Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ®
Chaplains for the American Association, U.S.A.
Principal Chaplain
His Excellency Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan
Archbishop of New York
Timothy Michael Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI on February 23, 2009. He was installed as Archbishop of New York on April 15, 2009.
He had served as Archbishop of Milwaukee since he was named by Pope John Paul II on June 25, 2002. He was installed as Milwaukee's 10th archbishop on August 28, 2002, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, papal nuncio to the United States, installed Archbishop Dolan.
Born February 6, 1950, Archbishop Dolan was the first of five children born to Shirley Radcliffe Dolan and the late Robert Dolan. In 1964, he began his high school seminary education at St. Louis Preparatory Seminary South in Shrewsbury, Mo. His seminary foundation continued at Cardinal Glennon College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He then completed his priestly formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he earned a License in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas.
Archbishop Dolan was ordained to the priesthood on June 19, 1976. He then served as associate pastor at Immacolata Parish in Richmond Heights, Mo., until 1979 when he began studies for a doctorate in American Church History at the Catholic University of America. Before completing the doctorate, he spent a year researching the late Archbishop Edwin O'Hara, a founder of the Catholic Biblical Association. Archbishop O'Hara's life and ministry was the subject of the Archbishop's doctoral dissertation.
On his return to St. Louis, Archbishop Dolan served in parish ministry from 1983-87, during which time he was also liaison for the late Archbishop John L. May in the restructuring of the college and theology programs of the archdiocesan seminary system.
In 1987, Archbishop Dolan was appointed to a five-year term as secretary to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C. When he returned to St. Louis in 1992, he was appointed vice rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, serving also as director of Spiritual Formation and professor of Church History. He was also an adjunct professor of theology at Saint Louis University.
In 1994, he was appointed rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he served until June 2001. While in Rome, he also served as a visiting professor of Church History at the Pontifical Gregorian University and as a faculty member in the Department of Ecumenical Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. The work of the Archbishop in the area of seminary education has influenced the life and ministry of a great number of priests of the new millennium.
On June 19, 2001 – the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood – then Fr. Dolan was named the Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis by Pope John Paul II. The new Bishop Dolan chose for his Episcopal motto the profession of faith of St. Peter: Ad Quem Ibimus, "Lord to whom shall we go?" (Jn 6:68).
Assistant Principal Chaplain
Monsignor James P. Cassidy, Ph.D.
A native of New York , Monsignor Cassidy received his B.A Degree from St. Joseph ' Seminary and College in 1950. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of New York in 1951. He received a M.S., Degree from Fordham University in 1958 and in 1963, and a Ph.D. from Fordham in Educational Psychology and Counseling. He did Post-Doctoral Training in Clinical Psychology in 1964 at Fordham University and an Internship in Clinical Psychology at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 1965.
Monsignor Cassidy has served a parish priest, marriage counselor, senior clinical psychologist, Director, Family Consultation Service, and Associate Professor at St., John's University, Director, and Pastoral Counseling Program at St. John's University . From 1972 to 1989; he was Director of Department of Health and Hospitals of the Archdiocese of New York. From 1987 until 1992, he served as Chancellor and Chief Administrative Officer of the New York Medical College; from 1992 until 1995, he served as a full-time consultant at the Pontifical Council for Healthcare at the Vatican; from 1995 until 2000 he served as the Administrator of Holy Spirit Church in Cortlandt Manor, New York and from 2000 to 2003 he served as a staff psychologist and Director of Counseling at the Pontifical North American College in Vatican City.
Monsignor Cassidy became a Conventual Chaplain ad honorem of the Order of Malta in 1987. He was elected Assistant Principal Chaplain of the American Association in January, 2004
Spiritual Advisor
Monsignor Kevin W. Wallin
Monsignor Wallin, a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was ordained to the priesthood in 1984 by Bishop Walter W. Curtis, S.T.D. His first assignment was as Parochial Vicar at St. Augustine 's Cathedral in Bridgeport . In 1987, Bishop Curtis appointed him as Secretary to the Bishop. In 1988, Bishop Edward M. Egan, J.C.D reappointed him as Secretary to the Bishop after assuming the Office of Bishop of Bridgeport. In 1995, Bishop Egan named him Diocesan Director of the Ministry for Liturgy, and in February, 1996, as Executive Director of the Inner-City Foundation for Charity and Education. In June, 1996, Monsignor Wallin became pastor of Saint Peter Parish in Danbury Connecticut . In April, 2002, The Most Reverend William E. Lori, S.T.D. the Fourth Bishop of Bridgeport, appointed Monsignor Wallin pastor of the Cathedral Parish of Saint Augustine.
Monsignor Wallin has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut since 1993; he was a member of the Pope John Paul II Center for Health Care in Danbury; a member from April 1997 to April 2002 of the Cultural Commission of the City of Danbury; since 1992 he has served a State Chaplain to the Connecticut State Council of Columbiettes; from 1998 to 2002, he served as the State Chaplain to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; since 1996, he has served as the Chaplain of the Order of Malta, Connecticut and a Magistral Chaplain of the Order; since 2003 he has served on the Board of Directors of the Bridgeport Catholic Elementary School System, and as its president from January 2003 to June 2004. In the spring of 2003, he was elected to a three year term as Territorial Vicar for his vacariate.