Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Chau

September 8, 2025 at 5:17 p.m.
Newly ordained Bishop Chau is pictured with Bishop O'Connell, Father Felicien and Father Dayton.
Newly ordained Bishop Chau is pictured with Bishop O'Connell, Father Felicien and Father Dayton.



As part of the Ordination Rite, Bishop Chau lies prostrate during the singing of the Litany of Saints. Staff photos

 Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., was among the bishops to attend the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau Sept. 8 in Sacred Heart Basilica Newark. Cardinal Joseph Tobin of the Newark Archdiocese presided over the Ordination Rite and was principal celebrant of the Mass. Bishop Chau is an Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese.

Along with Bishop O'Connell, other priests from the Trenton Diocese who attended the Ordination were Father Jean Felicien, Bishop O'Connell's secretary, and Father Christopher Dayton, pastor of St. Paul Parish, Princeton.


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As part of the Ordination Rite, Bishop Chau lies prostrate during the singing of the Litany of Saints. Staff photos

 Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., was among the bishops to attend the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau Sept. 8 in Sacred Heart Basilica Newark. Cardinal Joseph Tobin of the Newark Archdiocese presided over the Ordination Rite and was principal celebrant of the Mass. Bishop Chau is an Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese.

Along with Bishop O'Connell, other priests from the Trenton Diocese who attended the Ordination were Father Jean Felicien, Bishop O'Connell's secretary, and Father Christopher Dayton, pastor of St. Paul Parish, Princeton.

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