The Knights of Columbus (Council 6345) have been at St. Augustine for 46 years (1972 - 2018). The council is very active in the Diocese of Metuchen and it's due to the men along with the Grand Knights that led them.
The following are the Grand Knights (GK) that led Council 6345:
Timothy Coyne 1972 - 1973 Deacon William A. Beirne, Jr. 1973 - 1974 Joseph Chaszar, SK 1974 - 1976 William M. Doran, SK 1976 - 1978 Robert F. Mate, SK, PSD, KHS 1978 - 1979 Joseph Nigro, Sr., SK 1979 - 1980 William Troutwein 1980 - 1981 Joseph Georgianni, SK 1981 - 1982 Arthur Fowler 1982 - 1983 Joel Forbes 1983 - 1984 Edwin White 1984 - 1985 Joseph Pascocello, SK 1985 - 1986 George Prendergast, SK 1986 - 1988 George J. Schrimpf 1988 - 1990 William J. Doran 1990 - 1992 Deacon William A. Beirne, Jr 1992 - 1993 Daniel Farago 1993 - 1994 Gary Schuller, KHS 1994 - 1996 Jerry Mirelli, SK 1996 - 1997 Phillip K. Barrood 1997 - 1998 Wayne Menz, SK 1998 - 2000 Raymond Seaman, SK 2000 - 2002 William Benson III 2002 - 2004 Robert Volner 2004 - 2006 Arthur Troccoli, Jr. 2006 - 2009 First 3 term GK Mark Kubian, SK 2009 - 2011 Paul Ruffe, SK, PFN 2011 - 2013 Tom DeLuca, SK, PFN 2013 - 2016 3 year term James Cooper, SK 2016 - 2018 Byron Dyer, SK 2018 - 2021 3 year term Chris Costa, SK 2021 - 2024 3 year term Paul Ruffe, SK, PFN 2024 - |
GK is Grand Knight
PSD is Past State Deputy
KHS is Knight of Holy Sepulchre
PFN is Past Faithful Navigator
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