Michael Saporito

Michael A. Saporito (born May 3, 1962 in Newark , New Jersey ) is an American Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Newark .

Life

Michael Saporito graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick with a degree in accounting in 1984 and worked as an auditor in an accounting firm. He then studied at the Seminary in South Orange and received the sacrament of ordination for the Archdiocese of Newark on May 30, 1992 .

In addition to pastoral work, he was active in vocational pastoral care from 1999 to 2002 . Since 2015 he has taught homiletics at the Seminary in South Orange and was a member of the College of Consultors for the Archdiocese of Newark.

Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop in Newark and titular bishop of Luperciana on February 27, 2020 . The Archbishop of Newark, Joseph William Tobin Cardinal CSsR , donated him and appointed him Auxiliary Bishops Elias Lorenzo OSB and Gregory Studerus on 30 June of the same year, the episcopal ordination . Co-consecrators were Auxiliary Bishop Manuel A. Cruz and Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus John Walter Flesey from Newark.

Web links

Entry to Michael Saporito on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nomina di Ausiliari dell'Arcidiocesi di Newark (USA). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 27, 2020, accessed February 27, 2020 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Saporito, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Saporito, Michael A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Newark
DATE OF BIRTH	May 3, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newark , New Jersey , United States

[Bulletin-1] Nomina di Ausiliari dell'Arcidiocesi di Newark (USA). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 27, 2020, accessed February 27, 2020 (Italian).