Bishop announces pastor assignments

Bishop Dennis Sullivan has named new pastors. All assignments are effective for a six-year term beginning July 15.

— Father Thomas J. Barcellona from pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Galloway to pastor, Our Lady of the Angels, Cape May Court House.

— Father James L. Bartoloma from chancellor, Director of Pastoral Planning, and In Residence, Saint Rose of Lima, Haddon Heights to pastor, Holy Family, Sewell and continues as administrator of Saint Yi Yu Il Korean Catholic Mission, Cherry Hill.

— Father E. Joseph Byerley from pastor, Saint Rose of Lima, Haddon Heights to pastor, Holy Angels, Woodbury.

— Father Allain B. Caparas from principal, Saint Joseph High School, Hammonton and In Residence, Saint Mary of Mount Carmel, Hammonton to pastor, Mary, Mother of Mercy, Glassboro.

— Father Perry A. Cherubini from pastor, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Absecon to pastor, Saint Joseph, Sea Isle City. Father Cherubini continues as president, Holy Spirit High School, Absecon.

— Father Cosme de la Pena from part time parochial vicar, Our Lady of the Angels, Cape May Court House and part time chaplain, Cape Regional Medical Center, Cape May Court House to pastor, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Absecon

— Father David A. Grover from pastor, Saint Clare of Assisi, Gibbstown to pastor, Saint Rose of Lima, Haddon Heights.

— Father Yvans Jazon from administrator, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Collingswood to pastor, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Collingswood.

— Father William J. Kelly from pastor, Mary, Mother of Mercy, Glassboro to pastor, Saint Brendan the Navigator, Avalon.

— Father Edward F. Namiotka from pastor, Holy Angels, Woodbury to pastor Saint Thomas More, Cherry Hill.

— Father Thomas A. Newton from pastor, Catholic Community of Christ Our Light, Cherry Hill to pastor, Saint Damien, Ocean City.

— Father John P. Picinic from pastor, Holy Family, Sewell to pastor, Catholic Community of Christ Our Light, Cherry Hill.

— Father Jose C. Ramos, A.M. from Outside the Diocese to pastor, Saint Katharine Drexel, Egg Harbor Township.

— Father Stephen J. Rapposelli from administrator, Saints Peter & Paul, Turnersville to pastor, Saints Peter and Paul, Turnersville.

— Father David Rivera from administrator, Saint Mary of Mount Carmel, Hammonton to pastor, Saint Mary of Mount Carmel, Hammonton.

Father John A. Rossi from administrator, Saint Bridget University Parish, Glassboro to pastor, Saint Bridget University Parish, Glassboro.

— Father Jon P. Thomas from pastor, Parish of Saint Monica, Atlantic City to pastor, Christ the King, Haddonfield.

Father Barcellona, 64, has been pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help since 2017. He was ordained on May 20, 1995.

He served as pastor at Christ the Redeemer, Atco, 2010-17, and Our Lady of Grace, Somerdale, 2005-10. Other diocesan assignments include time as executive director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, and director of the Saint Pius X Retreat House in Blackwood. He was parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception, Bridgeton, 1995-2000, and Assumption, Atco, 2000-02.

Father Bartoloma, 44, has served as Chancellor and Director of Pastoral Planning since 2014. He was ordained on May 24, 2003.

He was parochial vicar of Queen of Heaven, Cherry Hill, 2003-05, and Our Lady of Lourdes, Glassboro, 2005-08. He has been active in various diocesan ministries, including the Tribunal as Director of the Marian Commission.

Father Byerley, 56, has been pastor at Saint Rose of Lima since 2009. Previously, he served as pastor of Saint Joseph, Swedesboro, 2005-09.

He was ordained July 3, 1993. He was a teacher and Director of Guidance at Paul VI High School, Haddonfield, and parochial vicar at Saint Patrick, Woodbury, 1994-98.

Father Caparas, 42, has served as principal at Saint Joseph High School for the past four years. Before that, he was Director of Catholic Identity at Gloucester Catholic High School from 2013-16, and pastor of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Newfield, from 2011-13.

He was ordained on May 20, 2006, and was parochial vicar at Queen of the Angels, Landisville, 2006-09, and Saint Peter Merchantville, 2009-11.

Father Cherubini, 62, has been at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton since 2006. He was ordained on May 24, 1985.

He has served as president at Holy Spirit High School since 2008. Previously he was vice-principal at Gloucester Catholic High School.

He was parochial vicar at Saint Stephen, Pennsauken, 1985-88; Saint Mary, Cherry Hill, 1988-92; and Saint Bernadette, Northfield, 1992-98.

Father de la Pena, 54, was ordained April 4, 1992, in the Philippines. After 11 years as a priest in his home country, he came to the United States in 2003 to serve as parochial vicar at Saint Thomas the Apostle, Brigantine. 

Incardinated into the Diocese of Camden in 2011, he has served as part-time parochial vicar and part-time chaplain in Cape Regional Medical Center since 2012. In 2015, Father de la Pena was appointed spiritual director of the Diocese’s Filipino Apostolate.

Father Grover, 64, has been pastor at Saint Clare of Assisi since it was established in 2010, and previously served as pastor of parishes that were merged to form it: he was named pastor of Saint Michael, Gibbstown, in 2005, and administrator, and later pastor, of Saint John, Paulsboro, in 2008.

He was pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Mullica Hill, 2002-05, and parochial vicar of Mary Mother of the Church, Bellmawr, 1983-86; Holy Rosary, Cherry Hill, 1986-89; Saint Stephen, Pennsauken, 1989-94; Saint Mary, Cherry Hill, 1994-2000; and Saint Margaret, Woodbury Heights, 2000-02.

He was ordained May 28, 1983.

Father Jazon, 50, has been at Saint Teresa of Calcutta as administrator for the past year. A native of Haiti, he was ordained on May 19, 2007 as a priest of the Diocese of Camden.

He was administrator of Saint Monica Parish, Atlantic City, 2010-15, and parochial vicar of Assumption, Pomona, 2007-10, and Notre Dame de la Mer, Wildwood, 2015-19. He was active with the Haitian community.

Father Kelly, 64, has been pastor of Mary, Mother of Mercy since 2014. He previously served as parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish, Bridgeton, 2009-10; Parish of the Holy Cross, Bridgeton, 2010-12; and Saint Damien, 2012-14.

He was ordained Sept. 17, 2005.

Father Namiotka, 59, has been pastor of Holy Angels Parish since 2017. He previously served as pastor of Saint Joseph, Somers Point, 2011-17; Saint Mary, Malaga, 2009-11; and Queen of Angels, Landisville, 2005-11.

He has also been heavily involved in Catholic education, serving at Saint Joseph High School, Hammonton, 1991-94, as a teacher and assistant principal; and then Sacred Heart High School, Vineland, where he was vice principal 1997-98, principal 1998-2008 and president 2008-13.

He was ordained May 16, 1987.

Father Newton, 61, has been pastor of Christ Our Light since it was established in 2009. He was pastor of Saint Peter Celestine from 2004 until it was merged as part of Christ Our Light. He was Vicar for Human Services for the diocese, 2001-04.

He was ordained May 28, 1988.

He was parochial vicar at Saint Jude Parish, Blackwood, 1988-91; Incarnation, Mantua, 1993-98; and Saint Agnes, Blackwood, 1998-2001.

Father Picinic, 51, has been pastor of Holy Family since 2014. He was parochial vicar at Saint Joseph Parish, Woodstown, 2008-10; Catholic Community of the Holy Spirit, Mullica Hill, 2010-12; and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Galloway, 2010-14.

He was ordained Aug. 13, 2005, and was a teacher and chaplain at Bishop Eustace, Pennsauken, 2005-07.

Father Ramos, 43, entered the Disciples of Mary in the Philippines in 1994 and was ordained on Oct. 4, 2003. In the Philippines he was assistant formator for the order, 2003-06, and a novice director and youth director in the Prelature of Infanta, 2006-09. He came to the United States and served as California State University – Fullerton in 2010 and has been involved in parish work since 2011.

Father Rapposelli, 56, has been administrator of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Turnersville, since 2019. He was parochial vicar at Saint Lawrence, Lindenwold, 1998-2003; Our Lady of the Angels, Cape May Court House, 2006-11; Our Lady of Hope, Blackwood, 2011-16; Holy Trinity, Margate, 2016-17; and Infant Jesus, 2017-19. He served as coordinator of marriage preparation of the Family Life Office and as chaplain of Wildwood Catholic High School.

He was ordained May 16, 1998.

Father Rivera, 39, has been administrator of Saint Mary of Mount Carmel since 2019 and previously served there as parochial vicar for a year, He was parochial vicar at Saint Peter Parish, Merchantville, 2011-13, and Parish of the Holy Cross, Bridgeton, 2013-18.

He was ordained July 10, 2010.

Father Rossi, 39, has been administrator at Saint Bridget since 2019. He was Director of Catholic Identity at Paul VI High School, Haddonfield, 2013-19, and parochial vicar of Saint Charles Borromeo Parish, Sicklerville, 2010-13.

He was ordained May 16, 2009.

Father Thomas, 38, has been pastor of the Parish of Saint Monica since 2015. He previously served as parochial vicar of Christ Our Light, Cherry Hill, 2010-14, and Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lindenwold, 2014-15.

He was ordained May 22, 2010.