yaeh jerry catena was vitos official underboss. he was in new jersey thou, so vito made tommy ryan the acting boss while vito in jail in the 60tys .tommy ryan in greenwich village. they butted heads alot and theres old merr ferrel files of catena talking to other men pulling his trump card im the official underboss ect. over tommy ryan who was only a capo but also acting boss. i think merlino nows his history and would have a tight ship