Peter A. Rosazza

Styles of
**Peter Anthony Rosazza**
Styles of; Peter Anthony Rosazza
Reference style	His Excellency ; The Most Reverend ;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Peter Anthony Rosazza
His Excellency, The Most Reverend ; Peter Anthony Rosazza
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford ; Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum
Archdiocese	Hartford
Appointed	February 28, 1978
Installed	June 24, 1978
Retired	June 30, 2010
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Novum
Orders
Ordination	June 29, 1961; by Jacques Le Cordier
Consecration	June 24, 1978; by John Francis Whealon, John Francis Hackett, and Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas
Personal details
Born	February 13, 1935 (age 88); New Haven, Connecticut, US

Last updated November 04, 2023

Peter Anthony Rosazza (born February 13, 1935) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford from 1978 to 2010.

Biography

Early life

The eldest child of Aldo and Agatha (née Dinneen) Rosazza, Peter Rosazza was born on February 13, 1935, in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Torrington, Connecticut. He attended St. Francis Elementary School in Torrington and graduated from Torrington High School in 1952.^[1]

Rosazza studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, for a year before entering St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He then attended St. Bernard Seminary in Rochester, New York and Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Paris^[1]

Priesthood

Rosazza was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Jacques Le Cordier for the Archdiocese of Hartford in Rome on June 29, 1961.^[2] After returning to Connecticut, Rosazza served as assistant pastor at St. Timothy Parish in West Hartford, Connecticut. He later joined the faculty of St. Thomas Seminary, where he taught French, Spanish, and Italian.^[1] In 1972, Rosazza became co-pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, the mother church of Hartford's Hispanic Catholic community.^[1]

Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford

Pope Paul VI appointed Rosazza as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford and titular bishop of Oppidum Novum on February 28, 1978.^[2] He was consecrated on June 24, 1978 by Archbishop John Whealon, with Bishops John Hackett and Ulises Vargas serving as co-consecrators.^[2]

As auxiliary bishop, Rosazza was assigned in 1981 to pastoral work in Waterbury, Connecticut. Between 1980 and 1986, he served as a member of the Committee of Bishops that wrote the pastoral letter Economic Justice for All. In 1988, he was transferred to a parish in New Haven, Connecticut. On February 2, 1997, Rosazza was named episcopal vicar for Spanish-speaking Catholics in the archdiocese.^[1]

Rosazza was a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee for Social Development and World Peace and was liaison with Brazilian Catholics for the Committee on Migration and Refugees.^[1] He also served as bishop advisor to the National Catholic Student Coalition. He was one of the founders of the Naugatuck Valley Project, a coalition of churches and labor union locals as well as ECCO (Elm City Congregations Organized), a community organization of 18 churches in the New Haven, Connecticut area. Rosazza was one of five American bishops who drafted the USCCB pastoral letter on the U.S. Economy and Catholic social teaching.^[1]

On January 19, 2004, Rosazza announced the resignation of Andrew Brizzolara, the pastor of St. Michael's Parish in New Haven. Brizzolara had been accused of sexual abuse in the 1980's during his time serving in the Archdiocese of Boston. ^[3]In December 2009, Rosazza sat for a one-hour public radio interview on the Colin McEnroe show.^[4]

On June 30, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Rosazza's letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Hartford, submitted when Rosazza turned age 75 on February 13, 2010.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bishop Peter Rosazza". Archdiocese of Hartford. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
1 2 3 4 "Bishop Peter Anthony Rosazza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ Zielbauer, Paul von (2004-01-19). "Accused of Abuse, a New Haven Priest Resigns". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-12-11.
↑ "Theology with Bishop Rosazza". Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-12-02.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford Official Site

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bishop Peter Rosazza". Archdiocese of Hartford. Retrieved 2023-11-03.

[hierarchy-2] 1 2 3 4 "Bishop Peter Anthony Rosazza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[3] Zielbauer, Paul von (2004-01-19). "Accused of Abuse, a New Haven Priest Resigns". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-12-11.

[4] "Theology with Bishop Rosazza". Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-12-02.

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Ordinaries	Bishops William Tyler Bernard O'Reilly Francis Patrick McFarland Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. Lawrence S. McMahon Michael Tierney John J. Nilan Maurice F. McAuliffe Archbishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair Coadjutor Archbishops Christopher J. Coyne
Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza Juan Miguel Betancourt
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield St. Augustine Church, Hartford Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former Parishes St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury
Education	Seminaries St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High Schools Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, Milford Canterbury School, New Milford East Catholic High School, Manchester Holy Cross High School, Waterbury Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford Notre Dame High School, West Haven Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol
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