As the result of an accusation of inappropriate conduct with an adult, Bishop Michael W. Fisher has placed Father Joseph Rogliano on administrative leave, and an investigation of the claim has begun. Father Rogliano is temporarily relieved of his pastoral and administrative duties as pastor of the family of parishes that include Blessed Trinity, SS. […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has granted Father Paul Sae-Wan Oh presbyteral faculties for the Diocese of Buffalo and appointed him as chaplain of the St. Andrew Kim Korean Catholic Mission in Tonawanda effective June 10. Father Andrew Lauricella has been appointed as chaplain of DeSales Regional Catholic School for a term of three years, effective […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has announced the next round of priest assignments in the Diocese of Buffalo as the Road to Renewal program continues to place pastors and parochial vicars in the collaborative model of Family of Parishes. Father Michael Brown has been named pastor in Family #32 that includes St. Bernard Parish, Buffalo; Our […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has accepted the retirement from full-time active ministry of eight priests who collectively have served the diocese for 392 years. The bishop also accepted the resignation of another priest. Msgr. J. Patrick Keleher, who has been serving at the University at Buffalo Newman Center, was ordained in 1968. Father Michael P. […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has appointed Father Matt Nycz, Father Daniel Ogbeifun and Father Andrew Lauricella as priests In Solidum for the pastoral care of Family of Parishes #10, which includes St. John the Baptist Parish in Lockport, All Saints Parish in Lockport, Immaculate Conception Parish in Ransomville, and St. Brendan on the Lake Parish […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has announced 47 priest assignments in the Diocese of Buffalo signaling an increase in the momentum of the Road to Renewal program that is grouping diocesan parishes into a collaborative model of two to six parishes per family. The appointments were conferred Wednesday, May 17 and priests had their weekend Masses […]
They’ve been called the Magnificent Seven. The diaconate class of 2023 is comprised of men who will collaborate with the bishop and the priests in ministry to parishioners and others to spread the Word of God, calling all to conversion and holiness. The May 20 ordination saw St. Joseph Cathedral filled with family and friends […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has made the following appointments. Father Johnson Machado has been named the parochial vicar of Family of Parishes #29: Most Precious Blood, Angola; St. Anthony, Farnham; St. Francis of Assisi, Athol Springs; St. Mary of the Lake, Hamburg; and St. John Paul II, Lake View. This was effective March 15, and […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has made the following appointments. Father Robert J. Owczarczak has been named pastor of the parishes in Family #3 – St. Anthony and St. Joseph in Fredonia, Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Silver Creek/Forestville), St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Holy Trinity, and Blessed Mary Angela Parishes in Dunkirk. Father Stephen Soares will […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has made the following appointments. Msgr. Robert E. Zapfel, longtime pastor of St. Leo the Great in Amherst, and St. Benedict in Eggertsville, is now the temporary administrator of those parishes. This is in addition to his responsibilities as vicar forane of the Northern Erie Vicariate. Father William J. Weiksnar, OFM, […]
