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Bensonhurst, 1996-2004, and then served
as episcopal vicar for Brooklyn West, 2004-
09. In 2009, he became pastor of Our Lady
of Angels. In June, he plans to retire and
take up residence at St. Mel’s, Flushing.
He also serves as diocesan director of
the Bishop Francis X. Ford Guild.
He has served as a member of the
Diocesan Personnel Board and the
Presbyteral Council. In 1989, he was coarchivist
for the Diocese.
His anniversary celebration will take
place at a time yet to be determined.
Father Joseph T. Pham
Father Joseph T. Pham, was born in
Kat-Sat province, Hai-Duong, Vietnam,
and attended Blessed Phuc-Liem minor
seminary, My Tho, and St. Paul’s Major
Seminary, Saigon. He was ordained April
30, 1970, by Bishop Le-Van An for the
Diocese of Xuan-Loc. Following ordination,
Father Joseph T. Pham Father Anthony M. Rucando Father Robert J. Sadlack
he went to Rome to study Canon Law at the
Urbanianum University, where he earned a
doctorate degree.
In 1976, he came to the Brooklyn
Diocese, and served at St. Nicholas of
Tolentine, Jamaica, and then was assigned
to St. Jude, Canarsie, where he remained
until 1982 when he was transferred to
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria. Now
retired, he continues to reside at Our Lady
of Mount Carmel.
He was incardinated as a priest of the
Brooklyn Diocese in 1984.
His anniversary celebration, originally
scheduled for the weekend of May 8-9, has
been postponed indefinitely.
Father Anthony M. Rucando
Father Anthony M. Rucando, who is
retired and living at St. Anastasia Parish,
Douglaston, was born in Manhattan and
attended St. Joseph’s School, Astoria; Our
Lady of Fatima School, East Elmhurst;
Cathedral Prep and College, Brooklyn; and
Our Lady of Angels Seminary, Albany.
He was ordained May 30, 1970, by
Bishop Francis J. Mugavero at St. James
Pro-Cathedral, Brooklyn.
He served as an assistant at St. Frances
Cabrini, Bensonhurst, 1970-72; Most
Precious Blood, Astoria, 1972-77; and St.
Saviour, Park Slope, 1977-78.
He taught and was spiritual director at
Nazareth H.S., Brooklyn, 1978-81.
In 1981, he was appointed pastor of
Queen of All Saints, Fort Greene, where he
served until 1995 when he became pastor
of Our Lady Help of Christians, Midwood.
In 2008, he was named pastor at Our
Lady of Grace, Howard Beach, where he
retired in 2018.
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