Groeschel, Benedict J

LC control no.	n 82121746
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Groeschel, Benedict J. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Huntington (Ind.) Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date	19330723
Death date	20141003
Place of birth	Jersey City (N.J.)
Place of death	Totowa (N.J.)
Affiliation	Fordham University Iona College Eternal Word Television Network Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Capuchins Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.)
Profession or occupation	Clinical psychologists College teachers Television personalities Priests
Found in	His Spiritual passages, 1982: CIP t.p. (Benedict J. Groeschel) pub. info. (Benedict Groeschel, Capuchin priest, clinical psychologist, coll. prof. & retreat master; dir., Spiritual Development for the Archdiocese of New York) His Heaven in our hands, c1994: CIP t.p. (Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R.) data sheet (b. 07-23-33) New York times (online), viewed Oct. 8, 2014 (in obituary published Oct. 7: the Rev. Benedict J. Groeschel; Benedict Joseph Groeschel; b. July 23, 1933, Jersey City; entered the novitiate of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Joseph in Huntington, Ind., 1951; ordained a Capuchin, 1959; helped found the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in the South Bronx, 1987; d. Friday [Oct. 3, 2014], Totowa, N.J., aged 81; Franciscan priest and author known in New York City for his efforts on behalf of the poor and familiar to a worldwide television audience as the bearded friar who denounced modernism and news reporting on sexual abuse by priests; earrned a master's degree in psychology from Iona College in 1964 and a Ph. D. in clinical psychology from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1970; taught pastoral counseling at Iona College and Fordham University)
Associated language	eng