THE ANCHOR Thurs., May 21, 1981
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Bp. Rausch dead at 52
LEFf TO RIGHT:. top to bottom, Fathers Carroll, Almeida, Annunziato, Buckley, Duffy, Graziano, Kelly and Tetrault.
Eight priests are named to new posts The Most Reverend Bishop has announced appointments involving eight priests of the diocese. At his request, Father .John G. Carroll, pastor of St. Margaret's parish, Buzzards Bay, has been relieved of the office of pastor. He has been appointed associate pastor at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset. In other changes, Father George F. Almeida, associate pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton, has been named adminstrator of St. Elizabeth's, Edgartown. Father Armando Annunziato, now pastor of St. Jame,s, New Bedford, will become pastor of St. Mary's, Mansfield. Father James F. Buckley, administrator at St. Augustine's, Vineyard Haven, will succeed Father Carroll as pastor at Buzzards Bay. Father Edward C. Duffy, pastor of St. Mary's, Mansfield, will assume the same office at St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis. Father Peter N. Graziano will become administrator of St. James while remaining diocesan director of Social Services and Special Apostolates. Father Bernard R. Kelly, associate pastor at St. Mary's North Attleboro, has been named adminstrator of St. Augustine's. Father Ralph D. Tetrault, associate pastor at St. Thomas More, will serve as administrator at ~t. Mary's, North Attleboro. All changes are effectivla Wednesday, June 10. Father Carroll, ordained June 3, 1939, by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy, has served as associ-
ate pastor at Our Lady of the Isle, Nantucket; St. Mary and Sacred Heart, Taunton; St. Patrick, Wareham; and Sacred Heart, Fall River. He was pastor at St. John the Baptist, Central Village, before being assigned to Buzzards Bay in 1966. Ordained May I, 1965, by retired Auxiliary Bishop James J. Gerrard, Father Almeida has been associate pastor at St. Michael, St. Anthony of Padua and Our Lady of Angels parishes in Fall River; St. Anthony's and Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford; and Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs. He has also been spiritual director for the Men of the Sacred Hearts and Girl Scouts and Campfire Girls, all in the Taunton area. Father Annunziato, ordained Dec. 16, 1956, by Archbishop Martin J. O'Connor at the North American College in Rome, was director of St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, and administrator of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, prior to appointment as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi parish, New Bedford, and director of St. Mary's Home in that city. Father Buckley was ordained by retired Bishop James L. Connolly Jan. 6, 1959. Since then he has served in St. Mary's Cathedral and Sacred Heart, Fall River; Immaculate Conception, North Easton; St. Joan of Arc, Orleans; and his present assignment at Vineyard Haven. Father Duffy, ordained June 15, 1946, by Bishop Cassidy served at St. Francis Xavier, Hy-
annis, before entering the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps for three years. Returning to the diocese, he was associate pastor at St. James, New Bedford, then administrator at St. John the Baptist, Westport, and pastor at St. Mary, Seekonk, before assuming his present post. Father Graziano was ordained May 25, 1963 by Bishop Connolly. He was associate pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral; Holy Name, Fall River; Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Immaculate Concep-' tion, Taunton; and St. Thomas More, Somerset, before being named to the Social Services directorship in 1974. Father Kelly, ordained May 7, 1961, by Bishop Connolly, was associate pastor at Holy Name, Fall River; St. Mary, Taunton; and St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis, prior to his appointment to North Attleboro. Father Tetrault was ordained May I, 1965 by Bishop Gerrard.
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William F. Donahue, 1944, Assistant, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis May 24 Rev. James F. Clark, 1907, Founder, St. James, New Bedford May 25 Rev. Michael P. Kirby, 1925, St. Mary's, North Attleboro Rev. James V. Mendes, 1961, Administrator, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River
He was associate pastor at Immaculate Conception, Fall River; St. Patrick, Wareham; and Sacred Heart, Fall River, before being assigned to St. Thomas More.
PHOENIX, Ariz. I~C) - Bishop James S. Rausch of Phoenix, 52, former general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Catholic Conference, died May 18. The bishop, who was on his way to a meeting in Flagstaff, Ariz., suffered a heart attack and was taken first to Deer Valley Emergency Center and then to John C. Lincoln Hospital, Phoenix where he was pronounced dead. Father John Flannery was with the bishop. Bishop Rausch was installed as the second bishop of Phoenix March 22, 1977. He succeeded then Bishop Edward A. McCarthy, now archbishop of Mi路 ami. Bishop Rausch was general secretary of the NCCB路USCC from 1972-1977. In that capacity he . testified at congressional hearings and made statements on issues such as housing, full employment, health care, and the aged, and dealt with human rights situations in Chile, Brazil, South Africa and Panama. He joined the USCC staff as assistant general secretary in January, 1970. In March, 1970 he was named associate general secretary. Bishop Rausch succeeded Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin as general secretary. Bishop Rausch, a native of Albany, Minn., was born Sept. 4, 1928. He was ordained to the priesthood in St. Cloud, Minn. June 2, 1956, after studies at Crosier Seminary, Onamia Minn.; Sacred Heart Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.; and St. John's Seminary, Collegeville, Minn.
Diocese of Fall River
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS Bishop Cronin has acceded ,to the request of Father John G. Carroll, Pastor of Saint Margaret's Parish in Buzzards Bay, to be relieved of the office of Pastor and to accept a new assignment. Bishop Cronin has appointed Father Carroll as Assistant at Saint Thomas More Parish in Somerset, effective Wednesday, June 10, 1981. In addition, the following changes are announced: Reverend George F. Almeida, from Assistant at Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton, to Administrator, Saint Elizabeth, Edgartown. Reverend Armando Annunziato, from Pastor of Saint James, New Bedford, to Pastor, Saint Mary, Mansfield. Reverend James F. Buckley, from Administrator, Saint Augustine, Vineyard Haven, to Pastor, Saint Margaret, Buzzards Bay. Reverend Edward C. Duffy, from Pastor, Saint Mary, Mansfield, to Pastor, Saint Francis Xavier, Hyannis. Reverend Peter N. Graziano, to Administrator, Saint James, New Bedford, while remaining Diocesan Director of Social Services and Special Apostolates. . Reverend Bernard R. Kelly, from Assistant, Saint Mary, North Attleboro, to Administrator, Saint Augustine, Vineyard Haven. Reverend Ralph D. Tetrault, from Assistant, Saint Thomas More, Somerset, to Administrator, Saint Mary, North Attleboro. All are effective on Wednesday, June 10, 1981