Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will celebrate the annual
Mass for diocesan and religious order priests who are
celebrating jubilee anniversaries of their ordination to the
priesthood May 13 in Emmitsburg, Md.
65 Years
Missionhurst Father Charles D. Denys was born July 25, 1920,
in Roeselare, Belgium. He was ordained in 1944 and ministered
in China in 1947. Because of the deterioration of the
government, he stayed in Peking only one year. He was then
assigned to the United States.
For four years he was parochial vicar of Precious Blood
Parish in Culpeper. He served in parishes in Philadelphia for
the next 20 years. In 1973, he became pastor of Our Lady of
Sorrows Parish in Detroit, Mich., where he served for 21
years. During this time he was coeditor and editor of the
Gazette van Detroit, a Belgian-American weekly newspaper,
which has served the Belgian community for more than 90
years.
He has been active in the Missionhurst Provincial Council and
has served as the U.S. congregation’s archivist and is a
noted historian. He resides at Dominion House in Arlington.
60 Years
Missionhurst Father Joseph Dewaele was born March 19, 1924,
in Waregem, Belgium. He was ordained in 1949. His first
priestly assignment was in Congo, where he served as
director, professor and superintendent of diocesan schools at
the nearby college.
He returned to Brussels where he was a professor at the
Missionhurst study houses. In 1967, Father Dewaele came to
the United States where, after making mission appeals, he was
transferred to Archbishop Wood High School in Philadelphia.
He spent 10 years there, and in 1979 became pastor of Mary,
Star of the Sea Parish in Oxnard, Calif.
In 1986 he was made parochial vicar of Our Lady of Victory
Parish, West Haven, and St. Rita Parish, Hamden, both in the
Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn.
He currently resides in Arlington.
55 Years
Msgr. R. Roy Cosby was born May 16, 1924, in Henrico County,
Va. He graduated from John Marshall High School, East End,
Richmond, in 1941. He earned his bachelor’s in electrical
engineering from Virginia Tech in 1944.
Msgr. Cosby attended St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md.,
and earned bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and theology from
St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, in 1954. He was ordained by
Richmond Bishop Peter Ireton May 8, 1954.
He also holds a master’s in science teaching from the
University of Virginia. He worked at the U.S. Patent Office
from 1945-46, then taught for a year at St. Francis College
in Loretto, Pa.
Msgr. Cosby served as an associate of the Diocesan Mission
Band in 1954; associate pastor at Holy Cross Parish,
Lynchburg, 1956-60, and Blessed Sacrament Parish, Norfolk,
1960-62.
He taught at St. John Vianney Seminary, Richmond, from
1962-67. While teaching at the seminary, Msgr. Cosby held a
number of parish assignments, including St. Bridget in
Richmond, Holy Comforter in Charlottesville, Christ the King
in Norfolk and St. Patrick in Richmond.
He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Columbia, in
1967, and transferred to St. Francis in Staunton the
following year. In 1970, Msgr. Cosby became the founding
pastor of Holy Family Parish in Dale City, where he served
for eight years.
He became pastor of St. Timothy Parish in Chantilly in 1978
and founding pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Fredericksburg
in 1983. In 1994, he was named pastor of St. James Parish in
Falls Church.
He has served as chairman of the diocesan research and
development committee, dean of Deanery V and Deanery I, board
member of Catholic Charities, director of Christian Life
Communities and director of the diocesan Apostleship of
Prayer. He also served as vice chancellor of the diocese,
1998-2000, and was an ex officio member of the Presbyteral
Council.
Msgr. Cosby was vicar general of the diocese from March 1994
until the death of Arlington Bishop John R. Keating in March
1998.
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde re-named him vicar general
in 1999. He received the honorary title of “reverend
monsignor” in October 1994 – the 11th diocesan priest to
receive the papal honor.
Msgr. Cosby was pastor of St. James in Falls Church at the
time of his retirement in June 1999. He resides in Rockville,
Va.
Msgr. Frank J. Hendrick was born Nov. 2, 1926, in Richmond to
Arthur and Beulah Hendrick. He graduated in 1943 from
Benedictine High School in Richmond. Msgr. Hendrick was a
corpsman in the U.S. Navy and Marines from 1945-46 prior to
graduating from the University of Richmond in 1948.
Msgr. Hendrick attended Mount St. Mary Seminary in
Emmitsburg, Md., and was ordained a priest by Bishop Ireton
May 8, 1954.
His first assignment was at St. James in Falls Church where
he was parochial vicar.
He earned a master’s in education from Catholic University in
Washington in 1960, and in 1962 he served as principal of
Norfolk Catholic Schools. In 1966, he became founding pastor
of St. Jerome Parish in Newport News.
Msgr. Hendrick was a chaplain in the U.S. Army from 1969-72.
He was awarded a Bronze Star with Combat Valor, the Air Medal
and Army Commendation Medal and two battle stars on his
Vietnam theatre ribbon.
Msgr. Hendrick came to Northern Virginia after his
chaplaincy, serving as pastor of St. Ann Parish in Arlington
in 1972, and director of Catholic Charities from 1974-81. He
was the first executive director of Catholic Charities under
founding Arlington Bishop Thomas J. Welsh.
In 1976 he became pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Arlington
where he served for five years before becoming pastor of St.
Mary Parish in Alexandria.
Msgr. Hendrick retired from Holy Spirit Parish in Annandale
in 1995. He now resides in North Carolina.
50 Years
Father Frank J. Ready was born June 8, 1930, in Nantick,
Mass., the only child of Frank and Mary Ready. After his
mother’s early death, his father married Doris Raymond and
they had one son and three daughters. Father Ready and his
siblings grew up largely in Fitchburg, Mass., where he served
Masses at St. Bernard’s Church.
He entered seminary for the Maryknoll Fathers, but
transferred to the Richmond Diocese, which then included all
of Virginia and some counties in West Virginia. He was
ordained by Richmond Bishop John J. Russell May 11, 1959.
He served as associate pastor of St. Bede Church in
Williamsburg, 1959-60; St. Bridget Church, Richmond, 1960-62;
St. Vincent Church, Newport News, 1962-65; and St. Michael
Church, Annandale, 1965-70.
Also for the Richmond Diocese, he was on the faculty of St.
John Vianney Seminary from 1960-62, and worked as executive
director of Catholic Charities from 1962-65.
He was the founding pastor of St. Theresa Parish, Portsmouth,
1970-73; Nativity Parish, Burke, 1973-84; and Sacred Heart
Parish, Manassas, 1984-95. In 1995 he was appointed pastor of
Holy Spirit in Annandale where he served until 2005.
For the Arlington Diocese, he served as dean of Deanery V
from 1991-95, and dean of Deanery II from 1997-2003. He was
named to the diocesan college of consultors in 2000.
Since 2005, he has served as vicar general for pastoral
services, and been in residence at St. Agnes in Arlington.
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement Father William F. Schmidt
was born in McKeesport, Pa., in 1928. He entered the
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement in 1951, was professed in
1953, and ordained a priest June 6, 1959 at the Basilica of
the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in
Washington, D.C.
Following his ordination, he taught at St. John Seminary in
Montour Falls, N.Y.; was master of clerics at St. Pius X
Seminary, Graymoor, N.Y.; and director of formation at Our
Lady of Atonement Novitaite, Cumberland, R.I.
He then became director of students at Atonement Seminary,
Washington, D.C., and a guidance counselor at Bishop
O’Connell High School in Arlington. From 1975-81, he was
pastor of Christ the Redeemer Parish in Sterling.
In 1981, he became guardian of St. Paul’s Friary in Graymoor,
N.Y. In 1983, he became pastor of St. Andrew Church in Apex,
N.C. In 1989 he was elected to the General Council of the
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement.
He is presently parochial vicar of Christ the Redeemer in
Sterling.
Spiritan Father Leonard J. Tuozzolo was born June 26, 1932,
in Woodside, N.Y., to Joseph and Margaret (Telesco) Tuozzolo.
He attended Manhattan College from 1950-51. He made his first
profession with the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in
Ridgefield, Conn., in 1954, and was ordained to the
priesthood in Norwalk, Conn., June 4, 1959.
His assignments have included vocation work at St. Joseph’s
House in Philadelphia from 1964-66; assistant chaplain at
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, 1973-75; pastor of St.
Patrick Parish in Charleston, S.C., 1975-78; national
director of the Missionary Vehicle Association in Oakmont,
Pa., 1978; pastor of St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in New
York, 1987-99; administrator of All Saints Parish in Harlem,
N.Y., 2001-02.
Father Tuozzolo has been pastor of Our Lady, Queen of Peace
Parish in Arlington since 2002.
45 Years
Father Tarsicio D. Buitrago is parochial vicar of St. Leo the
Great Parish in Fairfax.
Father Martin McGuill is pastor of St. Luke Parish in McLean.
35 Years
Third Order Franciscan Father Patrick Donahoe is parochial
vicar of St. Joseph Parish in Herndon.
Father Horace H. Grinnell is pastor of St. Anthony of Padua
Parish in Falls Church.
Father Patrick Holroyd is pastor of St. Mark Parish in
Vienna.
Father Gerald Weymes is pastor of St. Timothy in Chantilly.
30 Years
Father Robert C. Cilinski is pastor of All Saints Parish in
Manassas.
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Father Mark S. Mealey is
vicar general for administration and moderator of the curia,
and is in residence at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in
Vienna.
25 Years
Father Michael J. Bazan was born Sept. 19, 1951, in Utica,
N.Y., as the second of six children of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Bazan.
He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1972 and was stationed in
Texas, California, West Germany and New Jersey before being
discharged in 1977. He attended Brisson Seminary, College
Seminary for the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, in
Warrenton, Pa.; the Seminary of St. Pius X in Erlanger, Ky.;
and Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, Md. His diaconate
assignment was at Nativity Parish in Burke. He was ordained
to the priesthood by Bishop Keating May 12, 1984.
Father Bazan served as associate pastor of St. Catherine of
Siena Parish in Great Falls from 1984-88; Blessed Sacrament
Parish in Alexandria, 1988-92; St. John the Evangelist Parish
in Warrenton, 1992-94; Good Shepherd Parish in Alexandria,
1994-96 and pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Warrenton
from 1996-2004.
He was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart in Manassas in June
2004.
Father James C. Bruse was born Oct. 28, 1954, in Washington,
D.C., to James G. and Ann Louise Bruse. H graduated from Mary
Washington College in Fredericksburg in 1976, and Mount St.
Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., in 1983. He was ordained
by Bishop Keating May 12, 1984.
His diaconate assignment was at St. John the Beloved Parish
in McLean.
He served as parochial vicar of St. James in Falls Church,
1984-88; St. John the Apostle Parish in Leesburg, 1988-90;
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Lake Ridge, 1990-95.
He has served as pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish in
Kilmarnock since 1995.
Father Donald C. Greenhalgh was born Oct. 1, 1940, in the
suburbs of Philadelphia, Pa., the third of four sons of Paul
and Helen Greenhalgh. He attended Waldron Academy in Merion,
Pa., and Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pa., and
graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
in 1962. After serving on active duty in the U.S. Army
Reserves, he worked as a systems engineer in the computer
industry for 15 years in and around Philadelphia.
In 1977, Father Greenhalgh entered the Novitiate of St. Isaac
Jogues in the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus.
Completing three years in the Jesuits by teaching one year at
Loyola College in Baltimore, he left the Society without
taking vows and enrolled at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in
Emmitsburg, Md. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Keating on
May 12, 1984.
Father Greenhalgh spent his diaconate year at St. Philip
Parish in Falls Church. He served as associate pastor at St.
Louis Parish in Alexandria from 1984-88; St. Catherine of
Siena in Great Falls from 1988-1991; St. Timothy in Chantilly
from 1991-93; and Good Shepherd in Alexandria from 1993-94.
From 1994-96, he was pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in
Arlington. He served as pastor of St. Mary of Sorrows Parish
in Fairfax, 1996-2005, when he was appointed pastor of St.
Ann in Arlington.
Father José E. Hoyos was born March 2, 1956, in Buga,
Colombia, one of 12 children of Gilma and Efrain Hoyos.
Father Hoyos graduated from College Academico in Buga Valle
in 1975 and went on to study philosophy at the University of
San Buenaventura in Bogota. He received a licentiate in
theology from the University of Javeriana. He attended
seminary and received a master’s in theology at Catholic
Theological Union in Chicago. He also attended the Major
Manizalez Seminary in Colombia.
He spent his diaconate assignment in Chicago.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Mario Escobar
Serna Sept. 1, 1984, at the Cathedral of San Pedro in Buga.
Father Hoyos served with the Clerics of St. Viator in Bogota
from 1985-86; as pastor of St. Juan de Avila Parish in
Bogota, 1986-87; and as professor of philosophy at the
College of San Viator in Bogota, 1986-88. In 1988, he
returned to Chicago to reside with the Clerics of St. Viator
community.
He served as parochial vicar of the Cathedral of St. Thomas
More in Arlington from 1989-93. He was parochial vicar of St.
Anthony of Padua Parish in Falls Church from 1993-2001.
He served as parochial administrator of Holy Family in Dale
City from 2001-03 when he was named pastor, a post he held
until 2005. He has been in residence at St. Philip in Falls
Church since 2005 when he became the director of the diocesan
Spanish Apostolate.
He was incardinated into the Arlington Diocese in 2000.
Father Hoyos became an American citizen in 1995 and has been
a strong advocate for the Hispanic community. He has been the
director of the Spanish Apostolate’s weekly radio program
“Boletin Católicos” since 1993.
Missionaries of the Holy Apostles Father Gerard A. Petta was
born Jan. 22, 1939. He began his formation with the
Missionaries of the Holy Apostles in 1976 and made his first
promises with the community Sept. 15, 1980. He pronounced his
final promises May 15, 1983, and was ordained to the
priesthood Aug. 22, 1984.
Father Petta served as pastor in a parish in West Virginia,
1991-98. Since then he has worked as a spiritual director and
mentor to various lay groups; served as a contract chaplain
at Arlington National Cemetery and the Washington Naval Base,
2000-03; and heard confessions and celebrated Masses at the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Since 2001, Father Petta has assisted on the weekends at St.
Lawrence Church in Alexandria, helping with ministry to the
Hispanic community and offering a weekly Scripture study
class.
Father Robert J. Rippy was born March 12, 1958, in Cherry
Point, N.C. He attended St. Rita School and Bishop Ireton
High School, both in Alexandria.
He received his bachelor’s in 1980 from St. Charles Borromeo
College and his master’s in 1984 from St. Charles Borromeo
Seminary, both in Wynnewood, Pa. He spent his diaconate
assignment at St. Leo the Great in Fairfax.
He was ordained by Bishop Keating May 12, 1984. He served as
parochial vicar of Holy Spirit in Annandale, 1984-86. He then
studied canon law at the Gregorian College in Rome, receiving
his licentiate in canon law in June 1988.
After returning from Rome, he was assigned to the Diocesan
Tribunal and resided at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in
Arlington.
He served as parochial vicar of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1987-97,
and as pastor from 1997-2005. He has served as rector of the
Cathedral of St. Thomas More since 2005.
He served as diocesan chancellor from 1992-2005, and as
moderator of the curia and vicar for permanent deacons from
1992-99.
He also serves on the board of Diocesan Consultors, is the
diocesan Promoter of Justice, Dean of Deanery I, and is a
member of the Catholic Herald’s board of directors.
Father William P. Saunders was born March 9, 1957, to Dr.
Joseph and Pauline Saunders in Washington, D.C. He attended
St. Bernadette School, West Springfield Elementary
School, Washington Irving Intermediate and West Springfield
High School, all in Springfield. He graduated from the
College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in 1979.
He worked as an accountant for National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, 1977-81. He attended St. Charles Borromeo
Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., and was ordained by Bishop
Keating May 12, 1984.
He was parochial vicar of St. Mary in Alexandria, 1984-88,
and served as chaplain at Marymount University in Arlington,
1988-92, while in residence at St. John the Beloved in
McLean.
He was named director of the Notre Dame Institute in 1992 and
was in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes in Arlington,
1992-93.
He was parochial vicar of Queen of Apostles Parish in
Alexandria, 1993-95, and was named pastor there in 1995. In
2000 he was appointed the founding pastor of Our Lady of Hope
Parish in Potomac Falls.
He was dean of the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom
College in Alexandria from 1997-2001.
Father Daniel S. Spychala was born Dec. 18, 1956 in Gary,
W.Va. He graduated from Wakefield High School in Arlington in
1975 and American University in Washington before entering
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. His diaconate
assignment was at Holy Family in Dale City. He was part of
the first class ordained by Bishop Keating May 12, 1984.
Father Spychala served as parochial vicar of Nativity Parish
in Burke, 1984-85; St. Michael, Annandale, 1985-89; and St.
John the Beloved, McLean, 1989-93.
He was pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Winchester
from 1993-98 when he was named administrator of St. Philip in
Falls Church. He served at St. Philip until 2002 when he
moved to St. Ambrose Parish in Annandale. He was in residence
at St. Ambrose until 2006 when he was named parochial vicar
of St. Theresa Parish in Ashburn.
A member of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy
Sepulchre, Father Spychala has also been spiritual director
of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, as well
as active in the Knights of Columbus and Scouting.
