What is Dolores Catania Age and Who is She Dating?

Dolores Catania is a 53-year-old American entertainer who is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and TV personality. She is a well-enlightened and zealous woman who has done well for herself in becoming a successful entrepreneur. The talented lady became famous for being a cast member of the Real Housewives of New Jersey (RHONJ) since the show’s seventh season in 2016. Many fans will want to know more fascinating facts about her, particularly her love life.

Who is Dolores Catania and how old is she?

Dolores was born to a former Paterson police chief named Lawrence Spagnola and his wife Valerie Spagnola who was a homemaker on 28th December 1970 in Paterson, New Jersey USA. The 53-year-old is of Italian and Irish descent and has a brother named Louis, as well as two sisters named Laura and Valerie; they were all raised in Paterson.

Her folks lived separately after her father became Paterson’s Chief of Police; the TV personality has uncovered that in spite of living separately, her folks still enjoyed a happy marriage.

Catania has a late grandmother named Elizabeth Spagnola who passed on to mother earth in 2017 at the age of 104. There is not much information on her educational background as she chose to keep some aspects of her life away from the public.

Dolores Catania thrives in diverse career fields

Before the TV personality and philanthropist decided to join the Housewives, she had taken on several other jobs like being a correction officer and she carried out her obligations effortlessly and with enthusiasm. She later went ahead to work as a realtor for 15 years at Premier Realty then worked as a surgical assistant.

Dolores as a TV personality

Dolores was asked in 2009 to join the season 1 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey – an American reality television which focuses on both the personal and professional lives of various women who reside in New Jersey, United States, but she rejected the offer and rather preferred to make a guest appearance as a friend of the inaugural wives. She later joined the main cast in season 7 and has ever since been ranked as one of the most relatable housewives.

Upon joining the series, her storylines have for the most part been focused on her relationships, motherhood, self-discovery, independence, and loyalty. She has shown her relationship and also how fond she is of her friends, two kids, ex-husband, and present ex-boyfriend David.

In 2018, The TV personality was voted Miss Congeniality across the entire Real Housewives syndicate. She has also appeared in The Domenick Nati Show, Clinton Road, a 34-minute short film called Breaking points (2018) where she assumed the role of a mother who was managing a loss and has likewise featured in one of the popular game shows hosted by Jason Biggs.

Dolores Catania as an entrepreneur

Dolores tries as much as possible to utilize each and every opportunity presented to her to earn a living, that way, she has income coming from various angles. As an entrepreneur, she has successfully established multiple fitness centers which earn her a great deal of fortune. She has also earned quite a reasonable amount of money from sponsored content on social media.

She’s passionate about being a philanthropist

As a philanthropist, the TV personality believes in giving back to the community where you were raised. Her consistency has helped her win the hearts of the people in her hometown for her charitable works which she carries out within the community, working hand in hand with recognized organizations such as Angels for animal networks, St Joseph’s Children Hospital, Halfway Home Animal Rescue team, Maimonides Breast Center and multiple local women and children shelters.

The TV star had once opened up about having undergone a tummy tuck, liposuction. She was very open about the whole procedure and her experience.

She has been married once

Dolores and Frank – image source

Being a very beautiful woman and a TV personality, it’s nothing unexpected that fans are anxious to know about her personal life. Catania was married to her now ex-husband named Frank Young who is an attorney by profession in 1999 and they lived together for a period of 18 years before getting divorced. Their union was blessed with two children Gabrielle “Gaby” who is a graduate of vet school and was born on September 25, 1995, and Frank “Frankie” III who is aspiring to be an investment banker – born on October 8, 1998.

Dolores had opened up about her marriage to Frank saying that her husband was unfaithful to her while she was pregnant with their second child ‘Frankie’ which is one of the reasons they had ended their union in 2017. After splitting on such grounds, many would have expected the couple not to be cordial with each other but surprisingly Dolores and Frank have maintained a very cordial relationship and still do business together. They try as much as possible to keep their differences aside and enjoy being just friends.

Are Dolores and David still dating?

Dolores Catania and David – image source

Catania, after getting over her breakup with Frank found love again with an OB-GYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist named David Principe and started dating again in 2017. David is a perinatologist – a doctor that has training in fetal abnormalities and delivering babies in high-risk pregnancies. The couple met each other through a friend of Catania’s – Siggy Flicker.

Unfortunately, the relationship also ended in December 2021 after four years of courtship, while many anticipated an engagement from them. Catania, in an interview, said they had split up because there was no progress in their relationship as David’s first love was his job and so could hardly ever make out time for them to spend together.

According to Catania, David was absolutely non-existent in her social life and barely showed up at events with her which made her feel so alone, causing them to grow apart.

Who is her boyfriend now?

As of now, Dolores appears to have moved on from her breakup with David Principle and is currently dating a new guy named Paul Connell who is also a businessman. She got to meet this new love of hers through a close friend.

From the pictures she posts on her social media, the couple seems quite comfortable with each other and spends most of their time together. According to the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, she enjoys his company and they connect in so many ways, particularly the side of him that loves doing things for charity which is also what Dolores loves using most of her time for.