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Richard Arthur Marchenna

bishop (1900–1982)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7323796 ↗
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Richard Arthur Marchenna (March 17, 1904 – September 2, 1982) was an Independent Old Catholic bishop consecrated by Carmel Henry Carfora as his suffragan bishop of Newark with delegated ordinary authority over congregations in New Jersey and New York.

Marchenna ordained Peter Paul Brennan into the priesthood. He also consecrated Robert Mary Clement into the episcopacy.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Richard Arthur Marchenna” as bishop (1900–1982). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1904, 1982—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900-05-17. The account is most persuasive where Richard, Arthur and Marchenna can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as bishop (1900–1982). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7323796. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1904 and 1982.

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This entry incorporates text from “Richard Arthur Marchenna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.