Who is Priest from Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and what is their importance?

Priest, Appears in The Star-crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski - Bald, gold-rimmed glasses, pastor of St. Ignatious Roman Catholic Church. He remembers giving Josephine the sacrament of baptism and is interested in getting to know the narrator very well as he is Josephine's young man.