Deacon Bill Ruane
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Director of the Permanent Diaconatewruanepatersondiocese.orgDeacon Bill was ordained in 2020. He has been married to his wife Pamela since 1987. He holds a B.A, cum laude, in Journalism and Politics from New York University (1977); an M.A. in Systematic Theology from Seton Hall’s Immaculate Conception Seminary and School of Theology (2020); and a J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law (1980). An attorney, he is a retired Vice-President and Associate General Counsel of Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company.
Along with his liturgical ministries at St. Matthew’s, he also manages the parish’s food pantry efforts and leads the men’s faith-sharing group.
