Position
Rector, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Bio
Bishop Robert P. Reed, a native of Boston, was born in 1959 to the late William and Jeanne Reed, the youngest of five children. He received his early education at St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts, before beginning his priestly formation at St. John Seminary in Brighton. He continued his studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College, earning advanced degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum).
In addition to his theological training, Bishop Reed pursued studies in television management at Boston University’s College of Communication, blending his pastoral calling with a deep interest in television and digital media.
Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston in 1985, he served as pastor of seven parishes over the course of his ministry. In 2016, he was consecrated a bishop and appointed Regional Bishop for the West Region of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Bishop Reed is President of The CatholicTV Network and CEO of its parent organization, iCatholic Media, Inc., which encompasses a parish bulletin service, a printing company, and The Pilot—the nation’s oldest continuously published Catholic newspaper.
He previously chaired the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Communications and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) as well as the Board of Governors for the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
