Pittsburgh – Bishop David A. Zubik has appointed Bruno A. Bonacchi as the new Chief Financial Officer of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, effective January 1, 2014.<br /><br />Mr. Bonacchi, formerly head of Corporate Strategy and Development at Mellon Financial Corporation, succeeds Frederick P. O’Brien who has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Diocese since March, 2002 and has announced his retirement at the end of this year.<br /><br />Mr. Bonacchi’s appointment is for a renewable term of five years as required by the Code of Canon Law.<br /><br />Mr. Bonacchi is a member of St. Thomas a Becket parish, Jefferson Hills, where he is chairman of the parish Finance Council. He is also an adjunct professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville.    <br /><br />With a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, he has worked in a number of positions with Mellon Financial Corporation since the mid-1980s. He had previously worked for PNC Bank.<br /><br />In expressing his gratitude for all Mr. O’Brien has done for the Church of Pittsburgh and beyond, Bishop Zubik noted that during his 11 years with the Diocese, “Mr. O’Brien has initiated significant improvements to the financial policies and procedures of the diocese and has raised to the highest level our fiscal life as a diocese.<br /><br />A member of St. Joseph Parish in O’Hara Township, Mr. O’Brien was honored in May with the papal honor, the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice cross, the highest lay award for distinguished service to the Church.<br /><br />For the last 12 years he has served as president of the board for McGuire Memorial Home. He was appointed a Papal Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II in 2003.<br /><br />Bishop Zubik also announced that Deacon Kevin L. Lander has been appointed Associate General Secretary and will join the diocesan General Secretariat on September 1st.<br /><br />He will assist Father Ronald P. Lengwin, Vicar General and General Secretary, and join fellow Associate General Secretaries Mrs. Helene E. Paharik and retired Superior Court Judge Maureen Lally-Green. Judge Lally-Green has reduced her duties to part-time effective July 1.  <br /><br />Ordained a deacon in 2011, Deacon Lander graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Clarion University. He has served as a Vice President at Mellon Bank and as a senior vice president of U.S. Bancorp.<br /><br />Deacon Lander serves at Saint Margaret Parish in Green Tree. He has been an Episcopal Master of Ceremonies for the Department for Worship.