Martin Walter Stanton (April 17, 1897 – October 1, 1977) was a
bishop of the
Catholic Church in the
United States. He served as an
auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northeastern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and Catholic school, schools ...
from 1957 to 1972.
Biography
Born in
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.[Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...]
appointed him as the
Titular Bishop of ''Citium'' and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark. He was consecrated by Archbishop
Thomas Boland on September 24, 1957. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops
James McNulty of
Paterson Paterson may refer to:
People
* Paterson (surname)
* Paterson (given name)
Places
Australia
*Paterson, New South Wales
*Paterson River, New South Wales
* Division of Paterson, an electoral district in New South Wales
*Paterson, Queensland, a lo ...
and
George Ahr of
Trenton.
Stanton continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by
Pope Paul VI on April 17, 1972. He died at the age of 80 on October 1, 1977.
''Pottstown Mercury''. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
References
1897 births
1977 deaths
Clergy from Jersey City, New Jersey
20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops
Catholics from New Jersey
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