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October 31, 2019
BEACON PHOTO | CECILE PAGLIARULOBLESSING OF GRAVESTONE Msgr. George Hundt, pastor of St. Vincent Martyr Parish in Madison, reads a prayer during the blessing of Bishop Rodimer’s gravestone at Calvary Cemetery in Paterson on Oct. 25. Priests standing with him are (from left): Father Peter VB Wells, director of the diocesan cemetery office and pastor of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and Holy Cross Parish in Wayne; Bishop Serratelli, who conducted the blessing; Father Stephen Prisk, diocesan vice chancellor and priest-secretary to the Bishop; Msgr. John Hart, pastor of Assumption Parish in Morristown; and Father Richard Bay, pastor of St. Simon Parish in Green Pond and diocesan minister to senior priests.Blessing of Bishop Rodimer’s gravestone held on his birthdayPATERSON A blessing ceremony for the gravestone of Bishop Frank J. Rodimer, the sixth bishop of the Diocese, was held in Calvary Cemetery, the diocesan cemetery, here on Oct. 25. The date of the ceremony would have been Bishop Rodimer’s 92nd birthday. Bishop Rodimer died last Dec. 6. He served the Paterson Diocese as its bishop for 26 years and was a priest for 67 years.
Bishop Serratelli led the blessing, assisted by several priests of the Diocese, including Father Peter VB Wells, director of the diocesan cemetery office and pastor of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and Holy Cross Parish, both in Wayne. Also attending were family and friends of Bishop Rodimer. Bishop Rodimer is buried alongside Bishop James Navagh, the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Paterson and Bishop Lawrence Casey, the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Paterson.
