Edgar Moreira da Cunha

He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark and is a member of the Vocationists Edgar M. da Cunha was born on August 21, 1953, in Nova Fátima, Bahia State, in Brazil.

He made his perpetual vows to the Vocationist Fathers on February 11, 1979.Da Cunha then moved to the United States to study theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

[2] Da Cunha was ordained into the priesthood for the Vocationist Fathers in the Church of St. Michael in Newark, New Jersey, on March 27, 1982, by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Francis.

Da Cunha left Saint Nicholas in 2000 to become pastor at St. Michael's Parish in Newark, where he started a Portuguese language mass for Brazilian immigrants.

Da Cunha was consecrated at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on September 3, 2003 by Archbishop John J Myers, with Bishops Nicholas DiMarzio, and Arthur J. Serratelli serving as co-consecrators.