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(Joseph Francis Girzone)

PERSONAL:

Born May 15, 1930, in Albany, NY; son of Peter Joseph and Margaret Rita Girzone.

Joseph f girzone wikipedia

Education: St. Bonaventure University, B.A., 1951; received theology degree from Catholic University of America, 1955; graduate study at Fordham University.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Albany, NY.

CAREER:

Writer, public speaker, and Catholic priest.

Entered Carmelite Order, 1948; ordained Catholic priest, 1955; high school teacher in New York and Pennsylvania, 1955-64; St. Albert's Seminary, Middletown, NY, faculty member, 1960-61; pastor at churches in New York, 1964-81; Our Lady of Mt.

Carmel Church, Amsterdam, NY, pastor, 1974-81; writer, 1981—. Founder, the Joshua Foundation, 1995. Worked as computer salesman for Olivetti Corporation. Director of Dominican Third Order of Religious Lay People, 1964-76; member of New York State Bishops' Advisory Commission for Criminal Justice, beginning in 1973; chair of Schenectady County, New York, Human