Father James M. Gilligan, M.M., 87, a Maryknoll priest who only this month marked his 60th anniversary of ordination, died May 17. Born in Brooklyn, he attended P.S. 193, and graduated from St. John’s Prep, Bedford-Stuyvesant. He attended Maryknoll School of Theology, Ossining, N.Y., and he earned a degree in canon law from St. Thomas […]
Robert M. Muccigrosso, 73, longtime Catholic educator and Bay Ridge resident, died May 13 following bypass surgery. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Anselm Church, Bay Ridge, May 16. A graduate of Fordham University, New York University and Hofstra University, his professional career includes a total of 17 years as the principal […]
Father Philip J. Fabiano, O.F.M. Cap., a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Mary, died on May 4, at the Leo House, Manhattan. He was 78. Born in Manhattan as Frederick J. Fabiano, he was baptized at the Capuchin Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, East Harlem. He entered […]
Sister Mary Ann Walsh, R.S.M., who went from hometown schoolteacher to Vatican correspondent, died April 28 in her hometown of Albany, after a battle with cancer. Sister Mary Ann, 68, had stepped down last summer from her role of 21 years in media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the last six years […]
Sister Patrick Regina Sullivan, S.C., 90, a native of Manhattan, died April 24 at St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx. Born as Catherine, she attended Sacred Heart School in the Bronx and Cathedral H.S., Manhattan, before entering the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1942. She received a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of […]
Cardinal Francis E. George, the retired archbishop of Chicago and first native Chicagoan to head the archdiocese, had battled cancer for nearly 10 years.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Nicholas W. Sivillo, was celebrated Tuesday, April 14 at Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village, where he had been pastor from 1988 to 2009. He died on April 10 at the Bishop Mugavero Residence in Douglaston. He was 76. Born in Brooklyn, he was baptized in St. […]
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, who served as Cardinal-Archbishop of Montreal for 22 years, died April 8 in Montreal’s Marie-Clarac Hospital. He was 78. He was diabetic, and his health had been in decline for several months. He was moved to palliative care March 24. Cardinal Turcotte was remembered as a populist, a down-to-earth cleric with a […]
Retired Bishop William B. Friend of Shreveport, Louisiana, died April 2 at his residence in Coral Springs, surrounded by family members. He was 83. His funeral Mass was to be celebrated April 14 at the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans in Shreveport.
Maura Ann Carroll, a longtime parishioner and teacher at Mary, Queen of Heaven parish, Old Mill Basin, died April 3. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Mary, Queen of Heaven Church on April 8. Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello was the main celebrant. Carroll taught in Mary, Queen of Heaven School for over 30 years […]
