Scott McCaig

Scott Cal McCaig (born December 12, 1965) is a Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He is currently bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Canada. Pope Francis appointed McCaig to this post on April 8, 2016. He served as General Superior of the Companions of the Cross from 2006 to 2016.

Early life McCaig was born December 12, 1965, in Duncan, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. His parents grew up in Northwestern Ontario.

Conversion McCaig was baptised Presbyterian and grew up as a cultural Christian of the Presbyterian and Anglican denominations. His first experience in any church was a Catholic wedding. After high-school, McCaig spent a year skiing and hiking in Lake Louise, where he first began questioning his belief in the existence of God.

While attending community college in Kamloops, as a history undergrad, he began dating a devout Catholic woman. She and her family, some of which were clergy, stirred McCaig's existential questions. After she left for Europe, McCaig dropped several of his college courses to study the existence of God and the divinity of Jesus. C.S. Lewis' apologetic argument for the divinity of Jesus known as Lewis' trilemma shifted McCaig's interest.

Education McCaig has a BA in History from Carleton University, a bachelor’s degree in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Paul University in Ottawa, and a Master's degree in Divinity from St. Augustine’s Seminary and the University of Toronto.

NET Ministries In the spring of 1987, two weeks after entering into full communion with the Catholic Church, McCaig took the Sacred Heart Cathedral youth group to a NET retreat.

While serving on NET, McCaig met Bob Bedard, the founder of the Companions of the Cross, at a charismatic conference in Notre Dame. Bedard took McCaig, three of the other NET missionaries, and some seminarians out for food. McCaig and two of the other NET missionaries later joined the Companions of the Cross. Following his appointment he stated "It’s a crucial necessity to support the troops and support those protecting our freedoms and upholding human dignity."

Other work McCaig serves on the Board of Renewal Ministries Canada and has participated in missionary outreach to over fifteen countries in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.

He is the co-chaplain to the Spiritual Motherhood of Priests Apostolate in Ottawa.