Office of the Chancellor
Chrism Mass
Please mark your calendars for this year’s Chrism Mass, to take place on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 begining at 11:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle, 5815 5th Avenue N., St. Petersburg. Most Reverend Gregory L. Parkes will be the principal celebrant and homilist.
In response to the current COVID 19 pandemic, the Mass will not be open to the general public this year. It will be broadcast via livestream on our diocesan website at this link beginning at 11:30 a.m. Individual pastors will receive the blessed oils on behalf of their parishes.
As is customary during each year’s Chrism Mass, priests observing their 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th and 65th anniversaries of ordination will be honored. Please note: If you are celebrating one of the aforementioned anniversaries and your name does not appear in the list below or if you know of a priest in our diocese who should be included on this list, please provide this information to Maria Gonzalez in the Chancellor’s Office. Phone: 727-341-6831 or by email.
This year, twenty priests will be honored. Our Jubilarians are as follows:
25th Anniversary
Most Rev. Robert N. Lynch
Rev. John J. Blum
Rev. Rafael E. Martos
Rev. Edwin Palka
40th Anniversary
Rev. Msgr. Ronald B. Aubin, J.C.L.
Rev. Francis H. Dionne
Rev. William R. Fickel, SSS
Rev. Msgr. Robert C. Gibbons, J.C.L.
Rev. Thomas L. Madden
Rev. Robert J. Schneider
50 th Anniversary
Rev. John Anglin, O.F.M.
Rev. Hugh Chikawe
Rev. Eugeniusz Gancarz
Rev. Mathew K. Illikattil
Rev. Paul F. McLaughlin
Rev. Pierre Pham
Rev. Jeremiah Reen, S.D.B.
Rev. Ignatius Tuoc
60 th Anniversary
Rev. Msgr. Aiden Foynes
65 th Anniversary
Rev. Msgr. Dacian Dee, J.C.D.
For additional directives and accommodations by Bishop Parkes regarding this year’s Holy Week liturgies, please click the following links: English or Spanish .
Please continue to pray for an end to the coronavirus and for those individuals and families directly and indirectly impacted by it.
