This ordination and installation of Bishop Parkes was likely different from all before in modern history, as everyone inside wore masks, and those involved with the ceremony lathered up with hand sanitizer. Bishop Stephen D. Parkes is the Fifteenth Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Savannah. Alégrense siempre en el Señor; se los repito: ¡Alégrense! El Señor está cerca. SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Stephen Parkes was ordained as the 15th bishop of the Catholic diocese that includes much of the CSRA, including Richmond and Columbia counties. He was ordained and installed on September 23rd 2020. Most Reverend Stephen D. Parkes, D.D. After his ordination to the priesthood, Bishop Parkes worked in parishes throughout the Diocese of Orlando until his appointment to … 18 Ordination of a Bishop The Most Reverend Stephen Douglas Parkes BORN June 2, 1965 Third Son of Ronald and Joan Parkes Mineola, New York BAPTIZED June 20, 1965 St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church Massapequa, New York FIRST HOLY COMMUNION May 5, 1973 St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church Syosset, New York CONFIRMED October 21, 1978 Al celebrar la Navidad, los invito a alegrarse siempre en el Señor, porque él está cerca. SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Bishop Stephen Parkes was ordained as the 15th Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah on Wednesday at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. His brother Stephen studied for the priesthood for the Diocese of Orlando at Saint Vincent de Paul and was ordained a priest in 1998. Please read through his letter and prayerfully consider your commitment to returning to Mass attendance. On September 23, 2020, Fr. Stephen Parkes had just returned from a 31-mile bike ride near Orlando when the Pope’s ambassador called to say that he had been appointed bishop of the Diocese of Savannah. Bishop-elect Stephen D. Parkes is preparing to assume the helm of the 90-county Savannah Catholic diocese amid a coronavirus pandemic that has rattled the nation and challenged the church. Despite the tribulations of COVID…we can, cautiously, come... Read more » His younger brother Stephen, also a priest, was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Savanah on July 8, 2020. Bishop Parkes’ parents and his older brother Christopher are deceased. Biography of Father Stephen D. Parkes Bishop-elect Parkes was born on June 2, 1965 in Mineola, New York, and ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 1998 for the Diocese of Orlando. Bishop Stephen Parkes asks for prayers as he begins ministry in Savannah September 25, 2020 Catholic News Service Nation , Nation & World , News Bishop Stephen D. Parkes processes down the center aisle at the end of his installation Mass as the new bishop of Savannah, Ga., Sept. 23, 2020, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John in Savannah. As he became the new bishop of Savannah, Bishop Stephen D. Parkes said prayers from the faithful of the diocese will help. They both worked for banks before becoming priests. Bishop-elect Stephen Parkes for the Diocese of Savannah, left, and Bishop Gregory Parkes of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, at Gregory Parkes' June 26, 1999, ordination to the priesthood. Bishop-Elect Parkes is scheduled to be Ordained and installed as bishop of … Fr. Brother Bishops: Pope Francis Names Father Stephen Parkes, Brother of Bishop Gregory Parkes, to Serve as Bishop of Savannah July 8, 2020 July 29, 2020 Posted in Florida/USA/World News , Pope Francis For about a week now, Bishop Gregory Parkes has been keeping a pontifical secret that he was finally able to share on Wednesday, July 8, when he posted on social media at around 6:00 a.m., Bishop Parkes was born on April 2, 1964, in Mineola, NY to Ronald and Joan Parkes. Stephen D. Parkes as the next bishop of Savannah, Georgia, Wednesday. Greetings Blessed Sacrament Parish Family, November 20th, Bishop Stephen Parkes published his thoughts on the guidelines of dispensation. Father Parkes attended Massapequa High School in New York and received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Marketing from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Bishop Lynch, who recetnly turned the retiring age of 75, will be replaced by Bp. Stephen D. Parkes was named the new bishop for the Savannah Catholic Diocese to succeed the Rev. Bishop Stephen D. Parkes holds up the papal bull from Pope Francis naming him bishop of Savannah as part of the rite of ordination Sept. 23 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Savannah.