NEW JERSEY
NJ.com
By Sue Epstein | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
METUCHEN — A new bishop will be installed in the Diocese of Metuchen in May, replacing Paul Bootkoski who has served as bishop there for 14 years.
The Rev. Monsignor James Checchio, 49, was introduced Tuesday morning at a press conference in the auditorium of the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center in Piscataway, which was filled with priests, and other members of the diocese he will soon lead.
“I’m looking forward to making this my home for a very long time,” Checchio said.
Bootkoski will remain in charge of the diocese until Checchio’s installation, according to a diocese statement.
Checchio spent the last 12 years as the rector for the Pontifical North American College in Rome, but he is originally from Collingswood in Camden County.
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