Archdiocese Bids Farewell to Monsignor John J.M. Foster, J.C.D. BY TAYLOR HENRY
MONSIGNOR FOSTER (RIGHT) WITH FATHER CURTISS DWYER, CHC, LT, USN, ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN ON 12 MAY 2014.
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his past summer, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS) bade a fond farewell to the Reverend Monsignor John J.M. Foster, J.C.D. As Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia from 2013 to 2021, Monsignor Foster ran day-to-day operations of the AMS, reporting directly to Archbishop Timothy
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P. Broglio. In July, Monsignor Foster was called back to his home diocese of Stockton, CA, to become pastor of the Cathedral of the Annunciation. He is succeeded at the AMS by the Reverend Monsignor Jeffrey G. Laible. Ordained a priest in 1991, Monsignor Foster is a canon lawyer,
