Bishop Stephen Blaire of the Catholic Diocese of Stockton has been a familiar face to parishioners at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Manteca since the beginning of October.Before the month is over, more parishioners will have an opportunity to meet and greet, as well as worship with, the head of the six-county diocese as he completes his month-long visit to the faithful living in The Family City.In what has been called “unprecedented in the Diocese of Stockton,” Bishop Blaire has undertaken a rigorous schedule of paying a month-long visit to each of the 34 parishes. The parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Manteca is only the second in the rigorous itinerary that will take him nearly three years to complete. The first parish that he visited last month was St. Mary of the Assumption in Stockton where the current pastor is Father Dean McFalls, former pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Lathrop.As part of his pastoral visit, Bishop Blaire has presided, and will preside, in at least one of the Saturday Vigil and Sunday Masses.