Early life Frank Rodimer was born on October 25, 1927, in
Rockaway,
New Jersey. He graduated from
Seton Hall Preparatory School in South Orange, New Jersey, then attended St. Charles College in
Catonsville, Maryland, and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.
Priesthood Rodimer was
ordained to the priesthood at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, New Jersey, by Archbishop
Thomas Aloysius Boland for the Diocese of Paterson on May 19, 1951. He then studied at the
Catholic University of America in
Washington, D.C., obtaining his
licentiate in theology in 1951. He also received a
doctorate in canon law in 1954 During his tenure, Rodimer made public his opposition to
capital punishment and to permanent replacements for
striking workers. Although he once declared, "I fear for a society which deplores but does little or nothing to address the horrible daily realities which many of our children face",
Retirement and legacy Rodimer retired as bishop of Paterson on June 1, 2004, after twenty-six years of service. Frank Rodimer died on December 6, 2018, at his residence in St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly in
Totowa, New Jersey, aged 91. ==See also==