July 17, 2019 The selection of Fr. Doug Lucia as the next Bishop of Syracuse by Pope Francis is a great blessing for Syracuse and an honor for the Diocese of Ogdensburg. Bishop Terry R. LaValley is pleased to announce the following assignments in light of the Bishop-Elect’s departure. All assignments are effective August 1. Msgr. Robert H. Aucoin, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Evans Mills and St. Paul’s Church in Black River is appointed Pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Waddington and St. John the Baptist Church in Madrid. Father Vicente F. Jazmines, currently Chaplain at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg, is appointed Pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Evans Mills and of St. Paul’s Church in Black River. Father Garry B. Giroux is appointed Judicial Vicar of the Diocese. He remains Pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Brasher Falls, Visitation and St. Raymond in Norfolk and St. Andrew’s Church in Norwood. Father Christopher C. Carrara is appointed Director of Vocations and Director of Seminarians. He continues his responsibilities as Vicar under the new title, Vicar for Clergy. Fr. Carrara remains Pastor of the Roman Catholic Community of Morristown, Hammond and Rossie. Deacon Kevin T. Mastellon is appointed Director of Permanent Deacons. Deacon Mastellon remains Deacon Assistant at St. Patrick’s and St. Anthony’s Churches in Watertown. Deacon Mastellon can be reached at his new diocesan email: kmastellon@rcdony.org Dr. William Amoriell and Father James W. Seymour are appointed Chair and Vice Chair of the Living Stones Planning Committee. Msgr. Robert Aucoin Msgr. Aucoin has also served as a teacher at Immaculate Heart Central, principal of Seton Catholic School and Immaculate Heart Central, president of Mater Dei College and co-rector of Wadhams Hall Seminary College. A Massachusetts native, Msgr. Aucoin 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
Father Vicente Jazmines In 1999, Father Vincente was named administrator of St. Augustine’s in Peru, becoming pastor of that church in 2000. He served as pastor at St. Michael’s Church in Standish and St. Bernard’s in Lyon Mountain in 2005.
Father Garry Giroux Father Giroux later earned a master’s degree in liturgical studies from the University of Notre Dame and a JCL degree in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America. He has served as assistant pastor in Malone and Tupper Lake, and pastor in Louisville, Constable, Westville and Potsdam.
Father Christopher Carrara He was ordained May 14, 1994 at St. Mary’s Cathedral by Bishop Paul S. Loverde. After ordination, he served as parochial vicar at Holy Family in Watertown, St. Bernard’s in Saranac Lake, St. Henry’s in Natural Bridge, St. Rita’s in Deferiet and St. James Minor in Carthage; and pastor at Holy Name in Tupper Lake, St. John the Evangelist in Lafargeville and St. Mary’s in Clayton. He then served as administrator at St. Mary’s in Glenfield, St. Peter’s in Lowville and St. Hedwig’s in Houseville for a year before becoming pastor of those parishes in 2010. He remained in that role until 2017.
Deacon Kevin Mastellon Deacon Mastellon was raised in Cambria Heights, NY in Queens County. He attended parochial grammar and high schools in Queens and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Potsdam College in 1970. His post graduate studies have been at Notre Dame University, SUNY Oswego and Pontifical College Josephinum. Deacon Mastellon is a member of the Bishop’s Council of Deacons and is the immediate Past-President of the Society of St. Lawrence, an organization of the Permanent Deacons in the Diocese of Ogdensburg. He currently serves on the Diocesan Finance Council and has served on a special Task Force studying Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership in the Diocese, on the Census Committee of the Diocesan Envisioning process and the advisory group to the Bishop for the recent Capital Campaign. Most of his professional career was in broadcasting. Deacon Mastellon retired as General Manager of WWNY-TV7 in Watertown after 30 years as a broadcast journalist and manager Kathy, his wife, is a Commissioned Lay Minister at St. Patrick’s and founder of the parish Elizabeth Ministry Chapter. They have been married for 48 years. Their daughter Patricia Aumell is the Director of Music Ministry at St. Patrick’s and is the artistic director of Stage Notes, a theatrical company for aspiring high school performers. The Mastellons hve three grandsons. |