Sister Kathryn Slevin, C.S.J., formerly Sister Agnes Patricia, died June 26, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. A member of the congregation for 56 years, she entered in 1960 from St. Camillus parish, Rockaway Beach.
Obituaries
Sister Maureen Gleason, C.S.J.
Sister Maureen Gleason, C.S.J., formerly Sister Miriam Assumpta, died June 9, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1956.
Sister Nirmala, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity
Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Blessed Teresa of Kolkata as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, died early June 23 in Kolkota at age 81.
Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, the head of the Armenian Catholic Church since 1999, died of a heart attack in Lebanon.
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 […]