Vincent DePaul Breen

The Most Reverend Vincent DePaul Breen
Bishop of Metuchen
Diocese	Metuchen
Installed	July 8, 1997
Term ended	January 4, 2002
Predecessor	Edward Thomas Hughes
Successor	Paul Gregory Bootkoski
Orders
Ordination	July 15, 1962
Consecration	September 8, 1997
Personal details
Born	(1936-12-24)December 24, 1936 Brooklyn, New York
Died	March 30, 2003(2003-03-30) (aged 66) Long Island, New York

Vincent DePaul Breen (December 24, 1936 – March 30, 2003) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen in central New Jersey from 1997 until his resignation in 2002.

Biography

Breen was born in 1936 at Brooklyn, New York, to Edward and Irene (née Conway) Breen, and attended St. Francis Preparatory School.^[1] He continued his studies at Cathedral College in Douglaston, Queens. After 2 years of studies he was sent to Rome where he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University and resided at the Pontifical North American College.

On July 15, 1962, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles, Rome. A year later, he graduated from North American College, Gregorian University, Rome, with a licentiate in sacred theology.

Breen worked as a parish priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn for a short period of time and then was quickly appointed to be assistant superintendent of education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. He became an honorary prelate (Monsignor) in 1977 and in 1978 he was appointed as the Superintendent of Education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. He was subsequently elevated to the position of Vicar for Education of the Brooklyn Diocese.

In July 1997 Pope John Paul II appointed Breen to be the Bishop of Metuchen and he was consecrated a bishop by then-Archbishop (of Newark) Theodore McCarrick.

He died of pneumonia in 2003, aged 66, following a long illness consistent with Alzheimer's disease.^[2]

References

↑ 2002 Catholic Almanac p. 417
↑ "History of the Diocese of Metuchen". Diocese of Metuchen. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

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Preceded by Edward Thomas Hughes	Bishop of Metuchen 1997-2002	Succeeded by Paul Gregory Bootkoski

Diocese of Brooklyn

Bishops	Ordinaries John Loughlin Charles Edward McDonnell Thomas Edmund Molloy Bryan Joseph McEntegart Francis Mugavero Thomas Vose Daily Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Auxiliary bishops Gerald Barbarito Anthony Bevilacqua John Joseph Boardman Frank Joseph Caggiano Ignatius Anthony Catanello Raymond Francis Chappetto Octavio Cisneros Joseph Peter Michael Denning Raymond Augustine Kearney Charles Richard Mulrooney George Mundelein Edmund Joseph Reilly Paul Robert Sanchez Guy Sansaricq John J. Snyder Joseph Michael Sullivan René Arnold Valero Bishops who served as priests in the diocese Vincent DePaul Breen Edward Bernard Scharfenberger

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn Co-Cathedral Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Brooklyn Basilicas Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn Basilica of Regina Pacis, Brooklyn Parishes Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Blaise, Brooklyn Church of the Holy Innocents, Brooklyn Holy Cross Church, Queens Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Queens Our Lady of Victory Church, Brooklyn Queen of All Saints Church, Brooklyn St. Adalbert, Queens St. Barbara's Church, Brooklyn Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church, Queens Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church, Brooklyn St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn St. Sebastian Church, Queens St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Queens Transfiguration, Queens Former parishes Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary,Brooklyn St. Blaise's Church, Brooklyn St. Monica's Church, Queens

Education	Seminary Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Queens High schools, Brooklyn (Diocese and independent) Bishop Kearney High School Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School Fontbonne Hall Academy Nazareth Regional High School St. Edmund Preparatory High School St. Joseph High School Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn Xaverian High School High schools, Queens (Diocese and independent) Archbishop Molloy High School Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary Christ the King Regional High School Holy Cross High School Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School St. Agnes High School St. Francis Preparatory School St. John's Preparatory School The Mary Louis Academy High schools, former Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School, Brooklyn

Miscellany	Other DeMarco v. Holy Cross High School Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn New Evangelization Television St. Charles Cemetery St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center The Tablet

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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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