Paul Loverde

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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend

| name = Paul Stephen Loverde

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| title = Bishop of Arlington

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| diocese = Arlington

| appointed = January 25, 1999

| enthroned = March 25, 1999

| retired = October 4, 2016

| predecessor = John R. Keating

| successor = Michael F. Burbidge

| other_post = Bishop Emeritus of Arlington (2016{{nbnd}}present)

| previous_post = {{indented plainlist|

Bishop of Ogdensburg (1993{{nbnd}}1999)
Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford (1988{{nbnd}}1993)
Titular Bishop of Octabia (1988–1993)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|9|3}}

| birth_place = Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Saint Bernard Seminary College BA degree (1962)
Pontifical Gregorian University, S.T.L. (1966)
Catholic University of America JCL (1982)

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| motto = {{br list | 'Encourage and teach with patience' | 2 Timothy 4:2{{cite web |url=http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/documents/bishop_coat-of-arms.pdf |title=The Coat of Arms of Bishop Paul Stephen Loverde, Third Bishop of Arlington |publisher=Diocese of Arlington |access-date=November 5, 2013 |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012161941/https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/documents/bishop_coat-of-arms.pdf |archive-date=October 12, 2012}} }}

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| ordained priest by = Francis F. Reh

| date of priestly ordination = December 18, 1965

| place of priestly ordination = St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

| consecrated by = John F. Whealon

| co-consecrators = {{ubl | Francis Frederick Reh, | Daniel Patrick Reilly }}

| date of consecration = April 12, 1988

| place of consecration = Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Archdiocese of Hartford

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Paul Stephen Loverde {{post-nominals|list=JCL, S.T.L.}} (born September 3, 1940) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. Loverde served as bishop of the Latin Diocese of Arlington in Northern Virginia from 1998 to 2016.

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.

Biography

=Early life and education=

Paul Loverde was born on September 3, 1940, in Framingham, Massachusetts, the son of Paul and Ann Marie ({{nee|Conti}}) Loverde.{{cite web |url=http://www.cttdva.com/Loverdebio.htm |title=Bishop Paul S. Loverde's Biography |access-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223170029/http://www.cttdva.com/Loverdebio.htm |publisher=Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Parish |archive-date=February 23, 2011 |language=en}} Loverde attended primary school in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, then went to La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island. Loverde receive a BA degree at Saint Bernard Seminary College in Rochester, New York. He was then sent to Rome to attend the Pontifical Gregorian University, receiving his Licentiate of Sacred Theology there in 1966.{{Cite web |title=Bishop Emeritus Paul Loverde |url=https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/about-us/the-diocese/our-history/past-bishops/bishop-emeritus-paul-s--loverde/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |publisher=Diocese of Arlington}}

=Ordination and ministry=

Loverde was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Norwich on December 18, 1965, in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Bishop Francis F. Reh.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bloverde.html |title=Bishop Paul Stephen Loverde |encyclopedia=Catholic-Hierarchy.org |publisher=David M. Cheney |date=October 9, 2022 |language=en |access-date=October 17, 2022}} After completing his studies in Rome in 1966, Loverde returned to Connecticut.

Loverde served assistant pastor at St. Sebastian Parish in Middletown, Connecticut and as a religion teacher at various high schools in the diocese. He also served as campus chaplain at the following institutions of higher learning in Connecticut:

Wesleyan University in Middletown
Connecticut College in New London
Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic{{cite news |url=https://www.courant.com/1993/11/12/auxiliary-bishop-of-hartford-named-to-lead-new-york-diocese/ |title=Auxiliary Bishop Of Hartford Named To Lead New York Diocese |first1=Gerald |last1=Renner |newspaper=Hartford Courant |date=November 12, 1993 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104134048/http://articles.courant.com/1993-11-12/news/0000002109_1_new-bishop-hartford-archdiocese-pope-john-paul-ii}}

Loverde also served as an instructor of canon law at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut.{{cite news |url=http://old.usccb.org/comm/archives/1999/99-005.shtml |title=Pope Appoints Bishop Loverde to the Diocese of Arlington, Va. |date=January 25, 1999 |publisher=USCCB Office of Media Relations |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014135/http://old.usccb.org/comm/archives/1999/99-005.shtml |archive-date=December 3, 2013}} In 1982, he received a Licentiate of Canon Law from the Catholic University of America School of Canon Law in Washington, DC.

=Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford=

On February 3, 1988, Pope John Paul II named Loverde as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford and titular bishop of Octabia. He was consecrated on April 12, 1988, by Archbishop John F. Whealon at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut.{{cite news |url=http://www.catholicherald.com/stories/bMost-Rev-Paul-S-Loverde-Bishop-of-Arlingtonb,3281 |title=Most Rev. Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington |newspaper=Catholic Herald |date=April 10, 2003 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095300/http://www.catholicherald.com/stories/bMost-Rev-Paul-S-Loverde-Bishop-of-Arlingtonb,3281 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}} Loverde chose as his episcopal motto, "Encourage and Teach with Patience," (2 Timothy 4:2).

=Bishop of Ogdensburg=

On November 11, 1993, John Paul II appointed Loverde as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg. He was installed at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Ogdensburg, New York, on January 17, 1994.

While in Ogdensburg, Loverde started vocation and evangelization initiatives. In 1999, he closed Mater Dei College in Oswegatchie, New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.dioogdensburg.org/About/History/History1962present.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518043505/http://dioogdensburg.org/About/History/History1962present.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |title=The Church of Ogdensburg after Vatican II}} From 1997 to 1999, Loverde was state chaplain of the New York Knights of Columbus.

=Bishop of Arlington=

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After the sudden death of Bishop John Keating on March 22, 1998,{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/03/24/bishop-john-keating-63-ran-chicago-archdiocese/ |title=Bishop John Keating, 63; Ran Chicago Archdiocese |date=March 24, 1998 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |language=en |last1=Elsasser |first1=Glen}} John Paul II appointed Loverde as the third bishop of the Diocese of Arlington. He was installed on March 25, 1999, at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia.

In Arlington, Loverde reinstated the permanent diaconate program within the diocese. He also 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. Loverde persuaded the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist and the Cloistered Dominicans to serve within the diocese.{{Cite news |first1=Katie |last1=Bahr |url=http://www.catholicherald.com/stories/Vocations-show-growth-during-bishops-tenure,9677 |title=Vocations Show Growth During Bishop's Tenure |date=March 18, 2009 |newspaper=Catholic Herald |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203140648/https://www.catholicherald.com/stories/Vocations-show-growth-during-bishops-tenure,9677 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

For the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). 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.{{cite web |title=Meet Bishop Loverde |url=http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/loverde.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205090518/http://arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/loverde.aspx |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2013 |website=Diocese of Arlington |language=en}}

In 2004, Loverde charged one of his priests, James R. Haley, with several offenses at a church tribunal in Pennsylvania. In response, Haley accused Loverde of retaliation because he had exposed serious wrongdoing by three priests in the diocese. One priest had impregnated a man's wife, another embezzled over $320,000 from his church and the third was in possession of gay pornography. Haley also accused Loverde of sheltering gay priests in the diocese. Loverde suspended Haley after he refused to enter treatment.{{Cite web |title=Whistleblower Priest on Trial; Critics Say Bishop Exacting Revenge |url=https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2004_01_06/2004_03_19_Rose_WhistleblowerPriest.htm |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=www.bishop-accountability.org}}{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Caryle |date=December 3, 2002 |title=Protesters Lash Out at Bishop |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/12/03/protesters-lash-out-at-bishop/46c73659-5f4d-42a5-927a-c1d005d06650/ |access-date=October 28, 2023}}

In March 2006, Loverde announced that he would allow girls to serve at mass in the diocese at the discretion of the local pastors. Prior to 2006, Arlington was one of only two dioceses in the United States to forbid girls from that role.{{cite web |date=March 21, 2006 |title=Latin Mass Allowed, Altar Server Policy Expanded |url=http://arlingtondiocese.org/newsdetails.aspx?Pageid=422&id=3780 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012035/http://arlingtondiocese.org/newsdetails.aspx?Pageid=422&id=3780 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=November 28, 2013 |publisher=Diocese of Arlington |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Rose |first1=Michael S. |date=March 2005 |title=Killing the Messenger |url=https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/killing-the-messenger/ |magazine=New Oxford Review |language=en |access-date=October 18, 2022 |number=3}}{{Cite web |last1=Zuhlsdorf |first1=John |author1-link=John Zuhlsdorf |date=August 24, 2011 |title=What Rome's CDW says about altar boys, girl altar boys, and lay service at the altar in general |url=http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/08/what-romes-cdw-says-about-altar-boys-girl-altar-boys-and-lay-service-at-the-altar-in-general |access-date=November 28, 2013 |website=Fr. Z's Blog |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2007 |title=Letter on Altar Servers |url=https://adoremus.org/2007/12/letter-on-altar-servers/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=Adoremus |language=en}}

On June 20, 2012, a Virginia woman sued Loverde, the diocese and other parties. She claimed that Thomas J. Euteneuer, a priest from the Diocese of Palm Beach, working for an anti-abortion organization in Arlington, had sexually abused her on several occasions in 2008. The plaintiff stated that Euteneuer, under the guise of conducting an exorcism, had kissed and fondled her. The plaintiff claimed that Loverde had given Euteneuer permission to perform exorcisms on other individuals. The woman eventually dropped her claims against Loverde and the diocese, but continued to sue Euteneuer's employer.{{Cite web |last=Farberov |first=Snejana |date=June 28, 2012 |title=Disgraced Former Priest Accused of Repeatedly Molesting Woman during Two year Exorcism |url=https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2012/05_06/2012_06_28_Farberov_DisgracedFormer.htm |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Daily Mail}}

= Board member =

Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington
Catholic University of America
Catholic Distance University in Charles Town, West Virginia
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.,
Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland

= Awards =

Founder's Award from Catholic Distance University (2010){{cite news |title=CDU to honor Bishop Loverde, EWTN |newspaper=Catholic Herald |url=http://www.catholicherald.com/school/detail.html?sub_id=13311 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729133236/http://www.catholicherald.com/school/detail.html?sub_id=13311 |archive-date=July 29, 2012}}
Saint Luke Award from Saint Luke Institute (2012).{{cite news |title=Bishop Paul S. Loverde was honored at Saint Luke Institute Annual Benefit |language=en |work=Saint Luke Institute |url=http://www.sli.org/news/annual-benefit-honors-bishop-loverde/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224171941/http://www.sli.org/news/annual-benefit-honors-bishop-loverde/ |archive-date=February 24, 2013}}{{Cite news |last1=Flach |first1=Mike |date=October 16, 2012 |title=Bishop receives St. Luke Award |language=en |newspaper=Catholic Herald |url=http://catholicherald.com/stories/Bishop-Loverde-receives-St-Luke-Award,20533 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211172930/http://catholicherald.com/stories/Bishop-Loverde-receives-St-Luke-Award,20533 |archive-date=December 11, 2013}}
Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the Institute for the Psychological Sciences (2012).{{cite news |date=May 19, 2012 |title=Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Ceremony |website=Institute for the Psychological Sciences |url=https://ipsciences.edu/pages/what-is-new/graduation-2012.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212140215/https://ipsciences.edu/pages/what-is-new/graduation-2012.php |archive-date=December 12, 2012}}

= Retirement =

Pope Francis accepted Loverde's letter of retirement as bishop of Arlington on October 4, 2016, and appointed Bishop Michael F. Burbidge as his successor.{{Cite press release |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/10/04/0704/01570.html#Arlington |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 04.10.2016 |trans-title=Resignations and Appointments, 04.10.2016 |language=it |publisher=Holy See Press Office |date=April 10, 2016 |id=B0704/01570}}

References

External links

{{Cite web |url=http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/letters.php |title=Homilies and Letters from Bishop Loverde |website=Diocese of Arlington |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106184114/http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/letters.php |archive-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |language=en |ref=none}}
[http://www.arlingtondiocese.org Diocese of Arlington]
[http://www.dioogdensburg.org/ Diocese of Ogdensburg]
[http://www.archdioceseofhartford.org Archdiocese of Hartford]
[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bloverde.html Loverde profile] at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
[https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/arli0.htm?focus=2039&tab=bishops Loverde profile] at {{URL|https://gcatholic.org}}