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C 12 June 20, 2020 | TheTablet.org
Twelve Priests Mark
Silver Jubilees
Father Robert J. Armato
Father Robert J. Armato
Father Armato, pastor of St. Margaret’s
parish, Middle Village, is a native of
Elmhurst, who attended PS 102; Our Lady
of Hope School, Christ the King H.S., both
Middle Village; Queens College; St. John’s
University, Jamaica; St. Meinrad Seminary,
Indianapolis; and Immaculate Conception
Seminary, Huntington.
From 1974 to 1985, he worked as
an insurance underwriter for several
companies.
He was ordained May 20, 1995, by
Bishop Thomas V. Daily, at St. James
Cathedral-Basilica, Brooklyn.
He served as an assistant at Incarnation,
Queens Village, 1995-2000; St. Bernadette,
Dyker Heights, 2000-02; and St. Joseph,
Astoria, 2002-04.
From 2005 to 2009, he was pastor of St.
Frances Cabrini, Bensonhurst.
He was a parochial vicar at St. Joseph,
Astoria, 2005-09; and Our Lady of Hope,
Middle Village, 2012-17.
In 2017, he was assigned to his current
pastorate.
He also has served as a member of
the Diocesan Insurance Commission, the
Presbyteral Council, the Diocesan Liturgical
Commission, the board of directors of the
Parish Service Corp., and the Peter Turner
Insurance Co.
He intended a private celebration of the
anniversary but also was scheduled to be
honored at the parish’s 160th-anniversary
dinner-dance, which has been postponed
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Father James K. Cunningham
Father James K. Cunningham
Father Cunningham, parochial vicar
at St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor,
was born in Elmhurst and attended
St. Sebastian School, Woodside;
St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows;
St. John’s University College of
Business Administration, Jamaica;
and Immaculate Conception Seminary,
Huntington.
He was ordained May 20, 1995, by
Bishop Thomas V. Daily, at St. James
Cathedral-Basilica, Brooklyn.
He served as an assistant at Good
Shepherd, Marine Park, 1995-2000; and
St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, 2000-02.
In 2002, he became pastor of St. Mary
Star of the Sea, Far Rockaway, and in
2008 assumed the pastor’s role at the
newly-merged St. Mary Star of the Sea-
St. Gertrude parish.
He served there until 2010 when he
became pastor of Holy Name, Windsor
Terrace.
He served 18 years as a member of
The Tablet and DeSales Media Group’s
board of directors, including two terms
as chairman of The Tablet board.
He also is chaplain to the Catholic
Teachers Association and the Rockaway
division of the Ancient Board of
Hibernians.
He will celebrate a Mass of
thanksgiving on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m.
at St. Francis de Sales Church.
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