Joseph N. Perry

{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend

| name = Joseph Nathaniel Perry

| honorific-suffix =

| title = Auxiliary Bishop Emeritrus of Chicago
Titular Bishop of Lead

| appointed = May 5, 1999

| enthroned = June 29, 1998

| ordination = May 24, 1975

| ordained_by = William Edward Cousins

| consecration = June 29, 1998

| consecrated_by = Francis George, Rembert Weakland, and George Murry,

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|04|18}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, US

| death_date =

| death_place =

| motto = Emitte me Domine
(Send me, Lord)

| see = Lead

| archdiocese = Chicago

| education = Saint Joseph's College
Saint Francis de Sales Seminary
Catholic University of America

| other_post = Titular Bishop of Lead

| retired = September 19, 2023

}}

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| name= Joseph Nathaniel Perry

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| offstyle=Your Excellency

| relstyle=Bishop

| image = Coat of arms of Joseph Nathaniel Perry.svg

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Joseph Nathaniel Perry (born April 18, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1998 to 2023.{{Cite web |last= |title=Pope Francis accepts resignation of two Chicago auxiliary bishops |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255412/pope-francis-accepts-resignation-of-two-chicago-auxiliary-bishops |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Pope Francis Accepts Resignations of Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Perry and Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Wypych |url=https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/pope-francis-accepts-resignations-auxiliary-bishop-joseph-perry-and-auxiliary-bishop |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |language=en}}

Perry is a past vice-president of the board of the National Black Catholic Congress, and chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Subcommittee on African-American Affairs. He is also a supporter and celebrant of the Traditional Latin Mass, and has celebrated pontifical high masses, ordinations, and confirmations according to the traditional rite.{{cite web| date=January 22, 2013| title=March for Life 2013 Sees Two Traditional Masses at Old St. Mary's in Washington DC| url=https://fssp.com/two-traditional-masses-on-day-of-the-march-for-life/| access-date=February 3, 2022| website=Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter}}{{cite web| last=Kocik| first=Thomas| date=September 24, 2017| title=Bishop Perry on "Summorum Pontificum" 10 Years Later| url=https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2017/09/bishop-perry-on-summorum-pontificum-10.html#.YfvMvPXMJb9| access-date=February 3, 2022| website=New Liturgical Movement}}{{cite web| date=September 28, 2017| title=A Full Cathedral, a Pontifical Mass and the Triumph of the Cross| url=https://fssp.com/full-cathedral-pontifical-mass-triumph-cross/| access-date=February 3, 2022| website=Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter}}{{cite web| date=November 3, 2017| title=Visiting Bishop Celebrates Pontifical Solemn Mass At Dayton's Holy Family| url=https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/visiting-bishop-celebrates-pontifical-solemn-mass-at-daytons-holy-family/46398|access-date=February 3, 2022| newspaper=The Catholic Telegraph| location=Cincinnati}}{{cite web| date=May 24, 2021| title=FSSP Priestly Ordinations May 28, 2021| url=https://fssp.com/fssp-priestly-ordinations-may-28-2021/| access-date=February 3, 2022| website=Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter}}

Biography

=Early life and education=

A native of Chicago, Joseph Perry was born on April 18, 1948. He attended various Catholic elementary schools in Chicago between 1954 and 1962. In 1963, he attended Carver High School in Chicago for one year before transferring to St. Lawrence Seminary High School in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin.{{cite web| title=Auxiliary Bishops| url=https://www.archchicago.org/about-us/auxiliary-bishops| access-date=2021-12-20| website=Archdiocese of Chicago|language=en-US}}

In 1967, Perry entered the Capuchin Seminary of St. Mary in Crown Point, Indiana where he studied through 1971. He then attended Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, receiving a Bachelor of Philosophy degree and a Bachelor of Theology degree. Perry then entered St. Francis Seminary in St. Francis, Wisconsin, receiving a Master of Divinity degree in 1975.

=Ordination and ministry=

On May 24, 1975, Perry was ordained a priest by Archbishop William Cousins for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. After his ordination, he was assigned as associate pastor at St. Nicholas Parish in Milwaukee. In 1976, Perry was appointed to the archdiocesan tribunal. Between 1979 and 1981, Perry attended the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., obtaining a Licentiate of Canon Law. After receiving his licentiate, Perry returned to the tribunal, where he was appointed chief judicial officer in 1983. At the same time, he started teaching canon law at Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin.

In 1995, Perry permanently left the tribunal to return to pastoral work with an assignment as pastor of All Saints Parish in Milwaukee. In 1996, he began teaching canon law at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee and in 1997 at Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois.

=Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago=

On May 5, 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed Perry as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the titular bishop of Lead.{{cite web| url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bperry.html| title=Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Perry| website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org| access-date=September 21, 2015}} He was consecrated on June 29, 1998 by Cardinal Francis George. He was then appointed the episcopal vicar for Vicariate VI of the archdiocese.

=Membership and appointments=

In 2010, George named Perry as the diocesan postulator for the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, a former slave who became the first known African-American priest in the Catholic Church.{{cite web|last=Dugan|first=Conor|title=A Bishop Speaks Out About Racism: An Interview With Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry|url=https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/a-bishop-speaks-out-about-racism-an-interview-with-auxiliary-bishop-joseph-n-perry/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Church Life Journal|language=en}}

Perry served as chair of the USCCB Committee on African American Catholics. He has also served on several other USCCB committees, including those for Education, Home Missions; the Ad Hoc Committee on Catholics' Use of Holy Scripture; the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth; and the Ad Hoc Committee for a Plenary Council, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the subcommittee for the Defense of Marriage and the subcommittee for Migrants, Refugees and Travelers.

Since 1977, Perry has been a member of the Canon Law Society of America (CLSA). In 1998, he sat on the board of advisors of Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago. In addition, he served as an episcopal liaison for catechetics and Liturgical Training Publications (LTP) of the archdiocese, and as a judge on the Ecclesiastical Court of Appeals for all the Illinois dioceses.

= Resignation =

Pope Francis accepted Perry's resignation on September 19, 2023. Perry had submitted his resignation to the pope when he turned age 75, the mandatory retirement age for bishops.{{cite web |last1=Brockhaus |first1=Hannah |title=Pope Francis accepts resignation of two Chicago auxiliary bishops |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255412/pope-francis-accepts-resignation-of-two-chicago-auxiliary-bishops |website=CNA |publisher=Rome Newsroom |access-date=19 September 2023}}

References

External links

[http://www.archchicago.org/thearchdiocese/bishop_joseph_perry.shtm Biography from the Archdiocese of Chicago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826011952/http://www.archchicago.org/thearchdiocese/bishop_joseph_perry.shtm |date=August 26, 2006 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070206010334/http://www.nbccongress.org/aboutus/congress-directory/african-american-catholic-bishop-joseph-perry.asp Biography from the National Black Catholic Congress]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080704165507/http://www.nbccc-us.com/bishop_perry.aspx National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus]
[http://www.archchicago.org/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]

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