Benjamin Fiore, S.J. – Board Faculty Adviser

Inducted: Le Moyne College – 1963

Rev. Benjamin Fiore, S.J. Fiore began his five year term as president of Campion College on July 1, 2005. Campion College is a federated college of the University of Regina. Prior to his appointment, Father Fiore served his second term as Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. His first term as Chair was from 1981 to 1986. He taught the New Testament at Canisius from 1979 to 2005, becoming a full Professor in 1988. Fiore is no stranger to Campion College having spent his sabbaticals as a summer lecturer in 1984 and as the Hannin Visiting Professor from 1990 to 1991. Benjamin is a member of the Religious Studies Department and is Director of the Catholic Studies Program. He brought Alpha Sigma Nu to Campion College in 2006 and serves as the ΑΣΝ faculty adviser.

Benjamin received a B.A. in English in 1964 from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY; an M.A. in the Classics in 1969 from Fordham University in Bronx, NY; and a S.T.B. (Bachelor's in Sacred Theology) in 1974 from Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Ordained in 1974, he also earned three degrees in Religious Studies from Yale University in New Haven, CT - an M.A. in 1975, Ph.M. in 1975 (Master's of Philosophy) and a Ph.D. in 1982.

Benjamin taught English in Poland for six summers and coordinated this educational program with the Buffalo-based organization Pomost International for many years. He is Religion Editor for the Pol-Am Journal, a national Polish American monthly. Among the awards he has earned are the Golden Insignia of Merit, presented by the Polish government for work with the Solidarity and Human Rights Association in Buffalo, NY; the Order of the Smile, an international award given by Polish children to those who devote their energies to helping children; and the Kenneth Koessler Distinguished Faculty Award in 1989. Benjamin is a member of the Regina Calligraphy and Paper Arts Group and teaches calligraphy in area libraries. He is a member of the Regina Philharmonic Chorus and founded Didaskalophonia, a Faculty-staff choral ensemble at Campion College.