Bishop James Massa

James Massa is an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Rector of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He earned his Ph.D. at Fordham University in 1997, where he wrote his dissertation on communion ecclesiology under the late Cardinal Avery Dulles. He has taught at various seminaries in the Boston and New York City areas and is the past executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops....See more

James Massa is an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Rector of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York. He earned his Ph.D. at Fordham University in 1997, where he wrote his dissertation on communion ecclesiology under the late Cardinal Avery Dulles. He has taught at various seminaries in the Boston and New York City areas and is the past executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Massa has also written and lectured on various topics pertaining to ecumenism and the Catholic Church's engagement with other religions. See less