Msgr Moroney's Blog: SJS Alumnus appointed Nuncio to Turkey

21 March 2016

SJS Alumnus appointed Nuncio to Turkey

Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Paul Fitzpatrick Russel as Archbishop Nuncio to Turkey. Monsignor Russel was ordained from Saint’s John Seminary in 1987. Please keep the Archbishop-elect in your prayers as he prepares for this important new assignment.

Monsignor James P. Moroney, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for forty four years, is Pastor of Saint Cecilia Parish in Leominster. He served for many years as Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship in Washington D.C., as Rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, and as Pastor of Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer and as Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict both appointed him as a Consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome and as Executive Director of the Vox Clara Committee. He is author of THE MASS EXPLAINED (Catholic Book Publishing) which is being published in its third edition this Spring.