His Excellency, The Most Reverend Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio |
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Bishop of Brooklyn | |
Archdiocese | New York |
Diocese | Brooklyn |
Appointed | August 1, 2003 |
Installed | October 3, 2003 |
Predecessor | Thomas Vose Daily |
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Ordination | May 30, 1970 by Thomas Aloysius Boland |
Consecration | October 31, 1996 by Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Peter Leo Gerety, and John M. Smith |
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Born |
Newark, New Jersey |
June 16, 1944
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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Motto | BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER |
Styles of Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Ordination history of Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio | |
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Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Theodore Edgar McCarrick |
Date of consecration | October 31, 1996 |
Bishops consecrated by Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio as principal consecrator
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Frank Joseph Caggiano | August 22, 2006 |
Octavio Cisneros | August 22, 2006 |
Guy Sansaricq | August 22, 2006 |
Raymond Francis Chappetto | July 11, 2012 |
Paul Robert Sanchez | July 11, 2012 |
James Massa | July 20, 2015 |
Witold Mroziewski | July 20, 2015 |
Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (born June 16, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the seventh Bishop of Brooklyn, having previously served as Bishop of Camden from 1999 to 2003.
Nicholas DiMarzio was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Nicholas Sr. and Grace (née Grande) DiMarzio, both deceased. His father served in the military at the time of his birth and later worked as a health inspector for the city of Newark. All four of his grandparents emigrated to the U.S. from southern Italy. He is the oldest of three children.
DiMarzio grew up across the street from Sacred Heart Cathedral Basilica, Newark, and attended the Cathedral's grammar school. He then went on to graduate from St. Benedict's Preparatory School in 1962. He attended Immaculate Conception Seminary, then at Darlington in Mahwah, Bergen County, New Jersey. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Seton Hall University in 1966. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America (1970), a Master's in Social Work from Fordham University (1980) and a doctorate in Social Work Research and Policy from Rutgers University, New Brunswick (1985).