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Father Robert J. Giuntini

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Father Robert J. Giuntini, a retired priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, died Oct. 22. He was 63 and had resided at St. Joseph’s Guest House in Huntington.

Father Giuntini was pastor of SS. Philip and James Church in Huntington, 1999-2003. He also served at several other Long Island parishes as a parochial vicar, and as a chaplain/counselor, 1980-1986, first at Holy Family Diocesan High School, then at St. Anthony’s High School, both in Huntington.

Born in New York City, he studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, and was ordained for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in 1976.

Father Giuntini’s mother, Elizabeth, died Sept. 12 at Providence Rest Home in the Bronx. She was 92. Father Giuntini is survived by his sister, Maureen Jarvis and his brother, Daniel.

A Funeral Mass was offered Oct. 27 at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Shore. Burial was in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne.

Father Robert J. Giuntini