Msgr. Edward Lucitt (photo) was born in South Amboy, N.J., and ordained a priest of the Diocese of Trenton on May 21, 1936, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Trenton. His first assignment was as assistant pastor of St. Mary Church in Gloucester City, then part of the Trenton Diocese.
The following year, on Dec. 9, 1937, the Diocese of Camden was established, and Msgr. Lucitt became a priest of the newly-formed diocese.
In 1943, he was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, and served as a chaplain on the West Coast and in the Pacific Theatre, until his discharge with the rank of major, in 1946.
He returned to St. Mary’s as assistant pastor in 1946, and served there until 1951, when he was named pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Camden. Ten years later he was back at St. Mary’s as pastor, and he remained there until his retirement in 1983.
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