 Pierre-Antoine Paulo was born in Camp Perrin, and traveled to the United States at age eighteen to enter the novitiate of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Colebrook, New Hampshire.He made his profession as a member of that Roman Catholic religious institute on August 2, 1963, and then furthered his studies in philosophy and theology at Rome.Paulo was ordained to the priesthood on July 4, 1969, and did pastoral work following his return to Haiti.