Church Roman Catholic Church Name John Flesey In office 2005 - current | Successor Incumbent Ordination May 13, 1978 Coat of arms | |
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See Titular See of Allegheny Consecration August 4, 2004
by John J. Myers Born August 6, 1942 (age 81)
Jersey City, New Jersey ( 1942-08-06 ) | ||
Predecessor Robert Joseph McManus | ||
John Walter Flesey (born August 6, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey since 2004.
Biography
John W. Flesey was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He studied at the Pontifical Georgian University and was ordained a priest on May 31, 1969 for the Archdiocese of Newark.
Flesey was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark as well as titular bishop of Allegheny on May 21, 2004 by Benedict XVI. Flesey was consecrated an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark on August 4, 2004.
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