Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, the head of the Armenian Catholic Church since 1999, died of a heart attack in Lebanon.
Obituaries
Dr. George Hoffman, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre
George Hoffman, 101, was a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, a member of the Bishop’s Court of Honor, member of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Catholic Teachers Association of NYC.
Msgr. James Ryan Was a Priest for 67 Years
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. James W. Ryan, 92, pastor emeritus of St. Fortunata’s Church, East New York/New Lots, was celebrated June 26 at Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, where he had been living. He died June 20.
Margaret Flanagan, Past President of Catholic Teachers Association
Margaret (Margot) Flanagan, retired principal of P.S. 105, Brooklyn, died Jan. 16 in Maryland where she resided. A graduate of Bishop McDonnell H.S., Brooklyn, she went on to study at Hunter College and NYU, where she earned a master’s in administration and supervision. She began working with the Board of Education at P.S. 143, and […]
Sister Marie deChantal Mannino
Sister Marie deChantal Mannino, a member of the Visitation Sisters, died June 13 at Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Washington, D.C. She was a former resident of Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge. Burial was in Georgetown Visitation Cemetery.
Tariq Aziz
Tariq Aziz, a Chaldean Catholic who represented Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein’s government on the world stage as foreign minister and deputy prime minister, died June 5 after suffering a heart attack. Aziz, 79, died in a hospital in the southern Iraq city of Nasiriya after being transferred from a prison where he had been held under […]
Fr. Brennan, M.M., served in Hong Kong
Father Anthony V. Brennan, M.M., a native of Brooklyn, died in Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 19. He was 80 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 53 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was raised in Manhattan. After ordination on June 10, 1961, he was assigned to Hong Kong to study Cantonese. In […]
Eugene Kennedy: sociologist, author and former Maryknoll priest
In the 1960s, Kennedy was commissioned by the U.S. bishops to provide the psychological component of a study on the nation’s priests. In 1969, he was the first commencement speaker on the Douglaston campus of Cathedral College.
Father John James Purvey
Father John James Purvey, 81, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Md., and former Brooklyn Franciscan Brother for 29 years, died Feb. 28. A funeral Mass was celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William Lori.
Sister Mary John O’Rourke, O.S.U.
Sister Mary John O’Rourke, O.S.U., died May 22 at St. Ursula Center, Blue Point, L.I. She was 78. A native of Ozone Park, she entered the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk in 1954 and professed her final vows six years later. She graduated from St. John’s University, Jamaica, and earned a master’s in history […]