Exclusive | NJs Deacon Elvis gets churchgoers All Shook Up by preaching and impersonating The King

Elvis has left the building — to go to church.A New Jersey deacon who is also an Elvis Presley tribute band singer is known to get his parishioners “All Shook Up.”Anthony Liguori Jr.is lovingly referred to as “Deacon Elvis” by the faithful at Corpus Christi Church in Hasbrouck Heights.

But new churchgoers are often shocked by his resemblance to The King.“During Christmas services, I could see these people come in, and then they’re tapping on the shoulder and pointing … It’s pretty funny to watch,” Liguori, 64, told The Post.“Even as I’m up there proclaiming the Gospel, I’m watching the people looking at me, some of them with smirks on their face.And then their family who brought them in is saying, ‘No, this is what he does.'”The Saddle Brook, NJ native doesn’t sing at the pulpit, but he does sport sideburns, high hair and a sterling silver cross that was handmade for Elvis by the superstar’s ranch hand in 1972.A fan of Liguori’s, Don Dunn, purchased the cross in 1978 at a Memphis convention for around $1,500.

When Liguori was ordained a deacon by the Catholic Church in 2011, Dunn gifted it to him.“He said, ‘I have no children and I got to give it to somebody that really would deserve this.’ I was floored.

And he gave me ..

.a photograph of Priscilla wearing this.”It’s not strange to equate Elvis with religion, Liguori explained.“People would yell out at concerts, ‘Elvis, you’re The King!’ And he would say, ‘No, I’m not, Jesus is The King,'” he said.“A lot of the churches where he lived in a very poor part of Mississippi were black Gospel churches, so he got a lot of that rhythm and soul from them.”He also noted the late singer, who died at 42 in 1977 and would have turned 90 on Wednesday, was extremely generous.

“When he made it and the money just started rolling in, he saw it as a way to help people.He literally gave homes to not only people he knew, but strangers, and didn’t want any public...