Jerome Arthur Pechillo

Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R. (May 16, 1919 – January 1, 1991) was an American missionary and bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the Prelate of Coronel Oviedo in Paraguay from 1961 to 1976, and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark from 1976 to 1991.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Pechillo was ordained a priest for the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance on June 10, 1941. He was named the Prelate of Coronel Oviedo on September 10, 1961. Pechillo attended three of the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).

While remaining prelate of Coronel Oviedo, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa on October 20, 1965. He was consecrated by Bishop Joseph McCormick of Altoona-Johnstown on January 25, 1966. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Anthony Mussio of Steubenville and Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop John Boardman.

Pope Paul named him the Auxiliary Bishop of Newark on March 6, 1976. Pechillo continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death at the age of 71 on January 1, 1991.^[1][2]

References

Archdiocese of Newark Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Newark Bishops James Roosevelt Bayley Michael Corrigan Winand Wigger John O'Connor Archbishops Thomas J. Walsh Thomas Aloysius Boland Peter Leo Gerety Theodore Edgar McCarrick John J. Myers Coadjutor Archbishop Bernard Hebda Churches in the Archdiocese of Newark Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart Parishes St. Henry's Church, Bayonne Madonna Church, Fort Lee Church of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken 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. Mary's Church, Plainfield Former parishes Sacred Heart Church, Jersey City Abbey St. Mary's Abbey Church Education in the Archdiocese of Newark Higher education Seton Hall University Caldwell University Felician College Saint Peter's University Seminary Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology 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 Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington 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 Marist High School, Bayonne St. Anthony High School, Jersey City St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City Kenmare High School, Jersey City Union County Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth 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 Holy Family Academy, Bayonne Grade Schools St. Anne School, Fair Lawn All Saints Catholic Academy, Bayonne Clergy of the Archdiocese of Newark Auxiliary bishops Thomas Aloysius Boland Paul Gregory Bootkoski Joseph Arthur Costello Edgar Moreira da Cunha Manuel Aurelio Cruz Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Gaetano Aldo Donato John Joseph Dougherty John Walter Flesey Joseph Abel Francis Robert Francis Garner William A. Griffin Dominic Anthony Marconi Justin J. McCarthy Charles James McDonnell James T. McHugh Thomas Henry McLaughlin Jerome Arthur Pechillo David Arias Pérez Michael Angelo Saltarelli Arthur J. Serratelli John Mortimer Smith Martin Walter Stanton Priests Peter Baldacchino Harold P. Darcy Robert Seton Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Newark Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange Catholicism Portal