Joseph Perry (bishop)

Infobox Bishop
name = Joseph N. Perry
bishop_of = Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
Titular bishop of Lead, South Dakota

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enthroned = 29 June 1998
ended = Incumbent
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successor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1948|04|18
birthplace = Chicago, Illinois
death_date =
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Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Perry (born 18 April 1948 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Education

Bishop Perry attended various Catholic elementary schools in Chicago between 1954 and 1962. For one year, in 1962, he attended Carver High School, moving on to St. Lawrence Seminary High School for the remainder of his high school years. Perry undertook undergraduate studies at Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, graduating in 1971 with two B.A. degreess in Philosophy and Theology, as well as a minor in Education.

Perry obtained a Master of Divinity from St. Francis Seminary in 1975. He also attended the Capuchin Seminary of St. Mary and St. Joseph College. He was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee on 24 May 1975.

Diocesan service

From the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, Bishop Perry was a priest within the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, serving as associate pastor of St. Nicholas Parish. During this time, he worked within the tribunal of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, becoming Chief Judicial Officer of the Tribunal from 1983 until 1995. Bishop Perry became pastor of All Saints Church in Milwaukee in 1995 until his ordination as a bishop.

Perry had been a professor of canon law at the Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. Since 1996 he has been an instructor in canon law at both the Marquette University Law School and at Mundelein Seminary. Perry was given the titular diocese of Lead on 5 May 1998. Since having been ordained a bishop on 29 June 1998, Bishop Perry has been the episcopal vicar for Vicariate VI of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Membership and appointments

Since 2004, Bishop Perry has been the Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on African American Catholics, and also sits on several other USCCB committees, including those for Education, 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.

He is also a member of the National Black Catholic Congress, being vice-president of that organization's board. He is the national chaplain for the Knights of St. Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary in New Orleans where the Knights have their headquarters. Since 1977 he has been a member of the Canon Law Society of America. In 1998 he sat on the Board of Advisors of Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary. In addition, he has been an episcopal for Catechetics and Liturgical Training Publications, and is a judge sitting on the Court of Appeals.

External links

* [http://www.archchicago.org/thearchdiocese/bishop_joseph_perry.shtm Biography from the Archdiocese of Chicago]
* [http://www.nbccongress.org/aboutus/congress-directory/african-american-catholic-bishop-joseph-perry.asp Biography from the National Black Catholic Congress]
* [http://www.nbccc-us.com/bishop_perry.aspx National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bperry.html Profile at "Catholic-Hierarchy.org"]