Retirements of five priests approved
TIlEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., May 19,2000
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FALL RIVER - The requests for retirement by five priests of the diocese have been approved by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFMCap. They are: Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville; Father Lucio B. Phillipino, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, North Easton; Msgr. John J. Regan, pastorofSt. Patrick's Parish, Falmouth; Father Gerald T. Shovel ton, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, East Harwich; and Father Arthur K. Wingate, ,chaplain at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. The retirement of Monsignor Regan is effective June 1 and the retirement of Father Phillipino is effective June 14. The retirements of Monsignor Munroe, Father Shovelton and Father Wingate are effective June 28.
Monsignor Munroe Born in Fall River, the'son of the late Henry T. Munroe Sr., and the late Kathryn C. (Burns) Munroe, Msgr. Munroe, 72, attended St. Joseph's Church. He
graduated from the parish grammar school, the former Msgr. Coyle High School in Taunton, and after two years at Providence College entered St. John's Seminary, Brighton in 1948. He was ordained a priest on Nov. 30, 1953 by Bishop James L. Connolly in St. Mary's Cathedral. He served as a parochial vicar at Holy Name Parish, New Bedford until 1972 when, he was named pastor of St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro, where he remained until 1975. He was pastor at St. Pius X Parish in South Yarmouth until 1989 when he was made pastor of St. Thomas More Church, Somerset, where he stayed until 1995. His final pastorate. was at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville, where he has served until now. Beginning in 1970, Msgr. Munroe has served in a variety of diocesan posts, including the Diocesan Tribunal. He was named a Prelate of Honor by Pope Paul VI on June 1, 1974 and a Protonotary Apostolic by Pope John Paul II on Sept. 30, 1994. He was appointed vicar general
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of the FaIl River Diocese in July 1989 by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, and was elected interim administrator of the diocese in 1992 upon the transfer of Bishop Cronin to Hartford and until the installation of Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., on Aug. II, 1992. He was named vicar general on Aug. 12, 1992 serving until August 1994. He was appointed Episcopal Vicar of Fall River in August 1994. Msgr. Munroe was the first episcopal vicar of the Attleboro! Taunton Vicariate serving from 1972 to 1975 and was episcopal vicar of the Cape Cod and the Islands Vicariatefrom 1975,to 1989. He was also a member of the Priest Council, a diocesan consultor, was involved in insurance and finance, was advisor to Catho'lic Nurses on Cape Cod and the Council of Catholic Women, and was a board member.ofthe Diocesan Health Care Facilities.
Father Phillipino A native of Taunton, Father Lucio B. Phillipino, 70, is the son of the late Louis V., and the late Turn to page 13 - Retirees
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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.P.M. ' Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has accepted the request to retire of· the following Pastors:
Friday, June 2 • 5-9 p.m. Mikv's Polka Kings
Saturday, June 3 • 5-9 p.m. Eddiv Forman Orchvstra ' Hadley,MA
FATHER GERALD T. SHOVELTON
Sunday, June 4 • 1-5 p.m. JOV Pasivka
Rev. Msgr. John 1. Regan, Pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Falmouth.
Effective June 1,2000
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Rev. Lucio B. Phillipino, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, North Easton.
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Rev. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, P.A., Pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville. Very Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, v.P., Pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, West Harwich. Rev. Arthur K. Wingate, Chaplain of Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. .
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