Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth

The Steubenville Youth Conferences, an outreach of Franciscan University of Steubenville, are a series of conferences across North America that bring 50,000 teens and their leaders closer to Christ every summer. Our mission is to build the Church by evangelizing youth and their leaders and invite them to embrace the heart and mission of the Catholic Church. Steubenville Atlantic, Canada's first Steubenville Youth Conference, is presented in partnership with the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and Franciscan University of Steubenville. The event is held annually in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 2024 conference dates are July 5-7, 2024 at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.

Bishop Dunn was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1955 and ordained to the priesthood in 1980. He was then assigned to a number of parishes in the Diocese of Grand Falls until 1988, when he moved to Ottawa to complete his Doctoral studies at Saint Paul University. In 1991, he was assigned to parish ministry and also worked as Vice-Chancellor and Chancellor for the Diocese of Grand Falls while teaching theology in the Maritimes. In 2002, he became a faculty member at St. Peter’s Seminary, in London, Ontario. From 2005 until 2008, he had served as Dean of Studies.  He was ordained as a bishop in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL and served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sault Ste-Marie, Ontario until January 2010.  He was installed as the Bishop of Antigonish on January 25, 2010.  In 2019, he was called to be the Coadjutor of Halifax-Yarmouth and took on that office on July 5, 2019.  At the same time, he became the Apostolic Administrator of Antigonish until the new bishop of Antigonish was installed on February 3, 2020. He became Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth when Archbishop Mancini retired, on November 27, 2020.

Chris was born and raised in Halifax where he was a member of Pope John XXIII youth group in Cole Harbour throughout High School. He obtained his Bachelor of Music from Dalhousie University before moving to Saskatchewan to work full time at St. Therese School of Faith and Mission in Bruno, SK. Chris is passionate about spreading the Gospel, and has served with many ministries over the years such as Catholic Christian Outreach, Franciscan University of Steubenville, St. Therese, Face to Face Ministries and more. In addition to his full-time work at St. Therese, he speaks frequently to youth and young adults specializing in topics of evangelization, discipleship, and Catholic spirituality, and is currently pursuing his MA in Theology from Augustine Institute in Denver, CO.