The Most Rev. Timothy Broglio, JCD

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio was born in 1951 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and attended Catholic schools in Cleveland, Ohio. Archbishop Broglio was ordained to the priesthood (for the Diocese of Cleveland) on May 19, 1977, in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception of the North American College, Rome.

He is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish and French and holds a BA in Classics, Boston College, Massachusetts; STB in Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; and Doctorate in Canon Law, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.

From 1977 to 1979 he served as associate pastor, St. Margaret Mary Parish, South Euclid, and lectured in Theology at Notre Dame College, South Euclid. From 1979 to 1983 Archbishop Broglio attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.

The Archbishop served as Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1983-1987) and of the Apostolic Nunciature in Asuncion, Paraguay (1987-1990). From 1990 to 2001 Archbishop Broglio served as Chief of Cabinet to Angelo Cardinal Sodano, Secretary of State to Saint Pope John Paul II and desk officer for Central America.

In February 2001 the Archbishop was named Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico. The Archbishop was ordained as an Archbishop by His Holiness St. John Paul II on 19 March 2001.

On 19 November 2007 Archbishop Broglio was named the fourth Archbishop of the Military Services USA, and installed 25 January 2008, the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul.

As a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Archbishop currently serves as Secretary of the Conference and is a member of the Administrative Committee. In the past he has served as Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace; Chairman of the Canonical Affairs and Church Governance Committee and of the Task Force for the 2013 Special Assembly and was a member of the Committees on Canon Law and Church Governance, for Religious Freedom, and International Justice and Peace, and the Subcommittees for the Defense of Marriage and Health Care.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Bioethics Center and is Chairman of the Communications Committee for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.  He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Catholic Relief Services from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2018 to the present.

The Archbishop’s honors include Commander of the National Order of Côte d’Ivoire; Commander of the Order of the Polar Star, Sweden; Gran Cross with Silver Badge of the Order of Sánchez, Duarte and Mella, Dominican Republic; Grand Officer of the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins of Chile; Commander of the Order of Antonio Jose de Irisarri of Guatemala; Grand Cross of the Order of the Libertador San Martin of Argentina; Officer of the Orden de Mayo, Argentina; Commander of the Italian Republic; Knight Commander of the Holy Sepulchre; Honorary Conventual Chaplain of the Order of Malta; Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael of the Wing; and Grand Officer of the Order of Sts. Maurice and Lazarus.