Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry
| Birthday: | 18 April 1948 |
| Education: | Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts in Theology; Minor in Education – St. Joseph College, Rensselaer, IN |
| Ordination: | 24 May 1975 |
| Episcopate: | 29 June 1998 |
Bishop Joseph N. Perry on the Issues
Viganò testimony
Not enough evidence collected on this issueAmoris Laetitia
Not enough evidence collected on this issuePro-life leadership
Not enough evidence collected on this issueHomosexuality
Not enough evidence collected on this issueAbortion politics
Not enough evidence collected on this issueContraception
Not enough evidence collected on this issue“LGBT” ideology
Not enough evidence collected on this issueLiturgy
Promotes reverent liturgy-
On January 1, 2018, Bishop Perry celebrated what was believed to be the first Pontifical High Mass at Gary Indiana’s Cathedral of the Holy Angels in a half decade. (NWI Times)
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Bishop Perry said a Pontifical Mass and performed Confirmations for 22 young people in the Extraordinary Form at a Latin Mass-only parish in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 7, 2017. (The Catholic Telegraph)
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Bishop Perry highly praised Summorum Pontificum during a sermon given on September 21, 2017 at a Pontifical Solemn Mass at St. Adelaide Church in Massachusetts. (New Liturgical Movement)
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To mark the 10th anniversary of Summorum Pontificum, Bishop Perry said a Pontifical Latin Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul in Philadelphia in 2017. The Mass aired on EWTN.com. (The Missive)
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Bishop Perry administered the Sacrament of Confirmation and celebrated a Pontifical Solemn High Mass on Gaudete Sunday at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in South Carolina in 2015. The church’s pastor invited Bishop Perry to perform the sacrament. (Corpus Christi Watershed)
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Bishop Perry delivered a powerful sermon on the liturgy and the real meaning of Christmas at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago on Christmas Day 2013. (St. John Cantius Parish)
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Bishop Perry said a Pontifical Mass at a Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter in Washington in the evening after the 2013 March for Life. (The Missive)
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On February 7, 2011, Bishop Perry said a Pontifical Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Connecticut. The Mass was the first Mass of that type in the history of the seminary. It was organized by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, a pro-Latin Mass group of priests based in Chicago. (Canons Regular of St. John Cantius)
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Bishop Perry said a Solemn Pontifical Mass according to the 1962 Missal for the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary at New York’s historic Church of the Holy Innocents on Thursday, October 7, 2010. (Catholic Online)
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Hundreds of Catholic attended a Pontifical High Mass said by Bishop Perry at Chicago’s Shrine of Christ the King in 2009. It was the first such Mass at the Shrine since 2007. (Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest)