as associate pastor of Saint Jude Parish in Canarsie, as dean of formation for the Permanent Diaconate Program and as censor librorum for the diocese. He became the pastor of Saint Dominic's Parish in Bensonhurst in 1998 and taught theology at Saint John's University's Staten Island campus and at Saint Joseph's College in Brooklyn. He also preached at the Youth 2000 Summer Festival in Tipperary, Ireland. Caggiano was named director of the Permanent Diaconate Office in 2002 and later vicar for evangelization and pastoral life in 2004. Caggiano was raised to the rank of papal chaplain by Pope John Paul II in 2003. In 2004, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio appointed Caggiano as the diocesan vicar for evangelization and pastoral life, which also came with directing several offices under that responsibility. Auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn On June 6, 2006, Caggiano was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn and titular bishop of Inis Cathaig by Pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on August 22, 2006, from Bishop DiMarzio, with Bishops Thomas Daily and Ignatius Catanello serving as co-consecrators. Caggiano participated in several World Youth Day gatherings, delivering catechetical talks in Sydney (2008), Madrid (2011) and Rio de Janeiro (2013). In 2009, the diocese closed fourteen schools; Caggiano was selected by DiMarzio to lead the reorganization effort and conceded that prior school closings generally led to job losses and that the current reorganization efforts (to be completed prior to the end of the academic year) would more than likely result in job losses for some people. He also was put in charge of consolidating 46 parishes and reducing the Catholic grade schools from 108 to about 65 or 70 while converting the rest into independent Catholic academies. Bishop of Bridgeport On July 31, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Caggiano as bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport. He was installed there on September 19, 2013. One of Caggiano's first actions as bishop was to publicly announce the financial deficit incurred before his installation, and to mandate that pastors serve six-year renewable periods at parishes and would be required to submit their resignations when they turned 75, much like bishops did. In 2014, Caggiano convoked the 4th Synod of the Diocese of Bridgeport, the first in 32 years (themed "Building Bridges to the Future Together"). In an interview with America Magazine, Caggiano said that one of his first priorities as bishop