Background
Bootkoski, Paul Gregory was born on July 4, 1940 in Newark. Son of Peter and Antoinette Bootkoski.
Bootkoski, Paul Gregory was born on July 4, 1940 in Newark. Son of Peter and Antoinette Bootkoski.
Bachelor in Classical Languages, Seton Hall University. Master of Divinity in Theology, Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington, New Jersey. Master of Arts in Education, Manhattan College.
James Checchio, Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Metuchen. Bootkoski was ordained on May 28, 1966 as a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark. He was assistant vice president for student affairs at Seton Hall University, his alma mater, for three years beginning in 1980.
In 1983 he became pastor of Saint Mary of the Assumption Church in Elizabeth and became an honorary prelate (Monsignor) in 1991.
He was named auxiliary bishop of Newark on July 8, 1997, and consecrated bishop on September 5 of that year. He was vicar general of the diocese and later diocesan administrator when Theodore Edgar McCarrick became Archbishop of Washington.
In 2002 he was appointed bishop of Metuchen. His resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on March 8, 2016.