Robert Daniel Conlon

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Robert Daniel Conlon (born December 4, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Bishop of Steubenville.

Biography

Robert Conlon was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the eldest of the six children of Robert and Carla (née Holzman) Conlon. He attended [http://www.saintmaryhydepark.org/ourparish/welcome.asp St. Mary Church] in Hyde Park as a child, and received the diaconate on March 9, 1974. Conlon obtained his Master's in Divinity from the Athenaeum of Ohio in 1975, and served as a deacon at [http://www.stagnes.cc/ St. Agnes Church] in Cincinnati, where he was ordained to the priesthood on January 15, 1977. He then served as associate pastor at [http://www.ihom.org/ Immaculate Heart of Mary Church] in Cincinnati until July 1982.

From 1981 to 1983, Conlon worked within the archdiocesan curia of Cincinnati, as director of the Office of Planning and Research and assistant chancellor. He then furthered his studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa, from where he earned his doctorate in canon law and in philosophy in January 1987. Upon his return to the United States, Conlon was made chancellor for Cincinnati and director of its Department of Executive Services. He later became pastor of [http://www.holyredeemercatholicchurch.org/ Holy Redeemer Church] in New Bremen on August 6, 1996.

On May 31, 2002, Conlon was appointed the fourth Bishop of Steubenville by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 6 from Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk, with Bishops Gilbert Sheldon and Sydney Charles serving as co-consecrators. Conlon took as his episcopal motto: "Take Courage" ( [http://www.drbo.org/chapter/32010.htm Daniel 10:19] , [http://www.drbo.org/chapter/50016.htm John 16:33] ).

In 2005, the Bishop decided to lead a group of volunteers to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina, after hearing Archbishop Alfred Hughes speak about the devastation that Katrina caused in his Archdiocese of New Orleans [Catholic News Service. [http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0507307.htm Ohio bishop leads volunteers offering hands-on help in New Orleans] December 22, 2005] .

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he currently sits on the [http://www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/whoweare.shtml Committee on Marriage and Family] and the [http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/committee.shtml Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People] .

References

External links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bconlon.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.diosteub.org/index.cfm/NewsItem?ID=57891&From=about Diocese of Steubenville]