22 Facts About Paul Loverde

Paul Loverde previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York from 1993 to 1998 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut from 1988 to 1993.

Paul Loverde was born on September 3,1940, in Framingham, Massachusetts, the son of Paul and Ann Marie Loverde.

Paul Loverde attended primary school in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, then went to La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island.

Paul Loverde receive a BA degree at Saint Bernard Seminary College in Rochester, New York.

Paul Loverde was then sent to Rome to attend the Pontifical Gregorian University, receiving his Licentiate of Sacred Theology there in 1966.

Paul Loverde served assistant pastor at St Sebastian Parish in Middletown, Connecticut and as a religion teacher at various high schools in the diocese.

Paul Loverde served as campus chaplain at the following institutions of higher learning in Connecticut:.

Paul Loverde served as an instructor of canon law at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut.

On February 3,1988, Pope John Paul II named Loverde as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford and titular bishop of Octabia.

Paul Loverde was consecrated on April 12,1988, by Archbishop John F Whealon at the Cathedral of St Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut.

Paul Loverde chose as his episcopal motto, "Encourage and Teach with Patience,".

On November 11,1993, John Paul II appointed Loverde as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg.

Paul Loverde was installed at the Cathedral of St Mary in Ogdensburg, New York, on January 17,1994.

From 1997 to 1999, Paul Loverde was state chaplain of the New York Knights of Columbus.

Paul Loverde was installed on March 25,1999, at the Cathedral of St Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia.

Paul Loverde allowed diocesan seminarians to study for the priesthood at Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts, the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and The Catholic University of America.

Paul Loverde persuaded the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist and the Cloistered Dominicans to serve within the diocese.

Paul Loverde served as chair of the Committee on Vocations from 1995 to 1998 and as a member of the Administrative Committee from 2004 to 2008.

In 2004, Loverde charged one of his priests, James R Haley, with several offenses at a church tribunal in Pennsylvania.

Haley accused Paul Loverde of sheltering gay priests in the diocese.

In March 2006, Paul Loverde announced that he would allow girls to serve at mass in the diocese at the discretion of the local pastors.

The plaintiff claimed that Paul Loverde had given Euteneuer permission to perform exorcisms on other individuals.