Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone (2009-2022)

Robert Guglielmone was born in New York in 1945 to Frank and Caroline Guglielmone. He attended both Catholic grade school and high school, graduating in 1964. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from St John’s University in Jamaica, New York.

In 1977, Guglielmone earned a Master of Divinity degree at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology in New Jersey. In 1978, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre and was assigned to St. Martin of Tours in Amityville. He later served as a priest in parishes across Long Island. He was named a Prelate of Honor by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Robert E. Guglielmone was ordained and installed as the thirteenth bishop of Charleston in 2009.