Christopher Glancy, C.S.V. (born April 10, 1960) is an

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-born

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of the Catholic Church in

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. He has been the auxiliary bishop of the Belize City-Belmopan Diocese since 2012.

Early life and education

Christopher John Glancy was born in

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. He was educated at Alleman High School in Rock Island, Illinois and earned a

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in sociology from

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. He professed religious vows in the Clerics of St. Viator, also known as the Viatorians, on July 16, 1983. He taught at the Colegio San Viator in Bogota, Colombia for four years. Glancy made his perpetual profession on July 13, 1986. He earned a master of divinity degree, specializing in the theology of missions, from

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in Chicago.

Priesthood

Glancy was ordained a priest on April 17, 1993. His first assignment as a priest was as

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at Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in

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. He served as vocation director and as a member of the provincial council of the Viatorians. He was missioned to Belize in 1998, where he served as parochial vicar at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Corozal. The parish has 23 village missions, 19 primary schools, and Chunox St. Viator Vocational High School. He later returned to the United States where he served as parochial vicar at St. Viator Parish in Chicago.

Episcopacy

Pope Benedict XVI named Glancy the

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of ''Absa Salla'' and Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan on February 18, 2012. He was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, the

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to Belize and the Antilles on May 5, 2012. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Dorick M. Wright of Belize City-Belmopan and Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V. of Saint-Jean-Longueuil. The Auxiliary Bishop works out of the

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parish in Belize City.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glancy, Christopher John 1960 births Living people People from Moline, Illinois American Roman Catholic missionaries Roman Catholic missionaries in Belize 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Belize Loyola University Chicago alumni Catholic Theological Union alumni American expatriates in Belize Catholics from Illinois Roman Catholic bishops of Belize City–Belmopan