Education
Born in Thorold, Ontario to Anthony and Lily Grecco, Richard Grecco attended Saint Augustine"s Seminary, Toronto and was ordained to the priesthood on 2 September 1973.
Born in Thorold, Ontario to Anthony and Lily Grecco, Richard Grecco attended Saint Augustine"s Seminary, Toronto and was ordained to the priesthood on 2 September 1973.
He is the 13th and current Bishop of Charlottetown. He furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome and the University of Saint Michael"s College, Toronto, from where he obtained a doctorate in theology in 1982. He served as a parish priest and a professor of moral theology at Saint Michael"s College, Toronto and Saint Joseph"s College, Edmonton.
On 5 December 1997, Grecco was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario and Titular Bishop of Uccula by Pope John Paul World War II He received his episcopal consecration on 2 February 1998 from Bishop Thomas Fulton, with Bishops John O"Mara and John Sherlock serving as co-consecrators.
He selected as his episcopal motto: "Hope in the Lord". Grecco was named Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto on 27 April 2002.
In Toronto, he served as the senior vicar general and the episcopal vicar of the Central Pastoral Region and Scarborough, composed of approximately 98 parishes. He also worked with many lay associations and ethnic communities in the Toronto Archdiocese, and served on numerous boards and committees including the National Executive for Development and Peace and the Pontifical Mission Society.
On 11 July 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Grecco the thirteenth Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
He succeeds Vernon Fougère, who retired due to poor health after a 17-year-long tenure. As Bishop, he will be the spiritual leader of 63,240 Catholics in Prince Edward Island.