About Holy Angels · Altona, New York
Church of the Holy Angels is a Roman Catholic parish serving the rural community of Altona in Clinton County, northern New York. The parish is part of the Diocese of Ogdensburg and shares its pastorate with the neighboring Church of St. Ann in Mooers Forks (the mailing address for parish correspondence is 24 Town Hall Road, Mooers Forks, NY 12959). Holy Angels offers three weekly Masses — Sunday at 10:00 AM and weekday Masses on Tuesday and Friday at 8:00 AM — with confessions heard after Sunday Mass. The parish is registered as a New York domestic not-for-profit corporation dating to December 3, 1881.
- Established
- 1881
- Patron
- The Holy Angels
- Rector
- Rev. Pedro Edgardo 'Jay' N. de la Rosa
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ogdensburg
Why belong here
Holy Angels is a small but faithful Catholic parish in rural northern New York, offering the Sunday Eucharist at 10:00 AM and two weekday Masses on Tuesdays and Fridays. The community welcomes new members and visitors to celebrate Mass with them, and the parish shares a pastor and pastoral team with neighboring St. Ann's in Mooers Forks — giving parishioners a connected, family-style Catholic community across the North Country. It is also listed among the Diocese of Ogdensburg parishes served along the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse, reflecting its place in this remote stretch of upstate New York.
Mass times at Holy Angels
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (after Mass)
Parish Overview
Church of the Holy Angels is a small Roman Catholic parish serving Altona, a rural town in Clinton County in the North Country of New York State. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Ogdensburg and is pastorally twinned with the Church of St. Ann in Mooers Forks. Both parishes are administered from the St. Ann's office at 24 Town Hall Road, Mooers Forks, NY 12959. The parish office phone number, (518) 236-5632, is shared by both churches, and the parish secretary can be reached at [email protected].
- Diocese: Ogdensburg
- Pastor: Rev. Pedro Edgardo 'Jay' N. de la Rosa
- Deacon: Dennis Monty
- Address: 522 Devils Den Road, Altona, NY 12910
- Parish secretary line: (518) 236-5632
- Email: [email protected]
History
Holy Angels was incorporated as a New York domestic not-for-profit corporation on December 3, 1881, under the name 'Church of the Holy Angels, Altona N.Y.' The corporation remains active in New York State records. Beyond that incorporation date, the parish has not published a detailed history, founding narrative, or building chronology on its public-facing website, so information about the original construction of the church, its founders, or any expansion phases is not available online.
- Incorporated December 3, 1881 (NY DoS ID #23854)
- Long-standing parish in Altona, Clinton County
- Listed in the Diocese of Ogdensburg's parish directory
Staff & Clergy
Holy Angels is led by a priest who also pastors the neighboring parish of St. Ann's in Mooers Forks, plus a deacon assigned to the parish. Both names are listed on the Diocese of Ogdensburg's parish page for Altona.
- Rev. Pedro Edgardo 'Jay' N. de la Rosa — Pastor (appointed June 29, 2022)
- Deacon Dennis Monty
Combined Parish: Holy Angels and St. Ann's, Mooers Forks
The parish office phone number, mailing address, and secretary are shared between Holy Angels in Altona and St. Ann's in Mooers Forks. Together they are promoted under one Facebook page: 'St. Ann, Mooers Forks and Holy Angels, Altona Catholic Parishes.' This combined arrangement means that announcements, sacramental records, and general inquiries are funneled through the Mooers Forks office.
- Shared pastor: Rev. Pedro Edgardo 'Jay' N. de la Rosa
- Shared phone: (518) 236-5632
- Shared mailing address: 24 Town Hall Road, Mooers Forks, NY 12959
- Joint Facebook page for the two parishes
Mission Church
According to the Wikipedia list of churches and parishes in the Diocese of Ogdensburg, Holy Angels in Altona is the parent parish for the Mission Church of St. Louis of France in Sciota, NY.
- Mission: St. Louis of France, Sciota, NY
Visiting & Contact
Parishioners and visitors can reach Holy Angels at (518) 236-5632 or by emailing [email protected]. The parish's public website is https://annandangels.org/, and the Diocese of Ogdensburg maintains a directory page for the parish at rcdony.org/parish/altona.
- Phone: (518) 236-5632
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://annandangels.org/
- Diocese directory: https://www.rcdony.org/parish/altona
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Pedro Edgardo 'Jay' N. de la RosaEffective June 29, 2022 – present
Appointed pastor of Holy Angels (Altona) and St. Ann's (Mooers Forks) effective June 29, 2022; previously parochial vicar at the Roman Catholic Community of St. Alexander's and St. Joseph in Morrisonville, St. Augustine's in Peru, and St. James in Cadyville; incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in November 2021.