John Favalora
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Clement Favalora |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Miami | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Miami |
| Appointed | November 3, 1994 |
| Installed | December 20, 1994 |
| Term ended | April 20, 2010 |
| Predecessor | Edward Anthony McCarthy |
| Successor | Thomas Gerard Wenski |
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| Ordination | December 20, 1961 |
| Consecration | July 29, 1986 by Pio Laghi, Philip Hannan, and William Benedict Friend |
| Personal details | |
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December 5, 1935 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Previous post | Bishop of Alexandria, Bishop of St. Petersburg |
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Styles of John Clement Favalora |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
John Clement Favalora (born December 5, 1935) is the former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami in Miami, Florida, now styled as archbishop emeritus. He served as bishop in the dioceses of Alexandria, Louisiana and St. Petersburg, Florida. He was appointed the third Archbishop of Miami on November 3, 1994 and served until June 2010. Favalora is a former member of the Board of Trustees at The Catholic University of America and serves as a member of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach. He serves as State Chaplain and a member of the Knights of Columbus in Florida in addition to being President of the Florida Catholic Conference. He is a member of the USCCB committees on Priestly Life and Ministry, Sexual Abuse and Pro-Life issues.
Favalora was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he graduated from Jesuit High School in 1954. He studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph Seminary in St. Benedict, Louisiana; Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans; then the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he was ordained on December 20, 1961. He earned his bachelor's degree in Philosophy and History prior to his priestly ordination.
After returning to his home diocese of New Orleans, he obtained certification as a secondary school teacher from Xavier University in New Orleans. Subsequently, he attended Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and obtained a Masters in Education degree from Tulane University in New Orleans.
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