Bishop Fred Joseph Colli was born on June 17, 1949, in St. Catharines, Ontario. He was ordained a priest on June 21, 1975, and served as Associate Pastor of St. Kevin's Parish, Welland, Ontario, until 1978. He did Marriage Tribunal work for the Diocese of St. Catharines from 1978 until 1994. He served as Chancellor of the Diocese of St. Catharines from 1980 - 1994. He was pastor of St. Julia's Church, St. Catharines, from 1986 to 1994. On Dec. 19, 1994, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa and on February 2, 1999, he was named Bishop of Thunder Bay by Pope John Paul II. For the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Colli is on the Commission for Education and the Ontario Association of Parents for Catholic Education

Parish Priest, Holy Family Church Thunderbay