Raised in parishes of Holy Cross and Holy Innocents, Brooklyn
Graduate of Holy Cross School (1969) and Cathedral Preparatory Seminary (1973)
College studies at Cathedral College, Douglaston (BA in Philosophy, 1977)
Major Seminary at Pontifical North American College
Ordained deacon: April 17, 1980 (chapel of PNAC, Rome)
Ordained priest June 27, 1981 (St. James Cathedral, Brooklyn)
Assignments:
Graduate studies in Rome: (1981-1982)
Parochial Vicar: St. Thomas More-St. Edmund, Rockaway Point, NY (1982-1985)
Doctoral Studies (Rome) (1985-1988)
Professor of Moral Theology, Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, NY (1988-1997)
Director of Studies and Admissions, Pontifical North American College, Rome (1997-2002)
Pastor, St. Catharine of Alexandria, Brooklyn (2002-2005)
Pastor: St. Thomas More-St. Edmund, Rockaway Point, NY (2005-2008). Parish merged to Blessed Trinity (Pastor: 2008-2013)
Professor: St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie (2013-present)
Education
BA (Philosophy) Cathedral College S.T.B. Pontifical Gregorian University (1980) S.T.L. Pontifical Athenaeum Sant’ Anselmo (1982) S.T.D. Pontifical Lateran University (Alphonsian Academy) (1988)