Joseph L. Levesque
| The Very Reverend Joseph L. Levesque, C.M. |
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| Interim President of St. John's University (New York) | |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | The Very Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M. |
| President of Niagara University | |
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In office 2000–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Paul L. Golden, C.M. |
| Succeeded by | James J. Maher, C.M. |
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| Born | c. 1940 North Tarrytown, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | Mary Immaculate Seminary (1967); Manhattan College (1971); The Catholic University of America (1977) |
| Profession | Catholic priest and educator |
Joseph L. Levesque, C.M. (c. 1940- ) is a Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Mission, better known as the Vincentian Fathers. He was Niagara University's 25th president from March 2000 until 2013. until 2013. He was succeeded by the Very Rev. James J. Maher, C.M.
Born in North Tarrytown, New York, after high school Levesque entered the Congregation of the Mission. He was ordained a priest in 1967 after studies at Mary Immaculate Seminary in Northampton, Pennsylvania, where he received the degree of Master of Divinity. Following this, he was assigned to serve as an instructor in the Religious Studies Department at St. John's Preparatory School, then in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn (1967–1969), St. Joseph's Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey (1969–1970), and Niagara University (1970).
In 1971, Levesque received a Master of Arts in Religious studies from Manhattan College, and in 1977 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America.
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