Bp. John Michael Botean is Bishop of the Romanian Eparchy of St. George the Martyr in Canton, Ohio. He was ordained a priest in 1986 after attending St. Fidelis Seminary, and was consecrated a bishop in 1996. He earned an A.B. in Philosophy, summa cum laude, at the Catholic University of America. Bishop Botean is Episcopal co-sponsor of the American section of the Society of St. John Chrysostom, member of the Committee on Vocations of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, a former staff member at the Pax Christi USA Center on Conscience and War, and a past secretary of Eastern Catholic Associates, an organization of the Eastern Catholic hierarchy in the United States.