May 20, 2015 Bishop Terry R. LaValley has approved the following changes after the May 13, 2015 meeting of the Committee on Assignments: • Father John J. Looby, pastor of The Catholic Community of Burke and Chateaugay, will be retiring effective September 30, 2015. Father Looby will remain as sacramental minister for the parish with residence in the area. • Father George F. Maroun, pastor of St. James Minor Church in Carthage and St. Mary’s Church in Copenhagen will be retiring effective July 1, 2015. Father Maroun will be taking up residence at St. Bernard’s Rectory in Saranac Lake. • Father Donald A. Robinson, pastor of St. Anthony’s and St. Patrick’s Churches in Watertown has been appointed pastor of St. James Minor Church in Carthage and St. Mary’s Church in Copenhagen. • Msgr. Robert H. Aucoin, pastor of The Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary in Potsdam and St. Patrick’s Church in Colton has been named pastor of St. Anthony’s and St. Patrick’s Churches in Watertown. • Father Howard J. Venette, Administrator of The Catholic Community of Constable, Westville and Trout River has been named pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary in Potsdam and St. Patrick’s Church in Colton. • Father Thomas E. Kornmeyer, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Evans Mills with missions at St. Joseph’s in Philadelphia and St. Theresa of Avila in Theresa has been named pastor of The Catholic Community of Constable, Westville and Trout River as well as pastor of St. Mary’s of the Fort Church in Fort Covington and St. Joseph’s Church in Bombay. Father Kornmeyer will also be canonical pastor of The Catholic Community of Burke and Chateaugay. • Father Raymond J. Moreau, administrator of The Catholic Community of St. Philip of Jesus and St. Joseph in Willsboro has been named pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Brushton and The Catholic Community of St. Augustine in North Bangor. • Father Francis J. Flynn, in addition to his position as pastor of St. Elizabeth’s in Elizabethtown and St. Philip Neri Church in Westport, has been named pastor of the The Catholic Community of St. Philip of Jesus and St. Joseph in Willsboro. • Father Christopher J. Looby, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Brushton and The Catholic Community of St. Augustine in North Bangor has been named administrator of St. Mary’s Church in Evans Mills with missions at St. Joseph’s in Philadelphia and St. Theresa of Avila in Theresa. • Father Scott A. Belina,Parochial Vicar of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg has been named Parochial Vicar of St. Andre Bessette Roman Catholic Parish in Malone. • Father Justin Thomas, HGN, Parochial Vicar of St. Andre Bessette Roman Catholic Parish in Malone has been named Parochial Vicar of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg and Notre Dame Church in Ogdensburg. • Deacon Brian T. Dwyer, Director of the Office of Youth Ministry, will be hired as Pastoral Associate for Chateaugay and for The Catholic Community of Constable, Westville and Trout River. With the exception of Chateaugay with the retirement of Father Looby and the hiring of Deacon Dwyer which will take effect on September 30, all other changes are to take effect July 1, 2015. Profiles of the new pastors follow: Father Donald A. Robinson Father Robinson, a native of LaFargeville, was born Sept. 9, 1950. He earned a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego and master’s degree in reading education from SUNY Potsdam before beginning studies for the priesthood. He graduated from Wadhams Hall Seminary-College and Christ the King Seminary before his ordination May 3, 1980 by Bishop Stanislaus J. Brzana. Father Robinson has served as an associate pastor at St. Peter’s in Lowville, Notre Dame in Malone and St. Anthony’s in Watertown. He was also a teacher at Immaculate Heart Central School in Watertown. In 1988, Father Robinson was named a member of the Wadhams Hall Seminary Faculty and diocesan vocations director. At Wadhams Hall he was a history teacher and director of admissions. In 1996, Bishop Paul S. Loverde appointed him as vice-president of the seminary college. Father Robinson also served as diocesan director of seminarians from 1995 until he was named pastor of St. Mary’s in Champlain in 1998, a position he held until his arrival at St. Anthony’s. Msgr. Robert H. Aucoin Pastor in Potsdam and Colton since 2010, he previously was principal of Seton Catholic School in Plattsburgh from 2006. A Massachusetts native, Msgr. Aucoin was born April 21, 1944. He studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph’s Apostolic School in Watertown with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. He completed his novitiate with the religious order in Canada and attended Laval University in Canada and Gregorian University in Rome. Msgr. Aucoin was ordained March 14, 1970 as a Missionary of the Sacred Heart in Rome. In 1973, he was incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Ogdensburg. He later earned a Masters in Education from Ottawa University and has completed Ph. D. course work in theology at St. Paul University, Ottawa. He also holds a New York State Permanent Certificate in School Administration and in School District Administration, as well as one in guidance and teaching. Msgr. Aucoin’s first pastoral assignment was as parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in Watertown and as a teacher at Immaculate Heart Central School in Watertown. In 1975, the priest was appointed director of the Family Life Department and, in 1977, principal of IHC. He has also been a chaplain at Fort Drum, pastor in Evans Mills, administrator in Lake Placid and pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Watertown. Msgr. Aucoin served as president of Mater Dei College from 1986 to 1988 until his assignment at St. Patrick’s, Watertown. In 1991, he moved back to Ogdensburg to serve as rector of St. Mary’s Cathedral and chancellor of the diocese. In 1992 he was named a monsignor and also served the diocese as Episcopal Vicar for Diocesan Services. In 1994, Msgr. Aucoin was named pastor in Madrid and, two years later, was named rector-president of Wadhams Hall Seminary-College, a position he held until the seminary closed in 2002. That year he was named Episcopal Vicar for Education and also served as director of the permanent deacon formation program from 2001 to 2013. During 2003, he served as administrator of Norwood. From October of 2003 until June 2006, he was pastor in Alexandria Bay and Redwood before moving to Seton Catholic and then to Potsdam. Rev. Howard J. Venette Father Venette was born Jan. 14, 1958 in Chateaugay and began his studies for the priesthood at Wadhams Hall. He continued his education at the North American College at Rome and was ordained July 21, 1984 by Bishop Brzana at St. Patrick’s in Chateaugay. He served as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart in Massena, St. Mary’s in Potsdam, St. John’s in Plattsburgh, Notre Dame in Malone, and Our Lady of Victory in Plattsburgh. In 1994, he was named pastor in Harrisville and associate director of the deacon formation program. He served the diocese as director of the permanent deacon formation program from 1995 to 2001. In 1997, he became pastor in Colton and, in 2003, administrator in Brushton . Father Venette left the diocese to join the Society of St. Peter a traditional Latin Rite Society in communion with Rome in June of 2004. In June 2009 he was excardinated from the Diocese of Ogdensburg and incardinated into the Society. Father Venette returned to Ogdensburg in July of 2012 and served as temporary administrator in Waddington and Madrid before becoming administrator of the Catholic Community of Constable, Westville and Trout River. Father Thomas E. Kornmeyer Born April 2, 1958 in Constableville, he was raised in Boonville. He graduated from Wadhams Hall in 1980, entered the U.S. Army and served for four years before returning to seminary studies at St. John’s Seminary in Boston. He was ordained May 26, 1990 by Bishop Stanislaus J. Brzana. Father Kornmeyer has served as parochial vicar in Saranac Lake, Sacred Heart in Massena and Notre Dame in Malone. In 1999, his was named administrator in Long Lake and Newcomb and pastor in those communities one year later. Father Kornmeyer served as pastor at Saranac Lake, Lake Clear and Bloomingdale with missions in Gabriels and Paul Smiths before coming to Evans Mills, Philadelphia. and Theresa. Father Francis J. Flynn Previously he served as pastor of the Catholic Community of Constable, Westville and Trout River from 2002. He studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph¹s Seminary in Yonkers and at the North American College at Rome. Father Flynn¹s first assignment was as an assistant pastor at St. John’s in Plattsburgh. In 1973, he joined the Ogdensburg Peruvian Apostolate, serving in Mollendo, Peru, until 1981. Upon his return to the United States, Father Flynn was associate pastor at St. Joseph’s in Malone. In 1982, he was named pastor in Lake Clear and campus minister at Paul Smiths College. Father Flynn left the diocese in 1984 to work with the Maryknoll order for two years. Upon his return, he was assigned to North Bangor where he served as pastor until 1995 when he was assigned as parochial vicar at St. Augustine’s in Peru. For several months in 1996 he took part in a sabbatical program in Jerusalem. Upon his return in June 1996, he was named pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Campus Parish in Potsdam. In 1999, he was named pastor in Bloomingdale and Gabriels where he continued in campus ministry at Paul Smiths College and served as a part-time prison chaplain at Camp Gabriels until moving to Constable in 2002. Father Raymond J. Moreau A native of Dover, N.H., Father Moreau was born May 8, 1955. He studied for the priesthood at St. Thomas Seminary Junior College in Bloomfield, Conn., Wadhams Hall and Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora. He was ordained to the priesthood May 4, 1985 by Bishop Stanislaus J. Brzana at St. Augustine’s in Peru. Father Moreau has served as a parochial vicar at St. Patrick’s in Watertown, St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg, St. Bernard’s in Saranac Lake, St. Mary’s in Canton and in Potsdam. In 1995 he was named pastor in North Bangor and West Bangor until 2002 when he became pastor in Chateaugay and Burke. In 2003 he became the administrator in Colton, South Colton, and Parishville and then was named pastor there in 2004 He moved to Tupper Lake in 2009 to serve as administrator of Holy Name Church and St. Alphonsus Church in Tupper Lake until taking on the assignment in Chazy. |
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Father Robinson, new pastor in Carthage and Copenhagen, has been pastor at St. Anthony’s in Watertown since 2001. He was given additional responsibilities as administrator of St. Patrick’s in Watertown in 2009 and pastor of St. Patrick’s in 2010.
Msgr. Aucoin, new pastor of St. Anthony’s and St. Patrick’s in Watertown, will also continue to serve the diocese as episcopal vicar for education and the new evangelization.
Father Venette, new pastor in Colton and Potsdam, has been administrator of the Catholic Community of Constable, Westville and Trout River since 2012
Father Kornmeyer, new pastor of The Catholic Community of Constable, Westville and Trout River as well as pastor of St. Mary’s of the Fort Church in Fort Covington and St. Joseph’s Church in Bombay and canonical pastor of The Catholic Community of Burke and Chateaugay, has served as pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Evans Mills with missions at St. Joseph’s in Philadelphia and St. Theresa of Avila in Theresa since 2012.
Father Flynn, pastor in Elizabethtown and Westport since 2012 will take on added responsibilities as pastor of the Catholic Community of St. Philip of Jesus and St. Joseph in Willsboro.
Father Moreau, new pastor in Brushton and North Bangor, has served as administrator for the Catholic Community of Willsboro since 2013. Prior to that he was pastor in Chazy from 2010.