Early life Robert Lombardo was born on September 4, 1957, in
Stamford, Connecticut. In 1961, he entered St. Maurice Parish primary school in Stamford, then in 1971
Stamford Catholic High School. In 1975, Lombardo enrolled at the
University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, graduating with a
Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting in 1979. By 1980, Lombardo had decided to join the
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. That same year, he started studying at the Greymoor Friary in
Garrison, New York. Lombardo made his first vows to his religious order in 1981. The Capuchins sent him in 1984 to
Bolivia and
Honduras to work in parishes and with street kids. He returned to New York City in 1985 to assist with youth programs at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in
Manhattan. Lombardo served as: • Director of Our Lady of the Angels Mission Center in Chicago (since 2005) • Member of the Coalition for the Homeless in Chicago (2008–2010) • Member of the Institute on Religious Life in
Libertyville, Illinois (2010) On November 13, 2020, Lombardo was consecrated by Cardinal
Blase Cupich at
Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. ==See also==