John Walter Flesey
John Walter Flesey is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey from 2004 to 2017.Biography
John W. Flesey was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and attended St. Peter's Preparatory School. He studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University and was ordained a priest on May 31, 1969 for the Archdiocese of Newark.
Flesey was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark as well as titular bishop of Allegheny on May 21, 2004 by Benedict XVI. Flesey was consecrated an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark on August 4, 2004. On October 16, 2017, Flesey submitted his resignation after turning 75 under canon law.
