Msgr. Bynon, Educator And Pastor, Dead at 85

A Mass of Christian burial for Msgr. Joseph P. Bynon, former superintendent of schools and former pastor of Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park, was celebrated Jan. 8 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston.

Retired Bishop Raymond W. Lessard

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Jan. 12 at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Savannah, Ga., for retired Bishop Raymond W. Lessard, who died Jan. 3 at his residence at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary, in Boynton Beach, Fla. He was 85.

Retired Bishop Joseph L. Imesch

Retired Bishop Joseph L. Imesch of Joliet, Ill., died Dec. 22 at Our Lady of the Angels retirement home in Joliet. He was 84.

Obituary: Sister Kathleen Birmingham, S.C.

Sister Kathleen Birmingham, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 59 years, died Nov. 18 at Elizabeth Seton Residence, Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 81.

Cardinal Carlo Furno

Cardinal Carlo Furno, an Italian cardinal who was a longtime diplomat died Dec. 9 at the age of 94.

Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval

Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval of Santa Cruz, the only member of the College of Cardinals who belonged to the Redemptorist order, and the only Cardinal from Bolivia, died Dec. 9 at the age of 79.