Priesthood
DiMarzio was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Newark on May 30, 1970 by Archbishop Thomas Boland. He began his ministry among migrants in 1976, where he served as the archdiocese's refugee resettlement director for nine years, during which time he also served a two-year term as director of the Office of Migration of Newark's Catholic Community Services, now Catholic Charities.
He moved to Washington, D.C. in 1985, when appointed executive director for Migration and Refugee Services for the U.S. Catholic Conference and served there for six years. A year after arriving in Washington, he was named a Prelate of Honor by Pope John Paul II.
While he served as executive director of Migration and Refugee Services, he also created the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., known as CLINIC, a legal services corporation through which dioceses offer new immigrants help in resettling. He later served as its chairman for six years.
When he returned to his home archdiocese in 1991, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick appointed him to be the associate executive director of Catholic Community Services and a year later was advanced to executive director, a position he held for five years. He also held the title of Vicar for Human Services, and Vice President of the Board of the archdiocesan Cathedral Healthcare Systems, overseeing its hospitals.
In 1996, Pope John Paul II elevated him to the rank of Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark. From 1998 until 2001 he chaired the Migration Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
DiMarzio has also served as an associate pastor at St. Nicholas Church, Jersey City, 1970–77; associate pastor in-residence at Holy Rosary Church, Jersey City, 1977–79; administrator and pastor of St. Boniface Church, Jersey City, 1979–80; chaplain of Holy Rosary Academy, Union City, 1980–84; pastor of Holy Rosary Church, Jersey City, 1984–85; associate pastor in-residence at Mount Carmel Church, Newark, 1985–88 and 1996; and pastor at Mount Carmel Church, Newark, 1996-99.
In 2000, he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.
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