Career
John West. Flesey was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He studied at the Pontifical Georgian University and was ordained a priest on May 31, 1969 for the Archdiocese of Newark. Flesey was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark as well as titular bishop of Allegheny on May 21, 2004 by Benedict XVI. Flesey was consecrated an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark on August 4, 2004.