Reverend Christopher M. Ciccarino grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and is the youngest of five sons of the late Frank and Judy Ciccarino. He attended Bucknell University, He completed an S.T.B. at the Pontifical Gregorian University and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark on May 25, 1996. He served as a parochial vicar at St. Michael's in Union, New Jersey. Father Ciccarino completed an S.S.L. at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and an S.T.D. at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He serves as Associate Dean for Seminary and Academic Studies at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology.