Two Auxiliary Bishops Are Ordained to Serve the Archdiocese
Auxiliary Bishop Gerardo J. Colacicco and Auxiliary Bishop Edmund J. Whalen extend their blessings to the congregation as they process throughout St. Patrick’s Cathedral after their ordination as bishops. Cardinal Dolan was the principal ordaining bishop and celebrant of the Mass of Ordination Dec. 10.
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Bishop Douglas Lucia of Syracuse and Bishop Timothy McDonnell, retired Bishop of Springfield, Mass., and a former auxiliary bishop of New York, lay hands on the new bishops during the Rite of Ordination.
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Auxiliary Bishop Gerardo J. Colacicco and Edmund J. Whalen lay prostrate in the sanctuary during the Rite of Ordination. Their assisting priests, from left, Father Robert Dillon, Msgr. Thomas Bergin, Msgr. John Ruvo and Father Richard LaMorte, are seated in front of concelebrating prelates.
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Cardinal presents a pastoral staff to Auxiliary Bishop Edmund J. Whalen during the Rite of Ordination.
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Cardinal Dolan adjusts the miter on the head of Auxiliary Bishop Gerardo J. Colacicco during the Rite of Ordination.
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Priests hold the Book of the Gospels over the heads of Auxiliary Bishop Gerardo J. Colacicco and Auxiliary Bishop Edmund J. Whalen as Cardinal Dolan leads the Rite of Ordination. The priests, standing from left, are Father Christopher Argano and Father William Cleary, and Father Robert Dillon and Msgr. Joseph Giandurco.
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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, reads from the apostolic letters by Pope Francis. The scrolled letters were presented to the two new bishops.
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Msgr. Farrell High School student Thomas Mormino reads the second reading in Spanish. Bishop Whalen is an alumnus, as well as a former faculty member and principal, of Msgr. Farrell.
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Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto of Brooklyn and Auxiliary Bishop Richard Henning of Rockville Centre lead their fellow bishops in the opening procession.