The Chancellor’s Office was saddened to learn of the death of Reverend Richard Frank Rosin, 62, pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, Palm Harbor, on Sunday evening, December 1, 2024, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Father Rosin was recently hospitalized at Mease Countryside Hospital, Clearwater, and was later transferred to Oak Manor Hospice, in Largo, where he was at the time of his passing.

Father Rosin was ordained to the priesthood for the Salesians of Don Bosco on May 28, 1995, and formerly served as guidance counselor and president of St. Petersburg Catholic High School. After leaving our diocese in 2017, he returned in 2020, serving as parochial vicar of St. John Vianney Parish, St. Pete Beach (2020-2022), and Espiritu Santo Parish, Safety Harbor (2022-2024), before being appointed as pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist in July 2024. He was incardinated into the Diocese of St. Petersburg on September 15, 2023.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Nina, earlier this year. He is survived by his father, Richard, and his brother, Frank, along with extended family members, dear friends, and brothers from the Salesian community.

All funeral services will be held at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, 2757 Alderman Road, Palm Harbor and are as follows:
Visitation: Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Evening Prayer will follow at 7:00 p.m.
Funeral Mass: Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 11:00 a.m.
Burial will take place at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Clearwater, at a later date.

Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family of Rev. Richard Rosin, in care of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Office of the Chancellor, P.O. Box 40200, St. Petersburg, FL 33743-0200.

Please keep Father Rosin’s family members and loved ones in your kind thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, [for] the old order has passed away.” – Revelation 21:4

Please keep Father Rosin’s family and loved ones, along with the parish community of St. Luke the Evangelist, in your kind thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.