Aug 7, 2019 | Bishop Lucia, Local
When Bishop Douglas J. Lucia is ordained and installed as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse Aug. 8, it will be the first ordination of a bishop for the diocese since Bishop James M. Moynihan was ordained and installed in 1995. “It’s been 24...
Aug 7, 2019 | Bishop Lucia, Local
Text courtesy Diocese of Syracuse | Photos by Chuck Wainwright Cathedral church In the Diocese of Syracuse, as in every diocese, there is only one cathedral. The cathedral church is the church that is the site of the bishop’s cathedra, or...
Aug 7, 2019 | Bishop Lucia, Local
Blazon (description in heraldic terms) Or, a cross pommé Azure, surmounted of a closed book Sable, embellished Or, thereon a sun in splendor also Or, inscribed with the Christological monogram « IHS » Sable. On a chief Gules a Celtic triquetra Or,...
Aug 7, 2019 | Bishop Lucia, Local
A notebook of Sister Laura Bufano’s confirms that planning a bishop’s ordination involves, as she says, “so many details and components.” Written on blocks on her desk are the words “relax,” “create,” and...
Aug 1, 2019 | Bishop Lucia, Local
Stickley CEO Aminy Audi presents Bishop-elect Douglas J. Lucia with the coat of arms that will grace his cathedra come August 8. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright) By Katherine Long | Editor Bishop-elect Douglas J. Lucia got a first look today at the coat of arms...
Aug 7, 2019 | Bishop Lucia, Local
Douglas Lucia stands with his friend and schoolmate Terry LaValley — now Bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg — at his graduation from Wadhams Hall Seminary College in May 1985. Father Douglas Lucia is ordained to the priesthood at St. Mary’s...
