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 final year of Jesuit formation, he served in the Philippines from 1950 to 1969, as principal at three Jesuit high schools and as rector/president of two colleges in Naga and Zamboanga.

In 1969 he returned to the U.S. and took up a ministries in retreat centers in Staten Island, 1979-82, and Auriesville, 1983-99, and as a chaplain on Ward’s Island, 1976-79. From 1972 to 1976, he resided at Kohlmann Hall and was the assistant to the vice-provincial for social and pastoral ministry.

In 1999, he moved to Canisius College, Buffalo, working as campus minister and in the community in pastoral ministry. In 2010, he took up residence at the Jesuit infirmary, Murray-Weigel Hall.

Burial took place Dec. 2 in the Jesuit cemetery in Auriesville.