Robert Anthony Brucato

Robert Anthony Brucato (August 14, 1931 – November 7, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1997 to 2006.

[2] Brucato was ordained a priest on June 1, 1957, for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Francis Spellman.

[3] During his years with the archdiocese, Brucato served as parochial vicar at the following New York parishes: In 1960, Spellman made an appeal for priests to become military chaplains for short terms.

During this period, he obtain a Master of Education degree in psychology and counseling from Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio, Texas.

[2] In 1975, in 1975, Brucato sponsored a Vietnamese refugee family to live in his home on Grandview Air Force Base in Kansas City, Missouri.