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Styles of Thomas Joseph Costello
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Thomas Joseph Costello (February 23, 1929 – February 15, 2019) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.

Born in Camden, New York, Costello was ordained to the priesthood on June 5, 1954, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and served as a priest for 24 years before being consecrated a bishop on March 13, 1978. In addition to serving as auxiliary bishop of Syracuse, he was also named Titular Bishop of Perdices.

In the years before being elevated to bishop, Costello received the title of monsignor from Pope Paul VI in 1965.

He retired on March 23, 2004. He died on February 15, 2019.

See also

• Biography
• Catholicism
• New York (state)

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

1. Thomas Joseph Costello

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse Official Site

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Ordinaries	Bishops Patrick Anthony Ludden John Grimes Daniel Joseph Curley John A. Duffy Walter Andrew Foery David Frederick Cunningham Francis James Harrison Joseph Thomas O'Keefe James Michael Moynihan Robert J. Cunningham Douglas Lucia Auxiliary bishops Thomas Joseph Costello
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse Basilica Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Syracuse Parishes St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic Church, Syracuse St. Joseph's Church, Utica Former parish St. Peter's Italian Church, Syracuse
Education	High schools Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School, East Syracuse Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School, Syracuse Notre Dame Junior Senior High School, Utica Seton Catholic Central High School, Binghamton Independent high schools Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse Holy Cross Academy, Oneida
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He protected known paedofiles including Msgr. Francis J. Furfaro. Bishop James Moynihan knew of this as did many of the clergy of the Diocese of Syracuse, including the Vocation Director during those years, Fr. Neal E Quartier https://syracusediocese.org/people/rev-msgr-neal-e-quartier-phd-lcsw-bcd.

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