Pequannock parish overjoyed as bishop installs new pastor at Mass #Catholic – On a snow-blanketed Saturday evening, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney installed Father Cesar Jaramillo as the eighth pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock, N.J., during a Mass on Jan. 17. Father Jaramillo was appointed Holy Spirit’s pastor on July 1, 2025. He continues his work at the Tribunal of the Paterson Diocese and as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University and Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology’s Center for Diaconal Formation in South Orange. Father Jaramillo is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian. Bishop Sweeney was the main celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Around 32 priests concelebrated the Mass of Installation, including the following former pastors: Father Stephen Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, N.J.; Father David Monteleone, pastor of St. Philip the Apostle Parish in Clifton, N.J.; and Father John Tarantino. Also in attendance was Auxiliary Bishop Bismarck Chau of the Newark Archdiocese, also in New Jersey. At the end of the liturgy, the Holy Spirit community presented Bishop Sweeney with a new pectoral cross and a bouquet of flowers for his birthday that day. He turned 56. The Knights of Columbus and the parish school participated in the liturgy. A reception followed in the school gym where parishioners and school families gathered to congratulate their newly installed pastor. Father Jaramillo was ordained a diocesan priest on July 1, 2017. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Catholic studies from Seton Hall in 2013 and a bachelor’s degree in theology and licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He also earned diplomas in seminary formation praxis and administrative canonical praxis from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy. Father Jaramillo is a member of the Canon Law Society of America. Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Father Jaramillo has served as parochial vicar at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, N.J., and St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Parsippany, N.J. In the diocese, he has been a member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, the Clergy Personnel Board, the Priestly Life Committee, and the Advisory Council for Hispanic Ministry. Also in the diocese, FatherJaramillo has taught as an adjunct professor at St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township in the Certificate in Catholic Evangelization program, a collaboration between St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison, N.J., and St. Elizabeth’s. BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI [See image gallery at beaconnj.org]  

On a snow-blanketed Saturday evening, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney installed Father Cesar Jaramillo as the eighth pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock, N.J., during a Mass on Jan. 17.

Father Jaramillo was appointed Holy Spirit’s pastor on July 1, 2025. He continues his work at the Tribunal of the Paterson Diocese and as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University and Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology’s Center for Diaconal Formation in South Orange. Father Jaramillo is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian.

Bishop Sweeney was the main celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Around 32 priests concelebrated the Mass of Installation, including the following former pastors: Father Stephen Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, N.J.; Father David Monteleone, pastor of St. Philip the Apostle Parish in Clifton, N.J.; and Father John Tarantino. Also in attendance was Auxiliary Bishop Bismarck Chau of the Newark Archdiocese, also in New Jersey.

At the end of the liturgy, the Holy Spirit community presented Bishop Sweeney with a new pectoral cross and a bouquet of flowers for his birthday that day. He turned 56. The Knights of Columbus and the parish school participated in the liturgy. A reception followed in the school gym where parishioners and school families gathered to congratulate their newly installed pastor.

Father Jaramillo was ordained a diocesan priest on July 1, 2017. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Catholic studies from Seton Hall in 2013 and a bachelor’s degree in theology and licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He also earned diplomas in seminary formation praxis and administrative canonical praxis from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy. Father Jaramillo is a member of the Canon Law Society of America.

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Father Jaramillo has served as parochial vicar at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, N.J., and St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Parsippany, N.J. In the diocese, he has been a member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, the Clergy Personnel Board, the Priestly Life Committee, and the Advisory Council for Hispanic Ministry.

Also in the diocese, FatherJaramillo has taught as an adjunct professor at St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township in the Certificate in Catholic Evangelization program, a collaboration between St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison, N.J., and St. Elizabeth’s.

Pequannock parish overjoyed as bishop installs new pastor at Mass #Catholic –

On a snow-blanketed Saturday evening, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney installed Father Cesar Jaramillo as the eighth pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock, N.J., during a Mass on Jan. 17.

Father Jaramillo was appointed Holy Spirit’s pastor on July 1, 2025. He continues his work at the Tribunal of the Paterson Diocese and as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University and Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology’s Center for Diaconal Formation in South Orange. Father Jaramillo is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian.

Bishop Sweeney was the main celebrant and homilist of the Mass. Around 32 priests concelebrated the Mass of Installation, including the following former pastors: Father Stephen Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, N.J.; Father David Monteleone, pastor of St. Philip the Apostle Parish in Clifton, N.J.; and Father John Tarantino. Also in attendance was Auxiliary Bishop Bismarck Chau of the Newark Archdiocese, also in New Jersey.

At the end of the liturgy, the Holy Spirit community presented Bishop Sweeney with a new pectoral cross and a bouquet of flowers for his birthday that day. He turned 56. The Knights of Columbus and the parish school participated in the liturgy. A reception followed in the school gym where parishioners and school families gathered to congratulate their newly installed pastor.

Father Jaramillo was ordained a diocesan priest on July 1, 2017. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Catholic studies from Seton Hall in 2013 and a bachelor’s degree in theology and licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He also earned diplomas in seminary formation praxis and administrative canonical praxis from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy. Father Jaramillo is a member of the Canon Law Society of America.

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Father Jaramillo has served as parochial vicar at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, N.J., and St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Parsippany, N.J. In the diocese, he has been a member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, the Clergy Personnel Board, the Priestly Life Committee, and the Advisory Council for Hispanic Ministry.

Also in the diocese, FatherJaramillo has taught as an adjunct professor at St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township in the Certificate in Catholic Evangelization program, a collaboration between St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison, N.J., and St. Elizabeth’s.