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The Rev. Patrick Ratigan served as pastor of [[St. Bernard's Church|St. Bernard’s Church]] in Saranac Lake, [[St. Paul's Catholic Church|St. Paul’s]] in [[Bloomingdale]], [[St. John's in The Wilderness of Lake Clear|St. John in the Wilderness in Lake Clear]] and the [[Church of the Assumption]] in [[Gabriels]].

''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', 22 May 2014

'''Local Catholic churches to see new pastor'''

By CHRIS KNIGHT

Senior Staff Writer

SARANAC LAKE — The pastor of the four Catholic churches in the Saranac Lake area is getting a new assignment.

Effective July 9, the Rev. [[Mark Reilly]] is being transferred to Massena, where he will take over as pastor of St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s churches, according to Sister Jennifer Votraw, spokesperson for the Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg.

She said Reilly is being replaced by the Rev. Patrick Ratigan, a Saranac Lake native who’s currently at St. Cecilia’s Church in Adams, near Watertown. Ratigan will become pastor of St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake, St. Paul’s in Bloomingdale, St. John in the Wilderness in Lake Clear and the Church of the Assumption in Gabriels. Votraw said Ratigan will also have a parochial vicar, or assistant pastor, the Rev. Thomas Higman, ordained two years ago, who’s currently an assistant at Notre Dame Church in Malone.

Asked why these changes are being made, Votraw described it as routine. “Our diocese has changes in priests’ assignments regularly in May of each year, depending on need, or issues that are confidential to (the) Bishop (Terry LaValley) or (the) priest,” Votraw said in an email. “It is rarely, if ever, for a negative reason.”

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