SYRACUSE, New York — Father Jude Thaddeus DeAngelo, OFM Conv., a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died Nov.18, 2025, in Syracuse.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at Assumption Church, 812 N. Salina St., Syracuse N.Y. 13208, with a Franciscan Wake Service at 7 p.m. Visitation will also take place on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the church.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Assumption at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Interment will follow in Assumption Cemetery in Syracuse. The funeral Mass will be livestreamed on Facebook at http://facebook.com/assumptionsyr and YouTube at http://youtube.com/assumptionsyr.
Born in Binghamton on Jan. 10, 1957, he was son of the late Anthony and Nancy (née Guerriero) DeAngelo.
After graduating from Catholic Center High School, he began formation with the Conventual Franciscans, entering the novitiate in 1976 and professing simple vows on Aug. 14, 1977. He then studied at St. Hyacinth College Seminary in Granby, Massachusetts, before making his solemn profession of vows on Aug. 10, 1980. After earning his M.Div. from St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, New York, he was ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1984, in Albany.
Father Jude spent his first few months of ministry at St. Peter Parish in Riverside, New Jersey, before becoming a teacher at the former McCorristin High School in Trenton, where he ministered until 1991. He then returned to St. Peter’s in Riverside, where he served as pastor until 1994, when he was elected as Vicar Provincial and Secretary of the former Immaculate Conception Province, residing in Rensselaer. After completing his term in provincial administration, Father Jude served for one year as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.
In 1997, Father Jude commenced 25 years of service and sacrifice as a campus minister, first at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem (1997-2010) and then at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (2010-2022). His gentle compassion, tireless effort, quick wit and Franciscan witness helped evangelize and form two generations of young people in their journeys of faith. Father Jude spent his final years in Syracuse, serving as pastor of Assumption Parish.
He is survived by his seven siblings: Nancy, Gregory, Elizabeth, Anthony, Ronald, Jan and Randy; as well as an abundance of devoted nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Franciscan Education Burse, 12300 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042.
— Catholic News Herald