BISHOP NICHOLAS DIMARZIO TO BE INSTALLED
AS SEVENTH BISHOP OF BROOKLYN OCT. 3
IN OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP BASILICA

            In the presence of family, friends and representatives of the Church and public life, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be installed as the seventh Bishop of Brooklyn at a Mass in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, Sunset Park, Friday, Oct. 3, at 2 p.m.

            Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York, and Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will officiate as Bishop DiMarzio, who has headed the Diocese of Camden since l999, succeeds Bishop Thomas V. Daily, whose mandatory letter of resignation on reaching his 75^th birthday was accepted by Pope John Paul II in August.

            The procession of clergy from the Archdiocese of Newark, the Diocese of Camden, the Diocese of Brooklyn and other Sees will begin at 1:30 p.m.

            Bishop DiMarzio, born and raised in Newark and ordained a priest of that archdiocese in 1970, will preach the homily.

            Brooklyn’s new Diocesan Bishop will lead a Diocese of 1.8 million Catholics, many of them immigrants. He has been a forceful voice for newcomers from other lands on state and national levels in many of his years of priestly ministry.

            Some 2,000 guests are expected at the basilica, a Romanesque building whose upper church was dedicated by Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy in l929. Conducted by the Redemptorist Fathers, Our Lady of Perpetual Help was designated a basilica by Pope Paul VI in l967.

            Because of its size, the large church has been the scene of many major liturgical events, including the installation Masses for several members of the hierarchy, including Bishop Daily’s in April, l990. It is an imposing presence in the local skyline, once described by the City of New York as Brooklyn’s “foremost beauty landmark.”

            Admission to the two-hour installation Mass is by ticket only. It will be broadcast live on the cable television Prayer Channel, which is Channel 79 on Time Warner and Channel 30 on Cablevision.

            More than 40 members of the hierarchy are expected to attend the Mass, including Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua of Philadelphia and Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito of Palm Beach, both natives of the Brooklyn Diocese.

            Reflecting the ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity of the Church in Brooklyn and Queens, the Prayer of the Faithful will be recited in 21 languages.

            Music for the liturgy will be performed by the Vicariate Choir of the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Choir of St. James Cathedral Basilica and the handbell choirs of St. Saviour’s High School, Park Slope, and Queen of All Saints Church, Fort Greene.

            Msgr. Otto L. Garcia, the Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, chaired a planning committee for the installation Mass comprised of 14 subcommittees.