WASHINGTON (CNS) – Moral theologian William E. May, who taught theology for decades and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles, died Dec. 13 at age 86 surrounded by members of his family in a Maryland suburb of Washington. His funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 20 at Holy Redeemer parish in Kensington, Md., followed by burial […]
Obituaries
Rockaway Park Parish Mourns Former Pastor
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father James M. Dunne, former pastor of St. Camillus parish, Rockaway Park, was celebrated Dec. 22 at the church. He died Dec. 18. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington; and Catholic University, Washington, D.C. He was ordained June 3, 1961 by Bishop Bryan J. […]
Father Vincent McNally
Jesuit Father Vincent McNally died on his 97th birthday, Nov. 29, at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Brooklyn Prep. After one year at Fordham University, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1935. A priest for 66 years, he was ordained in June, 1948 at Weston College, Weston, Mass. Following his […]
Charles Valero
Charles Valero, the brother of retired Auxiliary Bishop Rene A. Valero, died Dec. 1 at the Hospice Unit of Flushing Hospital Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 4 at Queen of Peace Church, Kew Gardens. Burial was in Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing.
Father Daniel Weiscopf
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Daniel Weiscopf was celebrated on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, Forest Hills. He died Nov. 28 at Coney Island Hospital. He had been living at SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney Island, since 2009. He was 73. Born in the Bronx, Father […]
Bishop Leonard J. Olivier
Bishop Leonard J. Olivier, a retired auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., and a priest for more than 60 years, died Nov. 19. He was 91 and lived at the Jeanne Jugan Residence of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington. On Nov. 7, 1988, St. John Paul II appointed then-Father Olivier, […]
Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini
Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, known for his service to the poor and the sick in a ministry that began in Rome during World War II and included sheltering Jews from the Nazis, died Nov. 22 at the age of 98. At the time of his death, he was the only member of the College of Cardinals […]
Father Francis W. Wright
Father Francis W. Wright, C.S.Sp., a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Bethel Park, Pa., for 65 years, died Nov. 12. He was 92. Born in Floral Park, L.I., he was ordained to the priesthood on June 3, 1949 at St. Mary’s Seminary, Ferndale in Norwalk, Conn. Father Wright served the congregation as […]
Father Gerard P. Bell
Father Gerard P. Bell, S.J., a native of Brooklyn and a member of the Jesuit Order for 70 years, died Nov. 17 at Murray-Weigel Hall, Bronx. He was 88. He graduated from Mount St. Michael School in the Bronx and entered the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. As a scholastic, he taught […]
Former Bay Ridge Principal Dies at 99
Sister Mary Arthur (Dorothy Ann) McCarthy, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 77 years, died Nov. 10 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellsley Hills, Mass. She was 99. She taught eighth grade at Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, 1949-61, and served as principal, 1967-73. She also ministered in Massachusetts and retired to Mount St. […]