- Aloysius R. Callaghan
Aloysius R. Callaghan was born on
September 15 ,1946 inHeckscherville, Pennsylvania to Aloysius R. Sr. and Genevieve Callaghan. He attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia in 1962. After completing his studies there he attended the Pontifical Roman Seminary located in theBasilica of St. John Lateran complex.After completing his studies at the Roman Seminary he was ordained a
Roman Catholic Priest byJames Cardinal Hickey on December 17, 1971 inSt. Peter's Basilica . From there he was assigned as Vicar Parochial of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania where he also had duties as an associate professor at Allentown Central Catholic High School. In 1974, he was again sent toRome to work on his doctorate in Canon Law from thePontifical Lateran University , completing the program in 1977. In 1984, he was named pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Whitehall, PA.On
March 27 ,1986 , Bishop Welsh released Monsignor Callaghan to serve on the Vatican'sCongregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life . Here he worked closely withMother Theresa of Calcutta in canonical affairs concerning theMissionaries of Charity . In 1991 he was transferred to theCongregation for Bishops where he stayed until July 1995 when he became Vicar General of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services . He presently has been serving as rector ofSaint Paul Seminary School of Divinity inSaint Paul, Minnesota since he was appointed to the position by ArchbishopHarry Flynn onJuly 1 ,2005 .External links
* [http://www.stthomas.edu/spssod/ Official website of the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity]
* [http://stream.stthomas.edu/view.htm?id=spssod1 Official video of the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity]
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