Appointment of auxiliary bishop of the military ordinariate for the United States

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Gregg M. Caggianelli, of the clergy of the diocese of Venice, Florida, vice rector of the Saint Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, FL, as auxiliary bishop of the military ordinariate for the United States, assigning him the titular see of Gemellae in Byzacena.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Gregg M. Caggianelli was born on 2 August 1968 in Kingston, New York. He studied aerospace engineering in Michigan and mechanical engineering in Ohio. He transferred to Florida, entered the seminary of the diocese of Venice, and carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at Saint Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach.

He was awarded a doctorate in homiletics at the Aquinas Institute of Theology of Saint Louis in Missouri.

He received priestly ordination on 25 October 2002, and was incardinated in the diocese of Venice in Florida.

He served in the Air Force (1991-1996), and subsequently served the Corps as military chaplain (2002).

He is currently vice rector and dean of Human Formation in the Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida, United States of America.