May 31, 2023
• Father Lawrence Marullo, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Constableville, St. Martin’s Church in Port Leyden, St. John’s Church in Lyons Falls and St. Mary’s Nativity Church in West Leyden, retires effective July 26. • Father Kris Lauzon, pastor of the Catholic Community of Holy Name and St. Matthew in Au Sable Forks, The Roman Catholic Community of Keeseville in Keeseville and St. Margaret’s Church in Wilmington, is appointed pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Brushton and The Catholic Community of St. Augustine in North Bangor effective June 28. • Father Raymond Moreau, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Brushton and The Catholic Community of St. Augustine in North Bangor, is appointed pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Brasher Falls, the Parish of the Visitation and St. Raymond in Norfolk and St. Andrew’s Church in Norwood effective June 28. • Father Shane Lynch, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Brasher Falls, the Parish of the Visitation and St. Raymond in Norfolk and St. Andrew’s Church in Norwood, is assigned to canon law studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa for the Fall Semester effective June 28. Father Lynch will reside at St. Peter’s Parish in Massena when in the diocese. • Father Severinus Torwoe, parochial vcar at St. Peter’s Parish in Massena, is appointed parochial vicar at the Catholic Community of St. Peter and St. Mary and St. Hedwig in Lowville effective June 28. • Father Nicolas Revilla, parochial vicar at St. Peter’s Parish in Massena, is appointed parochial vicar at St. Mary’s Church in Champlain, St. Patrick’s Church in Rouses Point, effective June 28. • Father Leagon Carlin, parochial vicar at St. James Church in Cadyville, The Roman Catholic Community of St. Alexander and St. Joseph in Morrisonville and St. Augustine’s Church in Peru, is appointed parochial vicar at St. Peter’s Parish in Massena effective June 28. • Deacon Lukas Gruber, to be ordained to the priesthood on May 27, is appointed parochial vicar at St. James Church in Cadyville, The Roman Catholic Community of St. Alexander and St. Joseph in Morrisonville and St. Augustine’s Church in Peru effective upon ordination. Following are brief biographies of the priests changing assignments.
Father Daniel L. Chapin He was ordained by Bishop Stanislaus J. Brzana on May 13, 1972, in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ogdensburg. After serving for a period of time as an assistant at the cathedral parish, Father Chapin spent 10 years serving in the Diocese of Ogdensburg’s Peruvian Apostolate, returning in 1986. He then served as a parochial vicar in the cathedral parish and later at Holy Family in Watertown. From 1987 to 1988, Father Chapin took a sabbatical to study at the Weston School of Theology. While on sabbatical, he worked as a chaplain intern at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Brighton, Mass., and then at Hotel Dieu and Kingston General Hospitals in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Upon his return to the diocese, he served as parochial vicar at Holy Family in Watertown and priest chaplain at Jefferson Community College in Watertown until being named pastor at St. Mary’s in Clayton and St. John the Evangelist in LaFargeville in 1989. In 2000, he was named pastor of St. James in Gouverneur with added responsibilities as pastor in Edwards in 2004. He became pastor at St. Stephen’s in Croghan in 2006 with additional responsibilities as pastor in Harrisville added in 2013. Father Chapin also served as part-time priest chaplain at Gouverneur Correctional Facility. He retired as pastor after serving in Croghan, beginning his time as a Maryknoll Associate. He returned to the diocese in 2022.
Father Lawrence E. Marullo In his 40 years, he was first appointed parochial vicar in St. Mary’s, Massena, St. Joseph’s, Malone, and St. Patrick’s, Watertown; administrator of Sacred Heart Church, Chazy; pastor in Star Lake and Newton Falls, Holy Name & St. Matthew Churches, Ausable Forks, and St. Bartholomew’s and St. Anthony’s Churches, Old Forge before being appointed to St. Mary’s in Constableville and St. Mary’s Nativity Church in West Leyden. Later, he was also made pastor of St. Martin Church in Port Leyden and St. John’s Church in Lyon’s Falls.
Father Clement Rimonds, HGN He entered minor seminary in 10th grade before attending St. Joseph’s Major Seminary in Khammam, India. In addition to his seminary studies, he has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Nagarjuna University in India and a master’s in the subject from Indira Gandhi National Open University. Before coming to the United States and serving at St. Alphonsus-Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Tupper Lake, St. Henry’s Church in Long Lake and St. Therese Church in Newcomb, Father Rimonds served in two assignments as assistant parish priest; as dean of studies at St. Aloysius Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Bongaigaon; as central regional coordinator of Prison Ministry India; and as spiritual director, and later vice-rector and rector of St. Theresa’s Minor Seminary in the Archdiocese of Bhopal.
Father Kris C. Lauzon He graduated from Canton College and worked for six years as a draftsman for Dynapower in Watertown. He began studies for the priesthood at Wadhams Hall Seminary-College and earned a theology degree from Christ the King Seminary before his ordination May 25, 1991 by Bishop Stanislaus J. Brzana. Father Lauzon has served as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Victory in Plattsburgh, and St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg and in Carthage and Copenhagen. While in Ogdensburg he was also chaplain at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center. He also served as administrator in West Leyden. In 2000, Father Lauzon was named pastor in Hogansburg with added responsibilities as pastor in Fort Covington and Bombay in 2001. He was named pastor of St. John’s in Plattsburgh in 2003 and St. Alphonsus and Holy Name parishes in Tupper Lake, in 2004. Father Lauzon began service in AuSable Forks in 2009, first as administrator and then, in 2010, as pastor, and was given added responsibilities as pastor in Keeseville in 2014.
Father Raymond J. Moreau 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 he 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, where he served from 2010 to 2015, when he was appointed pastor of St. Mary’s in Brushton and St. Augustine’s in North Bangor.
Father Shane M. Lynch Father Lynch also completed a spirituality year program sponsored by St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was ordained by Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito May 12, 2001. Father Lynch has served as parochial vicar in Saranac Lake and Lake Clear, at Notre Dame in Malone, at the Malone Catholic Parishes and at Holy Family in Watertown. He was also a temporary administrator in Croghan. Father Lynch was appointed to serve as in Wells and Lake Pleasant in 2007, first as administrator and then as pastor. He later served as pastor of St. Bartholomew’s in Old Forge, and St. Anthony of Padua Parish of Inlet and Raquette Lake, in St. James Church in Gouverneur, Sacred Heart Church in Edwards and St. Hubert’s in Star Lake, St. Paul’s in Black River and St. Mary’s in Evans Mills, and most recently in Church of the Visitation in Norfolk, St. Andrew’s Church in Norwood and St. Patrick’s Church in Brasher Falls.
Father Severinus Torwoe In 2018, he received a post masters certificate in theology from Holy Apostles. He was ordained by Bishop Terry R. LaValley on Aug. 1, 2020, in St. Mary’s Cathedral. St. Peter’s Parish in Massena was his first assignment.
Father Nicolas J. Revilla He was ordained in 1999 at Basilica Minore in Naga City by Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi. While he served in a parish as a parochial vicar and at various times as a guest priest, the majority of Father Revilla’s priesthood has been spent as a professor, formator or dean at seminaries in Rome and in the Philippines, where he taught metaphysics, criteriology, history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, rational psychology, cosmology, Spanish, Latin and other subjects. Father Revilla arrived in the United States from the Archdiocese of Caceres in the Philippines in January of this year.
Father Leagon Carlin He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Terry R. LaValley on May 21, 2022, in St. Mary’s Cathedral. After his ordination, he was appointed parochial vicar at St. James Church in Cadyville, The Roman Catholic Community of St. Alexander and St. Joseph in Morrisonville and St. Augustine’s Church in Peru
Father Lukas Gruber Originally from Queens and Long Island, New York, Gruber discovered the Diocese of Ogdensburg while studying at Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where he received a bachelor’s degree. He later studied at Pontifical College Josephinum. He was ordained a deacon in June of 2022. |
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Following a meeting of the Committee on Assignments, Bishop Terry R. LaValley made the following appointments. Please pray for the men and parishes involved.