Michael Arsenio Saporito

Michael A. Saporito (born May 3, 1962) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey since 2020.

Biography

Early life Michael Saporito was born on May 3, 1962, in Newark, New Jersey to Arsenio and Anna Saporito. He was educated at St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School in Bloomfield, New Jersey, then attended Paul VI Regional High School in Clifton, New Jersey. After graduating from high school in 1980, Saporito attended Rutgers University Newark He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting in 1984.

After his 1992 ordination, the diocese assigned Saporito as parochial vicar at the following New Jersey parishes:

St. Joseph in West Orange (1992 to 1994) St. Peter the Apostle in River Edge (1994 to 1999) Our Lady of the Visitation in Paramus (1999 to 2001) St. Elizabeth in Wyckoff (2001 to 2004)

In 2004, Saporito was selected as pastor of St. Joseph’s parish in Maplewood, New Jersey. He left St. Joseph's in 2011 to become pastor of St. Helen’s Parish in Westfield, New Jersey. Saporito's consecration as a bishop, originally scheduled for May 5, 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, occurred on June 30, 2020 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. He was consecrated by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, with Auxiliary Bishops Manuel Cruz, and John Flesey serving as co-consecrators.