Schedule a Speaking Engagement With Bernard A. Healey
Father Healey was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in the Edgewood section of Cranston, where he attended public schools. A 1987 graduate of The Catholic University of America with a Bachelors of Arts in Politics, Fr. Healey completed his seminary and theological studies at the American College in Louvain, Belgium. While there, he earned a Masters of Arts in Religious Studies and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology specializing in the area of Moral Theology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He also earned a Licentiate in Canon Law specializing in the area of church-state relations from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Fr. Healey was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island by The Most Rev. Louis E. Gelineau, then Bishop of Providence, on June 24, 1995. Fr. Healey has served as Director of the Office of Governmental Liaison and Chief Lobbyist to the Rhode Island General Assembly for the diocese since 2000. He also presently serves as Pastor of Saint Ambrose Church in Albion, Rhode Island and is Chaplain for the Albion Fire Department.
Fr. Healey is a member of the Advisory Board of the Rhode Island Catholic School Parents Federation. He is a founding Board Member of the Rhode Island Scholarship Alliance, an organization of Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) working to promote educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged students through the Rhode Island Scholarship tax credit program. Fr. Healey also serves as the President of the Board of the Rhode Island Scholarship Advocates. He is a board member of the St. Thomas More Legal Society of Rhode Island and a member of the National Association of State Catholic Conference Directors and the Canon Law Society of America.
