NEW ORLEANS — Pope Leo XIV named Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, as the new Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans — meaning he will eventually succeed Archbishop Gregory Aymond.

So, who is the man set to take on one of the city’s most prominent religious leadership roles?

Checchio, a native of Camden, New Jersey, has served as Bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen since 2016. Before that, he spent a decade in Rome as rector and vice rector of the Pontifical North American College.

Education

M.B.A. LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004

J.C.D. University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, 1998

J.C.L. University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, 1993

S.T.B. University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, 1991

B.A. University of Scranton, Scranton, Penns

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