Rev. Kevin J. Downey, OFM

Assignment Record– Rev. Kevin J. Downey, O.F.M.

Summary of Case: Kevin J. Downey was ordained for the Franciscan Friars of the Holy Name Province in 1982. He went on to parish assignments in the dioceses of Buffalo NY, Butler NJ, Raleigh NC, Paterson NJ and Arlington VA. Through much of the 1980s until 1991 he worked in the Springfield IL diocese, at the Franciscan's Quincy College. In May 2016 the Arlington diocese quietly announced that Downey had been placed on leave, pending the investigation of an allegation of sexual misconduct toward a male minor in 1990, "in another state." Downey was working at Quincy College during the year in question. At the time of his suspension he was serving as pastor of a Triangle VA parish.

Ordained: 1982

Start	Stop	Assignments	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1982 Diocese of Buffalo NY Bishop was Edward Dennis Head (1973-1995).	1983	St. Bonaventure Friary	Allegany	NY
1983 Diocese of Springfield IL Bishop was Daniel Leo Ryan (1983-1999)	1985	Quincy College	Quincy	IL	Vice-President for Development
1985 Diocese of Paterson NJ Bishop was Frank Joseph Rodimer (1977-2004).	1986	St. Anthony's	Butler	NJ	2/4	St. Anthony's had a school with 198 students.
1986 Diocese of Springfield IL Bishop was Daniel Leo Ryan (1983-1999)	1991	Quincy College	Quincy	IL	Director of Campus Ministry 1986-88; Director of Admissions 1988-91
1991 Diocese of Raleigh NC Bishop was Francis Joseph Grossman (1975-2006).	1993	St. Francis of Assisi	Raleigh	NC	2/2	St. Francis' had a CCD program with 789-870 students.
1993	1996					Downey is not indexed in the 1994-1996 Directories; nor is he listed in the diocesan pages as at his previous or next assignments.
1996 Diocese of Paterson NJ Bishop was Frank Joseph Rodimer (1977-2004).	1999	Our Lady of the Assumption/St. Mary's	Pompton Lakes	NJ	2/2, 2/4	Our Lady of the Assumption had a school with 260-250 students, and a CCD program with 1,775 students.
1999 Diocese of Buffalo NY Bishop was Henry Joseph Mansell (1995-2003).	2002	St. Bonaventure	Allegany	NY	1/1	St. Bonaventure had a CCD program with 273-231 students.
1999	2002	St. John the Baptist	Vandalia	NY	1/1	This was a mission of St. Bonaventure in Allegany.
2002 Diocese of Paterson NJ Rodimer was succeeded as bishop by Arthur Joseph Serratelli (2004-).	2011	Our Lady of the Assumption/St. Mary's	Pompton Lakes	NJ	3/3, 1/3, 1/2	Our Lady of the Assumption had a school with 248-281 students, and a CCD program with 1,891-1,791 students.
2011 Diocese of Arlington VA Bishop was Paul Stephen Loverde (1999-).	2016	St. Francis of Assisi	Triangle	VA	2/3 Pastor	St. Francis' had a school with 337-324 students, and a CCD program with 988-802 students.

Priests in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand 3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample page from the Directory.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (Kenedy & Sons, 1983-2014).

• Pastor Placed on Administrative Leave, Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington, June 6, 2016

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This assignment record was last updated on June 30, 2016.