Paul Joseph Fitzgerald, S.J. is a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

priest and member of the

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. Father Fitzgerald is the 28th president of the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1855, it has nearly 9,000 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees ...

Biography

Fitzgerald was the 28th President of the

. Before coming to USF, he served as the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2023, the university had about 5,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,200 gra ...

. He has lived, studied and worked in Germany, France, Switzerland, Mexico, China and Kenya. His academic accomplishments include doctoral degrees in Theology and in the Sociology of Religion, a long list of publications, more than twenty years of college level instruction and more than a decade of higher education administrative experience.

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Official BiographyFrom the USF NewsroomPresidential InaugurationUSF Magazine"USF Warmly Welcomes Father Paul J. Fitzgerald as 28th University President"
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