Robert Deeley
Robert Peter Deeley | |
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| Bishop of Portland | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Boston |
| Diocese | Portland |
| Appointed | December 18, 2013 |
| Installed | February 14, 2014 |
| Predecessor | Richard Joseph Malone |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 14, 1973 by Humberto Sousa Medeiros |
| Consecration | January 4, 2013 by Seán Patrick O'Malley, John Clayton Nienstedt, and Robert C. Evans |
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| Born | June 18, 1946 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston Titular Bishop of Kearney |
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| Motto | VERITATEM FACERE IN CARITATE (English: Living the truth in love,(Ephesians 4:15) |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
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Robert Peter Deeley (June 18, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving since 2013 as the Bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Biography[]
Early life and education[]
Robert Peter Deeley was born on June 18, 1946 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Michael and Mary Deeley, both from County Galway, Ireland. In 1964, after graduating from Matignon High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts Deeley went to Cardinal O’Connell Minor Seminary in Boston.[1]After two years, Deeley received the Basselin Foundation Scholarship and attended The Catholic University of America. After graduating in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts,[2] he entered the Pontifical North American College in Rome, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree at the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1972.
Ordination and ministry[]
On July 14, 1973, Deeley was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros[3] in his home parish of Sacred Heart in Watertown, Massachusetts.[1]
Following ordination, Deeley served as an associate pastor and then Secretary to the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Boston. In 1981, he returned to Pontifical Gregorian University, where he earned a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1983, and a Doctor of Canon Law summa cum laude in 1986. His dissertation was entitled: "The Mandate for Those who Teach Theology in Institutes of Higher Studies: An Interpretation of the Meaning of Canon 812 of the Code of Canon Law."[2]
Back in Boston, Deeley served in various capacities in the Metropolitan Tribunal before being called to work in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 2004. He kept this position in Rome until 2010, when he returned to Boston to be named Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia in 2011.[1] Deeley was named a Prelate of Honor in 1995 by Pope John Paul II. giving him the title of "monsignor."[2]Deeley served as president of the Canon Law Society of America in 2000.[4]
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston[]
On November 9, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named Deeley as an Auxiliary Bishop of of the Archdiocese of Boston and Titular Bishop of Kearney. He was installed and consecrated on January 4, 2013 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross by Cardinal Seán O'Malley. Archbishop John Nienstedt and Bishop Robert Evans served as co-consecrators.[3] Deeley chose "Veritatem facere in caritate" ("Living the truth in love") from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians as his Episcopal motto, because he believes that is "the heart of our challenge in the Church today."[5]
Deeley was the third President of the Canon Law Society to be named bishop by Benedict XVI, joining Bishop Randolph Calvo and Bishop Mark Bartchak.[4]
Bishop of Portland, Maine[]
On December 18, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Deeley as Bishop of the Diocese of Portland. He was installed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on February 14, 2014.[6][3]
On September 16, 2016, a Maine man sued Deeley, claiming that he had been sexually abused as a child by two diocese priests. The unnamed plaintiff was serving a 60 year sentence for the murder of his grandfather in 1986.[7]
See also[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ a b c Biographical Summary (PDF), retrieved July 12, 2020
- ^ a b c Curriculum Vitae (PDF), retrieved July 12, 2020
- ^ a b c "Bishop Robert Peter Deeley [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b "Canon Law Society of America". clsa.org.
- ^ "Remarks – Bishop Robert P. Deeley" (PDF). Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Pope picks Bishop Robert Deeley to lead diocese in Maine - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
- ^ "Convicted murderer in Maine sues bishop over abuse claims". Crux Now. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
External links[]
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland official website
Episcopal succession[]
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