| Timothy P. Broglio | |
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| Archbishop for the Military Services, USA | |
Broglio at Al Asad Airbase |
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| Diocese | Military Services, USA |
| Enthroned | January 25, 2008 |
| Reign ended | current |
| Predecessor | Edwin F. O'Brien |
| Successor | current |
| Other posts | Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 19, 1977 |
| Consecration | March 19, 2001 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1951 Cleveland Heights, Ohio |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | Boston College Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Styles of Timothy Broglio |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio (born December 22, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop for the Military Services, U.S.A.
Timothy Broglio was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, he attended Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, OH.
Broglio attended Boston College, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Classics, and seminary at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, receiving an S.T.B.
Broglio was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli on May 19, 1977.
Broglio then served as an associate pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish in South Euclid, Ohio; later remarking that assignment was “the best two years of [his] life”[1]
Returning to Rome in 1979, he studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and graduated in 1983, whence he also earned his doctorate in canon law from the Gregorian, and joined the Vatican’s diplomatic corps.
After serving as secretary for the nunciatures to the Ivory Coast (1983-1987) and to Paraguay (1987-1990), Broglio worked at the Vatican Secretariat of State as desk officer for Central America and then as personal secretary to Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano.
On February 27, 2001, Broglio was appointed Nuncio to the Dominican Republic, as well as Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico, and Titular Archbishop of Amiternum. He received his episcopal consecration (covered by a National Geographic Channel program called "Inside the Vatican") on the following March 19 from Pope John Paul II himself, with Cardinals Angelo Sodano and Giovanni Battista Re serving as co-consecrators, at St. Peter's Basilica.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Catholic Distance University.[2]
Pope Benedict XVI later named Broglio head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA on November 19, 2007. The Archbishop was formally installed as such on January 25, 2008, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Besides his native English, he is fluent in Italian, Spanish, and French.