James F. Checchio

James Francis Checchio is an American Roman Catholic prelate. Bishop Checchio served as rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 2005 until 2016. On March 8, 2016, Pope Francis named him Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen to succeed Bishop Paul Bootkoski. He was ordained and installed as Bishop of Metuchen on May 3, 2016.

Checchio was born in 1966 in Camden, where he attended Paul VI High School in Haddon Township, graduating in 1984. Afterward he went on to study at the University of Scranton, where he finished his bachelors degree in 1988. He subsequently entered seminary and was sent to study at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He finished his studies there with a licentiate in Canon Law in 1993.

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