Curriculum Vitae: Bishop GEORGE DMITRY GALLARO

Born in Pozzallo, Sicily, on January 16, 1948. (Italian & American Citizen). Theological Studies at St. John Seminary, Camarillo, CA (1968-1972); JCB, JCL & JCOD, Pontifical Oriental Institute, (1978-1981); STL (Ecumenical Theology), Pontifical University of St. Thomas, Rome (1994). Biennium (Liturgical Theology) Pontifical Liturgical Institute St. Anselm, Rome (1978-1980).

• Ordained to the Diaconate in Los Angeles, California (1971).

• Ordained to the Presbyterate in Los Angeles, California (1972).

• Parochial Vicar: Los Angeles, CA (1972-1978); Visiting Priest: Manchester, NH (1983-1990); Pastor: Worcester, MA (1991-1992); Warren, MI (1996-2005); Parochial Administrator: Pittsburgh, PA (2005-2010).

• Defender of the Bond: Archdiocese of Los Angeles (1977-1978); Defender of the Bond and Promoter of Justice: Eparchy of Newton (1982-1985); Chancellor: Eparchy of Newton (1983-1992); Judicial Vicar: Eparchy of Newton (1986- 1992); Judge: Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (2004-2009); Vicar Judicial: Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (2009 to present); Syncellus for Canonical Services: Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (2009- to present); Judge for Second Instance: Archeparchy of Philadelphia (2010 to present);Intereparchial Canonical Commission Member: Ruthenian Metropolia of Pittsburgh (2012-present); Member of the Presbyteral Council, Eparchy of Newton (2012 – present); Member of the College of Consultors, Eparchy of Newton (2012- present); Member of the Presbyteral Council, Arceparchy of Pittsburgh (2012 – present).

• Staff Member: Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Vatican City (1992-1993); Vice President: Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, Vienna, Austria (2011 to present); Member CLSA, Washington, DC (1981 to present); Member CLSGB, London, GB (2011 to present); Editor, Eastern Churches Journal (2012 to present); Editorial Board, Sophia Journal (2011 to present) & Bollettino Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (2004 to present); Editor of Eastern Churches Journal (2012 – present). Instructor of Catechetics: Archdiocese of Los Angeles (1974-1976); Instructor of : Boston Theological Institute (1982-1992); Rector: St. Gregory the Theologian Seminary, Newton, MA (1994-1996); Director: Diaconate Formation Program, Eparchy

of Newton (1994-1996); Coordinator: Continuing Education of Melkite Clergy (1994- 1996); Instructor: Diaconate Formation Program, Arceparchy of Pittsburgh (2005 – present).

ACTIVITIES

2014: Participated at the Annual Melkite Clergy Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (September 22-25). 2013: Participated at the Annual Melkite Clergy Conference in San Antonio, Texas, (September 23-26). As interim President of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, organized and participate at the 21st Conference in Bari, (September 10-13).

2012: Participated at the Annual Melkite Clergy Conference in St. Louis, Missouri (September 24-28).

2012: Addressed the participants of the 48th Melkite Convention in Detroit, Michigan, (July 5-8).

2012: Directed the Annual Retreat for the Pittsburgh Archeparchy Deacons & Wives, Ligonier, PA (April 27-29).

2012: Directed the Holy Week Mission for the Northlake Melkite Parish, Chicago, IL (April 4-8).

2012: Addressed the students of Canon Law at the Pazmany Catholic University of Budapest, Hungary (February 28) and at the St. Athanasius Greek-Catholic Theological Institute of Nyiregyhaza, Hungary (March 1). Theme: The Eastern Catholic Churches of the United States. 2011: Directed the Annual Retreat for the Passaic Deacons & Wives, Mount Pocono, NJ (October 17-19). 2011: Participated at the 20th Conference of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Athens, Greece (September 13-18). 2011: Participated at the 47th Melkite Convention in Newport Beach, California (July 6- 10). 2010: Participated at the Pennsylvania Tribunals Staff Meeting at State College, PA (December 1). 2010: Participated at the Byzantine Spirituality Conference (November 13) in Munhall, PA. Theme: Our Church: Tradition, Reality & Expectations. 2010: Addressed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification Celebration at Bishop Connare Center, Greensburg, PA (October 31). 2010: Participated at the International Congress for the 20th Anniversary of the Eastern Code in Rome, Italy (October 7-9). 2010: External Examiner for a Higher Degree Thesis (Mary’s Relationship with the Holy Spirit: A Focus for the Union of East and West), Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, October 26, 2010.

2010: Addressed the Orientale Lumen Conference at the Seton Hall University of South Orange, NJ, (June 7-10): “The Ecumenical Councils: Theological and Canonical Resonances from the Past.” 2010: Addressed the Spotkanie Cyrylometodiańskie “Sacri Canones – 20 Lat Doświadczeń” at Sandomierz, Poland, (February 12-14): “Le chiese orientali sui iuris nella comunione cattolica: nozione, stato, identità.” 2009: Participated at the XXI Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Venice, Italy (September 18-25). 2008: Participated at the Orientale Lumen Conference at the Retreat Center of Saint John’s, Detroit, MI (July 7-10): “Feasts Days of the Eastern Churches. 2007: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Cluj, Romania (September 11-15). 2007: Presented a course on Theological Foundations for Deacon Candidates, Pittsburgh (June). 2006: Participated at the Encounter of the Eastern Catholic Churches of Canada and the United States of America, Chicago, IL (Oct. 30-Nov. 3). 2006: Addressed the Orientale Lumen Conference at the Catholic University of San Diego, CA (June 12-15), and at the John Paul II Center, Washington, DC (June 19-22): “The Ecumenism of the Saints.” 2005: Presented a course on Ecclesiology and Ecumenism for Deacon Candidates, Pittsburgh (June 19-July 2). 2005: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches at the Universita’ di Urbino, Italy (September 12-17). 2005: External Examiner for a Higher Degree Thesis (The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia), Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, July 25, 2005 2004: Participated at the Canon Law Society of America Convention in Pittsburgh, PA (October 11-14). 2003: Addressed the Orientale Lumen Conference at the Australian Catholic University, Sydney (July 8-11): “The Melkite Influence at the Second Vatican Council.” 2001: Participated at the Congress of the Latin and Eastern Law Consociation in Budapest, Hungary (September 2-7). 2001: Participated at the Symposium Vaticanum for the X anniversary of the Promulgation of the CCEO, Vatican City (November 19-23). 2000: Addressed the Eastern Regional Conference of Canonists in Princeton, NJ (May 15): “Relationship between the Eastern Catholic and the Latin Churches in America.” 2000: Addressed the Orientale Lumen Conference at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia (July 9-12): “The Byzantine Church of Italy: Tensions and Communion.” 1999: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Athens, Greece (September 20-26). 1999: Participated at the Encounter of the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Americas and Oceania, Boston, MA (November 7-12). 1997: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Wurzuburg, Germany (September 20-27).

1997: External Examiner for a Higher Degree Thesis (A Life-Cycle Model for Homogeneous Churches), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, January 1997 1996: Addressed the Pre-Convention Participants at the Annual Convention of the Canon Law Society of America in St. Louis, MO (October 7-10). 1995: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Boston, MA (August 20-26). 1993: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Vienna, Austria (Sept. 29-Oct. 5) and submitted a paper, “Martin Lutero sulla Ordinazione Ministeriale.” 1991: Participated at the Congress of the Latin and Eastern Law Consociation in Bari, Italy (September 23-29) and submitted a paper, “Marriage in the Eastern Code.” 1991: Addressed the Canon Law Society of America Convention in San Antonio, TX (October 14-17): “Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium: Noteworthy Issues.” 1989: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Kavala, Greece (September 17-24). 1989: Addressed the Canon Law Society of America Convention in Seattle, WA (October 9-12): “The Mystery of Crowning: An Inter-ecclesial Perspective.” 1987: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Santiago de Compostela, Spain (September 20-27). 1985: Participated at the Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches in Geneva, Switzerland (September 15-22).

Ongoing Tribunal Work: Byzantine Metropolia of Pittsburgh, Archeparchy of Philadelphia, and Eparchy of Newton. Ongoing Teaching: Byzantine Catholic Seminary in Pittsburgh.

PUBLICATIONS

2014 – Christian Oikonomia Revisited. Studia Canonica 48 (2014) 151-169. Also Published in Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 18 (2014) 179-195.

2013 – The Priest after Vatican II. Sophia 43 (2013). - The Decree on the Eastern Churches: A Half-Century after Vatican II. Sophia 43 (2013). - Remarriage in the Orthodox Church Challenges . Studia Canonica 47 (2013) 119-143. - Ecological Notes in the Saintly Hermit of Paola. Nicolaus 40 (2013) 367-369. - The Descent of the Holy Spirit: Holy Pentecost. Nicolaus 40 (2013) 331-344.

2012 - The Priest after Vatican II, Vocations and Prayer 21 (2012). - Greco-Melquita [Iglesia], Diccionario General de Derecho Canonico IV, 253- 255. Navarra 2012.

- Priestly Identity and Vocation. The Priest 68 (2012). - Maria di Nazaret e i Musulmani. Odigos 31 (2012). - The Melkite Day at Vatican II (In Arabic) Al-Masarrat 98 (2012)

2011 - A Calabrian in the Footsteps of the Desert Fathers: St. Francis of Paola. Nicolaus 38 (2011). - Sacri Canones and the Common Heritage of the Christian East. Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 15 (2011). - Pray to the Lord of the Harvest. Homiletic & Pastoral Review 111 (2011). - Nilus the Calabrian: The Monk who saved the Papacy. Vocations & Prayer 20 (2011). - A Calabrian in the Footsteps of the Desert Fathers: St. Francis of Paola. Nicolaus 38 (2011). - Vaticano II: Cinquant’anni ed ancora attuale. Odigos 30 (2011). - Considerations on the Bishop Emeritus. Iustitia 2 (2011). - Priestly Identity and Vocation. Vocations and Prayer 20 (2011). - Revisiting the Saintly Founder of Grottaferrata: Nilus the Calabrian, Nicolaus 37 (2011). - Serenity in Iconography, Nicolaus 37 (2011). - Vocations from the Christian Middle East, The Priest 67 (2011), also in Odigos 30 (2011). - The Mother-of-God in Christianity (In Arabic) Al-Masarrat 96 (2010)

2010 - Vocation: A Glance through the Patristic Sources. Seminary Journal 16 (2010). - Journeying Towards Christ’s Holy Nativity, Odigos 29 (2010). - Ortodossi anomali d’America, Odigos 29 (2010).

- The Ritus Sacer of the Sacrament of Marriage in the Byzantine Churches, The Jurist 70 (2010); also in Ephrem’s Theological Journal 2010. - Priestly Rules for Today, Sophia 40 (2010). - The Seminary. A Brief History of the Place of Formation, The Priest 66 (2010). - Liturgical Spirituality of the Christian East, Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 14 (2010). - Journeying toward the Resurrection Sunday, Odigos 29 (2010). - Peter’s Eastern Gem, Sophia 40 (2009). - On the Nativity of Christ, Sophia 40 (2009). - In cammino per la settimana santa bizantina, Odigos 28 (2009).

2008 - The Sacramental Mystery of Marriage in the Byzantine Churches, Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 12 (2008); also in Folia Canonica 11 (2008). - Byzantine Sicily and the Church of Constantinople, Nicolaus 35 (2008). - An Incognito Pope from Antioch? Sophia 38 (2008). - Oikonomia and Marriage Dissolution in the Christian East, Studies in Church Law 4 (2008); also in Logos 49 (2008), and Folia Canonica 11 (2008). - Priestly Spirituality: A Reflection, The Priest 64 (2008); also in Vocations and

Prayer, 17 (2008).

2007 - La Mère de Dieu dans l’Orient et l’Occident Chrétiens, Le Lien 72 (2007). - Il cammino verso la piena comunione, Odigos 26 (2007). Journey towards Full Communion, Sophia 37 (2007). - A quando una Pasqua comune?, Odigos 26 (2007). - The Theotokos in the Christian East and West, Ephemerides Mariologicae 57 (2007).

2006 - The Bishop Emeritus: An Ecclesial Consideration, The Jurist 66 (2006).

2005 - Le droit canon et sa dimension oecumenique, Al Masarrat 91 (2005) (Arabic).

2004 - Rome’s Liturgical Instruction for the Eastern Catholic Churches, Logos 43-45 (2002-2004). - An Eastern Church Grafted on the Roman West, Sophia 34 (2004). - That All May Be One, Sophia 34 (2004).

2003 - Melkite Greek Catholic Church, in New Catholic Encyclopedia –Second Edition 2003. Volume 9, 479-481. -The Mysteries of Vocation: Marriage and Holy Orders, in Francis Marini (Editor), Comparative Sacramental Discipline in the CCEO and CIC, Washington, DC 2003 Pp. 181-203.

- Toward Full Communion in the Church of Antioch, Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 7 (2003).

2002 - Latin Deacon Assisting at Marriage of Two Eastern Catholics, in Arthur Espelage (Editor), CLSA Advisory Opinions 1994-2000, Washington, DC, 2002. Pp. 351-352. - Church Law and Its Ecumenical Dimension, Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 6 (2002).

2001 - Antioch in the Orontes, Sophia 31 (2001). - Between Antioch and Rome: Melkite Hierarchs on Papal Primacy, Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 5 (2001).

2000 -Interecclesial Matters in the Communion of Churches, The Jurist 60 (2000). -The Byzantine Church of Italy: Tension and Communion, Diakonia 33 (2000). -Liturgical Instruction of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Folia Athanasiana 2 (2000).

1999 - Singolare identita’ dei Melkiti, Oriente Cristiano 39 (1999).

1998 - I Melkiti: chi sono costoro?, Odigos 17 (1998).

- Ephrem of Nisibis on the Ministerial Priesthood, Vocations and Prayer 6 (1998). - Promoting Christian Unity, Catholic Near East 24 (1998).

1997 - The Byzantine Church of Sicily, Diakonia 30 (1997). - Vocationally towards the Year 2000, Vocations and Prayer 6 (1997). - Millennium Plans Include Vocations, Pastoral Life 46 (1997).

1996 - Juridical Importance of Marriage Celebrated before a Non-Catholic Minister in Italy, Monitor Ecclesiasticus 121 (1996). - Worship in Common, Homiletic & Pastoral Review 96 (1996). - Vocations in the Eastern Catholic Churches, Pastoral Life 45 (1996).

1995 - Ecumenical Dimension of Canon Law, Christian Orient 16 (1995). The Canons on Ecumenism,The Priest 51 (1995). - L’Eglise Melkite au sein du movement oecumenique, Le Lien 60 (1995).

1994 - The Melkite Church in the Ecumenical Movement, Odigos 13 (1994). - Out of Which We Were Born: The Eastern Churches at Vatican II, The Canadian Catholic Review, 12 (1994).

1993 - The Italo-Greeks and Melkite Antioch, Diakonia 26 (1993). - Marriage in the Eastern Code, The Priest 49 (1993). - The Eastern Code and the Latin Church, The Canadian Catholic Review 11 (1993).

1992 - The Eastern Code and the Latin Church, The Australasian Catholic Record 69 (1992); also in Pastoral Life 41 (1992). 1991: - Looking East, Nicolaus 18 (1991).

1991 - Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium: Noteworthy Issues, CLSA Proceedings. - Marriage in the Eastern Churches, Pastoral Life 40 (1991).

1990 - Marriage in the Eastern Churches, Priests & People 4 (1990).

1989 - Breathing with Two Lungs, The Canadian Catholic Review, 7 (1989). The Mystery of Crowning:An Interecclesial Perspective , CLSA Proceedings. - Eastern Catholics, Catholic Digest 53 (1989). - Looking East, Priests & People 3 (1989).

1987 - Barlaam di Seminara: un italo-greco tra Oriente e Occidente, Zjarri 19 (1987).

1986 - The Eastern Churches Deserve More Attention, Nicolaus 13 (1986).

- The Life-Giving Spirit, The Clergy Review 71 (1986) 178.

1985 - Le comunita’ bizantino-greche dell’ Italia meridionale nel secolo IX, Zjarri 17 (1985).

1984 - Intercommunion between Catholics and Eastern Christians, The Priest 40 (1984). - The Feast of Feasts: An Eastern Catholic Reflection, The Priest 40 (1984). - Caring for Eastern Christians, Deacon Digest 1 (1984). - Vescovi latini e fedeli greci dell’Italia meridionale, Zjarri 16(1984).

1983 - Caring for Christians of the Eastern Churches, The Priest 39 (1983). - Vocations in the Eastern Catholic Churches, The Priest 39 (1983). - America’s Other Catholics Bring Priceless Gifts to Modern Faith, National Catholic Register, December 18, 1983.

1982 - La parrocchia alla luce del Vaticano II, 40mo Anniversario della Parrocchia S. Giovanni Battista in Pozzallo, Ragusa.

1981 - Stati Uniti d’America: Per le vocazioni prima di tutto la fede, Rogate Ergo 44 (1981). - Pastorale Vocazionale nelle comunita’ d’Oriente, Rogate Ergo 44 (1981).

1980 - Sinodi latini e comunita’ bizantine dell’Italia meridionale, Zjarri 12 (1980).

1977 - Song in the Liturgy, The Priest 33 (1977).

1975 - On the Way to the Cross, Emmanuel 81 (1975).

1974 - A Look at Priestly Vocations, The Priest 30 (1974).

1973 - Reflections on the New Ordination Rite, The Priest 29 (1973). - Prayer: Liturgical or Personal? The Priest 29 (1973).

1972 - The New Liturgy of the Hours: An Ecclesial Outlook, Emmanuel 78 (1972).

TRANSLATIONS & REVIEWS

2012 – Inno acatisto a San Nicola. Odigos 31(2012). – Inno acatisto a San Giovanni Battista. Odigos 31(2012). - Life and Place of Our Holy Father Nilus the Younger (to be published) - Maria Teresa Fattori, Benedict XIV and His Sacramental Policy on the Eastern

Churches, in Logos 53 (2012); also in Nicolaus 39 (2012).

2011 - Attilio Vaccaro, Southern Italy and its Byzantine Matrix, in Nicolaus 37 (2010). - Vincenzo Poggi, How Charon’s Life was Entwined with the Christian East, in Logos 52 (2011). - Roberto Reggi, I fratelli di Gesú, Reviewed in Sophia 41 (2011).

2010 - Inno Acatisto in Onore di San Giovanni Battista, Precursore del Signore e Patrono della Città di Pozzallo, Italia 2010. - Lewis Patsavos, A Noble Task: Entry into the Clergy in the First Five Centuries, Reviewed in St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 54 (2010).

2009 -Married Priesthood: Some Theological Resonances by Basilio Petrá. In Logos 50 (2009); also in Nicolaus 36 (2009), Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 13 (2009), and The Australasian Catholic Record 87 (2010). - Inter-Ecclesial Relations between Eastern and Latin Catholics by Dimitri Salachas & Krzysztof Nitkiewicz. English Edition by George Dmitry Gallaro. Washington, DC: CLSA 2009, Pp.160 - History of the Melkite Patriarchates by Cyril Charon, Fairfax, VA: Eastern Christian Publications, 1998-2001 Vols. 4 (Reviewed in SOC 13 (2009).

2008 -A Noble Task: Entry into the Clergy in the First Five Centuries by Lewis Patsavos, Boston: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2007. Pp. XIX-364. (Reviewed in Studies in Church Law 4 (2008); also in Folia Canonica 10 (2007); Orientalia Christiana Periodica 74 (2008).

2007 -La dimension juridique des sacraments by Eric Besson, Rome: Gregorian University Press, 2004. Pp. 381. (Reviewed in The Jurist 67 (2007). - Panegyrics of St. Francis of Paola by Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Los Angeles, CA. Pp.105. (Translation from French).

2006 -A Russian Presence by Michael Protopopov, Melbourne, Australia. (External Reader of Doctoral Thesis, Pp. 489).

2003 -Gregory III (Laham), Addresses 2001-2002, Boston, MA. Pp. 87. (Co-Editor). Jan, Grooters, A Champion for Christian Unity: Patriarch Maximos IV, in Sophia 33 (2003). (Translation from French).

2002 -A Guide to the Eastern Code, George Nedungatt (Editor), Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 2002. Pp. 976. (Reviewed in The Jurist 63 (2003). -Teologia e disciplina dei sacramenti. Dimitri Salachas, Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane, 1999. Pp. 526. (Reviewed in The Jurist 62 (2002). - Relations with the Orthodox Churches. Eleuterio Fortino, in The Catholic Church in Ecumenical Dialogue 2002, Washington DC, 2002, 19-22.

2001 -Persons, Juridical Acts (cann. 908-935), Pp. 619-633, in A Guide to the Eastern Code. Edited by George Nedungatt, Rome 2001 (Translation from Italian). -Recourse against Administrative Decrees (cann. 996-1006), Pp. 675-687, in A Guide to the Eastern Code. Edited by George Nedungatt, Rome 2001 (Translation from Italian). -Gaetano Passarelli, Nilus of Rossano. Fairfax, VA , Pp.190 (Translation from Italian). -Luigi Rogasi, Pozzallo. A Look into its Past. Brooklyn, NY, Pp. 136 (Translation from Italian)

1999 -Lutfi Laham, Between East and West: The Ecclesiological Experience of the Melkite Church, Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano 3 (1999. (Translation from French).

1998 -Victor Pospishil, Eastern Catholic Church Law. New York, NY. Pp. 935. (Reviewed in The Jurist 58 (1998). -Coram Faltin, Rotal Decision of January 31, 1997. Monitor Ecclesiasticus 123 (1998). (Translation from Latin) -Coram Colagiovanni,Rotal Decision of May 28, 1994. Monitor Ecclesiasticus 123 (1998). (Translation from Latin)

1995 -Il diritto canonico orientale nell’ordinamento ecclesiale, Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (Editor), Vatican City, 1995. Pp. 275. (Reviewed in The Jurist 55 (1995). 1992 -Salvatore Manna, Byzantine Presence in Southern Italy, Diakonia 25 (1992). (Translation from Italian).