13 Facts About Joseph Kopacz

Joseph Kopacz is the son of Stanley and Carmella Calomino Kopacz.

Joseph Kopacz is the second of three children with a brother, Robert, and a sister, Mary Ellen Negri.

Joseph Kopacz is a graduate of Dunmore Central Catholic High School.

Joseph Kopacz obtained a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Joseph Kopacz then went to New York City to attend Fordham University a Master of Arts degree in Latin.

Joseph Kopacz obtained a master's degree in counseling and psychology and a doctorate in human development from Marywood University in Scranton.

Joseph Kopacz served as administrator of St Patrick's Parish in Nicholson, Pennsylvania.

Joseph Kopacz was moved from these three parishes in 1980 to Saint Pius X Seminary in Dalton, Pennsylvania, to be a faculty member.

Joseph Kopacz was moved again in 1995 to the post of pastor at Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Scranton.

Bishop Joseph Martino selected Kopacz in 2005 to serve as vicar general and vicar for clergy.

Joseph Kopacz was a member of the council for finance and the coordinator of the Hispanic apostolate for Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

Joseph Kopacz was consecrated at the Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle in Jackson by Archbishop Thomas Rodi on February 6,2014.

Joseph Kopacz only revealed the fraud when local authorities started a criminal investigation in 2018.