Case number: 2:21-bk-20687 - The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation - Connecticut Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation

  • Court

    Connecticut (ctbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    James J. Tancredi

  • Filed

    07/15/2021

  • Last Filing

    04/01/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Connecticut (Hartford)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 21-20687

Assigned to: James J. Tancredi
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  07/15/2021
341 meeting:  09/29/2021

Debtor

The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation

201 Broadway
Norwich, CT 06360
NEW LONDON-CT
Tax ID / EIN: 06-0687373
aka
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich


represented by
Patrick M. Birney

Robinson & Cole LLP
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103-3597
(860) 275-8200
Fax : (860) 275-8299
Email: pbirney@rc.com

John C. Cannizzaro

Ice Miller, LLP
250 West Street, Suite 700
Columbus, OH 43215
614-462-1070
Fax : 614-232-6923
Email: john.cannizzaro@icemiller.com

Louis T. DeLucia

Ice Miller, LLP
1500 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10036
212-835-6312
Fax : 212-835-6322
Email: louis.delucia@icemiller.com

Andrew A. DePeau

Robinson & Cole, LLP
280 Trumbull St.
Hartford, CT 06103
860-275-8200
Fax : 860-275-8299
Email: ADEPEAU@RC.COM

Alyson M. Fiedler

Ice Miller, LLP
1500 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10036
212-835-6315
Fax : 212-835-6316
Email: alyson.fiedler@icemiller.com

Annecca H. Smith

Robinson & Cole, LLP
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103
860-275-8325
Fax : 860-275-8299
Email: asmith@rc.com

Daniel R. Swetnam

Ice Miller, LLP
250 West Street, Suite 700
Columbus, OH 43215
614-462-2225
Fax : 614-224-3568
Email: daniel.swetnam@icemiller.com
TERMINATED: 04/14/2023

Jason M. Torf

Ice Miller, LLP
200 W. Madison Street, Suite 3500
Chicago, IL 60606
312-726-6244
Fax : 312-726-6214
Email: jason.torf@icemiller.com
TERMINATED: 05/03/2022

U.S. Trustee

U. S. Trustee

Office of the U.S. Trustee
Giaimo Federal Building
150 Court Street, Room 302
New Haven, CT 06510
(203)773-2210

represented by
Holley L. Claiborn

Office of The United States Trustee
The Giaimo Federal Building
150 Court Street, Room 302
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 773-2210
Fax : (203) 773-2217
Email: holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov

Steven E. Mackey

Office of the U.S. Trustee
The Giaimo Federal Building
150 Court Street, Room 302
New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 773-2210

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

c/o Patrick Tomasiewicz
Fazzano & Tomasiewicz, LLC
96 Oak Street
Hartford, CT 06106
represented by
Christopher H. Blau

290 Airpark Blvd
Suite 4
Chico, CA 95973
530-562-4589
Email: cblau@zeislaw.com
TERMINATED: 05/19/2023

Daniel A. Byrd

Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C.
10 Middle Street, 15th Floor
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-368-5478
Fax : 203-368-5478
Email: dbyrd@zeislaw.com

Eric A. Henzy

Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C.
10 Middle Street
15th Floor
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-368-5495
Fax : 203-549-0861
Email: ehenzy@zeislaw.com

Stephen M. Kindseth

Zeisler & Zeisler
10 Middle Street
15th Floor
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 368-4234
Fax : 203-367-9678
Email: skindseth@zeislaw.com

Michael T. McCormack

O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC
180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210
Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-258-1993

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
04/01/20251946Notice of Hearing Issued (RE: [610] Objection, [887] Motion to File Late Claim, [951] Motion to File Late Claim, [1247] Motion to File Late Claim, [1268] Motion to File Late Claim, [1469] Motion to File Late Claim, [1470] Motion to File Late Claim, [1507] Motion to File Late Claim, [1508] Motion to File Late Claim, [1612] Application to Appoint, [1615] Motion for Order, [1618] Motion for Order, [1782] Motion for Order, [1787] Motion to File Late Claim, [1902] Motion for Order, [1906] Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement, [1907] Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement, [1908] Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement, [1932] Motion For Administrative Claim Bar Date, [1933] Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement, [1934] Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement). Hearing to be held on 5/21/2025 at 10:00 AM at United States Bankruptcy Court, 450 Main Street, 7th Floor Courtroom, Room 715B, Hartford, CT. Objection deadline: 5/12/2025. Certificate of Service due by 4/11/2025. (gr)
03/28/20251945Order (I) Establishing Voting Record Date; (II) Establishing Voting Deadline to Accept or Reject Plan; (III) Establishing Confirmation Hearing Date and Notice And Objection Procedures Thereof; (IV) Setting Surviving Claimants Hearing; and (V) Granting Related Relief (RE: [1935] Seventh Amended Chapter 11 Plan filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, Interested Party The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Interested Party Association of Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese, [1936] Seventh Amended Disclosure Statement filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, Interested Party The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Interested Party Association of Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese). (lbw)
03/28/20251944Order Granting Motion For Entry Of Order (I) Approving Disclosure Statement; (II) Approving Solicitation Packages Notice Of Certain Plan Settlement Motions and Distribution Procedures; (III) Approving Forms of Ballots and Establishing Procedures for Voting On Plan; (IV) Approving Forms of Notices To Non-Voting Classes Under Plan; (V) Approving Procedures For Vote Tabulation, Including Estimation Of Certain Claims For Voting Purposes Only; And (VI) Granting Related Relief (RE: [1936] Seventh Amended Disclosure Statement filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, Interested Party The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Interested Party Association of Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese). Confirmation hearing to be held on 5/21/2025 at 10:00 AM United States Bankruptcy Court, 450 Main Street, 7th Floor Courtroom, Room 715B, Hartford, CT for [1935], Last day to Object to Confirmation 5/12/2025. (lbw) Modified on 3/28/2025 (gr).
03/26/20251943Notice of Filing Amended Exhibit to Motion for Approval of Settlement with Catholic Mutual Filed by Patrick M. Birney on behalf of The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation Debtor. (RE: [1933] Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, [1939] Notice filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation). (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit 1 - Settlement Agreement) (Birney, Patrick)
03/26/20251942Notice of Appearance and Request for Notice On Behalf of KJSR Claimants Filed by Brendan Kevin Nelligan on behalf of Claimants Represented By Kennedy Johnson Schwab Roberge Claimant, . (Nelligan, Brendan)
03/26/20251941Notice of Statement Regarding Courts Summary Memorandum and Order Regarding Sixth Amended Disclosure Statement and Proposed Revisions Thereto Filed by Patrick M. Birney on behalf of The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation Debtor. (RE: [1922] Order, [1935] Amended Chapter 11 Plan filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, Interested Party The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Interested Party Association of Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese, [1936] Amended Disclosure Statement filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, Interested Party The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Interested Party Association of Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese, [1939] Notice filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation). (Birney, Patrick)
03/26/20251940Notice of Appearance Filed by Patrick Tomasiewicz on behalf of All claimants represented by Fazzano & Tomasiewicz, LLC Claimant, . (Tomasiewicz, Patrick)
03/25/20251939Notice of Filing Seventh Amended Plan and Disclosure Statement Documents Filed by Patrick M. Birney on behalf of The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation Debtor.. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit 1 - Comparison of Joint Plan # (2) Exhibit 2 - Comparison of Plan Exhibit A # (3) Exhibit 3 - Comparison of Plan Exhibit B # (4) Exhibit 4 - Comparison of Plan Exhibit D # (5) Exhibit 5 - Comparison of Plan Exhibit F # (6) Exhibit 6 - Comparison of Plan Exhibit J # (7) Exhibit 7 - Comparison of Plan Exhibit K # (8) Exhibit 8 - Comparison of Plan Exhibit L # (9) Exhibit L - Comparison of Plan Exhibit N # (10) Exhibit 10 - Comparison of Joint Disclosure Statement # (11) Exhibit 11 - Comparison of Disclosure Statement Exhibit 2 # (12) Exhibit 12 - Comparison of Disclosure Statement Exhibit 4) (Birney, Patrick)
03/25/20251938Proposed Order Requested by Judge. Hearing was held on. Filed by Patrick M. Birney on behalf of The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation Debtor. (RE: [1884] Proposed Order Requested by Judge filed by Debtor The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation). (Birney, Patrick)
03/25/20251937Letter from Committee to Class 4 Claimants Filed by Patrick M. Birney on behalf of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, The Norwich Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation Creditor Committee, Debtor. (RE: [1883] Letter filed by Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors). (Birney, Patrick)