Louis Iasiello

Louis V. Iasiello
Rear Admiral Fr. Louis V. Iasiello 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy
Born	(1950-09-06) 6 September 1950 (age 66) Staten Island, New York
Allegiance	USA
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1981–2006
Rank	Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral Fr. Louis V. Iasiello, USN (born 6 September 1950) is a Roman Catholic priest, and is a retired American Navy officer who served as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy from 2003 to 2006. He is a well known Just War theorist, and his PhD dissertation is entitled: Jus In Bello: Key Issues for a Contemporary Assessment of Just Behavior in War. For 18 months after his retirement from the Navy, he was the president of Washington Theological Union. He accepted a position as a Professor of Humanities at Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in 2010.

Iasiello grew up in Staten Island, New York. He is an alumnus of St. Bonaventure University (1972), with a bachelor's degree in History. He has earned graduate degrees from Niagara University (Education) (1973), the Washington Theological Union (Divinity) (1977), Salve Regina College (International Relations) (2003), the Naval War College (National Security and Strategic Studies, and a PhD from Salve Regina University.

Iasiello was received into the Order of Friars Minor in August, 1973 and is a member of the Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province. After his ordination as a deacon, he worked in Anapolis, Brazil. He was ordained to the priesthood on 13 May 1978, and was assigned to a Franciscan parish serving the Hispanic community in the Bronx. He then became the head of the Modern Languages department at Bishop Timon High School in Buffalo, New York.