Thomas Joseph Tobin (born April 1, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the eighth and current Bishop of Providence.
Thomas Tobin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and studied at St. Mark Seminary High School and Gannon University, both in Erie, before entering St. Francis University in Loretto and the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University, both in Rome. He also pursued his gr...
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Thomas Joseph Tobin (born April 1, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the eighth and current Bishop of Providence.
Thomas Tobin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and studied at St. Mark Seminary High School and Gannon University, both in Erie, before entering St. Francis University in Loretto and the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University, both in Rome. He also pursued his graduate studies at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of San Anselmo in Rome.
Tobin was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Vincent Leonard on July 21, 1973, and then served as an assistant pastor at St. Vitus Parish in New Castle until 1979. From 1979 to 1984, he was an assistant pastor at St. Sebastian Parish in Ross Township, later becoming administrative secretary to Bishop Anthony Bevilacqua, Associate General Secretary of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (1987), and Vicar General and General Secretary (1990).
On November 3, 1992, Tobin was...
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