Gary Gordon (bishop)

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gary Michael Gordon
Bishop of Victoria
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Vancouver
See	Victoria
Appointed	June 14, 2014
Installed	August 28, 2014
Predecessor	Richard Gagnon
Orders
Ordination	May 22, 1982 by James Carney
Consecration	March 22, 2006 by Raymond Roussin
Personal details
Born	(1957-06-10) June 10, 1957 St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Victoria
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Whitehorse (2006–2014)
Alma mater	Seminary of Christ the King St. Jerome College, University of Waterloo St. Peter's Seminary
Motto	Communio (English: "Communion")
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Gary Gordon
History Priestly ordination Ordained by James Carney Date May 22, 1982 Place St. Francis de Sales Parish, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Raymond Roussin Co-consecrators David Monroe Denis Croteau Date March 22, 2006
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Styles of Gary Michael Gordon
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Gary M. Gordon (born June 10, 1957) is a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1982, Gordon was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada in 2014.

Early life

Born on June 10, 1957, at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, and raised in Burnaby, Gordon studied at the Seminary of Christ the King, Mission, B.C.; at St. Jerome College, University of Waterloo, Ontario; and at St. Peter's Seminary, London, Ontario. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1982, for the Archdiocese of Vancouver, and served several parishes throughout British Columbia, including Vancouver, Chilliwack and Mission. He spent most of his time as a diocesan priest working with First Nations People.

Gordon also served as the Pacific regional representative of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) with the Interfaith Committee on Chaplaincy of the Correctional Service of Canada (1994-2006), and was the CCCB principal liaison and spokesperson on the Interfaith Committee (2002-2006).

Bishop

Gordon was named Bishop of Whitehorse on January 5, 2006. Since 2007, Gordon has been the CCCB Bishop ponens for Catholics involved in prison chaplaincy and pastoral services.

In addition, he has been Chairman of the CCCB Standing Committee for Relations with Movements and Associations since 2011, after previously serving on the former Episcopal Commission for Relations with Associations of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Laity (2007-2008). He has been a member of the Anglican/Roman Catholic Bishops' Dialogue since 2007, and became its Co-Chairman in 2009.

On Saturday, June 14, 2014, Pope Francis named Gary Gordon as Bishop of Victoria. At the time of his appointment, he was Bishop of Whitehorse, Yukon. Bishop Gordon succeeded Bishop Richard Gagnon, who was appointed Archbishop of Winnipeg on October 28, 2013. Gagnon served as Apostolic Administrator of Victoria until he was installed as Archbishop of Winnipeg on January 3, 2014. Until Bishop Gordon's installation, John Laszczyk was Diocesan Administrator of Victoria. (Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Installation Mass for Bishop Gordon was held on Thursday, August 28, 2014, at St. Andrew's Cathedral in downtown Victoria. Over 50 priests and many bishops from across the country and especially Western Canada were present. Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver and Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, the Apostolic Nuncio, also attended.