Joseph R. Cistone
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Robert Cistone |
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| Bishop of Saginaw | |
| Archdiocese | Detroit |
| Diocese | Saginaw |
| Appointed | May 20, 2009 |
| Installed | July 28, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Robert James Carlson |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 17, 1975 by John Krol |
| Consecration | July 28, 2004 by Justin Francis Rigali, Robert P. Maginnis, and Michael Francis Burbidge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 18, 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (2004–2009) |
| Motto | FATHER OF MERCY AND LOVE |
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Styles of Joseph Robert Cistone |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph Robert Cistone (born May 18, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as the sixth Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan since 2009.
Joseph Cistone was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Daniel A. and Josephine R. (née Altomare) Cistone, Sr. One of three children, he has two brothers, Daniel and Anthony. He attended Our Lady of Consolation School and graduated from Father Judge High School in 1967. He then studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy (1971) and Master's in Divinity (1975).
Cistone was ordained to the priesthood by John Cardinal Krol on May 17, 1975. He then served as parochial vicar at Epiphany of Our Lord Parish (1975–1979) and chaplain at St. Maria Goretti High School (1977–1979) in Philadelphia. He became parochial vicar at St. Jerome Parish in 1979, and advocate on the metropolitan tribunal in 1980.
From 1982 to 1987, Cistone served as parochial vicar at St. Jude Parish in Chalfont, member of the admissions board for the Archdiocesan Permanent Diaconate Program, and Newman Chaplain at Delaware Valley College of Science. He was also Defender of the Bond on the metropolitan tribunal (1983–1989), and parochial vicar at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Norristown (1987–1989) and St. Bernard Parish in Philadelphia (1989–1991). In 1991, he became Dean of Formation for the Theology Division of St. Charles Seminary.
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