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Most Reverend Douglas J. Lucia issued new directives relating to the celebration of Mass.  The Revised Liturgical Response to the Coronavirus was shared with all pastors and staff among the seven counties of the Diocese of Syracuse and can be found on the diocesan website. As we continue to monitor the coronavirus, the directives may be modified.

The Diocese of Syracuse has been in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is actively following the directive of the county public health departments to ensure that all diocesan parishes, schools, ministries, and charities are responding appropriately to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Wanted: Catholic men, ages 16 and up, seeking to fire up their faith! The Syracuse Roman Catholic Diocese will host IGNITE 2020 Catholic Men’s Conference, on Saturday, March 28, 2020, 8 a.m. to 5p.m., at the SRC Arena and Event Center, Syracuse. This day-long event will feature lunch, free parking, Mass, three nationally known speakers.

Most Reverend Douglas J. Lucia has announced that Rev. Paul Angelicchio will no longer be on administrative leave and will return to his position as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church and Transfiguration Church in Rome NY, effective Saturday, February 1, 2020. Father Angelicchio was placed on administrative leave in November 2019 after being named in a civil lawsuit detailing allegations of sexual abuse between 1980-1981. 

Father Paul Angelicchio, Pastor of St. John the Baptist Church and Transfiguration Church in Rome, NY was recently named in a civil lawsuit.  The lawsuit seeks monetary damages for alleged sexual abuse during a time between 1980-1981. The Diocese of Syracuse is also named in the lawsuit.

A Healing Service for Victim-Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse will be held on Thursday, November 14, 7pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 1736 Burrstone Road, New Hartford.  The service was planned by two victim-survivors of clergy sexual abuse. Dan Paden and Matt FitzGibbons, both survivors of abuse in the Diocese of Syracuse, have taken the lead in offering an approach of forgiveness and healing to the current issue of abuse. 

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Syracuse, New York-- Most Reverend Douglas J. Lucia, Bishop of Syracuse, has announced his first set of pastoral appointments in a letter written to all clergy of the diocese. In the letter, he wrote:

Editor’s note: On August 14, under the Child Victims Act, a one-time “look-back” window of one year’s duration will open during which adults who were abused as children may file claims, no matter how long ago the abuse allegedly occurred. Bishop Douglas J. Lucia shared the following message in advance of that date.

Ordination/Installation Mass to be Celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Syracuse, NY – Nearly one thousand people will be in attendance to witness the Ordination and Installation of Bishop-elect Douglas J. Lucia at a 2pm Mass on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. His Eminence Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York and M

Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse announced the appointment of new pastors/administrators and those retiring at the end of June, 2010.

Father Gaetano T. Baccaro: Administrator of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Minetto and Our Lady of the Rosary Mission in Hannibal, effective July 1, 2019.   Father Bacarro currently serves as pastor of St. Paul’s Church in Oswego and Our Lady of Perpetual Help. St. Paul’s is one of four Oswego parishes that will unite as Christ the Good Shepherd Parish on July 1. Father John Canorro will serve as pastor of the new parish.   

Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse.  Bishop-elect Douglas John Lucia, 56, of the Diocese of Ogdensburg will become the 11th bishop of Syracuse, succeeding Bishop Robert J. Cunningham who has served the diocese since May 26, 2009.  Bishop-elect Lucia will be ordained and installed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception located in downtown Syracuse at a date soon to be determined.

Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse has appointed Father John W. Canorro as Pastor of the newly merged parish of Christ the Good Shepherd in Oswego, New York effective July 1, 2019.  Father Canorro will leave his position as Pastor of St. Rose of Lima in North Syracuse where he has served as its pastor since July 2017. 

After an extensive local process, Bishop Robert J. Cunningham accepted the consensus based recommendation that St. Paul’s Church will be the home of Christ the Good Shepherd Parish. St. Paul’s Church is located at 50 East Mohawk Street, Oswego.  The decision comes 18 months after the Oswego parishes of St. Joseph, St. Stephen the King, St. Mary and St. Paul announced they would begin a process to form one faith community that worships on one campus. 

Celebration in honor of Bishop Cunningham’s 50th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood & 10th Anniversary as Bishop of Syracuse: With gratitude to Almighty God, the Church of the Diocese of Syracuse joyfully announces a celebration in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood and 10th Anniversary as Bishop of Syracuse of The Most Reverend Robert J. Cunningham.

Rev. John S. Finnegan April 30, 2019 Rev. John S. Finnegan, 88, of Baldwinsville, died peacefully on Tuesday surrounded by family and friends at Crouse Hospital after a long illness.

The Diocese of Syracuse announced new priest assignments April 11. Retirements: • Reverend Monsignor James T. O’Brien, pastor of Pope John XXIII Church, Liverpool, and Vicar of the Western Region, Western Area: effective June 2, 2019

Rev. Louis F. Aiello, Jr. passed away on April 8, 2019, at the age of 69. "Father Lou" as he was lovingly called, served the people of the diocese as a Roman Catholic priest for nearly 42 years.