James L. Bartoloma

Background

About James L. Bartoloma

Roman Catholic Priest and Canon Lawyer with a wide range of ministerial and canonical experience.Father Bartoloma was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Camden in 2003. He has worked and ministered in various parishes and institutions in the South Jersey area. He is also experienced in other dimensions of priestly and administrative service including working on the diocesan tribunal, teaching canon law and certain theology classes to the men in formation for the permanent diaconate, hospital chaplaincy, and assisting where needed with the celebration and execution of ceremonies in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (i.e. the Traditional Latin Mass).As Chancellor of the Diocese of Camden, he has met the prerequisites for this office and discharges his duties according to the norms of Canon Law. In addition to the canonical duties as the diocesan chancellor, Father Bartoloma also functions as the Canonical Consultant to the Bishop of Camden; he supervises the work of the Office of Youth and Child Protection; coordinates the work of the Presbyteral Council, acts as the Bishop’s Liaison to the Vicars Forane (deans); oversees the Diocesan Archives; and serves on various boards and councils within the Diocese of Camden.In diocesan administration, Father Bartoloma also serves as the Director of the Office of Pastoral Planning and the Director of the Diocesan Marian Commission.He is committed to the work of the Church; both the Catholic Church in its universal mission and the local Church of the Diocese of Camden at which he is a diocesan administrator and also serves and ministers more directly at the Parish and Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lindenwold, New Jersey.