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.