Rev. Leonard Bacigalupo, O.F.M.-Assignment

Assignment Record– Rev. Leonard Bacigalupo, O.F.M.

Summary of Case: A priest of the Order of St. Francis ordained in 1930, Bacigalupo lived and worked in numerous parishes and Franciscan seminaries in multiple dioceses. He was assigned to the Boston archdiocese, moved to Honduras in 1949 for a few years, back to Boston briefly, then on to the Archdioceses of Washington DC, the Archdiocese of New York, the Diocese of Albany NY, then Boston again before returning to the Albany diocese in 1988 where he remained until his death in October 1994. Bacigalupo was accused of "unspecified abuse" at an East Boston parish in 1969 or 1970, according to his personnel file, which was released by the archdiocese in January 2003.

Ordained: 1930
Died: October 1994

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1930	1933					Not found in the Official Catholic Directories for these years.
1933 Boston archbishop was William Henry O'Connell (1907-1944), followed by Richard James Cushing (1944-1970).	1946	St. Francis Seraphic Seminary	Andover	MA		Name not found in the 1939 Directory.
1946	1949	St. Leonard's of Port Maurice	Boston	MA	8/9, 7/8, 7/9 In residence.	Parish had a school, St. Anthony's, with 324-360 boys and 344-375 girls.
1949 Immaculate Conception Province	1952	Immaculada Concepcion	Comayaguela	Honduras, Central America	Commissionary Provincial
1952	1953	St. Francis of Assisi (Italian)	Cambridge	MA	2/18	St. Francis had a school with 114 boys and 92 girls.
1953 Washington archbishop was Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle (1947-1973).	1956?	Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Academy of American Franciscans History	Bethesda	MD	3/8, 3/7	The 1956 Directory indexes Bacigalupo at this Friary, but he is not listed there in the diocesan pages for that year.
1956? New York archbishop was Francis Joseph Spellman (1939-1967).	1958	Mt. Alvernia Seminary, Chapel of the Stigmata of St. Francis	Wappingers Falls	NY	4/14, 3/12 Lector
1958 Albany bishop was William Aloysius Scully (1954-1969).	1960	Sacred Heart	Palenville	NY	1/1
1960	1961	Mt. Alvernia Seminary, Chapel of the Stigmata of St. Francis	Wappingers Falls	NY	8/8 Lector
1961	1964	Immaculate Conception Seminary	Troy	NY	2/8, 2/9 Vicar
1964	1967	Mt. Alvernia Seminary, Chapel of the Stigmata of St. Francis	Wappingers Falls	NY	1/6, 1/7 Guardian
1967	1970	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Italian)	East Boston • Bacigalupo was accused of "unspecified abuse" at this parish in 1969 or 1970, according to his personnel file, which was released in January 2003.	MA	1/8, 1/7 Pastor and Guardian Also at this parish was Bro. Fidelis DeBerardinis, O.F.M.	Our Lady o fMt. Carmel had a school with 186-175 boys and 169-150 girls. DeBerardinis was convicted and sentenced in 2004 for the abuse of 8 Our Lady of Mount Carmel altar boys.
1970 Humberto Sousa Medeiros succeeded Cushing as Boston archbishop (1970-1983).	1976?	St. Francis Seraphic Seminary	Andover	MA		The 1975 and 1976 Directories index Bacigalupo as at this seminary, but do not list him there in the diocesan pages.
1976? Albany bishop was Edwin Bernard Broderick (1969-1976), followed by Howard James Hubbard (1977-).	1988	St. Anthony Friary	Catskill	NY
1988	1994	Teresian House	Albany	NY		Teresian House was a skilled nursing facility. Bacigalupo does not appear in the Directories after 1994. He died in October 1994.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1934-1994).

• Records on 10 Clergy Released, By Sacha Pfeiffer, January 31, 2003

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This assignment record was last updated on June 15, 2011.