Bishop George V. Murry, S.J., and the Diocese of Youngstown are announcing the following clergy appointments, effective March 1.
The Rev. Scott Kopp has been appointed director of vocations for the Diocese of Youngstown. A native of Dover, Ohio, Kopp was ordained June 17, 2017 after receiving a master’s of divinity at Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati. He has served as parochial vicar at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Canton until his appointment as pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in East Liverpool in August of 2018. Kopp will remain pastor there as he assumes his responsibilities as director of vocations.
The Rev. Joseph Ruggieri has been appointed director of seminarians for the Diocese of Youngstown. A native of Austintown, Ruggieri was ordained May 20, 1995 after receiving a master’s of divinity at Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati. He served as parochial vicar at St. Patrick in Kent from 1995 to 2000, then as parochial vicar at St. Joan of Arc in Canton from 2000 to 2003. He was appointed pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ashtabula in August of 2003, assuming the pastorate of Mother of Sorrows in Ashtabula as well in 2008. He was named pastor of Christ the Good Shepherd in Campbell in 2011 where he served until being appointed pastor of Regina Coeli in Alliance and St. Joseph in Maximo in March of 2013. In addition, he has served on the Priests’ Personnel Board, the Diocesan Cemetery Board, the Presbyteral Council and has been a chaplain for the Kent State Police Department. Ruggieri will continue to serve as pastor of Regina Coeli and St. Joseph as he assumes his responsibilities as director of seminarians.
After 11 years as vocations director and director of seminarians, the Rev. Christopher Luoni will relinquish those responsibilities and remain pastor of St. Joan of Arc in Streetsboro. Luoni increased the number of seminarians in formation from an average of eight per year to an average of 20 annually.
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