Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio’s Anniversary Homily Recalls 25 Years of Ministry and Leadership in the Diocese of Brooklyn

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Nicholas DiMarzio was ordained on May 30, 1970, and elevated to the rank of auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Newark by Pope John Paul II on Oct. 31, 1996. He was installed as Bishop of Camden on July 22, 1999, and as Bishop of Brooklyn on Oct. 3, 2003.

Eighteen years later, on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, hundreds of people came to the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, to see Bishop DiMarzio celebrate Mass to mark the 25th anniversary of his episcopacy.