Born: Easter Sunday, March 29, 1959

Parents: Arnaldo and Gennarina

Attended: SS. Simon and Jude School, Gravesend; Regis H.S., Manhattan; Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Cathedral College, Douglaston; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I.

Ordained: May 16, 1987 by Bishop Francis J. Mugavero in the Chapel at Cathedral College, Douglaston

Parochial Vicar: St. Agatha, Sunset Park, 1987-89; St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, 1989-91

Graduate Studies: Granted Doctorate Degree in 1996 from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

Parochial Vicar: St. Jude, Canarsie, 1996-98

Pastor: St. Dominic, Bensonhurst, 1998-2002

Named a Monsignor in 2003

Served as Director of the diocesan Permanent Diaconate program, 2003-04, and Vicar for Evangelization and Pastoral Life, 2007-07

Episcopal Ordination: Aug. 22, 2006 at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge, by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio

Served as Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, 2007-2013

Named Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn., July 31, 2013