stephen edward blaire (december 22, 1941 – june 18, 2019) was an 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 bishop of stockton, california from march 16, 1999 until his retirement on january 23, 2018.