DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN TO ORDAIN NEW DEACONS TOMORROW

The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, will ordain 18 men to the Permanent Diaconate, and one Transitional Deacon, for service in the Diocese of Brooklyn tomorrow, Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph’s located at 856 Pacific Street in Brooklyn.

 

Those to be ordained include:

Joseph C. Chu                                    St. Anastasia, Douglaston

Francis Cuffie                                     Holy Cross, Brooklyn

Gerard Joseph Devine                      Holy Name, Brooklyn

Michael Brian Fogarty                      St. Fidelis, College Point

Amerito Catiwalaan Gerodias         Most Precious Blood, Astoria

James John Giorgio                          Resurrection, Brooklyn

Francisco González Calderón          St. Mark, Brooklyn

John Charles Hardy                          Resurrection, Brooklyn

Anwar Iqbal                                        St. Rose of Lima, Brooklyn

Gilberto Laboy                                   Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill

Andrzej Lewandowski                       Transfiguration-Stanislaus Kostka, Maspeth

Giovanni Messina                               St. Francis of Assisi, Astoria

Hugo Antonio Morel                          Sts. Peter and Paul, Brooklyn

Rachid Murad                                     Holy Trinity, Whitestone

Alfredo Rendón                                  Immaculate Conception, Astoria

Danny Rodriguez                               Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn

Phillip Rodriguez                               St. Martin of Tours, Brooklyn

Bill Velasquez                                     St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Queens

Peter Y. Okajima                               Studying at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary

(Transitional Deacon)

 

A deacon is a member of the clergy and an ordained minister of the Catholic Church. Deacons can baptize, witness marriages, perform funeral and burial services outside of Mass, distribute Holy Communion, preach the homily, teach the faith and visit the sick. They are obligated to pray the Liturgy of the Hours each day.

Members of the media are invited to attend.  To RSVP, please call (718) 576-9180 or email jquaglione@desalesmedia.org

 

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