sentences:  Bishop Lynch received his bachelor of arts degree from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio in May 1963 and his master of divinity degree from Pope John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts in May, 1978.That same month, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Miami.As a priest for the Archdiocese of Miami, Lynch served as associate pastor of St. James in North Miami, and rector and president of St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami.