Vincent DePaul Breen

The Most Reverend Vincent DePaul Breen
Bishop of Metuchen
Diocese	Metuchen
Installed	July 8, 1997
Term ended	January 4, 2002
Predecessor	Edward Thomas Hughes
Successor	Paul Gregory Bootkoski
Orders
Ordination	July 15, 1962
Consecration	September 8, 1997
Personal details
Born	(1936-12-24)December 24, 1936 Brooklyn, New York
Died	March 30, 2003(2003-03-30) (aged 66) Long Island, New York

Vincent DePaul Breen (December 24, 1936 – March 30, 2003) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen in central New Jersey from 1997 until his resignation in 2002.

Breen was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, to Edward and Irene (née Conway) Breen and attended St. Francis Preparatory School.^[1] He continued his studies at Cathedral College in Douglaston, Queens. After two years of studies he was sent to Rome where he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University and resided at the Pontifical North American College.

On July 15, 1962, Breen was ordained a priest in the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles, Rome. A year later, he graduated from the North American College, Gregorian University, Rome, with a licentiate in sacred theology.^{[citation needed]}

Breen worked as a parish priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn for a short period of time and then was quickly appointed to be assistant superintendent of education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. He became an honorary prelate (monsignor) in 1977 and in 1978 he was appointed as the Superintendent of Education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. He was subsequently elevated to the position of Vicar for Education of the diocese.^{[citation needed]}

In July 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed Breen to be the Bishop of Metuchen and he was consecrated a bishop by the then Archbishop of Newark, Theodore McCarrick.

Breen died of pneumonia in 2003, aged 66, following a long illness consistent with Alzheimer's disease.^[2]

References

^ 2002 Catholic Almanac p. 417
^ "History of the Diocese of Metuchen". Diocese of Metuchen. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Edward Thomas Hughes	Bishop of Metuchen 1997-2002	Succeeded by Paul Gregory Bootkoski

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Bishops

Ordinaries: John Loughlin; Charles Edward McDonnell; Thomas Edmund Molloy; Bryan Joseph McEntegart; Francis Mugavero; Thomas Vose Daily; Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio; Robert J. Brennan

Auxiliary bishops: Gerald Barbarito; Anthony Bevilacqua; John Joseph Boardman; Frank Joseph Caggiano; Ignatius Anthony Catanello; Raymond Francis Chappetto; Octavio Cisneros; Joseph Peter Michael Denning; Raymond Augustine Kearney; Charles Richard Mulrooney; George Mundelein; Edmund Joseph Reilly; Paul Robert Sanchez; Guy Sansaricq; John J. Snyder; Joseph Michael Sullivan; René Arnold Valero

Bishops who served as priests in the diocese: Vincent DePaul Breen; Edward Bernard Scharfenberger

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

Cathedral: Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn

Co-cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Brooklyn

Basilicas: Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn; Basilica of Regina Pacis, Brooklyn

Parishes: Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Blaise, Brooklyn; Church of the Holy Innocents, Brooklyn; Holy Cross Church, Queens; Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Queens; Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Our Lady of Victory Church, Brooklyn; Queen of All Saints Church, Brooklyn; St. Adalbert, Queens; St. Barbara's Church, Brooklyn; Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Church, Queens; Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church, Brooklyn; St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn; St. Sebastian Church, Queens; St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Queens; Transfiguration, Queens; St. Matthias Church, Queens

Former parishes: Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Brooklyn; St. Blaise's Church, Brooklyn; St. Monica's Church, Queens

Education

Seminary: Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Queens

High schools, Brooklyn (diocesan and independent): Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School; Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School; Fontbonne Hall Academy; Nazareth Regional High School; St. Edmund Preparatory High School; Saint Saviour High School of Brooklyn; Xaverian High School

High schools, Queens (diocesan and independent): Archbishop Molloy High School; Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary; Christ the King Regional High School; Holy Cross High School; Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School; St. Francis Preparatory School; St. John's Preparatory School; The Mary Louis Academy

High schools, former: Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School, Brooklyn; Bishop Kearney High School; Catherine McAuley High School; Dominican Commercial High School; St. Agnes High School; St. Joseph High School, Brooklyn; Stella Maris High School

Miscellany

Other: DeMarco v. Holy Cross High School; Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn; New Evangelization Television; St. Charles Cemetery; St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center; The Tablet

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Ordinaries	Bishops Theodore McCarrick Edward Hughes Vincent DePaul Breen Paul Gregory Bootkoski James F. Checchio
Churches	Cathedral St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen Parishes St. James Catholic Church, Woodbridge St. Mary's Church, South River
Education	Seminary Saint Joseph's Seminary (defunct) High schools Cardinal McCarrick High School, South Amboy Immaculata High School, Somerville Mount St. Mary Academy, Watchung St. Joseph High School, Metuchen St. Thomas Aquinas, Edison
Other	Hospital, sponsored Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick
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