36 New Deacons

In a ceremony that lasted two hours and 15 minutes, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained 36 men to the permanent diaconate on Saturday, May 19, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, Sunset Park. The men have been assigned to individual parishes in Brooklyn and Queens. Sixteen more men from the Spanish-speaking community will be ordained this weekend on Saturday, May 26, at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Monastery Church, Jamaica Estates.

Ed Wilkinson Photos 

Bishop DiMarzio places his hands on the head of Paul Morin;

the candidates process to the church prior to ordination;

Deacon Jorge Gonzalez, director of the diaonate preparation program, helps to vest Deacon Alejandro Alick;

some of the new deacons sit in the sanctuary following ordination;

new deacons receive the Sign of Peace from brother deacons;

the wives of the new deacons participated in the Offertory procession;

Bishop DiMarzio bestows the Kiss of Peace upon new deacons; and the Class of 2007 poses for group photo with Bishops DiMarzio, retired Bishop Thomas V. Daily;

retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, and Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano. Not pictured but in attendance was Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros.

The newly ordained are: Deacons Perlito B. Alayu, Alejandro Alick, Michael J. Brainerd, Alexander Breviario, David J. Ciorciari, Joseph H. Dass, Victorino P. Elijio, Richard J. Elrose, Anthony Favale, Edward S. Gaine, Arthur J. Griffin, Edward J. Guster, Jr., John E. Hull, James R. Hynes, Gregory J. Kandra, Vincenzo M. LaGamba, John J. LaGreca, James E. Maloney, Anthony P. Martucci, Timothy J. McBride, Bill McNamara, Osborne Miranda, Adalberto Montero, Ricardo Moreno, Paul M. Morin, Michael G. Moss, James D. Noble, Edward F. O’Connell, Clemenceau H. Pierre-Antoine, Ricardo Reyes, Fred Ritchie, James F. Ruoff, Harold L. Sampson, Anthony Stucchio, Freddy Torres, and Walter C. Zimmermann.

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