[1][2] Ritonia grew up in a Roman Catholic family that was deeply involved in their local church in Norwood, Massachusetts.
[1] In 1980 Ritonia joined the United States Marine Corps, entering the first Officer Candidates School class that included both men and women.
She also commanded an engineering unit in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and retired in the rank of major.
Carl Wright as bishop suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries.
[3][4] She was consecrated in September 2023 at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, in Washington, D.C..[1] With her husband, Michael, a former operations executive for AOL, Ritonia has four children.