Rev. Dr. Pascal Prosper Parente was a Roman Catholic theologian, author and educator.
He was ordained in 1915, and he received Doctor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Canon Law, and Doctor of Sacred Theology degrees from the Gregorian University in Rome.
Fr. Parente came to the United States in 1920 and was naturalized in 1930. He taught as professor of ascetical and mystical theology at Catholic University. He was the Dean of the School of Sacred Theology for two years before his retirement to Cambridge, New York.