His Excellency, The Most Reverend Christie Albert Macaluso |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford Titular Bishop of Grass Valley |
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Archdiocese | Hartford |
Appointed | March 18, 1997 |
Installed | June 10, 1997 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Grass Valley |
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Ordination | May 22, 1971 |
Consecration | June 10, 1997 by Daniel Anthony Cronin, Paul Loverde, and Peter A. Rosazza |
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Born |
Hartford, Connecticut |
June 12, 1945
Motto | VERITAS LIBERABIT VOS (The Truth Will Set You Free) |
Styles of Christie Albert Macaluso |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Christie Albert Macaluso (born June 12, 1945) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford.
Christie Macaluso was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Albert Carl and Helen (née Meaney) Macaluso; his father's family was from Palermo, Sicily, and his mother was of Irish descent. He studied at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Master's in Sacred Theology. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in philosophy from Trinity College, and a Master of Arts in Psychology from New York University.
Macaluso was ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1971. He then served as assistant pastor at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in West Hartford and at St. Joseph Church in New Britain.