Robert P. Maginnis

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Robert P. Maginnis
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
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Robert Patrick Maginnis, VG (born December 22, 1933) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia.

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Robert Maginnis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary before being ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop John Krol on May 13, 1961.

On January 24, 1996, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Titular Bishop of Siminina by Pope John Paul II. Maginnis received his episcopal consecration on the following March 11 from Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, with Archbishop Francis Schulte and Bishop Edward Cullen serving as co-consecrators. He later became pastor of St. Colman Church in Ardmore, in addition to his episcopal duties.

The Bishop currently heads the Secretariat for Evangelization in the archdiocesan curia, and oversees the Metropolitan Tribunal (for administrative purposes only), Chancery Office, Office for Consecrated Life, Office for Research and Planning, and Office for Hispanic Catholics. He is also Honorary Chairman of the Catholic Leadership Institute.

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