Clergy Appointments

Clergy Appointments

Posted on June 10, 2020 in: News, Vocations

Clergy Appointments

The Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, D. D., Bishop of Norwich, has made the following clergy and diocesan appointments in the Diocese of Norwich

Reverend George Busto, from Hospital Chaplain, Middlesex Memorial Hospital, Middletown, with Residence at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Middletown, to Parochial Vicar, Blessed Sacrament Parish in Rockville and Tolland.

Reverend Jeffrey Ellis, from Parochial Vicar, Blessed Sacrament Parish in Rockville and Tolland, to Full-time Canon Law Studies with residence at Saint Michael Parish in Stonington.

Reverend Peter J. Langevin, Chancellor

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