The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Michael A. Saporito as the next Bishop of Metuchen.
Saporito currently serves as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Newark and has spent more than three decades in ministry throughout North Jersey.
The Diocese of Metuchen has been led by an administrator since November 2025, when Bishop James F. Checchio was installed as coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans…