He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Theological University of St Bonaventure in Rome. He has taught theology at Notre Dame University in Fremantle, St Charles’ Seminary in Guildford and has previously taught at the Centre for Faith Enrichment (at the time named Maranatha Centre). Paolo is married and is the proud father of three children and grandfather of three grand-children.