| The Most Reverend Joseph Augustine Di Noia, OP |
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| Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Titular Archbishop of Oregon City | |
| Diocese | Oregon City (titular see) |
| Predecessor | Gianfranco Girotti (CDF) Malcolm Ranjith (CDW) |
| Successor | Damiano Marzotto Caotorta (CDF) |
| Other posts | Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2002–2009) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 4, 1970 |
| Consecration | July 11, 2009 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 10, 1943 New York City, New York |
| Alma mater | Providence College Yale University St. Steven's College |
| Styles of Joseph Di Noia |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Your Excellency |
| Posthumous style | none |
Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., (born July 10, 1943 in New York, NY, USA) is an American archbishop and theologian; he is a prominent member of the Roman Curia, becoming successively Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
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Born in the Bronx, DiNoia was baptized at the Capuchin parish of Immaculate Conception on Gun Hill Road. By the time he reached school age, his family had moved from that parish to Dominican parish of St. Anthony on Commonwealth Avenue.
A member of the Dominican Eastern Province of St. Joseph, Di Noia graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Providence College in 1965. He was ordained on 4 June 1970, and taught theology at Providence College from 1971 to 1974. He earned a doctorate from Yale University in 1980 with a dissertation on "Catholic Theology of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue". He later taught theology for 20 years at the Dominican House of Studies and was editor of the magazine "The Thomist". He was a founding director of the Intercultural Forum of the John Paul II Cultural Centre in Washington D.C.. He holds four theology degrees or certificates, including three from St. Stephen's College in Dover, Massachusetts.
Prior to his work at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, he served for seven years as executive director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (now the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops).
In 1994, he was a signatory of the document Evangelicals and Catholics Together. In 1998 he received from the Dominican Order the title of Master of Sacred Theology. From 1997 to 2002 he was a member of the International Theological Commission.
He was appointed Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 4 April 2002. For the academic year beginning Fall 2004 and ending Spring 2005, he was visiting professor at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. And on 16 June 2009, he became Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and was named an Titular Archbishop of Oregon City.[1]
On 11 July 2009, the day after his 66th birthday, he received episcopal ordination from William Joseph Cardinal Levada, Archbishop Donald Wuerl and Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly, O.P. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments had been expected to assist in the ordination of the new secretary of his congregation, but experienced “visa difficulties” and could not board the plane in Rome. Archbishop Kelly, who was already planning on attending, was Di Noia’s spiritual director as a seminarian at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington.
The titular see to which he was appointed is that of Oregon City. This was, as a residential see, one of the two oldest metropolitan sees in the United States (along with New York) after Baltimore, the first diocese (and, later, the first archdiocese) in the United States. It became a metropolitan archdiocese in 1850, but the see was transferred to Portland in 1928. Oregon City became a titular archdiocese in 1996, but Archbishop Di Noia is the first prelate to whom it was assigned as his titular see.
Archbishop Di Noia is also an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In May 2011 Archbishop DiNoia was appointed a consultor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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| Preceded by Gianfranco Girotti |
Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 4 April 2002–16 June 2009 |
Succeeded by Damiano Marzotto Caotorta |
| Preceded by Malcolm Ranjith |
Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 16 June 2009–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |