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Michael A. Saporito (born May 3, 1962) is an American prelate of the
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who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for 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 ...
in New Jersey since 2020.


Biography

Michael Saporito was born on May 3, 1962 in Newark, New Jersey. On May 30, 1992, Saporito was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Newark by then Archbishop
Theodore McCarrick Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born July 7, 1930) is a laicized American bishop and former cardinal of the Catholic Church. Ordained a priest in 1958, he became an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1977, then became Bishop of Metuch ...
.
Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
appointed Saporito as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Newark on February 27, 2020. Saporito's consecration as a bishop, originally scheduled for May 5, 2020 but postponed due to the
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, occurred on June 30, 2020. He was consecrated by Cardinal
Joseph W. Tobin Joseph William Tobin, CSsR, (born May 3, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Redemptorist order, he has been the archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey, since 2017. He previously served as the ...
.


See also

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References


External links


Roman Catholic Diocese of Newark Official Site


Episcopal succession

1962 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Clergy from Newark, New Jersey Bishops appointed by Pope Francis {{RC-bio-stub