Америкалық католик шіркеуінің дін қызметкері Артур Серрателли

American prelate

Arthur Joseph Serratelli (born April 18, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Paterson in New Jersey from 2004 to 2020 and as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey between 2000 and 2004.

Arthur Serratelli was born on April 18, 1944, in Newark, New Jersey to Pio Serratelli and Eva Fasolino. He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in The Ironbound section of Newark. For primary school, Serratelli attended the Ann Street Parish School and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish school, both in Newark. Serratelli graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey, in 1961. He then attended Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey for two years, then transferred to the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at the university. After two years of philosophy studies, Serratelli continued his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, residing at the Pontifical North American College.

On June 1, 2004, John Paul II accepted the retirement of Bishop Frank J. Rodimer as bishop of Paterson and appointed Serratelli as his successor. Serratelli was installed on July 6, 2004, at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Paterson, New Jersey. As a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Serratelli as of 2012 was chair of the Committee on Doctrine's Subcommittee for the Review of Scripture Translations, and a member of the Committee on Divine Worship and its Task Groups on Liturgy with Children, and the Review of the Lectionary. Serratelli served as the chair of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, and the Catholic co chair, together with the Baptist theologian Paul Fiddes, of the International Theological Consultation between Catholics and Baptists. Pope Francis appointed Serratelli a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on October 28, 2016. On February 15, 2019, the dioceses of New Jersey released a list of priests and deacons who had been credibly accused of sexual abuse. Eleven priests came from the Diocese of Paterson. Serratelli made this statement:<blockquote>If you have been a victim of sexual abuse, my prayers and heart go out to you for this horrible action which has been committed against you. I pray for your healing and, on behalf of myself, our diocese and the Catholic Church, I deeply and sincerely apologize for the pain that you have endured.

Serratelli's coat of arms was developed with imagery from his Italian heritage, his identity as a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, his studies in scripture and his honoring both Pope John Paul II and McCarrick.