Craig J. N. de Paulo

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Craig J. N. de Paulo
Primate of the Old Catholic Confederation
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Orders
OrdinationJune 23, 2007
by  Robert Mikhail Moskal
ConsecrationSeptember 14, 2013
by  Peter Paul Brennan, Rodney R. Michel, William J. Manseau
Personal details
Nationality United States
Denomination Old Catholic Confederation
Occupation Bishop
Alma mater Pontifical Gregorian University

Craig John Neumann de Paulo is an American Old Catholic bishop. He is the primate of the Old Catholic Confederation and its archbishop in the United States.

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Life and career

De Paulo received a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1995 from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. [1]

Pontifical Gregorian University pontifical university located in Rome, Italy

The Pontifical Gregorian University is a higher education ecclesiastical school located in Rome, Italy. It was originally a part of the Roman College founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyola, and included all grades of schooling. The university division of philosophy and theology of the Roman College was given Papal approval in 1556, making it the first university founded by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). In 1584 the Roman College was given a grandiose new home by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom it was renamed. It was already making its mark not only in sacred but also in natural science.

De Paulo was ordained as a deacon and priest in the United States in the Ukrainian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church within the Roman Catholic Church. In 2007, he was installed as pastor in East McKeesport, Pennsylvania. [2] After leaving the Roman Catholic Church, he became a bishop of the Old Catholic Confederation – formed in 2013 – and became its primate and Archbishop of the United States. [3]

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. It is the second-largest particular church in the Catholic Church.

East McKeesport, Pennsylvania borough in Pennsylvania, United States

East McKeesport is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 2,126 at the 2010 census.

On December 25, 2013, the Church of the Province of West Africa's archbishop, Solomon Tilewa Johnson, appointed and licensed de Paulo as his representative (styled as "episcopal commissary") for North America. [4] [5] [ unreliable source? ][ discuss ]

The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 17 dioceses in eight countries of West Africa, specifically in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Ghana is the country with most dioceses, now numbering 11.

Solomon Tilewa Johnson Archbishop of West Africa

Solomon Tilewa Ethelbert Willie Johnson was a Gambian Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Gambia and the Rio Pongas and archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa. He was married and had a son and two daughters.

Works

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Honors

House of Savoy noble family

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References

  1. Paulo, Craig J. N. de (1995). Being and conversion: a phenomenological ontology of radical restlessness (Ph.D.). Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University. OCLC   493600967.
  2. "From the 2007 family album". htucc.org. Carnegie, PA: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church. Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. http://www.occus.org/primate-and-archbishop, title= Primate of the Old Catholic Confederation and Archbishop of the United States
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-05-06.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.cpwa.info/episcopal-commissary
  6. "Mass, convocation and investiture for the American delegation at the University Church of St. Joseph". savoydelegation-usa.org. 2004-12-10. Archived from the original on 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
Old Catholic Confederation Titles
New title Primate and Archbishop of the United States
2013 – present
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