(LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo has appointed a new bishop for the Diocese of Metuchen.
The new ordinary for the New Jersey diocese is Bishop Michael A. Saporito, currently an auxiliary bishop for Newark.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Reverend Michael A. Saporito, currently Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, as the Bishop of Metuchen.
The appointment was publicized in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2026, by Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, apostolic nuncio to the United States. https://t.co/1VNFWVPjbE
— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) September 15, 2026
Saporito was ordained to the priesthood by the late Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, then the Archbishop of Newark, in 1992. The late Pope Francis appointed him an auxiliary bishop of Newark in 2020. Saporito was consecrated for the role by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin.
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Saporito’s career has not been without controversy. In 1999, he was made an assistant vocations director under then-Archbishop McCarrick, who was notorious among clergy in-the-know for his predations on young priests and seminarians.
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