Background
Exner, Adam was born on December 24, 1928 in Killaly, Saskatchewan, Canada.
archbishop bishop Catholic priest
Exner, Adam was born on December 24, 1928 in Killaly, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Adam Exner holds Masters degrees in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and holds a Doctoral degree in theology from the University of Ottawa. He served as professor, rector and superior at St. Charles Scholasticate in Battleford, Saskatchewan, and as professor of moral theology at Newman Theological College in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1974, Exner was appointed Bishop of Kamloops and in 1982, Archbishop of Winnipeg.
Adem Exner was appointed on May 25, 1991. He served in that position until reaching the mandatory retirement for Archbishops in January 2004. That year, the Catholic Civil Rights League created the Archbishop Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life in honour of the occasion.
He resides at St. Peter's Abbey, Muenster, Saskatchewan. Advocacy and activities
In 1995, Archbishop Exner secured from then-Premier Michael Harcourt, the Denominational Health Association, a legacy of his predecessor, Archbishop James Francis Carney. During his tenure, Exner objected to efforts by the Minister of Health, Colin Hansen, to close St. Mary's Hospital (Vancouver).
These included Vancouver College and St. Thomas More Collegiate, which faced closure and liquidation in order to pay the victims. Archbishop Exner was closely involved with the efforts to prevent the closure of those schools. Archbishop Exner assisted Covenant House, a home for runaway street kids, in establishing a branch of its services into Vancouver.
Under direction from Archbishop Exner, the Archdiocese of Vancouver sought and obtained intervenor status during litigation involving Trinity Western University relating to its training policies. In 2003, Exner directed four Catholic schools to divest from a school banking program operated by VanCity, in protest of the Archdiocese's position that VanCity was actively promoting homosexuality through its sponsorship of a homosexual film festival and by giving an award to a lesbian bookstore. Memberships
Sacred Congregation for Bishops
Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, with which he was involved in the Theology and Christian Education Commissions and the National Catholic-Lutheran dialogue.
In his role as Archbishop, Exner became a member of the following:
Sacred Congregation for Bishops
Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, with which he was involved in the Theology and Christian Education Commissions and the National Catholic-Lutheran dialogue
Member of the Social Communications Commission.