Archbishop James Francis Checchio

Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1966		Born
20 Jun 1992	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Camden, New Jersey, USA
12 Dec 2005	39.6	Appointed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
16 Jan 2006	39.7	Installed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
1 Feb 2016	49.7	Ceased	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
8 Mar 2016	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
3 May 2016	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
24 Sep 2025	59.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
18 Nov 2025	59.5	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

MicroData Summary
James Francis Checchio
Archbishop James Francis Checchio
(born 21 Apr 1966)
Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans

Ad Limina - November 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Camden, NJ, Diocese of Camden, New Jersey
Ordained Priest Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Camden, Diocese of Camden, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Church, South Plainfield

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Thomas McHugh †
Bishop of Camden, New Jersey
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Myers †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Gregory Bootkoski
Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey
Bishop Dennis Joseph Sullivan
Bishop of Camden, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Myers † (1987)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Bishop Edward William O’Rourke † (1971)
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Austin Anthony Vetter (2019)
Bishop William Draper Byrne (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Camden, NJ, Diocese of Camden, New Jersey
Ordained Priest	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Camden, Diocese of Camden, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Church, South Plainfield

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6133613

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Mar 2016
ob: CB, 8 Mar 2016
c2: CB, 6 Apr 2016
c34: CB, 29 Apr 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 228, Number 18,904
c1: CB, 21 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 24 Sep 2025
i: CB, 24 Sep 2025

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