Martin Walter Stanton (April 17, 1897 – October 1, 1977) was a
bishop
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of the
Catholic Church
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in the
United States
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. He served as an
auxiliary bishop
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of the
Archdiocese of Newark
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from 1957 to 1972.
Biography
Born in
, Martin Stanton was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark on June 14, 1924.
On June 27, 1957 Pope Pius XII appointed him as the Titular Bishop of ''Citium'' and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark. He was consecrated by Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland, Thomas Boland on September 24, 1957. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops James A. McNulty, James McNulty of Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, Paterson and George W. Ahr, George Ahr of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton, Trenton.
Stanton continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope Paul VI on April 17, 1972. He died at the age of 80 on October 1, 1977.
''Pottstown Mercury''. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
References
1897 births
1977 deaths
Clergy from Jersey City, New Jersey
20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops
Catholics from New Jersey
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