Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1936		Born	Brooklyn
15 Jul 1962	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA
8 Jul 1997	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
8 Sep 1997	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
4 Jan 2002	65.0	Resigned	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
30 Mar 2003	66.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

a priest for 40.7 years
a bishop for 5.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Vose Daily
Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen † (1997)
Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick (1977)
Terence James Cardinal Cooke † (1965)
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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