Sister Catherine Marie Tuohy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died July 9.

She entered the congregation in 1944 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology/math/ physics from St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill, and a master’s degree in science education from St. John’s University, Jamaica. From 1963 to 1970, she received grants and studied summers at the University of Michigan, Lake Forest College, Pace College and the University of California-Berkley.

Formerly known as Sister St. Alphonsus, she taught at St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, 1946-48; Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, 1953-54; St. Francis Xavier Academy, Park Slope, 1954-59; St. Brendan D.H.S., Midwood, 1959-60; Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, 1960-63; Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, 1963-68, and Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, L.I., 1968-82.

She served as an assistant in finances for Catholic Medical Center, Jamaica, 1982-85 and 1986-92, and a pastoral minister at Calvary Hospital, the Bronx, 1985-86, before retiring to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Maria Regina Chapel July 12. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

 

Sister Muriel Keegan, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 80 years, died July 3, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.

She entered the congregation in 1934 from St. Rose of Lima parish, Parkville.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin from Manhattan College, the Bronx, and a master’s degree in education/psychology from Medaille College, Buffalo, N.Y.

Formerly known as Sister Mary Simplicia, she taught at Mary’s Nativity, Flushing, 1938-40 and 1954-57; St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, 1940-54; St. Brendan, Midwood, 1957-59; Most Holy Trinity, East Hampton, L.I., 1959-63; and St. John of God, Central Islip, L.I., 1963-66.

She was principal both at Ascension, Elmhurst, 1966-72, and St. Patrick, Smithtown, L.I., 1972-95.

For the last 18 years, she served as assistant to the superior as part of the Pastoral Team at Maria Regina Residence.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Maria Regina Chapel July 8. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

 

Sister Anna James Markey, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 74 years, died July 16 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley, Mass. She was 95.

She taught fourth and fifth grades at Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, 1939-52.  She also ministered in St. Aidan’s, Williston Park, L.I.; Staten Island; Massachusetts and Nova Scotia before retiring to Mount St. Vincent in 2006.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Mount St. Vincent on July 18. Interment followed at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Needham, Mass.

 

Indian Cardinal Simon Pimenta, who led the Archdiocese of Bombay for more than 18 years, died July 19 at the age of 93.

He was known for trying to keep his sprawling and diverse archdiocese united and active, establishing parishes in the city’s slums and trying to counter widespread contraception campaigns by promoting natural family planning.

He served as a papally appointed synod president during the 1990 Synod of Bishops on priestly formation and led the Indian bishops’ conference for six years.

He was ordained a priest of Bombay in 1949. Pope Paul VI named him an auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese in 1971 and coadjutor of Bombay in 1977. He became archbishop in 1978 and was named a cardinal 10 years later by Blessed Pope John Paul II. He retired in 1996 at the age of 76.

His death leaves the College of Cardinals with 203 members, 112 of whom are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave.