The Most Reverend Daniel J. Bohan

Appointed seventh Archbishop of the Regina Archdiocese
by Pope John Paul II on March 30, 2005.

He was born November 8, 1941 the first of what became a family of six children in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia where his father was stationed during the war. The family moved to Moncton, New Brunswick after the war and it was there Daniel Bohan received his early education. He entered the Holy Heart Seminary in Halifax, Nova Scotia shortly after graduating from St. Thomas University, Chatham, New Brunswick, in 1963, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He was ordained to the priesthood May 13, 1967 and that same year received a Bachelor of Theology degree from Holy Heart Seminary. He also obtained a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Université Laval, Quebec and a Masters of Theology from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.

He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario May 14, 2003 and Titular of Migirpa and ordained to the Episcopate July 3, 2003 at St. Augustine's Church, Moncton. 

Archbishop Bohan served as pastor in several parishes in New Brunswick prior to his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto. He was professor of Moral Theology at Holy Heart Seminary from 1968-69. He also served as Episcopal Vicar for Anglophones in the Archdiocese of Moncton in 2000, was appointed to the Maritime Conference of the United Church of Canada in 1999 as the Roman Catholic representative on the Gospel, Ecumenism and Theology Committee. He is also a board member of the Atlantic School of Theology. In 2003 he was named to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as a member of the Social Affairs Commission and shortly after his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto was named as Episcopal Vicar for Religious, Chair of the Pastoral Mission Fund and Director of the Martyrs’ Shrine Board.

He is presently a chairman of the Episcopal Commission for Christian Unity, Religious Relations with the Jews, and Interfaith Dialogue.  He also is past chair of the Board of the National Catholic Broadcasting Council and is President of the Assembly of Western Bishops. He sits on the Ad Hoc Committee for Aboriginal Ministry of the Assembly of Western Bishops. He is also a cochairman of the newly formed National Roman Catholic/Evangelical Dialogue.