The Father John Pietropaoli, L.C., was born on April 19, 1980, in Malone, New York. After two years of college studies, he entered the Novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, in September 2000. Following his religious profession in August 2002, he studied classical humanities in Cheshire and philosophy in Rome, Italy.
Subsequently, he spent several years in Thornwood, New York, engaged in apostolic practices, made his perpetual profession on August 30, 2008, and began his theology studies in Thornwood in 2009. In 2011, he returned to Rome to complete his studies and was ordained a priest on December 15, 2012. He completed a license in spiritual theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome in 2014. From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the auxiliary team of the ladies’ section in Washington. He is currently the superior of the apostolate community in Philadelphia and serves as territorial counselor and territorial prefect of studies for North America.