Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
Dominic Anthony Marconi | |
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark Titular Bishop of Bure | |
Archdiocese: | Newark |
Appointed: | May 3, 1976 |
Enthroned: | June 25, 1976 |
Retired: | July 1, 2002 |
Other Post: | Titular Bishop of Bure |
Ordination: | May 30, 1953 |
Ordained By: | Thomas Aloysius Boland |
Consecration: | June 25, 1976 |
Consecrated By: | Peter Leo Gerety, Thomas Aloysius Boland, and Harold Robert Perry |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1927 |
Birth Place: | Newark, New Jersey, US |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
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Dominic Anthony Marconi | |
Dipstyle: | |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | Bishop |
Dominic Anthony Marconi (born March 13, 1927) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Marconi served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey from 1976 to 2002.
Dominic Marconi was born on March 13, 1927, Newark, New Jersey. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Thomas Boland for the Archdiocese of Newark on May 30, 1953.
After his ordination, Marconi served until 1966 as associate pastor at St. Anthony's Parish in Union City, New Jersey. He was named associate director family life apostolate in 1966 and became director in 1970.[1]
During the 1970s, Marconi served as chaplain for St. Joseph’s School for the Blind in Jersey City, New Jersey.[2] Marconi led the Vicariate of Union City, with 43 parishes and was director of the archdiocese's Division of Services to the Elderly.[3]
On May 3, 1976, Pope Paul VI appointed Marconi as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark and titular bishop of Bure. He was consecrated by Archbishop Peter Gerety at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on June 25, 1976.
On July 1, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted Marconi's letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of Newark, submitted by Marconi when he reached the mandatory retirement of 75 for bishops.[4]