New Newark auxiliaries say parents, teachers helped shape priesthood

Published: 2004-08-09

NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) -- Two new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Newark spoke at their Aug. 4 episcopal ordination of the influence of their parents and teachers, and even of a car accident, in shaping their approaches to priesthood. Auxiliary Bishops Thomas A. Donato and John W. Flesey were ordained on the feast of St. John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests, in a ceremony attended by 1,500 people at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Newark Archbishop John J. Myers was the principal celebrant of the Mass and principal ordaining bishop. The main co-consecrators were two former auxiliaries of the archdiocese, Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli of Wilmington, Del., and Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli, who was installed a month earlier as bishop of Paterson, N.J. Concelebrants included Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, former Newark archbishop, and 20 others bishops; 400 priests and deacons were also in attendance.

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