The Most Reverend Joseph Augustine Di Noia O. P. |
|
---|---|
Assistant Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | |
Diocese | Titular Archdiocese of Oregon City |
Predecessor | none (new position) |
Successor | Damiano Marzotto Caotorta (as Under-Secretary of the CDF) |
Other posts | Vice President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei (2012–2013); Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2009–2012); Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2002–2009) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 4 June 1970 |
Consecration | 11 July 2009 |
Personal details | |
Born |
The Bronx, New York, United States |
July 10, 1943
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Providence College Yale University St. Steven's College |
Coat of arms |
Styles of Joseph Di Noia |
|
---|---|
Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Your Excellency |
Posthumous style | none |
Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., (born July 10, 1943) is an American member of the Dominican Order who is a Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian. He is a prominent member of the Roman Curia, becoming successively Under-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
On Saturday, September 21, 2013, Pope Francis transferred him from his post as Vice President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, and named him Assistant (Adjunct) Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Born in the Borough of the Bronx, part of New York City, Di Noia was baptized at the Capuchin-run Parish of the Immaculate Conception on Gun Hill Road. By the time he reached school age, his family had moved from that parish to the Parish of St. Anthony on Richardson Avenue.
Di Noia became a member of the Eastern Province of St. Joseph, Di Noia graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Providence College in 1965. He went on to study philosophy at the Order's faculty for philosophical formation at St. Stephen's Priory in Dover, Massachusetts, and then pursued his theological formation at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. He was ordained on 4 June 1970, and taught theology at Providence College from 1971 to 1974. He earned a doctorate of theology from Yale University in 1980 with a dissertation entitled "Catholic Theology of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue". He later taught theology for 20 years at the Dominican House of Studies and was editor of the theological review The Thomist. He was a founding director of the Intercultural Forum of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington D.C.. He holds four theology degrees or certificates.