Vincent DePaul Breen
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Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen was the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen in central New Jersey from 1997 until his resignation in 2002. Bishop Breen was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He died in 2003 following a long illness consistent with Alzheimer's disease.[citation needed]
Bishop Breen was a Brooklyn, New York native and attended St. Francis Preparatory School. He continued his studies at Cathedral College in Douglaston, Queens. After 2 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, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles, Rome. A year later, he graduated from North American College, Gregorian University, Rome, with a licentiate in sacred theology.
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. Breen became an honorary prelate (Monsignor) in 1977. In 1978 he was appointed as the Superintendent of Education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. He we subsequently elevated to the position of Vicar for Education of the Brooklyn Diocese.
In July 1997 Pope John Paul II appointed Breen to be the Bishop of Metuchen and he was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
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- ^ 2002 Catholic Almanac p. 417
