Most Reverend
Joseph A. Costello
Church Catholic Church See Titular See of Choma Appointed November 17, 1962 In office January 24, 1963 - September 22, 1978 Ordination June 7, 1941 Consecration January 24, 1963 by Thomas Aloysius Boland Born May 9, 1915 Died September 22, 1978(1978-09-22) (aged 63)
Joseph Arthur Costello (May 9, 1915 – September 22, 1978) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark , New Jersey from 1963 to 1978.
Biography [ edit ] Born in Newark, New Jersey , Joseph Costello was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark on June 7, 1941.
On November 17, 1962 Pope John XXIII appointed Costello as the Titular Bishop of ‘’Choma ’’ and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Thomas Boland on January 24, 1963. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop James McNulty of Paterson and Newark Auxiliary Bishop Martin Stanton .
Costello attended three of the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). He continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death at the age of 63 on September 22, 1978.[1] [2]
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Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Newark
Bishops Archbishops Coadjutor Archbishop
List Cathedral Parishes St. Henry's Church, Bayonne Madonna Church, Fort Lee Church of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Bayonne St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City St. Antoninus Church, Newark St. Casimir's Church, Newark St. Columba's Church, Newark St. John's Church, Newark St. Joseph's Church, Newark Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Newark St. Rocco's Church, Newark St. John's Church, Orange St. Mary's Church, Plainfield Former parishes Sacred Heart Church, Jersey City Abbey
Education in the Archdiocese of Newark
Higher education Seminary High schools Bergen County Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey Immaculate Conception High School, Lodi Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale St. Mary High School, Rutherford Essex County Christ the King Preparatory School, Newark Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair Lacordaire Academy, Upper Montclair Mount Saint Dominic Academy, Caldwell St. Benedict's Preparatory School, Newark St. Vincent Academy, Newark Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange Hudson County Hudson Catholic Regional High School, Jersey City St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City Kenmare High School, Jersey City Union County Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit Oratory Preparatory School, Summit Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle St. Mary of the Assumption High School, Elizabeth Union Catholic Regional High School, Scotch Plains Former Grade schools
Clergy of the Archdiocese of Newark
Auxiliary bishops Priests
Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Newark