator of the theological reflection seminars from 1977 to 1981.
Bishop Grecco replaces the Most Reverend Martin William Currie, Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, who was a member of the National Council for the past six years. The Bishop of the Diocese of Valleyfield, the Most Reverend Luc Cyr, remains a member as the French-language representative of the CCCB. His second term expires in 2008.
Development and Peace and the members of its National Council heartily welcome Bishop Grecco.
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Development and Peace is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian representative of Caritas Internationalis. For more than 40 years, Development and Peace has worked directly with organizations made up of or representing the poor and marginalized in the Global South, and provided in excess of $500 million to 15,000 projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We are presently active with over 200 partners in 33 countries. In Canada, we are a democratic movement for international solidarity - educating the public about the root causes of poverty and mobilizing social action for change - with 13,000 members from coast to coast.
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