Seven priests of the diocese are observing their 40th anniversaries of ordination this year. They are:

• Msgr. John W. Maloney, pastor, St. Anselm’s, Bay Ridge
• Father Ralph J. Caputo, pastor, Our Lady Help of Christians, Midwood
• Father Anthony F. Raso, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dyker Heights
• Father Robert F. Barclay, pastor, St. Elizabeth, Ozone Park
• Father Jerome T. Jecewiz, pastor, St. Raphael, Sunnyside
• Father Andrew L. Struzzieri, pastor, St. Clare, Rosedale
• Father William J. Rueger, pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope