Paul Loverde

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Paul Loverde is the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington in Northern Virginia.

[edit] Early Life

Bishop Loverde was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on September 3, 1940. He received his secondary school education at La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by an education at Saint Bernard Seminary College in Rochester, New York. He graduated with a B.A. (summa cum laude) in 1962 and was chosen to study in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Bishop Loverde earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology there in 1966.

[edit] Ordination and Service

Bishop Loverde was ordained as a priest in November, 1965 at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. After completing his studies in Rome in 1966, he returned to the United States and began serving in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut. He served in a variety of capacities within the diocese, including assistant pastor in a parish church and campus minister and chaplain at several local colleges. His leadership positions in the diocese included personnel manager for priests and several positions on the Diocesan Tribunal. In 1988, Loverde was ordained as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Hartford. After serving there for six years, he was chosen as the eleventh bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York, where he served from 1994 to 1999. He was installed as the third bishop of the Diocese of Arlington on March 25, 1999 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More.