Pope Pius XII High School was a Roman Catholic high school serving students in

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through twelfth grades located in Passaic, in

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, New Jersey, United States, that had been operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson from 1939 until it closed in 1983. The school opened to students in September 1939. A 1957 expansion project brought the school's capacity up to 1,100 students. In the facing of declining enrollment that had fallen under 300 and rising financial deficits that could not be covered by fundraising, the Paterson diocese announced in February 1983 that the school would be closed at the end of the 1982-83 school year. Existing students would be shifted to Paterson Catholic High School and Paul VI High School.

Athletics

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1962.

Notable alumni

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(born 1937), American football

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who played in the National Football League for the

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and in the

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for the

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Henry McNamara Henry P. McNamara (December 9, 1934 – August 27, 2018) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1985 to 2008, where he represented the 40th Legislative District. In the Senate, he was Minori ...

(1934–2018), politician who represented the 40th Legislative District in the

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from 1985 to 2008.''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition''
p. 245. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC,, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2022. "Senator McNamara was born in Passaic Dec. 9, 1934. He attended St. Nicholas School, Pope Pius XII High School, and Seton Hall University, where he studied classical languages and received his degree in 1956."

References

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