Bishop D.E. Meikle [pronounced: “me-kull”] (informally “Father M”) was appointed permanent pastor of Immaculate Conception parish in April 2017 and ORCC Bishop of Florida in November of 2021.
He holds a Master of Divinity from St. Augustine’s Seminary/University of Toronto. Prior to his appointment, Father served the Royal Canadian Navy training originally as Surface Naval Warfare Officer (MARS), attach posted to chaplaincy services, and finished serving as a Personnel Selection Officer in their personnel psychology branch.
Coming from a Catholic and Presbyterian but unchurched background, Father purchased his first adult bible at age 11 with his paper-route money. His university was a former seminary (pre-1930’s) and upon researching the various denominations to find his path using the older books of Roman Catholicism he received the Holy Eucharist for the first time at age 18 and was confirmed.
He entered seminary at age 22 and also completed extra courses in philosophy over and above his undergraduate degree in religious studies and psychology. He was part of a group of students who pushed for the return of Latin instruction. During his final year of study he discerned that his vocation did not align with the way the mainstream institutional Church was “progressing”. An emphasis he believed to be upon the comfort, entertainment and whim of man, not God.
After discovering the See of Caer-Glow via a former member of Ecclesia Dei (CDF in Rome), who was once +Fr M’s spiritual director, Father was trained to offer the Traditional Sacraments and was ordained by Archbishop Humphreys.
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