David Leon Toups: Difference between revisions

Bishop of [[Diocese of Beaumont|Beaumont]], 2020-present

===Origin/meaning===

The feather fashioned into a quill, a symbol which appears in a 16th-century coat of arms of the Toups (Dubs) family, serves as a reminder of his family lineage. In addition, Bishop Toups spent much of his priesthood in the service of Catholic education as a pastor, professor, administrator, and rector of the major seminary in Florida. The plume/quill represents the importance of the intellectual pursuit of the truth and his desire to be a Shepherd faithful and true. Also, his inspiration comes from the witness St. Teresa of Calcutta who often said that she was simply “I am only a pencil in the hand of God, but it is He who writes.”

For his episcopal motto Bishop Toups has chosen these words taken from the eighth chapter of St. Paul’s Letter to Romans. This Letter, probably the most important of the epistles of Paul, is a kind of theological heritage and clearly declares that salvation is offered to all humanity through the Gospel. Inspired by the Apostle’s example, Bishop Toups desires to dedicate himself to spreading the Gospel to all people. It is also the first scripture he was taught as a child and was a type of family motto that his mother used as a way to keep the family grounded in trusting God’s providence for their lives. Moreover, the choice of this motto is the same verse as his predecessor,  Bishop [[Curtis John Guillory]].

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