Early life and education Steven Raica was born on November 8, 1952, in
Munising, Michigan to Steve and Mary Raica. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, a
Master of Divinity degree from
St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan, and a Master of Religious Studies degree from the
University of Detroit. In 1984, the diocese moved Raica to Holy Family Parish in
Ovid, Michigan to serve as pastor. The next year, he left Holy Family to become co-rector of St. Mary Cathedral. In 1988, Raica traveled to Rome to attend the
Pontifical Gregorian University, receiving a Licentiate in Canon Law and a
Doctor of Canon law degree. He was consecrated by Archbishop
Allen Vigneron on August 28, 2014, in
St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Gaylord, Michigan. Bishop Emeritus
Carl Mengeling and Coadjutor Archbishop
Bernard Hebda were the principal co-consecrators. Obwaka was acquitted in July 2017.
Bishop of Birmingham Francis named Raica as bishop of Birmingham on March 25, 2020. He was installed on June 23, 2020. Raica can converse in Italian and Polish, and has a reading knowledge of Latin, French, Spanish and German. ==See also==