His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Mark Siegel |
|
---|---|
Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet Titular Bishop of Pupiana |
|
Archdiocese | Chicago |
Diocese | Joliet |
Appointed | October 28, 2009 |
Installed | January 19, 2010 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Pupiana |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 4, 1988 by Joseph Leopold Imesch |
Consecration | January 19, 2010 by J. Peter Sartain, Joseph Leopold Imesch and Frank Joseph Dewane |
Personal details | |
Born |
Joliet, Illinois |
July 18, 1963
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Parents | Francis and Marie Siegel |
Education | St. Charles Borromeo High School Seminary |
Alma mater | St. Meinrad Seminary College |
Motto | IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI |
Styles of Joseph Mark Siegel |
|
---|---|
Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph M. Siegel (born July 18, 1963) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.
The youngest of nine children, Joseph Siegel was born in Joliet, Illinois, to Francis and Marie Siegel. He was raised on a farm in Lockport Township. He was baptized at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus and attended the parish grammar school. He attended St. Charles Borromeo High School Seminary in Romeoville from 1977 to 1980, and continued his studies at St. Meinrad Seminary College in Indiana, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in history in 1984.
He completed his seminary formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome between 1984 and 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree cum laude from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1987, and continued his theological studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. He was ordained to the diaconate by Cardinal William W. Baum on April 14, 1988, at St. Peter's Basilica.