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Three new deans appointed Continued from Page One tion, Fall River, he' returned to 1930, he prepared for the priest- Catholic University for studies in hood at St. Mary's College, St. canon law leading to a licentiate Mary, Ky., and St. Mary's Semi- degree in 1969. -IIi the same year he was apnary, Baltimore. pointed diocesan vice-chancellor He was an associate pastor at and episcopal secretary to Bishop St. Elizabeth's parish, Fall River, Connolly. ' and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and March 3, 1971, Bishop Daniel St. John the Baptist, Ne~_ Bed. ford, before being named St. John A. Cronin appointed him chancelthe Baptist administrator in 1969 lor and Defender of the Bond for and pastor in 1971. In 1979 he was the Marriage Tribunal. June 30, 1974, he was among named to his' pres.e~t position as pastor at Immaculate Conception, papal chamberlains designated by Pope Paul VI. New Bedford. In 1978 he was appointed catheMsgr. Harrington dral rector, while remaining dioceMsgr. Harrington was born July san chancellor. 28, 1938 in New Bedf6'rd. In 1986, Msgr. Harrington comHe prepared for the priesthood at Theological College af Catholic University. Following service as parochial vicar at St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, and Immac~late Concep-
menced a sabbaticai leave for studies at Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Returning in 1987, he assumed his present post as pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Taunton. Father Annunziato Father - Annunziato, named a dean Oct. 16, 1987, and since 1981 pastor of St. Mary's parish, Mansfield, was previously pastor of St. James and St. Francis of Assisi parishes, New Bedford, and was also director of St. Mary's Home in' that city. Prior to that time he had directed St. Vincent's Home, Fall River, and was administrator of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet. He was ordained in 1956 at the North American College in Rome.
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