Early life Randolph Calvo was born on August 28, 1951, in
Agaña, Guam, the youngest of seven children. The family later moved to
San Francisco where he attended elementary school. Calvo completed his clerical formation at
Saint Joseph College Seminary in Mountain View, California, and at
Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California. In 1986, Calvo earned a
Doctor of Canon Law degree at the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome with a dissertation entitled
Consultation and the Presbyterial Council: new emphasis in the ratio legis.
Priesthood On May 21, 1977, Calvo was ordained by Archbishop
John Raphael Quinn as a priest for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco. On October 22, 2010, Calvo placed Reverend Tom Cronin from St. Mary’s in the Mountains Parish in
Virginia City, Nevada, on leave due to a sexual abuse allegation from Missouri. On October 1, 2010, Calvo had read that Cronin was being sued in
Kansas City, Missouri, by a woman who claimed he molested her at age 17 in
Hamilton, Missouri. Calvo was criticized for not suspending Cronin immediately.
Retirement On July 20, 2021, Calvo submitted his letter of resignation as bishop of Reno to
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