Vincent John Baldwin

Vincent Baldwin was born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, to John O. and Josepha (née Haefelei) Baldwin.[1] He attended parochial schools in Brooklyn, and graduated from Cathedral College in 1926.[2] He attended Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York before studying at the Almo Collegio Capranica in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in theology.[2] He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on July 26, 1931.[3]

Following his return to Brooklyn, Baldwin served as a curate at Holy Name of Jesus Church until 1943, when he became a member of the diocesan matrimonial tribunal.[2] He served as secretary of the tribunal (1944–49) and vice-chancellor of the Diocese of Brooklyn (1949–53).[2] In addition to his pastoral duties, he was a judge of the matrimonial tribunal from 1954 to 1957.[2] He served as pastor of St. Boniface Martyr Church in Sea Cliff (1953–56) and of St. Aloysius Church in Great Neck (1956–60).[1] He became vicar general of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in 1957, and was later named a papal chamberlain (1948) and domestic prelate (1959).[2] He became pastor of St. Joseph Church in Garden City in 1960.[1]

On June 4, 1962, Baldwin was appointed auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre and titular bishop of Bencenna by Pope John XXIII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 26 from Bishop Walter P. Kellenberg, with Bishops James Griffiths and Charles Richard Mulrooney serving as co-consecrators, at St. Agnes Cathedral.[3] As an auxiliary bishop, he continued to serve as vicar general of the diocese and pastor of St. Joseph Church.[1] He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965.[2]

Baldwin died at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, at age 72.[2]

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