Bishop Michael Arsenio Saporito

Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1962		Born
30 May 1992	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA
27 Feb 2020	57.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
27 Feb 2020	57.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Luperciana
30 Jun 2020	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Luperciana
15 Sep 2026	64.3	Appointed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
22 Oct 2026	64.4	Installed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Michael Arsenio Saporito
Bishop Michael Arsenio Saporito
(born 3 May 1962)
Bishop of Metuchen

Event Place
Birth Place Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral Basilica, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Metuchen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Walter Flesey
Titular Bishop of Allegheny
Bishop Manuel Aurelio Cruz
Titular Bishop of Gaguari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R. (2010)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Priest	Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Cathedral Basilica, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q86516765

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Feb 2020
mn/ob/c2: CB, 27 Feb 2020
ob: CB, 18 May 2020
c34: CB, 26 Jun 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 244, Number 20,406
c1: CB, 18 May 2022
c1.loc: CB, 17 Oct 2022
ab: Bollettino, 15 Sep 2026
i: CB, 15 Sep 2026

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