Father Terry Bileski

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Father Terry Bileski - Pastor

Father Terry was born in Vancouver and baptized in St. Patrick’s Church at 12th Avenue and Main Street. He attended St. Patrick’s Grade School for grades 1 to 8 and then attended St. Patrick’s Secondary School for grade 9, but graduated from Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School. He then attended Vancouver City College for 2 years before entering training to become a Chartered Accountant. After attaining a Chartered Accountant’s degree, Father Terry took a position as an Auditor for the B.C. Provincial Sales Tax Department whose offices were located in Downtown Vancouver.

He began to attend mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral and served as an Altar Server and Lector. He also became a member of a Bible Study Group directed by Msgr. Peter Mallon and Father Ray McLeod. The object of this group was to come to know God more deeply and to act to server Christ. Eventually, Father Terry felt that he was called to Priesthood and was accepted as a Seminarian for Vancouver. He was sent with other men from Vancouver to train at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome. He arrived at the time Pope John Paul II was elected. Father Terry was ordained a Priest on July 3, 1982.

He served as an Assistant Pastor at St. Edmund’s Parish in North Vancouver, and then St. Joseph’s Parish in Langley. He was then Pastor for St. Ann’s Parish in Aldergrove before being made Assistant Pastor at Holy Rosary Cathedral. At this time, he also worked in the Chancery Office for 3 years as Vice-Chancellor for Finance. After this, he was Assigned as Pastor to Our Lady of Mercy Parish, then St. Jude’s Parish, St. Francis de Sales Parish. Father Terry was loaned to the Diocese of Whitehorse in the Yukon for 2 years. He was assigned as Pastor to St. John the Apostle Parish on July 7, 2011.