J. Michael Miller

This article is about the Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. For the microbiologist, see J. Michael Miller (microbiologist).

The Most Reverend John Michael Miller CSB
Archbishop of Vancouver
Province	British Columbia
Diocese	Archdiocese of Vancouver
Installed	January 2, 2009
Term ended	present
Predecessor	Raymond Roussin
Successor	Incumbent
Other post(s)	2003 Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education
Orders
Ordination	June 29, 1975
Consecration	January 12, 2004
Personal details
Born	John Michael Miller (1946-07-09) July 9, 1946 Ottawa, Canada
Nationality	American, Canadian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	University of Toronto University of Wisconsin–Madison Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
Motto	Veritati Servire (To Serve the Truth)
Coat of arms

Styles of John Miller
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Archbishop

John Michael Miller, CSB (born July 9, 1946) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is currently Archbishop of Vancouver and its 475,000 Catholics. Miller, who prefers to be known as J. Michael Miller, succeeded to this post in January 2009, after serving as Coadjutor Archbishop from June 1, 2007.

He was previously Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and thus a senior official of the Roman Curia.

Curriculum Vitae

Born on July 9, 1946 in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Miller became a naturalized American citizen on March 28, 2003.

Ordination and Service

The Archbishop celebrating Mass

Miller joined the Congregation of St. Basil in 1966 and was ordained a priest by Pope Paul VI on June 29, 1975. He received the degree of bachelor of arts from the University of Toronto in 1969, a bachelor's degree in theology from University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto in 1974, a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1976, and a doctoral degree from the Gregorian in 1979. In 1972, Miller spent a year teaching a political science course to Grade 13 students at St. Joseph's High School in Ottawa's west end. From there he spent eight years at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, Texas. From 1992 to 1997, Miller served in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. In 1997, Miller returned to the University of Saint Thomas, where he served as President until November 25, 2003 when he was appointed by the Pope to preside as Secretary of the Congregation of Catholic Education.

Consecration

On November 25, 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Vertara, in addition to his aforementioned work with the Congregation for Catholic Education. Miller received his episcopal consecration on January 12, 2004 from Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski, with Bishops Joseph Fiorenza and Ronald Peter Fabbro, CSB, serving as co-consecrators.

Legacy

• J. Michael Miller has published seven books on topics ranging from the Holy See’s teaching on Catholic schools, to the development of the papacy and the encyclicals of Pope John Paul II. His works include The Shepherd and the Rock: Origins, Development, and Mission of the Papacy (1995) and the Encyclicals of John Paul II (2nd ed., 2001).

His book The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools is currently in use in the 45 schools of the Catholic Independent Schools Vancouver Archdiocese.

Notes

• Until his appointment as Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver he served as Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education for the Roman Curia.
• He is among three bishops appointed to a committee of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith preparing for the implementation of Anglican ordinariates in Canada.
• Archbishop Miller is also vice-president of the Pontifical Work of Priestly Vocations, a member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses and the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples (2004–2008), and a consultor to the Congregation for Bishops (2004–2007).
• Currently Grand Prior of the Western Canadian Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
• Since his arrival in Vancouver, he has implemented the Apostolate of Catholic Education for Teachers, established a First Nations Ministry office, opened an official communications office, and overseen the launch of a new archdiocesan website www.rcav.org.
• He has started the first permanent diaconate program in the Archdiocese, and in the fall of 2011 opened an Archdiocesan development office that will oversee Project Advance and develop a comprehensive plan to implement new fundraising activities.

The Archbishop was given the honorary degree, Doctorate of Letters and Laws from the University of Dallas in 2006, where he gave the commencement speech.

External links

• Archdiocese of Vancouver
• The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortations of John Paul II by J. Michael Miller (Google Books)
• The Holy See’s Teaching On Catholic Schools, Sept. 14, 2005, address at the Catholic University of America