His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gerald Michael Barbarito |
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Bishop of Palm Beach | |
Bishop Barbarito in February 2014
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Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Miami |
Diocese | Palm Beach |
Appointed | July 1, 2003 |
Installed | August 28, 2003 |
Predecessor | Seán Patrick O'Malley |
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Ordination | January 31, 1976 by Francis Mugavero |
Consecration | August 22, 1994 by Thomas Vose Daily, Joseph Michael Sullivan, and René Arnold Valero |
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Brooklyn, New York |
January 4, 1950
Previous post |
Bishop of Ogdensburg (1999-2003) Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn/Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1994-1999) |
Motto | VERITATEM FACIENTES IN CARITATE (Professing the Truth in Love) |
Styles of Gerald Michael Barbarito |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Gerald Michael Barbarito is the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida. He was appointed on July 1, 2003 and was installed as the fifth Bishop of Palm Beach on August 28, 2003.
Gerald Michael Barbarito, the son of Anna Marie LaPorte Barbarito and the late Samuel A. Barbarito, was born in Brooklyn, New York, January 4, 1950. He began his studies for the priesthood at Cathedral Prep Seminary in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, graduating in 1967.
He continued his studies at Cathedral College in Douglaston, Queens, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1971. His theology studies took place at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York, where upon completing his work in 1975, he received a Master of Divinity degree.
Before his ordination to the priesthood, Barbarito served as a deacon at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Astoria, Queens, for one year.
Gerald Barbarito was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Francis J. Mugavero at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Astoria, on January 31, 1976. After his ordination, he was assigned to St. Helen's Church in Howard Beach, Queens. He remained there until 1981, when Bishop Mugavero appointed him Assistant Chancellor. He held this position for one year and was then sent to the Catholic University of America in Washington for two years, where he earned a Licentiate of Canon Law.
Barbarito was named the Vice Chancellor of the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1984, and he remained in that position until 1992, when Bishop Thomas V. Daily, Bishop of Brooklyn, appointed him secretary. He served as master of ceremonies for Auxiliary Bishop Joseph P. Denning from 1984 to 1990.
Bishop Barbarito has served on the College of Consultors, the Priests' Personnel Board, the Presbyteral Council and as an appellate judge at the diocesan tribunal. He has also served as a consultant to the Canonical Affairs Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. He is a member of the Catholic Biblical Association and the Canon Law Society of America.