Superstorm Sandy

After Superstorm Sandy struck his diocese, Oct. 29, 2012, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was instrumental in helping with the spiritual and physical recovery process. Bishop DiMarzio assesses the situation in the Rockaways the morning after the storm ravaged the peninsula… He surveys the efforts in the make-shift relief center in St. Francis de Sales School gym, […]

Around the World With Diocesan Youth

Cologne, Sydney, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro – Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has accompanied diocesan pilgrims on four World Youth Days. He encourages pilgrims as they make overnight vigil on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, to celebrate Mass with Pope Francis… After offering morning Mass at an English Catechesis site in Madrid, Spain, Bishop DiMarzio sends […]

Representing Brooklyn To the Holy Father

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has represented the Brooklyn Diocese in Rome on several occasions. Bishop DiMarzio greets Pope John Paul II during his 2004 ad limina visit to the Vatican… Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Bishop DiMarzio, during the pope’s general audience at the Vatican on July 6, 2005… Bishop DiMarzio meets Pope Francis for […]

Timeline: A Decade of Leadership

Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas V. Daily and appointed Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Camden, N.J., to succeed him as the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn on Aug. 1, 2003. Embracing the theme, “Put out into the deep,” Bishop DiMarzio has gone out into the depths of the […]

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio with Deacon Jaime Varela, at left, and the deacon’s grandson, Adrian James Varela, at St. James Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn.

Behind the Scenes With Bishop DiMarzio

by Marie Elena Giossi You may not know his name, but you’ve seen his face at almost every Mass, parish celebration and school visit Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has attended over the last decade. Deacon Jaime Varela is the man who works behind the scenes with the man who leads our diocese. His official title is […]

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My First 10 Years in Brooklyn

My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, It is hard for me to imagine that it is almost 10 years since His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan, installed me as the seventh Bishop of Brooklyn. There is great faith in Brooklyn and Queens, and it is contagious. There is also a wealth of human resources […]

Congratulations and Thank You, Bishop Frank Caggiano

Bishop Frank Caggiano will be installed as Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn., on Sept. 19. Below are the links to each of the stories featured in a special pullout section of The Tablet dedicated to Bishop Caggiano: Bishop Frank Caggiano Background His Leadership Is Based on Building Relationships by Father William G. Smith Bishop Has a […]

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Thank You Bishop Caggiano

My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The appointment of Bishop Frank Caggiano by our Holy Father, Pope Francis, as Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn., gives me an opportunity to reflect back on his contribution to the life of the Diocese of Brooklyn over the past seven years since his Ordination to the Episcopacy, on […]