Richard Arthur Marchenna

Richard Arthur Marchenna (March 17, 1904 – September 2, 1982)[1] was an Old Catholic bishop consecrated by Carmel Henry Carfora as his Suffragan Bishop of Newark with delegated ordinary authority over congregations in New Jersey and New York.

Richard Arthur Marchenna
Archbishop Marchenna
Successor	Disputed
Orders
Ordination	April 15, 1941 by Carmel Henry Carfora
Consecration	April 16, 1941 by Carmel Henry Carfora
Personal details
Born	(1878-08-27)August 27, 1878
Died	September 2, 1982(1982-09-02) (aged 78) Newark, New Jersey, USA
Ordination history
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Carmel Henry Carfora Date April 16, 1941
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Richard Arthur Marchenna as principal consecrator Gerard George Shelley March 25, 1950 John Emile Schweikert June 8, 1958 Robert Alfred Burns October 9, 1961 Joseph Hough July 23, 1965 Robert Mary Clement October 4, 1974 Derek Lang-Rossi July 4, 1978

He had previously been ordained as a deacon and priest by Carfora. Subsequent to Archbishop Carfora's death in 1958, Marchenna was among at least five of his bishops who claimed to be rightful successors to the primacy of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church.

For several years prior to his death, he made his residence at St. Dominic's Church in Brooklyn, where he died.