Deacon
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Deacon John Supino is a native New Yorker, who moved to Fresno in 1953. After graduating from San Joaquin Memorial High School in 1958, he attended Fresno State College and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Master’s degree in Counseling and Guidance.
He taught and coached at St. Anthony of Padua elementary school for one year and at San Joaquin Memorial for 10 years and since 1977 has served as an insurance and investment professional. In 1996 he began studies toward ordination as a permanent deacon. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop John Steinbock on January 11, 2003.
Deacon John has been a member of St. Paul Newman Center since its inception in 1964. In 1963-64 he served as the first president of the Newman Club student organization (now the Catholic Student Association). He met his wife, Luci, at the Newman Center. They have been married since August of 1965 and have three children and three grandchildren.