Frank Caggiano
Frank Joseph Caggiano | |
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| Bishop of Bridgeport | |
 Portrait of Bishop Caggiano | |
| Archdiocese | Hartford |
| Diocese | Bridgeport |
| Appointed | July 31, 2013 |
| Installed | September 19, 2013 |
| Predecessor | William E. Lori |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 16, 1987 by Francis John Mugavero |
| Consecration | August 22, 2006 by Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio, Thomas Vose Daily, and Ignatius Anthony Catanello |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 29, 1959 |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Motto | JESUS CHRIST IS LORD |
| Styles of Frank Joseph Caggiano | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Frank Joseph Caggiano (born March 29, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Bishop of Bridgeport.
Early life
Frank Caggiano was born in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, New York, to Arnaldo and Gennarina Caggiano.[1] His parents were Italian immigrants who came to the United States from the town of Caggiano, in the province of Salerno, in 1958.[1] The younger of two children, he has a sister, Antoniette.
He attended Ss. Simon and Jude Elementary School in Gravesend and graduated from Regis High School in Manhattan in 1977. He then entered Yale University as a political science major, but later decided to enter the priesthood.
In 1978, he entered Cathedral College in Douglaston, from where Caggiano obtained a B.A. in philosophy in 1981. He then went on to attend the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington and earned a M.Div..
After serving in ministry for a few years, Caggiano studied in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Doctor of Sacred Theology in 1996: His thesis was entitled: The Eschatological Implications of the Notion of Recreation in the Works of St. Cyril of Alexandria.[1]
Priesthood
Caggiano was ordained a priest by Bishop Francis Mugavero on May 16, 1987,[2] and then served as associate pastor at St. Agatha Church[3] in Bay Ridge and at St. Athanasius Church[4] in Bensonhurst until 1991.[1]
He returned to the Diocese of Brooklyn after studying in Rome and became associate pastor of St. Jude Church in Canarsie in 1996, also serving as Dean of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate Program and Censor Librorum for the Diocese. He became pastor of St. Dominic Church in Bensonhurst in 1998 and taught theology at St. John's University's Staten Island campus and at St. Joseph's College.[1] He was named director of the Permanent Diaconate Office in 2002 and later Vicar for Evangelization and Pastoral Life in 2004. He was raised to the rank of Papal Chaplain by Pope John Paul II in 2003.[1]
Episcopal career
On June 6, 2006, Caggiano was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn and Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig by Pope Benedict XVI.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 22 from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, with Bishops Thomas Daily and Ignatius Catanello serving as co-consecrators.[2]
On July 31, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Caggiano the Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and he was installed on September 19.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Auxiliary Bishop Frank J. Caggiano". Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ St. Agatha Church
- ^ St. Athanasius Church
- ^ Altimari, Daniela (September 19, 2013). "Caggiano Becomes Bridgeport Bishop In Ceremony Of Hope". Hartford Courant. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
