Father Joseph P. Henry, Pastor Emeritus, was born in Providence and educated there at St. Paul School and La Salle Academy and Our Lady of Providence Seminary College in Warwick.  He studied for the priesthood at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. He was ordained by Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston on February 3, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as assistant pastor at St. Michael’s, Georgiaville; Sacred Heart, East Providence; Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Providence, St. Timothy’s, Warwick and as pastor at St. Francis de Sales in North Kingstown.  Father Henry served as pastor of SS. John & Paul in Coventry from 1989-2003.