Peter Leo Gerety | |
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| Archbishop of Newark | |
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| See | Archdiocese of Newark |
| Appointed | March 25, 1974 |
| Installed | June 28, 1974 |
| Term ended | June 3, 1986 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Aloysius Boland |
| Successor | Theodore Edgar McCarrick |
| Other post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Portland (1966–69) Bishop of Portland (1969–74) |
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| Ordination | June 29, 1939 |
| Consecration | June 1, 1966 by Henry Joseph O'Brien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 19, 1912 Shelton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 2016 (aged 104) Totowa, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Motto | In omnibus Christ (In all circumstances, give thanks)[clarification needed] |
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Peter Leo Gerety (July 19, 1912 – September 20, 2016) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Newark from 1974 to 1986. He previously served as Bishop of Portland in Maine from 1969 to 1974. Gerety was the oldest living Catholic bishop in the world at the time of his death at age 104.[1]
- ^ Mueller, Mark (September 21, 2016). "Former Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety, world's oldest Catholic bishop, dead at 104". NJ.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.