Rev. Joseph Fox, O.P.

Fr. Fox, a member of the Order of Preachers in vows since 1969, was ordained a priest in 1974. He has a licentiate degree in theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, a licentiate degree in canon law from The Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome.

Fr. Fox served in a variety of positions during his 22 years in Rome including that of staff official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, bureau chief of the personnel office of the Holy See, teaching in the faculties of theology and canon law at the Angelicum, economic administrator of the Convitto San Tommaso and of the Dominican priory at the Angelicum, and as the director of pastoral formation at the Pontifical North American College.

He served as theologian and canonical consultant to Adam Cardinal Maida in Detroit (2003-2009) and as his delegate for special services at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC, and taught on the faculty at Sacred Heart Majory Seminary (2003-2007).

He served as the Vice President for Advancement at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (2007-2011). He has been a full professor of Canon Law since 2007.

Fr. Fox was the Prior of St. Dominic Priory in Southwest Washington, DC (2008-2011). He is continuing service to a variety of dioceses and bishops throughout the United States, especially in dealing with matters of Church Discipline, diocesan structures, and management of the temporal goods of the Church, as well as matters related to formation of clergy.