Bishop Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Titular Bishop of Jamestown

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1940		Born
29 May 1965	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA
21 May 2004	63.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
21 May 2004	63.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Jamestown
4 Aug 2004	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Jamestown
25 Aug 2015	74.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary for Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato
(WikiData: Q508461)
Bishop Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato (born 1 Oct 1940, died 25 Aug 2015) Auxiliary Bishop of Newark

Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Jersey City, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral Basilica, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Death Place Toms River Memorial, Hospital, Toms River, NJ, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 11.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Myers †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Angelo Saltarelli †
Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware
Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli
Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Myers † (1987)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Bishop Edward William O’Rourke † (1971)
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Jersey City, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Priest	Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Cathedral Basilica, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Death Place	Toms River Memorial, Hospital, Toms River, NJ, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross, Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,665
d: CB, 26 Aug 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 18 May 2022
op.loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022

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