Bishop of Savannah
Reverend Stephen D. Parkes was born on 2 June 1965 in Mineola, New York, in the diocese of Rockville Centre. He attended Massapequa High School in New York (1979-1983) and was awarded a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from the University of South Florida in Tampa (1983-1987). He worked in business and banking. He entered the Seminary and completed his ecclesiastical studies at Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boyton Beach, Florida (1992-1998). He was ordained priest for the diocese of Orlando, Florida on 23 May 1998. Since priestly ordination he held the following positions: parish vicar of the Annunciation parish in Altamonte Springs (1998-2005); administrator and founding pastor of the Most Precious Blood parish in Oviedo (2005-2011); spiritual director of university pastoral care at the University of Central Florida in Orlando (2004-2011); vicar forane of Central Deanery North (2010-2020); pastor of the Annunciation parish at Altamonte Springs (2011-2020); spiritual director of the Board of the Catholic Foundation of Central Florida (2009-2020) and secretary of the presbyteral council.