Prelates
- Msgr. Geno Baroni (1930–1984), the Catholic Coordinator for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Francis X. DiLorenzo (born 1942) the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia
- John Clement Favalora – Archbishop of the Latin Rite Archdiocese of Miami
- Fr. Stan Fortuna, Roman Catholic priest
- James Groppi Roman Catholic priest and noted civil rights activist
- Francis Mugavero, first Italian-American Bishop of Brooklyn (1968–1990)
- Anthony M. Pilla, bishop of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese 1979–2006.
- Joseph Rosati the first Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Louis
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