Catherine Anna Scimeca Roskam (born March 30, 1943) is an American prelate, who served as Suffragan Bishop of New York from 1996 till 2012.
Catherine Scimeca was born on March 30, 1943, in Hempstead, New York and was raised as a Roman Catholic.
She studied at Middlebury College in Vermont, and later commenced her career as theater actress, playing a variety of roles, mainly Shakespearian.
Catherine worked closely with AIDS victims in New York City, before moving to San Francisco in 1989.
While there, she became rector of Our Saviour in Mill Valley, California and in 1991 became priest-in-charge of Holy Innocents Church in San Francisco.