Bishop Richard J. Grecco was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. He completed his theological studies at St. Augustine's Seminary, Toronto, the Gregorian University in Rome, and in 1982 he received the degree of Doctor of Theology from the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto. He taught at St. Augustine's Seminary, the University of St. Michael's College, and St. Joseph College in Edmonton. Bishop Grecco is the senior Vicar General and the Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto as well as the Episcopal vicar for ethnic communities. He is Chair of the CCCB Episcopal Commission for Christian Education (English sector), and is an Episcopal advisor to the Third Continental Congress on Vocations. He was recently appointed the CCCB national liaison with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.