Gaetano Aldo "Thomas" Donato (1 October 1940 – 25 August 2015) was an Italian-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

He then became pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Bayonne, where Donato introduced extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist and lectors into the Mass.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following 4 August from Archbishop John J. Myers, with Bishops Michael A. Saltarelli and Arthur J. Serratelli serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

[3] As an auxiliary bishop, he served as Episcopal Vicar of Hudson County and pastor of St. Henry Parish in Bayonne.

[4] He died on August 25, 2015, aged 74, in Community Medical Center, Toms River NJ, after a brief battle with cancer.