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History
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’Brien
Date	October 3, 1996
Place	Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Diocese of Rome, Italy
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Robert Nugent Lynch
Date	June 14, 1997
Place	Saint Jude the Apostle Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo
Co-consecrators	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D., and Edward James Burns
Date	August 21, 2020
Place	Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont, Diocese of Beaumont, Texas

The Most Reverend

David Leon Toups
The Most Reverend; David Leon Toups
Bishop of Beaumont
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Beaumont
Appointed	June 9, 2020
Installed	August 21, 2020
Predecessor	Curtis J. Guillory
Personal details
Born	March 26, 1971 (age 53); Seattle, Washington, US
Education	St. John Vianney College Seminary; Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas; Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum; (All things work together for good to those who love God)
Ordination history
Ordained by
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’Brien
Date	October 3, 1996
Place	Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Diocese of Rome, Italy
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Robert Nugent Lynch
Date	June 14, 1997
Place	Saint Jude the Apostle Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo
Co-consecrators	Curtis John Guillory, S.V.D., and Edward James Burns
Date	August 21, 2020
Place	Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica, Beaumont, Diocese of Beaumont, Texas
Religious style
Styles of; David Leon Toups
Religious style	Bishop

David Leon Toups (born 26 March 1971) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Beaumont since 2020. He was previously rector of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.

Biography

Early life

David Toups was born on March 26, 1971, in Seattle, Washington. He first attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. However, after deciding to become a priest, he entered St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami, Florida. Toups graduated from St. John in 1993 with a Bachelor of Philosophy and Theology degree.^[1]

Toups then traveled to Rome to enter the Pontifical North American College. He ultimately obtained a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.^[2]^[1]

Priestly career

Toups was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Saint Petersburg on June 14, 1997 at the Cathedral of Saint Jude the Apostle in St. Petersburg by Bishop Robert Lynch.^[2]^[3]

After his 1997 ordination, the diocese assigned Toups as parochial vicar at St. Francis Cabrini Parish in Spring Hill, Florida and as a member of the presbyteral council from 1997 to 2001. He also served as a board member of the National Federation of Priests’ Councils. Toups also served as the parochial vicar of St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Spring Hill, Florida.^[2] From 2000 to 2002, he served as observer for Region IV to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) November meetings.^[2]

In 2002, Toups returned to Rome to study at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, receiving a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 2004. Back in Florida in 2004, he was appointed to the faculty at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary as a professor of sacramental and liturgical theology and^[4] as assistant dean of students. Toups was named dean of students later in 2004. During this period, he was also a member of the administrative council, the faculty council and the seminary formation team.^[4]^[1]

In 2007, Toups left St. Vincent de Paul to become associate director of the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations at the USCCB in Washington D.C.^[5] That position ended in 2010 when the Diocese of St. Petersburg named him as pastor of Christ the King Parish in Tampa, Florida. Toups was moved from that position in 2012, to become rector and president of the St. Vincent de Paul.^[5]^[1]

Bishop of Beaumont

On June 9, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Toups as bishop of Beaumont. He was consecrated by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo on August 21, 2020 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Anthony in Beaumont.^[6]^[7] Toups chose as his episcopal motto Romans 8:28, based on his predecessor's motto and his mother's favorite quote, “For those who love God, all things work together for good.”^[8]^[3]