Dennis Joseph Sullivan

Dennis Joseph Sullivan (born March 17, 1945) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey since 2013.

[1] Dennis Sullivan attended Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx before entering Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.

[1][2] Sullivan was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan by Cardinal Terence Cooke on May 29, 1971.

"[1] After Sullivan returned to New York City in 1971, the archdiocese assigned him as curate at the following parishes in New York City: Sullivan was named pastor of St. Teresa's Parish on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1981, where he gained a degree of fluency in Chinese.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on September 21, 2004, from Cardinal Edward Egan, with Bishops Robert Brucato and Patrick Sheridan serving as co-consecrators.

[6][7] In January 2014, Sullivan was criticized after the archdiocese purchased a mansion for approximately $500,000 in Woodbury, New Jersey, from Rowan University to serve as the bishop's residence.