Dolores Catania siblings are Laura, Tonya, Valerie and Louis Spagnola. Dolores is the leading cast member of the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
She is one of the well-established television personalities from Bravo TV’s reality show, The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Dolores is one of the prominent cast members of the show.
Other than that, she is also a reputed philanthropist and entrepreneur.
Native of New Jersey, Dolores was born to her father, Lawrence and Valerie Spangnola, on December 28, 1970. Currently, she is 52 years old. Her father was a former police chief, while her mother was a homemaker.
Dolores was married to Frank Catania in 1994, with whom she had two children, a daughter named Gabrielle “Gaby” Catania and Frank “Frankie” III Catania. She divorced her ex-husband Frank in 1998.
She later dated maternal-fetal medicine specialist David Principe, but their relationship didn’t last long. Right now, she is in a relationship with Paul Connell.
Dolores Catania Has Four Siblings
Dolores Catania family consists of her parents and three sisters and one brother. Her three sisters are Tonya T Salley, Valerie “Val” D’Ambrosio and Laura Spangnola-Vargas. Her brother’s name is Louis Spagnola.
Sister Tonya T Salley
Tonya is one of the youngest sister of Dolores. She went to Passaic Valley Regional High School in Little Falls, New Jersey, for her graduation. After graduation, she married the love of her life Roy Shelly.
The pair got married on November 9, 2013. They have been together for over eight years and have a daughter named Ava, born on June 11, 2015.
Ava is currently six years old.
Sister Valerie “Val” D’Ambrosio
Like her other sisters, Val has also completed her high school education at Passaic Valley Regional High School. She currently lives in Totowa, New Jersey. Right now, she is married to John D Ambrosio. The pair has been married for more than 25 years.
Both John and Val have two beautiful daughters together. The eldest daughter’s name is not known, while her younger daughter’s name is Sarah. She graduated from high school in 2020.
Sister Laura Spagnola-Vargas
Laura is one of the three sisters of Dolores. Like her other sisters, Laura completed her high school graduation from Passaic Valley Regional High School.
She is currently married to Angel Vargas. The pair married on May 2, 2003. Both of them are police officers who met during a work event and started a relationship which later turned into marriage.
They have been blessed with 5 children and 2 grandchildren already.
Brother Louis Spagnola
Louis is the only brother of the four sisters of his family. Louis also graduated from the same school as his sister. Louis is a police lieutenant at Peterson Police Department in New Jersey.
Louis is married and has three children of his own.
Dolores Catania Parents
Dolores Catania parents are Lawrence Spagnola and Valerie Spagnola. Currently, the couple is in their seventies.
Father Lawrence Spagnola
Lawrence, the head of the Spagnola family was the Police Chief of Paterson, New Jersey. He was born to his mother Elizabeth Spagnola.
His mother was born after the year the Titanic sank.
Lawerence married his wife Valerie in his twenties. The couple are marriedr for more than five decades and have a family of five children and grandchildren.
In 1997, Lawrence Spagnola was promoted from police officer to police chief. Later in 2006, he dropped out of ranking to fight for the mayor position of the town. At that time, his mother testified to prove he was born and raised in Paterson.
Mother Valerie Spagnola
Valerie is the mother of five children. Valerie raised her children at Totowa by herself as her husband was promoted to Police Chief of Paterson. She decided not to leave her family home and raised them by herself.
The couple lives separately to this day despite being legally married. Valerie’s courage encouraged her kids to be independent and live on their own terms.
Valerie Spagnola had a heart attack in 2022. She was almost required to have open heart surgery but later recovered from the problem.
Dolores Is Separated From Her Husband
Dolores Catania separated from her husband Frank Catania in 1998. The pair had only been married for four years.
Dolores met her ex-husband Frank Catania in the 90s and started a romantic relationship. The couple married on September 16, 1994, and welcomed two beautiful children.
Her firstborn child, daughter Gabrielle “Gaby”, was born in 1995. She was followed by brother Frank “Frankie” III. Their parents were separated before Frankie’s birth in 1998.
The same year, Dolores filed for a divorce from her unfaithful husband, Frank, who cheated on her with another woman.
It was hard for the former couple to be around each other following the adultery, so Frank moved in with his mistress.
Dolores and Frank started a friendly relationship for their kids after his breakup with his girlfriend. The ex-couple even shared a home, spent their free time together and supported their children together.
Dolores Catania Kids
Dolores Catania has two children with her former husband Frank Catania. She has a daughter named Gabrielle and a son named Frank III.
Daughter Gabrielle Catania
The eldest daughter of Dolores and Frank was born on September 25, 1995. Right now, she is 27.
New Jersey native Gabrielle Catania attended the University of Delaware and graduated in 2017. She later joined the Ross University of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts that same year.
After completing her years at Ross University, she got enrolled at Tufts University in Massachusetts for her clinical year of vet school in 2020.
She is now officially recognized as a doctor following her graduation in 2021. Currently, she works at the Animal Hospital of Sussex County in New Jersey in the Veterinary Dermatology and Surgery department.
Son Frank “Frankie” III Catania
Frankie, 24, was born after his parent’s divorce on October 8, 1998. Frankie Catania graduated from Sacred Heart University in May 2021 with the highest honours.
Currently, he is working as an asset manager for a New Jersey real estate company called Revolve Capital. He also appears on RHONJ along with his mother from time to time.
Besides real estate, he has a passion for bodybuilding too.
What Does Dolores Catania Boyfriend Do For Living?
Dolores Catania boyfriend Paul “Paulie” Connell is an electrician based out of New York. He owns a company called Eco Electrical Service LLC in New York, which provides electrical contracting and repairing services.
The couple had been very close during the pandemic. They were friends for a long time and slowly developed a loving relationship. Both of them had a crush on each other but were sceptical about expressing it.
The pair started their relationship in 2021. It was on Valentine’s Day in 2022, they opened up about their relationship with each other and their fans.
The Eco Electrical Service LLC company is fully licensed with several branches in America and the United Kingdom. Paul uses his decade’s worth of experience in the field to expand his work on residential and commercial areas.
Paul has also worked as the vice president of All-Star Electrical Services. His electrical service is readily available all over New York, and other different cities.
His clients are very satisfied with his product.