Installed March 19, 2002 Consecration September 5, 1997 | Name Paul Bootkoski Ordination May 28, 1966 | |
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Born July 4, 1940Newark, New Jersey ( 1940-07-04 ) Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen | ||
Paul Gregory Bootkoski (born July 4, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who formerly served as the bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey from 2002 until March 8, 2016; he was replaced by Msgr. James Checchio, as Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen.
Biography
Bootkoski was ordained on May 28, 1966 as a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark. He was assistant vice president for student affairs at Seton Hall University, his alma mater, for three years beginning in 1980. In 1983 he became pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Elizabeth and became an honorary prelate (Monsignor) in 1991.
He was named auxiliary bishop of Newark on July 8, 1997, and consecrated bishop on September 5 of that year. He was vicar general of the diocese and later diocesan administrator when Theodore Edgar McCarrick became Archbishop of Washington.
In 2002 he was appointed bishop of Metuchen; his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on March 8, 2016.