Monsignor Robert G. Vincent, 83 passed away on Tuesday January 29, 2013. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on January 16, 1930. Beloved brother of Mary Frances V. Crumpler of Fayetteville, NC and the late Paul D. Vincent and William J. Vincent. Uncle of Elizabeth Ann C. Clark (Stephen) and D. Howard Crumpler Jr. (Terri). Great-uncle of Tyler Crumpler and the late Douglas Barnes. Son of the late Michael Vincent and Elizabeth Carter Vincent. He attended public school and Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. He began his seminary training at Newburg, New York, in 1950, and completed his theology curriculum at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1958. He was ordained to the priesthood at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 1957. Msgr. Vincent received his M.A. in Philosophy and Religious Education at Oblate College in Washington, D.C. He completed the master's program in Semitic languages and received the Licentiate in Sacred Theology at The Catholic University of America. The Licentiate in Scriptural Science was conferred by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 1962. His doctoral studies in theology were completed in Canada at the University of Ottawa. Msgr. Vincent has been Professor of Bible and Biblical Languages at several universities and seminaries, including Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans where he also served as Academic Dean. While teaching in Washington, D.C., he was an Associate Editor of The New Catholic Encyclopedia. The following positions were held by Father Vincent in the Archdiocese of New Orleans: Archdiocesan Director of Religious Education, Secretary of Christian Formation, Secretary of the Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission and Permanent Diaconate Committee. He was associate pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church, Metairie, St. Pius X Church and St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church in New Orleans from 1975-1985. Msgr. Vincent was pastor of St, Andrew Church in Amelia, LA, where he also served as Dean of Upper Lafourche Parish and Synodal Judge for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. He was Co-Pastor of St. Joan of Arc Church in LaPlace from 1985 until he was appointed pastor in 1989. He served as Dean of the St. John-St. Charles Deanery from 1997 until 2000. On June 21, 1999, Pope John Paul II named Father Vincent a Prelate of Honor. Msgr. Vincent retired on July 7, 2001, and made his home in LaPlace, LA. Relatives and friends are invited to attend services. Visitation at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 529 W. 5th St. LaPlace, La on Thursday January 31, 2013 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Friday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, followed by Mass at 11:00 am. The Family will Receive friends Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 11:30am to 12:30pm at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home in Fayetteville, NC followed by a 1:00pm Graveside service at Lafayette Memorial Park on Ramsey Street . In lieu of flowers donations requested to The Msgr. Robert G. Vincent School Endowment, C/O St. Joan of Arc Church, 529 W. 5th St. LaPlace, LA 70068. Arrangements by Millet-Guidry Funeral Home, LaPlace, LA. and Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home of Fayetteville, NC Visitation at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 529 W. 5th St. LaPlace, La on Thursday January 31, 2013 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Friday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, followed by Mass at 11:00 am. The Family will Receive friends Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 11:30am to 12:30pm at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home in Fayetteville, NC followed by a 1:00pm Graveside service at Lafayette Memorial Park on Ramsey Street .