The eldest of five children, Reverend Joseph J. D'Angelo was born on April 12, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended St. Malachy's Parochial School and St. Francis Prep High School, and began his studies for the priesthood at Cathedral College in Brooklyn. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY in 1964 and completed his post-graduate studies in Theology at Christ the King Seminary at St. Bonaventure. Father D'Angelo was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in June of 1968 and went on to earn his Master's of Divinity Degree in 1975. He served as an Associate Pastor in St. Martin of Tours, Amityville, St. Joachim, Cedarhust, and Sacred Heart, Merrick; College Chaplain Adelphi University and Director of Diocese of Rockville Centre Campus Ministry and Hospital Chaplain NUMC, East Meadow. Father D'Angelo became a Police Chaplain in 1984 and served as a Chaplain for several different federal, state, county, and village policing agencies throughout New York. In April 1990, he was appointed as a Chaplain for the Nassau County Police Department and and served on the NCPD Peer Support Team. In 1996, Father D'Angelo assisted the Port Authority of New York and the New Jersey Police Department in establishing it's new Chaplaincy program, which he continued to serve on as one of its departmental chaplains.

Father D'Angelo is a member of the International Conference of Police Chaplains and received a Master Chaplain Certification in 1997. He is also a member of the National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and received a Board Certified Diploma in Traumatic Stress in 1999. Father D'Angelo has written several articles in law enforcement publications for the FBI's Academy of Behavioral Science Unit. Father D'Angelo previously served as the Pastor of the Campus Parish of Long Island and as the Director of the Office of Campus Ministry for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in 1997, working out of Hofstra University's Interfaith Center. He also served as the Chaplain for Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY in 2004 as well as the Associate Pastor at the Parish of Sacred Heart in North Merrick. Although retired from full-time ministry, he did assist by serving mass on weekends while maintaining his service as a law enforcement. He traveled, and enjoyed his home, and taking his boat out in Mattituck, New York.

His passing was preceded by his youngest brother Jon Peter. He is survived by brothers, Stephen (Anne) and Christopher (Lina) and his sister Kathleen. Family will receive friends Friday, 2 pm – 7 pm at Sacred Heart R.C. Church in Merrick, NY. Nassau County Police Department Service will be held at 7 pm with the Mass of Transferal to follow at 7:30 pm. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, 10 am, at The Cathedral of St. Agnes in Rockville Centre, NY. Interment to follow at Holy Rood Cemetery. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Charles J. O’Shea Funeral Homes. www.osheafuneral.com