Paul Gregory Bootkoski

Paul Gregory Bootkoski
Bishop of Metuchen
Bootkoski in December 2014
Diocese	Metuchen
Installed	March 19, 2002
Term ended	March 8, 2016
Predecessor	Vincent DePaul Breen
Successor	James Checchio
Orders
Ordination	May 28, 1966
Consecration	September 5, 1997
Personal details
Born	(1940-07-04) July 4, 1940 Newark, New Jersey

Coat of arms of Paul Gregory Bootkoski

Paul Gregory Bootkoski (born July 4, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who formerly served as the bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey from 2002 until March 8, 2016; he was replaced by Msgr. James Checchio, Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Metuchen.

Biography

Bootkoski was ordained on May 28, 1966 as a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark. He was assistant vice president for student affairs at Seton Hall University, his alma mater, for three years beginning in 1980. In 1983 he became pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Elizabeth and became an honorary prelate (Monsignor) in 1991.

He was named auxiliary bishop of Newark on July 8, 1997, and consecrated bishop on September 5 of that year.^[1] He was vicar general of the diocese and later diocesan administrator when Theodore Edgar McCarrick became Archbishop of Washington.

In 2002 he was appointed bishop of Metuchen; his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on March 8, 2016.^[2]^[3]

Notes

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark 1997–2002	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Vincent DePaul Breen	Bishop of Metuchen 2002–2016	Succeeded by James Checchio

Diocese of Metuchen

Ordinaries	Bishops Theodore Edgar McCarrick Edward Thomas Hughes Vincent DePaul Breen Paul Gregory Bootkoski James F. Checchio

Churches	Cathedral St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen Parishes St. James Catholic Church, Woodbridge St. Mary's Church, South River Borough

Education	Seminary Saint Joseph's Seminary (defunct) High schools Bishop George Ahr High School, Edison Cardinal McCarrick High School, South Amboy Immaculata High School, Somerville Mount St. Mary Academy, Watchung St. Joseph High School, Metuchen

Other	Hospital, sponsored Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick

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Archdiocese of Newark

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Newark

Bishops	James Roosevelt Bayley Michael Corrigan Winand Wigger John O'Connor

Archbishops	Thomas J. Walsh Thomas Aloysius Boland Peter Leo Gerety Theodore Edgar McCarrick John J. Myers

Coadjutor Archbishop	Bernard Hebda

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Churches in the Archdiocese of Newark

Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

Parishes	St. Henry's Church, Bayonne Madonna Church, Fort Lee Church of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City St. Antoninus Church, Newark St. Casimir's Church, Newark St. Columba's Church, Newark St. John's Church, Newark St. Joseph's Church, Newark Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Newark St. Rocco's Church, Newark St. Mary's Church, Plainfield Former parishes Sacred Heart Church, Jersey City

Abbey	St. Mary's Abbey Church

Education in the Archdiocese of Newark

Higher education	Seton Hall University Caldwell University Felician College Saint Peter's University

Seminary	Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology

High schools	Bergen County Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey Immaculate Conception High School, Lodi Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale St. Mary High School, Rutherford Essex County Christ the King Preparatory School, Newark Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair Lacordaire Academy, Upper Montclair Mount Saint Dominic Academy, Caldwell St. Benedict's Preparatory School, Newark St. Vincent Academy, Newark Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange Hudson County Hudson Catholic Regional High School, Jersey City Marist High School, Bayonne St. Anthony High School, Jersey City St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City Kenmare High School, Jersey City Union County Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit Oratory Preparatory School, Summit Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle St. Mary of the Assumption High School, Elizabeth Union Catholic Regional High School, Scotch Plains

Former	Holy Family Academy, Bayonne

Grade Schools	St. Anne School, Fair Lawn All Saints Catholic Academy, Bayonne

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Newark

Auxiliary bishops	Thomas Aloysius Boland Paul Gregory Bootkoski Joseph Arthur Costello Edgar Moreira da Cunha Manuel Aurelio Cruz Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Gaetano Aldo Donato John Joseph Dougherty John Walter Flesey Joseph Abel Francis Robert Francis Garner William A. Griffin Dominic Anthony Marconi Justin J. McCarthy Charles James McDonnell James T. McHugh Thomas Henry McLaughlin Jerome Arthur Pechillo David Arias Pérez Michael Angelo Saltarelli Arthur J. Serratelli John Mortimer Smith Martin Walter Stanton

Priests	Peter Baldacchino Harold P. Darcy Robert Seton

Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Newark

Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange

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