What is Stephen Blaire?
[[File:Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, Stockton, California.jpg|thumb|200px|Blaire in February 2010]] '''Stephen Edward Blaire''' (December 22, 1941 – June 18, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He was born in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Blaire became a [[priest]] in 1967. In February 1990, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles and titular bishop of [[Lamzella]] by [[Pope John Paul II]]. He served as the fifth [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton|Bishop of Stockton]], [[California]] from March 16, 1999 until his retirement on January 23, 2018. Blaire died on June 18, 2019 in [[Modesto, California]]. He was 77.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/4107359-stockton-bishop-emeritus-stephen-e-blaire-dies-at-77/|title=Stockton Bishop Emeritus Stephen E. Blaire Dies At 77|date=June 18, 2019|access-date=June 18, 2019|location=[[Sacramento]]|publisher=[[CBS]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bblaire.html Stephen Blaire] at Catholic-Hierarchy.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Blaire, Stephen Edward}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:People from Los Angeles]] [[Category:American Roman Catholic bishops]] {{US-bio-stub}}