| Father Jonathan DeFelice, O.S.B. | |
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Father Jonathan DeFelice processing into the 2010 Saint Anselm College commencement |
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| Alma mater | Saint Anselm College, Class of 1969 |
| Home town | Bristol, Rhode Island |
| Title | President, Saint Anselm College |
| Term | 1989 - present |
| Website | |
| http://www.anselm.edu/About-Saint-Anselm/President.htm | |
Father Jonathan DeFelice, O.S.B. is the President of New England's third oldest Catholic college, Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.[1] Growing up in Bristol, Rhode Island, he graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School in 1965,[2] and then attended Saint Anselm College, earning a bachelors degree in Philosophy in 1969. Seeking to be a monk, he entered Saint Anselm Abbey as a junior, in 1968, professing his solemn vows as a Benedictine monk in 1973. Thereafter, he studied at St. John's Seminary in Boston, and in 1974 was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest. In 1983, DeFelice received a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. DeFelice co-founded the Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities[3] and has served as a board member of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.[4]