Monsignor Stephen M. DiGiovanni was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, in 1951. An alumnus of the Pontifical North American College, he was ordained a priest in 1977. He received his doctoral degree in Ecclesiastical History (H.E.D.) in 1983 from the Pontifical Gregorian University. As a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Monsignor DiGiovanni served in various parishes as a parochial vicar; was the diocesan historian; and was the founding rector of the Saint John Fisher Seminary Residence and Vocation Director of the Diocese. He has served as the Pastor of the Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist in Stamford, Connecticut, since 1989.