Background
Cunningham, Joseph Leonard was born on March 4, 1937 in Brooklyn.
Cunningham, Joseph Leonard was born on March 4, 1937 in Brooklyn.
Student, Cathedral College, Brooklyn, 1957. Bachelor, St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, 1959. License Sacred Theology, St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, 1963.
Master of Arts, University Notre Dame, 1969.
Associate pastor, Our Lady of Mercy Church, Forest Hills, New York, 1963-1966; assistant chancellor, Diocese of Brooklyn, 1966-1967; executive secretary liturgical commission, Diocese of Brooklyn, 1968-1979; principal Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Diocese of Brooklyn, Elmhurst, 1979-1984; rector, president, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach, Florida, since 1986.
Advisory board Pastoral Institute, 1967-1978, Bioethics Institute St. Francis Hospital, since 1986. Board directors Federation Diocesan Liturgical Commission, 1969-1970, chairman, 1972-1975. Board directors Lituregical Conference, 1975-1979.
Trustee St. John Vianney College Seminary, since 1987. Vocation board Archdiocese of Miami, since 1986. Member Catholic Theological Society of America, North America Academy Liturgy.