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Paul Gregory Bootkoski (born July 4, 1940) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. Bootkoski served as bishop of the Latin Church Diocese of Metuchen in New Jersey from 2002 until March 8, 2016; he was replaced by Monsignor James Checchio .
After Bootkoski retired in 2016, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor James Checchio, rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, as the new bishop of Metuchen. [11] As of 2023, Cheechio is the current bishop of Metuchen.
On March 8, 2016, Checchio was appointed by Pope Francis to succeed to Bishop Paul Bootkoski as the fifth bishop of Metuchen. [5] Checchio's episcopal consecration took place on May 3, 2016, at the Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
The payments were authorized by Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski, who also reported the offenses to law enforcement. [119] According to Donald Cardinal Wuerl , McCarrick's successor as Archbishop of Washington , nobody from these dioceses informed him of these settlements, even after the retired McCarrick began living on the grounds of a seminary in ...
Bishop Peter Gerety from the Diocese of Portland was the third archbishop of Newark, appointed by Pope Paul VI in 1974. [36] During his 12-year tenure in Newark, Gerety created the Office of Pastoral Renewal and began a ministry to divorced Catholics. [37]
In the arms of Heinrich Mussinghoff, Bishop of Aachen, the personal arms are placed in front of the diocesan arms, but the opposite arrangement is found in front on the arms of Paul Gregory Bootkoski, Bishop of Metuchen. [19] [20] Catholic Cardinals sometimes combine their personal arms with the arms of the pope who named them a cardinal.
On January 31, 2010, in the (Catholic) Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Metuchen, New Jersey, the case for the beatification and canonization of Maria Esperanza was opened by the Bishop Paul Bootkoski of the Diocese of Metuchen, which act gave her the title Servant of God. [2]
Most Rev. Paul G. Bootkoski, fourth Bishop of Metuchen, then appointed Rev. Michael J. Gromadzki Pastor of St. Mary's Church. Rev. Rev. Michael J. Gromadzki, so it happens, is the younger brother of Rev. Stanley G. Gromadzki and they are the first two brothers within the Diocese of Metuchen.