I was raised in Minneapolis and graduated from Edison High School.  He attended the University of St. Thomas, where he received a B.A. in Quantitative Methods.  Years later he studied at St. John’s University, earning a M.A. in Theology with an emphasis in pastoral ministry.  In 2002 he was ordained a permanent deacon.  Deacon Dupay is married to his high school sweetheart, and has four grown children and nine grandchildren.