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Pittsburgh Diocese (Allegheny County)



  • Swissvale
  • Fox Chapel
  • Ross Township
  • Verona
  • Dormont
  • McCandless
  • McKeesport
  • Pleasant Hills
  • White Oak
  • Bethel Park
  • Homestead
  • Wilkinsburg
  • Castle Shannon
  • Clairton
  • Turtle Creek
  • Monroeville
  • Brentwood
  • Green Tree
  • Whitehall
  • Glenshaw,
  • Mt. Lebanon
  • Robinson Township
  • Tarentum
  • Gibsonia
  • Pittsburgh
  • Coraopolis
  • Braddock
  • East Pittsburgh
  • Baldwin
  • South Park Township
  • Mount Oliver
  • North Versailles
  • Sewickley
  • West Mifflin
  • Oakdale
  • Crafton
  • Carnegie
  • Upper St. Clair
  • Penn Hills
  • Bridgeville
  • Oakmont
  • Moon
  • Forest Hills
  • Plum
  • Millvale
  • Cheswick
  • McKees Rocks
  • Duquesne
  • Franklin Park
  • Munhall
  • Jefferson Hills



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Alleged Offenders Identified by the Grand Jury



  • Raymond T. Schultz
  • Anujit Kumar
  • James L. Armstrong
  • Lawrence F. Stebler
  • George A. Wilt
  • Charles R. Ginder
  • John P. Fitzgerald
  • Charles J. Chatt
  • Lawrence O'Connell
  • John M. Bauer
  • Francis Pucci
  • John William Wellinger
  • Joseph Mueller
  • Marvin Justi
  • John Keegan
  • David F. Dzermejko
  • William P. O'Malley, III
  • John E. Brueckner
  • Arthur R. Merrell
  • George Kurutz
  • Richard Gerard Terdine
  • Paul E. Pindel
  • George Zirwas
  • Theodore P. Zabowski
  • Edward L. Kryston
  • David Scharf
  • William B. Yockey
  • Ernest Paone
  • Fidelis Lazar
  • Leo Burchianti
  • Myles Eric Diskin
  • John A. Genizer
  • Joseph S. Wichmanowski
  • George Parme
  • Robert Castelucci
  • Bernard J. Kaczmarczyk
  • Thomas McKenna
  • Charles Thomas
  • Anthony J. Cipolla
  • Dominic McGee
  • Joseph D. Karabin
  • Franker Meder
  • Bartley A. Sorenson
  • Rudolph M. Silvers
  • Julius May
  • Carl Roemele
  • Richard Zula
  • John P. Connor
  • John H. McMahon
  • Albert Leonard
  • Ferdinand B. Demsher
  • Edward P. Smith
  • Richard Scherer
  • John J. Huber
  • Mauro James Cautela
  • Edward G. Huff
  • Casimir F. Lewandowski
  • Edward Joyce
  • Robert E. Spangenberg
  • Francis Siler
  • James G. Graham
  • John W. Rebel
  • John David Crowley
  • Raymond R. Rhoden
  • Michael C. Romero
  • Donald W. McIlvane
  • James R Adams
  • James Hopkins
  • Paul G Spisak
  • James E. Somma
  • Joseph M. Ganter
  • Oswald E. Romero
  • Albert McMahon
  • Thomas M. O'Donnell
  • Henry Krawczyk
  • Wiliam Hildebrand
  • John P. Maloney
  • John S. Hoehl
  • Richard Deakin
  • Robert G. Wolk
  • Richard J. Dorsch


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Reverend James R. Adams
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1935
YEAR OF DEATH: 2011
ORDINATION: May 4, 1963
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Francis Xavier, Pittsburgh, PA
-Resurrection, West Mifflin, PA
-St. Isaac Jogues, Elrama, PA
-Leave of Absence
-Leave of Absence
-St. Francis of Assisi, Finleyville, PA
-St. Raphael, Morningside, PA
-Leave of Absence
-St. Peter, McKeesport, PA




Reverend James L. Armstrong
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1950
YEAR OF DEATH: 2012
ORDINATION: October 1, 1977
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Francis Xavier, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Paul, Butler, PA
– St. Ursula, Allison Park, PA
– Holy Sepulcher, Butler, PA
– St. Peter, Slippery Rock, PA
– Newman Center, Slippery Rock, PA
– Resurrection, West Mifflin, PA


Reverend John M. Bauer
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1947
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 5, 1973
Employment/Assignment History
-Administrator, Our Lady of Consolation, Carmichaels, PA
-Pastor, Our Lady of Consolation, Carmichaels, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception, Washington, PA
-present Pastor, St. Hugh, Carmichaels, PA
-Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Washington, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Joan of Arc, South Hills, PA
-Pastor, Good Samaritan, Ambridge, PA


Reverend John E. Brueckner
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1915
YEAR OF DEATH: 1960
ORDINATION: June 16, 1940
Employment/Assignment History
– Annunciation, North Side, PA
– Immaculate Conception, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Lawrence, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Mary, Beaver Falls, PA
– St. Joseph, New Kensington, PA
– St. Mary and New Castle Hospital, New Castle, PA
– St. Luke, Carnegie, PA


Reverend Leo Burchianti
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1939
YEAR OF DEATH: 2013
ORDINATION: 1964
Employment/Assignment History
-St. James, Sewickley, PA
-St. Joseph, West Aliquippa, PA
-St. Joseph, Natrona, PA
-St. Rosalia, Greenfield, PA
-St. Philip Neri, Donora, PA
-Our Lady of Grace, Scott Township, PA
-Immaculate Conception, Bloomfield, PA


Reverend Robert Castelucci
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1938
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 9, 1964
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Mary of Mt. Carmel, Braddock, PA
-St. Rosalia, Greenfield, PA
-St. Joseph, Coraopolis, PA
-St. Patrick, Canonsburg, PA
-St. Lawrence, Hillsville, PA
-St. Martha, Groveton, PA


Reverend Mauro James Cautela
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1948
YEAR OF DEATH: 2005
ORDINATION: May 4, 1974
Employment/Assignment History
-Mother of Good Counsel, Pittsburgh, PA
-2-St. Agatha, Ellwood City, PA
-St. Norbert, Pittsburgh, PA
-Holy Redeemer, Ellwood City, PA
-St. James, Sewickley, PA
-St. Vitus, New Castle, PA
-Our Lady of Joy, Pittsburgh, PA
-Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ellwood City, PA


Reverend Charles J. Chatt
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1936
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 9, 1964
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Anne, Castle Shannon, PA
-St. Albert the Great, Baldwin, PA
-Our Lady of Loreto, Brookline, PA
-St. Alphonsus, Springdale, PA


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Reverend Anthony J. Cipolla
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1943
YEAR OF DEATH: 2016
ORDINATION: October 28, 1972
Employment/Assignment History
-Parochial Vicar, St. Philomena, Beaver Falls, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception, Washington, PA
-Chaplin, McGuire Memorial Home for Exceptional Children, New Brighton, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Canice, Knoxville, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Francis Xavier, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Bernard Church, Mt. Lebanon, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Agatha, Bridgeville, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Philip, Crafton, PA


Reverend John P. Connor
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1934
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: April 4, 1962
Employment/Assignment History
Assistant CYO Director of Diocese, Diocese Center
Assistant in Residence, St. Rose of Lima, Haddon Heights, NJ
Assistant, St. Mary, Gloucester, NJ
Assistant, St. Francis of Assisi, Vineland, NJ
Chairperson, Bishop Eustace Preparatory, Pennsauken Township, NJ
Faculty, Paul VI High School, Haddon Township, NJ


Reverend John David Crowley
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1929
YEAR OF DEATH: 2006
ORDINATION: May 29, 1954
Employment/Assignment History
-Holy Angels, Hay, PA
-St. Elizabeth, Pleasant Hills, PA
-St. Margaret, Green Tree, PA


Reverend Richard Deakin
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1955
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: April 13, 1985
Employment/Assignment History
-Parochial Vicar, St. Cecilia Church and Friary, Rochester, PA St. Francis Friary, Brookline, PA
-Deacon until ordained; Assistant Pastor after ordination, St. Martin, Baltimore, MD


Reverend Richard Deakin
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1955
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: April 13, 1985
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Martin, Baltimore, MD
-St. Francis Friary, Brookline, PA (in residence only)
-Deacon until ordained; Assistant Pastor after ordination,
-Parochial Vicar, St. Cecilia Church and Friary, Rochester, PA


Reverend Myles Eric Diskin
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1948
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: March 1, 1975
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Paul, Butler, PA
– Sacred Heart, Pittsburgh, PA
– Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ellwood City, PA
– Diocese of Pittsburgh
– Diocese of Pittsburgh


Father Richard J. Dorsch
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1944
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May, 1970
Employment/Assignment History
-Administrator, St. Coleman, Turtle Creek, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Basil, Carrick, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Michael, Butler, PA
-Parochial Vicar, All Saints, Etna, PA
-Pastor, St. Francis De Sale, McKees Rocks, PA,
-Team Ministry, Risen Lord, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Philip, Crafton, PA



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Reverend David F. Dzermejko
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1948
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 4, 1974
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Jerome, Charleroi, PA
-St. Teresa of Avila, Pittsburgh, PA
-Resides at St. John Vianney Manor, Pittsburgh, PA
-Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Natrona Heights, PA
-St. Susanna, Penn Hills, PA
-Mary, Mother of the Church, Charleroi, PA


Reverend John P. Fitzgerald
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1948
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 4, 1974
Employment/Assignment History
– Our Lady of Peace, Conway, PA
– St. Lawrence, Hillsville, PA
– St. Alexis, Wexford, PA
– St. Thomas, Braddock, PA
– St. John Neumann, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Michael the Archangel, Butler, PA
– Pittsburgh International Airport
– St. Anselm, Pittsburgh, PA
– All Saint’s, Pittsburgh, PA
– Pittsburgh International Airport
– St. Michael, Braddock, PA
– St. Teresa of Avila, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Anthony, Bessemer, PA


Reverend Joseph M. Ganter
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1892
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 25, 1922
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Boniface Church, Penn, PA
-Saint’s Peter & Paul, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Athanasius Church, West View, PA
-St. Martin Church, West End, Pittsburgh, PA


Reverend John A. Genizer
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1941
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: December 23, 1967
Employment/Assignment History
-Pastor, St. Colman, Turtle Creek, PA
-Chaplain Military-US Navy, Archdiocese for Military Services,
-Diocese of Pittsburgh Pastoral Center
-Assistant Chaplain Nursing Home, McGuire Memorial Home, New Brighton, PA
-Associate Spiritual Director, Mount St. Mary Seminary,
-Parochial Vicar, Holy Innocents, Pittsburgh, PA
-Administrator, St. Barbara, Bridgeville, PA
-present Chaplain, Little Sisters of the Poor
-Assistant Director, Adult Religious Education
-Parochial Vicar, St. Paul, Butler, PA
-Administrator, St. Cyril & Methodius, New Brighton, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. John the Baptist, Pittsburgh, PA
-Duquesne University—Graduate Studies
-Diocese of Pittsburgh Pastoral Center
-Special Assignment, Office of Religious Education


Reverend Charles R. Ginder
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1914
YEAR OF DEATH: 1984
ORDINATION: June 11, 1940
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Gregory, Zelienople, PA and St. Mathias, Evans City, PA
-St. Joseph, Pittsburgh, PA (North Side)
-Society of St. Suplice (NFI)
-School Sisters of St. Francis, Bellevue, PA
-Our Lady of Mercy Academy (NFI)
-Censor Librorum
-St. George, Pittsburgh, PA (South Side)
-St. Januarius, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. John the Baptist, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Mary, New Castle, PA
-Saint’s Simon & Jude, Blairsville, PA
-St. John the Baptist, Baden, PA


Reverend James G. Graham
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1940
YEAR OF DEATH: 2015
ORDINATION: May 14, 1966
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Lawrence O’Toole, Garfield, PA
– St. Lawrence O’Toole, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Bernadette, Monroeville, PA
– St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Pittsburgh, PA


Brother William Hildebrand
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: 1979
ORDINATION: N/A


Reverend John S. Hoehl
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1938
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 9, 1963
Employment/Assignment History
St. Francis Xavier, Pittsburgh, PA
Bishop Boyle High School, Homestead, PA
Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
St. Mary Magdalene, Homestead, PA
Secretariat for Education, Pittsburgh, PA
St. John Joachim, Greenfield, PA
Quigley Catholic High School, Baden, PA


Reverend James Hopkins
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: 1968


Reverend John J. Huber
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1942
YEAR OF DEATH: 1998
ORDINATION: 05/18/1968
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Canice Church, Knoxville, PA
-St. James Church, Sewickley, PA
-St. Catherine of Siena, Wireton, PA
-St. Joseph Home for Aged, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Thomas Aquinas, California, PA
-St. Joseph Church, Duquesne, PA
-St. Bernard, Mt. Lebanon, PA


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Reverend Edward G. Huff
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1947
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 5, 1973
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Anthony, Bessemer, PA
– St. Anselm, Swissvale, PA
– Holy Innocents, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother, Whitehall, PA
– North American Martyrs, Monroeville, PA
– Office for Chaplaincies and Campus Ministry


Monsignor Edward Joyce
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1915
YEAR OF DEATH: 1969
ORDINATION: June 16, 1940
Employment/Assignment History
– Parochial Vicar, St. Andrew, North Side, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. James, Wilkinsburg, PA
– Pastor, St. Joseph, North Side, PA
– Chaplain, Sisters of St. Francis, Mt. Assisi, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph, Sharpsburg, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Titus, Aliquippa, PA
– Pastor, St. Joseph, Sharpsburg, PA
– Vic Enc, St. Joseph, Sharpsburg, PA


Reverend Marvin Justi
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1933
YEAR OF DEATH: 2009
ORDINATION: June 7, 1958
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Joseph Church, Cabot, PA
-St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Ambridge, PA
-Good Shepard Catholic Church, Shawnee, KS
-Quigley High School, Ambridge, PA
-St. Fidelis Seminary
Reverend Bernard J. Kaczmarczyk
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1929
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 25, 1957
Employment/Assignment History
-Assistant, Holy Family, Lawrenceville, PA
-Assistant, St. Robert Bellarmine, E. McKeesport PA
-Pastor, Holy Name of Mary, Donora, PA
-Assistant, St. Stanislaus, Ambridge, PA
-Assistant, St. Adalbert, South Side, PA
-Assistant, St. Ladislaus, Natrona, PA


Reverend Joseph D. Karabin
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1947
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 4, 1974
Employment/Assignment History
– Braddock Hospital, Braddock , PA
– Holy Name, Duquesne, PA
– St. Albert the Great, Baldwin, PA
- Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Midland, PA
– St. Joan of Arc, Library, PA
– St. Joseph the Worker, New Castle, PA


Brother John Keegan
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1925
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: Unknown


Reverend Henry Krawczyk
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1952
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: September 30, 1978
Employment/Assignment History
– Parochial Vicar, St. Therese, Munhall, PA
– Pastor, St. Maximillian, Homestead, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Joy, Pittsburgh, PA
– Team Ministry, St. Maximillian, Homestead, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Mary, McKeesport, PA


Reverend Edward L. Kryston
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1946
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 4, 1974
Employment/Assignment History
-Pastor, St. Albert the Great, Baldwin, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Holy Trinity, Moon Run, PA
-Assistant, St. John, Unity, PA
-Assistant, St Pius X, Pittsburgh, PA
-Assistant, St. Luke, Carnegie, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Albert the Great, Baldwin, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Joy, Holiday Park, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Martin, Pittsburgh, PA


Reverend Anujit Kumar
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1954
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: 04/13/2002
Employment/Assignment History
Parochial Vicar, India
Missionary, St. Joan of Arc, South Park, PA


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Reverend George Kurutz
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1917
YEAR OF DEATH: 1977
ORDINATION: June 11, 1944
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Stephen, Pittsburgh, PA
– Immaculate Conception, Washington, PA
– St. George, South Side, PA
– Our Lady of Consolation, Nemacolin/St. Mary Parish,Crucible/Sacred Heart, Rices Landing, PA
– St. Helen, East Pitsburgh, PA
– St Lawrence O’Toole, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Joseph, West Aliquippa/St. Catherine Parish, Wireton, PA
– Holy Trinity, McKeesport, PA
– St. Michael, New Castle PA


Reverend Fidelis Lazar
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1936
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: August 15, 1963
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Clare / Clairton, Parochial Vicar
– St. Teresa / Koppel, Parochial Vicar
– Sacred Heart / St. Mary, Instructor
– St. Joseph / Bloomfield, Parochial Vicar
– St. Joan of Arc / Library, Parochial Vicar
– St. Bede / Bovard, Instructor
– St. Vincent / Latrobe, Instructor
– St. Mary / New Castle, Parochial Vicar


Reverend Albert Leonard
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1954
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: Unknown
Employment/Assignment History
1987 Parochial Vicar, Saint Ursula, Allison Park, PA


Reverend Casimir F. Lewandowski
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1918
YEAR OF DEATH: 1978
ORDINATION: November 4, 1945
Employment/Assignment History
– Madonna of Czestochowa, New Castle, PA
– St. Leocadia Parish, Wilmerding, PA
– Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Matthew, Pittsburgh, PA (Southside)
– Catholic University, Washington, DC (Studies)
– St. Kieran, Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
– Diocesan Charities


Reverend John P. Maloney
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1938
YEAR OF DEATH: 2007
ORDINATION: May 9, 1964
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Kieran, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Phillip, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Michael, Pittsburgh, PA
- Holy Sepulcher, Butler, PA
– Nativity of Our Lord, Pittsburgh, PA


Brother Julius May
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: 1970
ORDINATION: N/A


Reverend Dominic McGee
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: Unknown


Reverend Donald W. McIlvane
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1925
YEAR OF DEATH: 2014
ORDINATION: June 7, 1952
Employment/Assignment History
-Parochial Vicar (Part-time), St. John Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Resurrection, Pittsburgh, PA
-Chaplain Correctional Institution, Allegheny County Jail
-Pastor, Presentation of Virgin Mary, Midland, PA
-Sabbatical at St. John Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA
-Pastor, Corpus Christi, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Stephen, Pittsburgh, PA
-Awaiting Assignment at St. John Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA
-Administrator, St. Richard, Pittsburgh, PA
-Chaplain, Motherhouse at Sisters of Divine Providence, Allison Park, PA


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Reverend Thomas McKenna
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1935
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 6, 1972
Employment/Assignment History
– Parochial Vicar, St. Anselm, Swissvale, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Maurice, Forest Hills, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. John Fisher, Churchill, PA
– Leave of absence, Health reasons
– Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima, Hopewell, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Kieran, Lawrenceville, PA
– Administrator, St. Patrick – St. Stanislaus,Pittsburgh, PA
– Chaplain, Forbes Regional Hospital, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Holy Innocents, Sheraden, PA
– Asst. Chaplain, Allegheny University Medical Center, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception,Washington, PA
– Pastor, St. Edward, Blawnox, PA
– Chaplain, Sewickley Valley Hospital, PA
– Chaplain, Marian Manor Nursing
– Chaplain, SCI – Pittsburgh, PA


Reverend Albert McMahon
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: Unknown
Employment/Assignment History
- Province of the Immaculate Conception, New York
- Parochial Vicar at Our Lady Help of Christians, Pittsburgh, PA
- Team Ministry at St. Pamphilus, Beechview, PA


Reverend John H. McMahon
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1914
YEAR OF DEATH: 1993
ORDINATION: June 16, 1940
Employment/Assignment History
-Parochial Vicar, St. Catherine, Pittsburgh, PA
-Pastor, North American Martyr, Monroeville, PA
-Pastor, Resurrection, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Sylvester, Brentwood, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Peter, Pittsburgh, PA
-CCD Assistant, St. Mary Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. John the Baptist, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Holy Family, Latrobe, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Mary Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA


Brother Frank Meder
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: 1976
ORDINATION: N/A
Reverend Arthur R. Merrell
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: Unknown
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: 1970
Employment/Assignment History
Not specified Chaplain, Allegheny County Jail and Shuman
Juvenile Detention Center


Reverend Joseph Mueller
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1936
YEAR OF DEATH: 2010
ORDINATION: June 25, 1983
Employment/Assignment History
– St. John’s Hospital, Ministry
– Parochial Vicar, St. Bernard, Mt. Lebanon, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Holy Spirit, West Mifflin, PA
– In Residence, Cardinal Wright Center


Reverend Joseph Mueller
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1936
YEAR OF DEATH: 2010
ORDINATION: June 25, 1983
Employment/Assignment History
– Parochial Vicar, St. Bernard, Mt. Lebanon, PA
– In Residence, Cardinal Wright Center
– St. John’s Hospital, Ministry
– Parochial Vicar, Holy Spirit, West Mifflin, PA


Reverend Thomas M. O’Donnell
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1934
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 21, 1960
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Cyril of Alexandria, Pittsburgh, PA
-Present Epiphany, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. John Vianney, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. John the Evangelist, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Maximilian Kolbe, Homestead, PA
-Annunciation, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Mary of Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Kieran, Lawrenceville, PA
-St. Wendelin, Carrick, PA
-St. Clare, Clairton, PA
-St. Norbert, Pittsburgh, PA

Reverend William P. O’Malley, III
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1944
YEAR OF DEATH: 2008
ORDINATION: May 16, 1970
Employment/Assignment History
-Requested Leave of Absence for Personal Reasons
-Canonical Consultant Tribunal, Diocese of Pittsburgh
-Pastor, St. Conrad, Meridian, PA
-Assistant, St. Jerome, Charleroi, PA
-Assistant, St. Canice, Pittsburgh (Knoxville), PA
-Auditor-Assessor Tribunal, Diocese of Pittsburgh
-Assistant, St. Paul, Butler, PA
-Pastor at Devine Mercy, Beaver Falls, PA
-Assistant, St. Francis de Sales, McKees Rocks, PA
-Pastor at St. Irenaeus, Oakmont, PA


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Reverend George Parme
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1923
YEAR OF DEATH: 2002
ORDINATION: June 13, 1948
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Louis and St. Pascal, Argentine
– St. Catherine, Beechview, PA
– St. Aloysius, Wilmerding, PA
– Mt. Nazareth Academy, Bellevue, PA
– St. Peter, Butler, PA
– St. Agnes, Oakland, PA
– Presentation BVM, Midland, PA
– Most Holy Name, Troy Hill
– St. Joseph, North Side, PA
– Mother of Good Council, Brushton, PA
– St. Cecilia, Glassport, PA
– No Assignment, in residence at St. Patrick, Strip District


Reverend Paul E. Pindel
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1924
YEAR OF DEATH: 1991
ORDINATION: May 19, 1951
Employment/Assignment History
-St. John Cantius, Sharpsburg, PA
-St. Hyacinth, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Martin, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Stanislaus, Ambridge, PA
-Holy Angels, Hays, PA
-Holy Family, Pittsburgh, PA
-Chaplain, Gilmary School, Coraopolis, PA
-St. Robert Bellarmine, E. McKeesport, PA
-St. William, E. Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Ann, New Galilee
-St. Rose of Lima, Darlington
-St. Genevieve, Canonsburg, PA


Reverend Francis Pucci
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1931
YEAR OF DEATH: 2002
ORDINATION: May 25, 1957
Employment/Assignment History
– Headmaster, Lawrenceville Catholic
– Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Braddock, PA
– Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Burgettstown, PA
– Pastor, St. Joseph, Coraopolis, PA
– Pastor, Purification, Ellwood City, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Vitus, New Castle, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Mary, McKeesport, PA
– Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Washington, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Epiphany, Uptown, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Vitus, New Castle, PA
– Pastor, St. Eugene, Liberty Boro, PA
– South Side Catholic, Consolidation
– Administration, St. Januarius, Renton, PA
– Pastor, St. Alphonsus, McDonald, PA


Reverend John W. Rebel
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1937
YEAR OF DEATH: 2013
ORDINATION: May 1, 1965
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Kieran, Lawrenceville, PA
– St. Anselm, Swissvale, PA
– St. Bernard, Mt. Lebanon, PA
– Assumption, Bellevue, PA
– St. Killian, Mars, PA
– St. Bartholomew, Penn Hills, PA
– St. James the Apostle, Bedford, PA
– St. Joseph, Verona, PA
– St. Margaret Mary, Moon Township, PA
– St. Veronica, Ambridge, PA
– St. Michael, Elizabeth, PA


Reverend Raymond R. Rhoden
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1950
YEAR OF DEATH: 2006
ORDINATION: October 23, 1976
Employment/Assignment History
-Pastor, St. James, Sewickley, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph, Coraopolis, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Francis of Assisi, Finleyville, PA
-Chaplain, part-time, Monongahela Valley Catholic High School, Monongahela, PA
-Chaplain, part-time, Our Lady of Sacred Heart High School, Coraopolis, PA
-Team Ministry-Moderator, Our Lady of the Valley, Donora, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Nativity of Our Lord, Pittsburgh, PA
-Administrator, St. Philip Neri, Donora, PA


Reverend Carl Roemele
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1934
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 6, 1963
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Agatha, Bridgeville, PA
-St. Joseph, Mt. Oliver, PA
-St. William, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Joseph, Duquesne, PA
-Epiphany, Pittsburgh, PA
-Allegheny Community College, Pittsburgh, PA
-Allegheny County Jail, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Alexis, Wexford, PA


Reverend Michael C. Romero
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1937
YEAR OF DEATH: 2000
ORDINATION: October 1, 1977
Employment/Assignment History
-Parochial Vicar, North American Martyrs, Monroeville, PA
-Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception, Washington, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Veronica, Ambridge, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Basil, Carrick, PA


Reverend Oswald E. Romero
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1919
YEAR OF DEATH: 1997
ORDINATION: July 15, 1950
Employment/Assignment History
-Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador
-St. Francis Borja HS, Quito, Ecuador
-Jesuit College & University, Quito, Ecuador
-Chaplin, St. Joseph House of Hospitality, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Mary of Mercy, (Confessor), Pittsburgh, PA
-University of Pittsburgh


Reverend David Scharf
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1957
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 11, 1985
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. Philomena, Beaver Falls, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Robert Bellarmine, East McKeesport, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Grace, Scott Township, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Michael Archangel, Butler, PA
– Sabbatical
– Parochial Vicar, St. Hugh, Carmichaels, PA
– Undetermined Chaplain, Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Fatima, Hopewell Township, PA


Reverend Richard Scherer
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1924
YEAR OF DEATH: 2007
ORDINATION: June 12, 1949
Employment/Assignment History
– Chaplain, Holy Cross Hospital, Diocese of Miami, FL
– Assistant, St. Coleman, Turtle Creek,
– Assistant, St. Patrick, Canonsburg, PA
– Assistant, St. Charles, Donora,
– Assistant, St. Anne, Castle Shannon


Monsignor Raymond T. Schultz
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1922
YEAR OF DEATH: 1999
ORDINATION: June 15, 1947
Employment/Assignment History
-Pastor, SS Peter & Paul, Beaver, PA
-Catholic Information Center, Diocese
-St. Leonard, Monessen, PA
-ADM, SS Peter & Paul, Beaver, PA
-Holy Rosary, Homewood, PA
-St. Mary, Kittaning, PA
-St. Margaret, Greentree, PA
-St. Richard, Pittsburgh, PA


Reverend Francis Siler
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1937
YEAR OF DEATH: 2015
ORDINATION: May 4, 1963
Employment/Assignment History
– Pastor, St. Catherine, Wildwood, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Mary Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Nativity, Broughton, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Agnes, West Mifflin, PA
– Chaplain, Allegheny Valley Hospital, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Catherine, Wildwood, PA
– Parochial Vicar St. Bernard, Mt Lebanon, PA
– Pastor, St. Margaret, New Castle, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Titus, Aliquippa, PA


Reverend Rudolph M. Silvers
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1949
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 3, 1975
Employment/Assignment History
-Pastor, St. Peter, Butler, PA
-Assist. Dir. Vocation Office, Diocese of Pittsburgh Pastoral Center
-Parochial Vicar, St. Peter, Butler, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Sylvester, Pittsburgh, PA
-Pastor, St. Ann, Bulger, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Robert Bellarmine, East McKeesport, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Canice, Pittsburgh, PA
-Replacement Ministry, St. Vincent de Paul, New Castle, PA


Reverend Edward P. Smith
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: N/A
YEAR OF DEATH: 1956
ORDINATION: N/A
Employment/Assignment History
Unavailable Sacred Heart Church, Emsworth, PA

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Reverend James E. Somma, M.Ed.
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1934
YEAR OF DEATH: 2004
ORDINATION: May 30, 1959
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Pius V., McKeesport, PA
– Nativity, Pittsburgh, PA
– Archdiocese for Military Services, Washington, DC
– Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ellwood City, PA
– Holy Trinity, West Mifflin, PA
– St. Aloysius, Pittsburgh, PA
– Forbes Regional Hospital- Monroeville & St. Michael, Pitcairn, PA


Reverend Bartley A. Sorensen
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1949
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: October 23, 1976
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Joseph, Chicora, PA
– Mater Dolorosa, Chicora, PA
– Mater Dolorosa, Chicora, PA
– Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament
– St. John Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Colman, Turtle Creek, PA
– St. Ferdinand, Cranberry, PA
– St. Ann, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. James, Sewickley, PA
– West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Victor, Bairdford, PA
– St. Valentine, Bethal Park, PA


Reverend Robert E. Spangenberg, C.S.Sp.
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1947
YEAR OF DEATH: 2006
ORDINATION: June 15, 1974
Employment/Assignment History
– Associate Pastor, St. Mary Detroit, MI
– Pastor, St. Stanislaus, Pittsburgh, PA
– Assistant Pastor, St. Mary, Sharpsburg, PA
– Director of Retirement community, Sarasota, FL
– Chaplain, St. Francis de Sale High School, Chicago, IL
- Pastor, St. James, Hamlet, NC
– Associate Pastor, St. Anthony Millvale, PA
– Administrator, St. Peter Claver, Philadelphia, PA
– Pastor, Epiphany, Pittsburgh, PA
– Pastor, St. Patrick, Charleston, SC
– Unknown ministry, North Carolina
– Pastor, St. Anthony, Millvale, PA
– Faculty, Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem, PA
– Superior of the Congregation Retirement home, Sarasota, FL


Reverend Paul G. Spisak
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1944
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 5, 1973
Employment/Assignment History
-Sacred Heart, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Dominic, Donora, PA
-St. Mary of the Mount, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Charles, Donora, PA
-Chaplain Nursing Home, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Andrew, Butler, PA
-Chaplain Nursing Home, Allison Park, PA
-St. Mary, Cecil, PA
-St. Philip, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Benedict the Abbot, McMurray, PA


Reverend Lawrence F. Stebler
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1934
YEAR OF DEATH: 1997
ORDINATION: May 4, 1963
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Victor, Bairdford, PA
– St. Stephen, Hazelwood, PA
– St. Hilary, Washington, PA
– St. Theresa of Avila, Perrysville, PA
– Our Lady of Fatima, Hopewell Township, PA


Reverend Richard Gerard Terdine
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1938
YEAR OF DEATH: Unknown
ORDINATION: May 1, 1965
Employment/Assignment History
– St. Peter, McKeesport, PA
– Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
– St. Lawrence O’Toole, Garfield, PA
– UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
– Cardinal Wright Center/ Without Assignment
– Epiphany, Uptown, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Scholastica, Aspinwall, PA
– Duquesne University, Graduate Assistant, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Basil, Carrick, PA
– Intermediate Schools Unit, Psychologist
– UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Vitus, New Castle, PA
- UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
- Present St John Vianney Manor, Pittsburgh, PA
– Our Lady of Grace, Scott Township, PA


Reverend Charles Thomas
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1909
YEAR OF DEATH: 1967
ORDINATION: June 16, 1935
Employment/Assignment History
- St. Killian, Mars, PA
- St. Peter, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Coleman, Turtle Creek, PA
– St. Wendelin, Carrick PA
– St. Christopher, Prospect, PA
– St. Martin, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Mary Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Hugh. Carmichaels, PA
– St. Marcullus, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Robert Bellarmine, Pittsburgh, PA
– St. Paul, Butler, PA


Reverend John William Wellinger
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1944
YEAR OF DEATH: 2011
ORDINATION: May 16, 1970
Employment/Assignment History
-Campus Ministries, Community College of Allegheny County
-Assistant Pro Tem, St. Athanasius, West View, PA
-Graduate Studies in Theology, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
-Pastor, Holy Spirit, West Mifflin, PA
-Assistant, St. James, Wilkinsburg, PA
-Assistant at St. Wendelin, Pittsburgh, PA
-Assistant Pro Tem, St. Cyril of Alexandria, Pittsburgh, PA
-Parochial Vicar Assistant, Our Lady of Grace, Scott Township, PA
-Faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, OH
-Parochial Vicar Assistant, St. Clare, Clairton, PA
-South Campus, West Mifflin, PA
-Parochial Vicar (Pro Tem) at St. George, Allentown, PA
-Parochial Vicar, St. Philip, Crafton, PA


Reverend Joseph S. Wichmanowski
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1919
YEAR OF DEATH: 1977
ORDINATION: Unknown
Employment/Assignment History
- St. Mary (Polish) in McKeesport, PA
- St. Albert on South Side Pittsburgh, PA
- Holy Cross in Glassport, PA
- Pastor St. Cyprian in Pittsburgh, PA
- Chaplin Allegheny Co. Workhouse
- Pastor St. Stanislaus in Ambridge, PA
- St. Stanislaus in Ambridge, PA
- St. John Cantius in Sharpsburg, PA


Reverend George A. Wilt
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1931
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 30, 1959
Employment/Assignment History
– Sacred Heart, Pittsburgh, PA
– St Bernard, Pittsburgh, PA


Reverend Robert G. Wolk
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1940
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 4, 1966
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Athanasius, West View, PA
-St. Thomas More Church, Bethel Park, PA
-La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA
-Assistant Chancellor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
-Attended Catholic University of America


Reverend William B. Yockey
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1952
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: October 1, 1977
Employment/Assignment History
-St. Winifred, Mt. Lebanon, PA
-Allegheny County Jail
-St. Therese of Lisieux, Munhall, PA
-Chaplain/Coordinator, Allegheny County Jail
-Department of Social & Community Development, Diocese of Pittsburgh
-St. Anthony, Bridgeville, PA (In Reserve)
-St. Luke, Carnegie, PA (In Reserve)
-Assumption Church, Bellevue, PA
-St. Canice, Pittsburgh, PA
-St. Bernadette, Monroeville, PA


Reverend Theodore P. Zabowski
Biographical Information
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1943
YEAR OF DEATH: N/A
ORDINATION: May 16, 1970
Employment/Assignment History
– Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception, Washington, PA
– Pastor, St. Adalbert, South Side, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Most Holy Name, North Side, PA
– Parochial Vicar, Holy Family, Lawrenceville, PA
– Pastor/Resigned, St. Richard, Richland Township, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Catherine of Sweden, Wildwood, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Lawrence O’Toole, Garfield, PA
– Parochial Vicar, St. Mary, Glenshaw, PA




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