Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

Motto: Fides Spes Caritas Tria Haec

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1936		Born
15 Jul 1962	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 Jul 1997	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
8 Sep 1997	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
4 Jan 2002	65.0	Resigned	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
30 Mar 2003	66.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Vincent DePaul Breen
Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen
(born 24 Dec 1936, died 30 Mar 2003)
Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen

Event Place
Birth Place Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Priest Twelve Holy Apostles, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Francis of Assisi, Cathedral, Metuchen, Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey
Death Place Metuchen, Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey
Buried Place (Original) Saint Francis of Assis Cathedral, Cemetery, Metuchen, Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey

a priest for 40.7 years
a bishop for 5.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Filippo Pocci †
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Vose Daily †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes †
Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick † (1977)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Terence James Cardinal Cooke † (1965)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Father Jonathan Samuel Toborowsky (1998)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Priest	Twelve Holy Apostles, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Saint Francis of Assisi, Cathedral, Metuchen, Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey
Death Place	Metuchen, Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Francis of Assis Cathedral, Cemetery, Metuchen, Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 114119153
WikiData: Q2040083

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,045
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 18 May 2022
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 265, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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