Father DeAngelo, former priest in Riverside, Seaside Heights parishes dies
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 p.m.
Conventual Franciscan Father Jude Thaddeus DeAngelo, a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, who formerly served in the Diocese of Trenton, died Nov. 18 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Funeral services will begin Nov. 21 with visitation from 2-7 p.m. in Assumption Church, Syracuse, where he served as pastor at the time of his death. A Franciscan wake service will take place at 7.
Visitation will be held Nov. 22 from 10-11 a.m. at which time a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated.
Born in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1957, he began his formation with the Conventual Franciscan Friars, entering the novitiate in 1976 and professing simple vows Aug. 14, 1977. He studied in St. Hyacinth College Seminary, Granby, Mass., before making his solemn profession of vows Aug. 10, 1980. After earning a master of divinity degree from St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary, Rensselaer, N.Y., he was ordained a priest May 26, 1984 in Albany, N.Y.
Father DeAngelo spent his first few months of ministry in St. Peter Parish, Riverside, before joining the faculty at the former McCorristin Catholic High School, Hamilton, where he ministered until 1991. He then returned to Riverside as pastor where he served until 1994 when he was elected vicar provincial and secretary of the former Immaculate Conception Province. After completing his term in provincial administration, he returned to the Diocese of Trenton to serve for a year as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Seaside Heights. In 1997, Father DeAngelo began his 25 years of service as a campus minister first at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1997-2010, and then The Catholic University of America, Washington, from 2010-2022. His last assignment was serving as pastor of Assumption Parish.
Father DeAngelo is survived by seven siblings and many nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery, Syracuse.
Memorial donations can be made to the Franciscan Education Burse, 12300 Folly Quarter Rd., Ellicott City, Md. 21042.
The funeral Mass will be livestreamed on Facebook: http://facebook.com/assumptionsyr and YouTube: http://youtube.com/assumptionsyr.
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Conventual Franciscan Father Jude Thaddeus DeAngelo, a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, who formerly served in the Diocese of Trenton, died Nov. 18 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Funeral services will begin Nov. 21 with visitation from 2-7 p.m. in Assumption Church, Syracuse, where he served as pastor at the time of his death. A Franciscan wake service will take place at 7.
Visitation will be held Nov. 22 from 10-11 a.m. at which time a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated.
Born in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1957, he began his formation with the Conventual Franciscan Friars, entering the novitiate in 1976 and professing simple vows Aug. 14, 1977. He studied in St. Hyacinth College Seminary, Granby, Mass., before making his solemn profession of vows Aug. 10, 1980. After earning a master of divinity degree from St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary, Rensselaer, N.Y., he was ordained a priest May 26, 1984 in Albany, N.Y.
Father DeAngelo spent his first few months of ministry in St. Peter Parish, Riverside, before joining the faculty at the former McCorristin Catholic High School, Hamilton, where he ministered until 1991. He then returned to Riverside as pastor where he served until 1994 when he was elected vicar provincial and secretary of the former Immaculate Conception Province. After completing his term in provincial administration, he returned to the Diocese of Trenton to serve for a year as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Seaside Heights. In 1997, Father DeAngelo began his 25 years of service as a campus minister first at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1997-2010, and then The Catholic University of America, Washington, from 2010-2022. His last assignment was serving as pastor of Assumption Parish.
Father DeAngelo is survived by seven siblings and many nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery, Syracuse.
Memorial donations can be made to the Franciscan Education Burse, 12300 Folly Quarter Rd., Ellicott City, Md. 21042.
The funeral Mass will be livestreamed on Facebook: http://facebook.com/assumptionsyr and YouTube: http://youtube.com/assumptionsyr.