Father Robert L. Marciano was Ordained to the Roman Catholic Priesthood for the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island on December 10, 1983 at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island. He has served in a variety of parochial ministries and presently serves as Pastor of Saint Kevin Parish and school in Warwick and President Emeritus of Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick.

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Father Marciano serves as Chaplain to the Warwick Police and Fire Departments. In 2004 he was given the “Maltese Medal” from the Warwick Fire Department and the “Distinguished Service Medal” from the Warwick Police Department as a first responder to the tragic “Station Night Club” fire that claimed 100 lives.  In 2005 Father Marciano was named “Chaplain of the Year” for the Air National Guard, and in that same year was inducted as a Knight of the Holy Sepluchre, (KHS) a papal order, by Pope John Paul II and installed by His Eminence, Sean Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. In January 2023 he was promoted to the rank of Knight Commander. (KCHS).

From 1994 to 2006 he served as Wing Chaplain for 143 Airlift Wing at Quonset Point.  In 2001 he received the Rhode Island Star from the Governor of the State of Rhode Island and the Adjutant General for his service as part of the Mortuary Recovery Team at the Pentagon Crash site in September 2001. He was appointed Chief of Chaplains for the Air National Guard in 2008 and served in that capacity at the Pentagon until 2010. He concluded his active duty tour in Washington, DC in May 2010 and assumed new duties as State Command Chaplain for the Rhode Island National Guard and JFHQ Chaplain. He is the first RI Air National Guard Chaplain to achieve the rank of Colonel and to serve in that capacity.  He retired in 2016 with over 36 years of service as an Air Force Catholic Chaplain. He is Chaplain for the Warwick Police Department with the rank of Colonel and Chaplain, Deputy Chief for the Warwick Fire Department as well as Chaplain, Deputy Assistant Chief for the Providence Fire Department and Chaplain for the “100 Club”, Rhode Island Chapter, which assists families of first responders killed in the line of duty. On January 2025 he received the Captain Michael Forde award from the Warwick Police Department for outstanding service to the community and in February received the Distinguished Service award from the Warwick Fire Department. He has been named the Grand Marshall of the Gaspee Day parade for June 14, 2025.