Deacon Carlo V. Mellace, 70, for- mer director of the diocesan Italian Apostolate, died Dec. 29, in Calabria, Italy, where he was spending Christmas with his siblings. A funeral Mass followed by his burial took place there on Dec. 31. Born in Olivadi, Italy, he earned his doc- torate in economics and attained the rank […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Kevin M. Kearney, a partner in the law firm of Wingate, Kearney and Cullen, was celebrated Jan. 7 at St. Francis de Sales Church, Belle Harbor. The main celebrant of the funeral Mass was Msgr. Otto L. Garcia, a long- time friend. Kearney, 61, died Jan. 3 after a […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, 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.
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, 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, 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, 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 […]
