Theology Faculty

Reverend Monsignor Gerard H. McCarren, S.T.D.
Monsignor Gerard McCarren was named Interim Rector/Dean of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology for a period of one year, effective July 1, 2022. Following a national search, on March 27, 2023, the Archdiocese of Newark and Seton Hall University announced Monsignor McCarren’s appointment as Rector/Dean of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology. Monsignor McCarren earned a B.A. from Yale University with majors in History and in Philosophy (Psychology track), an M.Div. from Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, and an S.T.L. and an S.T.D. in Systematic Theology from The Catholic University of America. Monsignor McCarren is particularly interested in the life and works of Saint John Henry Newman, serving as a board member emeritus of the Newman Association of America’s board of directors. In addition to teaching in the areas of Liturgy and Sacraments and having served as Spiritual Director at ICSST, Monsignor McCarren has taught and provided spiritual direction for the summer seminarian program of the Institute for Priestly Formation, Omaha, NE.
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Reverend Roberto Ortiz, S.T.L., S.T.D. (Cand.)
Reverend Roberto Ortiz began his duties as Vice Rector at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology in July 2025. Since 2012, he has been serving on the Formation Faculty at ICSST. He also serves as Director of Liturgy and as Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology. Father Ortiz was ordained a priest for service in the Archdiocese of Newark in 2009. He earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, in 2010, specializing in Dogmatic (Systematic) Theology. In 2015, he returned to the Pontifical Gregorian University for doctoral studies in theological anthropology. In addition to his service to ICSST, Father Ortiz is a weekend assistant at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church in Scotch Plains and at St. Stephen Church in Kearny.
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Reverend Mariusz Eugene R. Koch, C.F.R., M.Div., M.A.
Reverend Mariusz Koch was named Spiritual Director for Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, effective July 1, 2022. Father Koch was ordained in 1969 as a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark. He has served the Archdiocese as associate pastor, pastor, Vocations Director, Campus Minister at Seton Hall University, and Rector of St. Andrew's College Seminary. In 1996, he joined the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. He has been involved in hands-on work with the poor; post-abortion ministry for men and women; parish missions; retreats for priests, seminarians and religious; spiritual direction; as well as a number of television series on youth evangelization for EWTN. Father Koch served his community as General Superior for two terms. Before beginning as Associate Spiritual Director at ICSST in July 2017, his most recent assignment was in Paterson, NJ, as Superior of St. Michael Friary.
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Reverend Christopher M. Ciccarino, S.S.L., S.T.D.
Reverend Christopher Ciccarino, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, completed an S.T.B. at the Pontifical Gregorian University and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark on May 25, 1996. He completed an S.S.L. at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and an S.T.D. at the Pontifical Gregorian University. His dissertation topic was " 'Christ our Passover has been Sacrificed' (1Cor 5,7). An Investigation into a Pauline Metonymy."
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Dianne M. Traflet, J.D., S.T.D.
Dianne M. Traflet, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology, earned a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, an M.A. in Catholic Theology and Pastoral Ministry from The Institute of Advanced Studies of Catholic Doctrine, St. John's University, and an S.T.L. and an S.T.D. from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (The Angelicum), Rome. Dr. Traflet is a key leader in the Center for Diaconal Formation and is the author of Edith Stein: A Spiritual Portrait (2008).
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• Rev. Carlos Briceno
  Adjunct Professor Core Curriculum
• Rev. Jared J. Brogan
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Julie Burkey
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Peter H. Cho
  Rector of St. Andrew's College Seminary & Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Rev. Timothy Christy
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Dominic Ciriaco
  Coordinator of Preaching as Hospitality Formation Program and Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Deacon Peter Cistaro
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Alexis Coffi
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Rev. Christopher Colavito
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Rev. Msgr. T. Mark Condon
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Gabriel Curtis
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Thomas Dente
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Rev. Manuel Duenas
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Jean Renald Felicien
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Msgr. John Fell
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Rev. Vincent Fortunato
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rafael Gonzalez
  Adjunct Professor of Theology
• David Hajduk
  Adjunct Professor of Moral Theology
• Brian Honsberger
  Administrator of the Certificate in Catholic Evangelization (CCE)

• Rev. Cesar D. Jaramillo
  Adjunct Professor of Moral Theology
• Rev. Daniel Kirk
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Rev. Garry Koch
  Adjunct Professor of Church History
• Rev. Msgr. Raymond Kupke
  Adjunct Professor of Church History
• Rev. Paul S Manning
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Krzysztof Maslowski
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Lucio Nontol
  Adjunct Professor of Moral Theology
• John Nowik
  Director of Music/Organist and Adjunct Professor of Liturgy and Music
• Rev. Danny Pabon
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Very Rev. Charles Pinyan
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Pedro Repollet
  Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies
• Rev. Juan Gabriel Rojas-Hernandez
  Vice Rector of the College Seminary of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Andrew’s Hall
• Rev. Vicente Montiel Romero
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
• Rev. Stephen Sansevere
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Deacon Andrew Saunders
  Co-Director, 4:12 Pathway for Pastoral Leadership Grant
• Most Reverend Arthur J. Serratelli
  Adjunct Professor of Sacred Scripture
• Rev. Thomas P. Shubeck
  Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
• Rev. Joel Wilson
  Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology