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Bishop Steven John Maekawa

Bishop of Fairbanks

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Born
Nov 22, 1967 Bellevue, King County, United States
Nationality
United States
Ordained priest
May 29, 1998 Oakland, United States
Ordained bishop
Oct 12, 2023 Fairbanks, United States
Appointed
Oct 12, 2023
Principal consecrator
Andrew Eugene Bellisario C.M.
Co-consecrators
Chad William Zielinski Michael Charles Barber S.J.

Bishop Steven John Maekawa, O.P., Bishop of Fairbanks, was born on November 22, 1967, in Bellevue, King County, United States, in the Archdiocese of Seattle. He made his first profession on September 14, 1991. He was ordained a priest for the same institute on May 29, 1998, in Oakland. On July 11, 2023, he was appointed Bishop of Fairbanks. He received episcopal ordination on October 12, 2023, at Fairbanks, with Andrew Eugene Bellisario C.M. as principal consecrator and Chad William Zielinski and Michael Charles Barber S.J. as co-consecrators. He is a member of Order of Friars Preachers.