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 Weiscopf attended Sacred Heart School there; St. Joseph’s Normal School, Barrytown, N.Y.; St. John’s University, Jamaica; and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington.

Prior to his entrance into the seminary, he was a member of the N.Y.S. Court System from 1969 to 1985. He was a court officer in Family Court, 1969-71; Brooklyn Supreme Court, 1971-73; Court Clerk, Kings Co. Supreme Court, 1973-83; and Court Clerk, Nassau Dept. of Traffic Court, 1983-85.

He was ordained June 2, 1990 by Bishop Thomas V. Daily at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center Chapel, Douglaston.

He served as an assistant at St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope, 1990-95; Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, 1995-2005; and St. Francis of Assisi, Astoria, 2005-07. He was chaplain at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, with residence at St. Mary Star of the Sea, 2007-09.

He also served as the diocesan chaplain for Catholic Scouting.

Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Very Rev. Thomas Pettei and Fathers James Cunningham and Joseph Vu. Father Richard Lewkiewicz preached the homily.

Father Weiscopf is survived by his brother, Dennis, of Manhattan.

Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx.