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Robert Anthony Brucato (August 14, 1931 – November 7, 2018) was an American
prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pref ...
of the
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who served as auxiliary bishop of the
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from 1997 to 2006.


Biography

Born in
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in New York City, Brucato was educated at
Cardinal Hayes High School Cardinal Hayes High School is an American Catholic high school for boys in the Concourse Village neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City, New York. The school serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. It is a member of the Catholic Hi ...
, Cathedral College,
St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie) St. Joseph's Seminary and College, sometimes referred to as Dunwoodie, Yonkers, New York, Dunwoodie after the Yonkers, New York neighborhood it is located in, is the major seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Archdiocese of New ...
, and
Our Lady of the Lake University Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), known locally as the Lake, is a private Catholic university in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Divine Providence, a religious institute originating in Lorraine, France, duri ...
. He was ordained a priest on June 1, 1957, for the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York The Archdiocese of New York ( la, Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in the State of New York. It encompasses the borough ...
. He served as a chaplain in the
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from 1960 to 1982, and then was appointed to a succession of church leadership roles in New York, including pastor of Holy Rosary, Staten Island (1984–1987), St. Benedict, the Bronx (1987–1994), and St. John the Evangelist, Manhattan (2001–2006). Brucato was appointed
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of 'Temuniana' and auxiliary bishop of the New York Archdiocese on June 30, 1997. He was consecrated
bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
on August 25, 1997, taking as his episcopal motto: ''My heart is ready, O Lord.'' He served the archdiocese as chancellor (1994–1997), vicar for pastoral guidance (1997–1999), and vicar general (1999–2006). On October 31, 2006, Brucato retired at age 75. He died on November 7, 2018, in
Yonkers, New York Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as enu ...
.


See also

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Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States This is a historical list of all bishops of the Catholic Church whose sees were within the present-day boundaries of the United States, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It includes only members of the United States Conference of Cat ...
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List of Catholic bishops of the United States The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, including its five inhabited territories. The U.S. Catholic Church comprises: * 176 Latin Church dioceses led by bishops * 18 Eastern Catholic eparchies led by e ...
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References


External links


Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Official Site
1931 births 2018 deaths People from the Bronx Saint Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) alumni Our Lady of the Lake University alumni Clergy from New York City Roman Catholic bishops in New York (state) 20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops 21st-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops People of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York United States Air Force chaplains {{US-RC-bishop-stub