{"id":7245,"date":"2004-05-21T07:55:28","date_gmt":"2004-05-21T07:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/2_new_auxiliaries_for_newark.html"},"modified":"2004-05-21T07:55:28","modified_gmt":"2004-05-21T07:55:28","slug":"2_new_auxiliaries_for_newark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/2_new_auxiliaries_for_newark.html","title":{"rendered":"2 New Auxiliaries for Newark"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Appointed Msgrs. Thomas A. Donato, spiritual director of the Major Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in South Orange, U.S.A., and John W. Flesey, director of permanent formation for the clergy of the archdiocese of Newark, U.S.A., as auxiliary bishops of the same archdiocese (area 1,328, population 2,809,267, Catholics 1,319,558, priests 929, permanent deacons 198, religious 1,667), U.S.A.  Bishop-elect Donato was born in 1940 in Jersey City, U.S.A., and was ordained a priest in 1965. Bishop-elect Flesey was born in 1942 Jersey City and was ordained in 1969. They succeed Bishops Charles J. McDonnell and David Arias, O.A.R. whose resignations from the office of auxiliary were accepted upon having reached the age limit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appointed Msgrs. Thomas A. Donato, spiritual director of the Major Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in South Orange, U.S.A., and John W. 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