| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Martin W. Stanton | |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Newark | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| See: | Titular See of Citium |
| Appointed: | June 27, 1957 |
| Term: | September 24, 1957 – April 17, 1972 |
| Ordination: | June 14, 1924 |
| Consecration: | September 24, 1957 |
| Consecrated By: | Thomas Aloysius Boland |
| Birth Date: | April 17, 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Martin Walter Stanton (April 17, 1897 – October 1, 1977) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States.[1] He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark from 1957 to 1972.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Martin Stanton was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark on June 14, 1924.
On June 27, 1957 Pope Pius XII appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Citium and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark. He was consecrated by Archbishop Thomas Boland on September 24, 1957. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops James McNulty of Paterson and George Ahr of Trenton.
Stanton continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope Paul VI on April 17, 1972. He died at the age of 80 on October 1, 1977.[2] [3] [4]