Background
Schierse, Paul J. was born on June 28, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Joseph and Sophia Margaret (Boltersdorf) Schierse.
Schierse, Paul J. was born on June 28, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Joseph and Sophia Margaret (Boltersdorf) Schierse.
Bachelor in Philosophy, St. Charles Seminary, Philadelphia, 1951. JCB in Canon Law, Catholic University America, 1960. Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Catholic University America, 1961.
Doctor of Canon Law, Catholic University America, 1963.
Associate pastor, Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, 1955-1959; assistant chancellor, Diocese of Wilmington, 1962-1969; chancellor, Diocese of Wilmington, 1969-1974; vicar for administration, Diocese of Wilmington, 1974-1977; pastor, St. Joseph's/Brandywine, Greenville, Delaware, since 1977. Tribunal Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, since 1958.
Member Canon Law Society of America.