Gaetano Aldo Donato
Catholic bishop (1940-2015)
Gaetano Aldo "Thomas" Donato (1 October 1940 – 25 August 2015) was an Italian-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He notably served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
Early life and education
Gaetano Aldo Donato was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Antonio and Rosa Donato, who had immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1923. The fifth of six children, he had two sisters, Mary and Rose, and three brothers, Constantino, John and Robert. Named after his paternal grandfather, Donato has, however, always gone by Thomas. After attending Holy Rosary Elementary School and St. Michael High School in Jersey City, he began his studies for the priesthood at the seminary at Seton Hall University. Donato had wanted to become a priest since the second grade, when he was asked to give an oral composition answering the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" He graduated from the College Seminary in 1961, and attended Immaculate Conception Seminary in Darlington from 1961 to 1966, earning a Master of Divinity degree.
Priesthood
On 29 May 1965, Donato was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark by Archbishop Thomas A. Boland. He then served as parochial vicar at St.
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