The Third Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, Monsignor Vincent DePaul Breen was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Edward Breen and Irene Conway, and attended St. Francis Preparatory School and Cathedral College in Douglaston, Queens. Sent to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, residing at the Pontifical North American College, he was ordained to the priesthood there at the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles on July 15, 1962. A year later he graduated with a licentiate in sacred theology.
After serving briefly as parish priest in his native of Brooklyn, he was appointed to assistant superintendent of education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Named Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1977, the following years he was appointed as superintendent of education for the named diocese and was subsequently appointed to the position of vicar for education of the Brooklyn Diocese.
Pope John Paul II appointed Breen the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, receiving his episcopal consecration on September 8, 1997 from Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, assisted by Bishops Thomas Vose Daily and Edward Thomas Hughes.
Stricken with Alzheimer's disease, Breen resigned from office on January 4, 2003, succumbing to pneumonia on March 30 of the following year in South Shore Hospital, Long Island, New York, at 66 years of age. Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 7, at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen with Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark acting as principal celebrant and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia as homilist. Interment followed in the cathedral grounds.
After serving briefly as parish priest in his native of Brooklyn, he was appointed to assistant superintendent of education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Named Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1977, the following years he was appointed as superintendent of education for the named diocese and was subsequently appointed to the position of vicar for education of the Brooklyn Diocese.
Pope John Paul II appointed Breen the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, receiving his episcopal consecration on September 8, 1997 from Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, assisted by Bishops Thomas Vose Daily and Edward Thomas Hughes.
Stricken with Alzheimer's disease, Breen resigned from office on January 4, 2003, succumbing to pneumonia on March 30 of the following year in South Shore Hospital, Long Island, New York, at 66 years of age. Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 7, at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen with Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark acting as principal celebrant and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia as homilist. Interment followed in the cathedral grounds.
The Third Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, Monsignor Vincent DePaul Breen was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Edward Breen and Irene Conway, and attended St. Francis Preparatory School and Cathedral College in Douglaston, Queens. Sent to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, residing at the Pontifical North American College, he was ordained to the priesthood there at the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles on July 15, 1962. A year later he graduated with a licentiate in sacred theology.
After serving briefly as parish priest in his native of Brooklyn, he was appointed to assistant superintendent of education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Named Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1977, the following years he was appointed as superintendent of education for the named diocese and was subsequently appointed to the position of vicar for education of the Brooklyn Diocese.
Pope John Paul II appointed Breen the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, receiving his episcopal consecration on September 8, 1997 from Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, assisted by Bishops Thomas Vose Daily and Edward Thomas Hughes.
Stricken with Alzheimer's disease, Breen resigned from office on January 4, 2003, succumbing to pneumonia on March 30 of the following year in South Shore Hospital, Long Island, New York, at 66 years of age. Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 7, at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen with Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark acting as principal celebrant and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia as homilist. Interment followed in the cathedral grounds.
After serving briefly as parish priest in his native of Brooklyn, he was appointed to assistant superintendent of education for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Named Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1977, the following years he was appointed as superintendent of education for the named diocese and was subsequently appointed to the position of vicar for education of the Brooklyn Diocese.
Pope John Paul II appointed Breen the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, receiving his episcopal consecration on September 8, 1997 from Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, assisted by Bishops Thomas Vose Daily and Edward Thomas Hughes.
Stricken with Alzheimer's disease, Breen resigned from office on January 4, 2003, succumbing to pneumonia on March 30 of the following year in South Shore Hospital, Long Island, New York, at 66 years of age. Mass of Christian Burial was held on April 7, at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen with Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark acting as principal celebrant and Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia as homilist. Interment followed in the cathedral grounds.
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