Background
Swain, Paul Joseph was born on September 12, 1943 in Newark. Son of William and Gertrude (Mohr) Swain.
Swain, Paul Joseph was born on September 12, 1943 in Newark. Son of William and Gertrude (Mohr) Swain.
Bachelor, Ohio Northern University, 1965. Master of Arts in Political Science, University Wisconsin, 1967. Juris Doctor, University Wisconsin, 1974.
Master of Divinity, Blessed John XXIII National Seminary, Weston, Massachusetts, 1988.
Ordained priest Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, 1988. Ordained bishop, 2006. Bishop Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, since 2006.
Private practice, Madison, Wisconsin, 1974—1979. Legal counsel, director policy Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, Wisconsin, 1979—1983. Intelligence officer United States Air Force, 1967-1972, Vietnam.
Member of Knights of Columbus (chaplain University Wisconsin council), Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.