Frank Joseph Caggiano (born March 29, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut since 2013.

[1] Caggiano was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Brooklyn by Bishop Francis Mugavero on May 16, 1987, at the Immaculate Conception Center Chapel in Douglaston.

He received a Doctor of Sacred Theology in May 1996 for a thesis entitled: The Eschatological Implications of the Notion of Recreation in the Works of St. Cyril of Alexandria.

[4] In a 2014 interview with America Magazine, Caggiano said that he wanted to reach out to the large number of Catholics in the diocese who do not attend mass.

[11] Caggiano said on November 25, 2019, that it was an honor for him to lead an organization dedicated to people "who don't have enough to eat or a place to sleep because of entrenched poverty".

Additionally, he noted on Facebook that suspending all public masses was important for community safety, and was in accordance to "the central Catholic belief in the sanctity of every human life".

[16] Caggiano commissioned a report released in October 2019 from former state Superior Court Judge Robert Holzberg into the Diocese's handling of accusations of sexual abuse by its priests.

[17] Caggiano also said on October 3, 2019, that victims "need to remain at the center of all of our efforts because they are our brothers and sisters" which meant that "moving forward does not mean leaving them behind".

[18] In June 1997, Caggiano stated that life must be preserved and defended from the moment of conception since an unborn child was "of infinite value" due to its origins in God's love.

[19] Caggiano on January 25, 2019, referred to the legalization of abortion rights for women as disturbing and as a failure on the part of contemporary American society.

[19] On December 22, 2015, Caggiano attended a prayer service with Jewish and Muslim leaders in front of the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport "to alert people to the sin of discrimination and to stand in solidarity with those who are in need".

He decried attacks motivated by religious discrimination and hatred, noting the "growing menace of terrorism and violence" in a Facebook post he wrote shortly after the event.

Caggiano pointed out that different religions needed to come together to reject religiously motivated violence in order "to search for peace, understanding and a spirit of tolerance".

Caggiano joined other Catholic dioceses in opposing the ruling, saying that the decision was indicative of "rapidly shifting attitudes in our secular American society", however, pointing out that this did not deter the church's official magisterium or "its understanding of sacramental marriage".

[24] In an interview with the National Catholic Register on July 10, 2017, Caggiano said that young people "are facing their own unique challenges and want someone to listen to them".

Caggiano said that the Catholic Church needed to act transparently to gain the trust of young people disaffected by the clerical sex scandals.