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The Diocese of Metuchen was established on November 19, 1981. The mother church of the diocese is Saint Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Metuchen. As of 2023, the current bishop of Metuchen is James Checchio.
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.
Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born July 7, 1930) is a laicized American Catholic bishop, former cardinal, and former priest who served as Archbishop of Newark from 1986 to 2000 and as Archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006.
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.
Hughes was appointed the second Bishop of Metuchen in New Jersey on December 11, 1986, and was installed on February 5, 1987. He reached the retirement age of 75 on November 13, 1995. When his resignation was accepted by the Holy See on July 7, 1997, he became bishop emeritus. He was outspoken in his beliefs against racism and abortion. [3]
EDISON – A veteran of Catholic education is the new president of St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Peter G. Kane was appointed to the position by Metuchen Bishop James F. Checchio, the diocese ...
He would go on to become the bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, then the archbishop of Newark and the archbishop of Washington. He was named cardinal in 2001. McCarrick never lived or worked in ...
Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (1996–1999), appointed Bishop of Camden and later Bishop of Brooklyn; Paul Gregory Bootkoski (1997–2002), appointed Bishop of Metuchen; Arthur Serratelli (2000–2004), appointed Bishop of Paterson; Edgar Moreira da Cunha (2003–2014), appointed Bishop of Fall River; Gaetano Aldo Donato (2004–2015) John Walter ...