Roman Catholic Bishop. He served as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Camden, from 1989 to 1998, and as Coadjuter Bishop of Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, from 1998 until 2000. Ordain as a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark New Jersey at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on May 25, 1957, he was rewarded a masters degree in Sociology from Fordham University, New York City, in 1965. He took additional graduate studies from The American University in Washington, DC in 1966 to 1967. From 1978 to 1981 he studied moral theology at the Pontifical Universary of Thomas Aquinas in Rome and was awarded a doctorate degree in Sacred Theology. McHugh served as a visiting lecturer in theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange New Jersey, American College, Louvain and Pontifical Lateran Universary in Rome. He held many diocesian positions in the Newark Archdiocese as well as being named as a Papal Chamberlain of His Holiness Pope Paul VI in 1971. In 1988 he was ordained as Titular Bishop of Morosbisco and Auxilliary Bishop of the Newark Diocese in 1986. On January 25, 1988 he was installed as the Bishop of Camden at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark and his motto was "What Return Shall I Make to the Lord". On December 7, 1998 he was reassigned to the position of Coadjutor Bishop in the Rockville Centre Diocese on Long Island, New York. He held this position until his death in 2000.
Roman Catholic Bishop. He served as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Camden, from 1989 to 1998, and as Coadjuter Bishop of Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, from 1998 until 2000. Ordain as a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark New Jersey at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on May 25, 1957, he was rewarded a masters degree in Sociology from Fordham University, New York City, in 1965. He took additional graduate studies from The American University in Washington, DC in 1966 to 1967. From 1978 to 1981 he studied moral theology at the Pontifical Universary of Thomas Aquinas in Rome and was awarded a doctorate degree in Sacred Theology. McHugh served as a visiting lecturer in theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange New Jersey, American College, Louvain and Pontifical Lateran Universary in Rome. He held many diocesian positions in the Newark Archdiocese as well as being named as a Papal Chamberlain of His Holiness Pope Paul VI in 1971. In 1988 he was ordained as Titular Bishop of Morosbisco and Auxilliary Bishop of the Newark Diocese in 1986. On January 25, 1988 he was installed as the Bishop of Camden at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark and his motto was "What Return Shall I Make to the Lord". On December 7, 1998 he was reassigned to the position of Coadjutor Bishop in the Rockville Centre Diocese on Long Island, New York. He held this position until his death in 2000.
Bio by: Paul Theodore Riegert
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