Adam Exner | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Archbishop of Vancouver | |||||||||||||||||||||
| See | Vancouver | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed | May 25, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Installed | August 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Term ended | January 10, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | James Carney | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Raymond Roussin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ordination | July 7, 1957 by Luigi Faveri | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Consecration | March 12, 1974 by Henri Légaré | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 24, 1928 Killaly, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 5, 2023 (aged 94) Grayson, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Motto | "To Serve As He Served"[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Joseph Exner, OMI (December 24, 1928 – September 5, 2023) was a Canadian bishop of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Vancouver from 1991 until 2004, having previously served as the Bishop of Kamloops and Archbishop of Winnipeg. Prior to his appointment as bishop, he was a professor at seminaries run by his religious order.
Exner was born and raised in Saskatchewan, where he completed his secondary education. He entered the Oblate novitiate outside Winnipeg, before studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1957. Upon returning to Canada, he completed a doctoral degree in moral theology and went on to teach at seminaries in his home province and Alberta. He was appointed Bishop of Kamloops in 1974 and was consecrated that same year. Eight years later, he became Archbishop of Winnipeg, a position he held for nearly a decade before being transferred to Vancouver in 1991. Exner was noted for calling the first diocesan synod in Vancouver that allowed for the laity to participate.
- ^ a b "Archbishop Adam Exner, OMI". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ "Death of the Most Reverend Adam Exner, O.M.I., Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver". Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. September 6, 2023. Archived from the original on September 8, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "Bishop to be ordained". Regina Leader-Post. March 9, 1974. p. 15. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ "Testimonies: Archbishop Emeritus Adam Exner, OMI (part 5)". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ Exner, Adam (October 1, 2003). "VanCity Credit Union Affair: Letter from the Archbishop". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on December 1, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ "League honours two laypersons". Catholic Civil Rights League. June 7, 2007. Archived from the original on December 1, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.