Msgr Moroney's Blog: Congratulations to Archbishop Russell!

03 June 2016

Congratulations to Archbishop Russell!

Archbishop Paul Russell, alumnus of Saint John’s Seminary, will be ordained a Bishop this afternoon by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Archbishop Russell has been appointed by Pope Francis as Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey and Turkmenistan. The congratulations and prayers of the entire Saint John’s community are with him on this blessed day!

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.