Grieving New Jersey parishioners yesterday attended their first Sunday service since the murder of their beloved “Father Ed” — and were in no mood for forgiveness, despite being in church.

They hissed when a visiting priest, filling in for the tragic Rev. Edward Hinds, told them to focus on forgiveness for suspect José Feliciano and offered a prayer for the accused killer.

“Father Ed would have forgiven José,” the Rev. Owen Moran said after the service, explaining his plea to the congregation. “He probably had forgiven him before he died.”

Meanwhile, Feliciano was being held yesterday in lieu of $1 million bail in a New Jersey hospital, but officials investigating the case were tight-lipped about any other details of what led to the gruesome killing.

The 64-year-old janitor is charged with first-degree murder in the death of the Hinds and two counts of weapons possession, New Jersey cops said.

Feliciano has confessed to stabbing Hinds 32 times in the face, neck and back in the rectory of St. Patrick’s Church in tony Chatham, police said. Authorities have said the janitor feared being fired.

Feliciano and Hinds had argued Thursday afternoon in the rectory, the priest’s home since 2003.

The dispute was “over Feliciano’s continued employment,” Morris County prosecutor Robert Bianchi has said.

Hinds’ face was bruised and his hands had defensive wounds, suggesting he was beaten before the stabbing.

Hinds called 911 from his cellphone during the attack, Bianchi said in a statement yesterday. The call cut off and when an operator tried to call back, it went to voice mail.

The operator tried again and Feliciano answered, police said. He told the operator there was no emergency. No police services were dispatched.

Since taking over in 2003, Hinds had tried to improve the church, parishioners told The Post.

The priest sent out surveys asking detailed questions on how to upgrade operations, from outreach and ministry programs to church maintenance.

The feedback led Hinds to fire three church employees within the last few years — a janitor, a music minister and a school administrator, said Michael Dean, a parishioner.

Completed surveys obtained by The Post show parishioners were worried about finances.

“Have we seen a detailed budget reviewing costs of staff, budget of the ministries, etc.?” wrote one churchgoer.

Feliciano was the church janitor for 17 years. Known as “Mr. Jose,” he often said lunchtime prayers with the children at the church’s school.

He and his wife, Marisol, moved to Easton, Pa., from Chatham a few years ago.