Thomas christopher collins biography of barack
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Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, MetropolitanArchbishop emeritus of Toronto (Canada), was born on 16 January 1947 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
He was ordained a präst on 5 May 1973. He holds a BA and MA in English, and a BA in theology. In 1978 he studied in Rome, specializing in sacred scripture and the Book of Revelations at the Pontifical Bible Institute, and in 1986 he received a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On 25 March 1997 he was appointed coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta. He received episcopal ordination on 14 May 1997, and on 30 June 1997, he became Bishop. He has served as rector of Saint Peter’s Seminary, London, Canada, president of the National Theological Commission of the Bishops’ Conference, president of the National kommission for Ecumenism, president of the Conference of Bishops of Alberta, president of Saint Joseph’s College Board of Governors at the University of Alberta.
On 18 February 1999 he was appointed c
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Thomas Collins (cardinal)
Canadian Catholic cardinal (born 1947)
Thomas Christopher Collins (born 16 January 1947) is a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto from 2007 to 2023, the Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta from 1997 to 1999, and Archbishop of Edmonton from 1999 to 2006. He was elevated to the rank of Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 February 2012.
Early life and education
[edit]Collins was born in Guelph, Ontario, the son of George Collins, circulation manager of The Guelph Mercury, and his wife, Juliana (née Keen), a legal secretary.[1] He has two older sisters. As a child, he was an altar server at the Our Lady Immaculate Church. He attended St. Stanislaw's Elementary School and Bishop Macdonell High School,[2] where he was inspired by one of his English teachers to join the priesthood.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from St. Jerome College, Waterloo in 1969, Collins
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Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada), was born on 16 January 1947 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
He was ordained a priest on 5 May 1973. He holds a BA and MA in English, and a BA in theology. In 1978 he studied in Rome, specializing in sacred scripture and the Book of Revelations at the Pontifical Bible Institute, and in 1986 he received a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On 25 March 1997 he was appointed coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta. He received episcopal ordination on 14 May 1997, and on 30 June 1997, he became Bishop. He has served as rector of Saint Peters Seminary, London, Canada, president of the National Theological Commission of the Bishops Conference, president of the National Commission for Ecumenism, president of the Conference of Bishops of Alberta, president of Saint Josephs College Board of Governors at the University of Alberta.
On 18 February 1999 he was appointed coadjutor Bishop o