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30May 2025

Recent deaths, necrology and ordination anniversaries—June 2025


Necrology [June]
Please remember in prayer the deceased clergy whose anniversaries occur this month: Rev. Gregory Goolsby and Deacon Joseph Ruberte

Priests: 

Reverend Christopher J. Williamson 6/6/2022
Reverend Raymond F. Horan 6/9/2017
Reverend James Babb, S.J. 6/12/2002
Reverend Gianfranco Giusta 6/13/2016
Reverend Richard B. Morrow 6/15/2019
Reverend Monsignor Daniel J. O’Connor 6/16/2010
Reverend Anthony Tran Van Kiem 6/16/2012
Reverend William A. Maguire, S.M. 6/27/1961
Reverend John A. Emmerth, S.M. 6/29/1962

Deacons:

Deacon Benjamin R. Petty Jr. 6/8/2001
Deacon Enrique L. Galvis 6/8/2021
Deacon Wayne D. Smith 6/10/2016
Deacon William E. Speed 6/10/2021
Deacon Donald “Scott” Parker 6/11/2021
Deacon Julio Martinez 6/14/2015
Deacon Thomas D. Silvestri 6/14/2020
Deacon Robert G. Readdy 6/14/2020
Deacon Leon G. Allain 6/20/2000
Deacon Edmund J. LaHouse 6/21/2022

Anniversary of ordination [June]
We pray for God’s blessing on the following clergy who celebrate the anniversary of their ordination during this month:  

Priests:

Reverend Mark Andrew White 6/1/2019
Reverend Daniel J. Fleming 6/1/1996
Reverend David Joseph DesPres 6/1/2024
Reverend Jared James Kleinwaechter 6/1/2024
Reverend Emilio Arturo Merriman 6/1/2024
Reverend Anh Tuan Nguyen 6/1/2024
Reverend Colin Flynn Patrick 6/1/2024
Reverend José Duván González 6/1/1996
Reverend John T. Howren V. F. 6/1/1996
Reverend Peter Duc Vu 6/1/1996
Reverend Monsignor Peter J. Rau 6/1/1985
Reverend Mark G. Kenny S. M. 6/2/1979
Reverend Pavol Brenkus 6/2/2001
Reverend Randall T. Mattox 6/2/2001
Reverend Joseph J. Shaute 6/2/2001
Reverend Monsignor Edward John Thein 6/2/1979
Reverend Mark Richard Starr 6/2/2012
Reverend Tri John Bosco Nguyen 6/2/2012
Reverend Monsignor Albert W. Jowdy 6/2/1984
Reverend Vincent Michael Albano S.O.L.T. 6/3/1972
Reverend Luis Guillermo Córdoba 6/3/2000
Reverend Eric Hill 6/3/2000
Reverend Adam Zbigniew Ozimek 6/4/1994
Reverend Timothy Allen Gadziala 6/4/1994
Reverend Piotr Stangricki M.S. 6/4/2005
Reverend Samuel DJ Perez Martell S.F.M. 6/4/2021
Reverend Monsignor Daniel Stack 6/5/1982
Reverend Brian J. Higgins 6/5/1999
Reverend Adrian C. H. Pleus 6/5/1999
Reverend Patrick J. Kingery 6/5/1993
Reverend Fabio Alvarez Posada 6/5/2004
Reverend Cyril Soo-Gil Chae 6/5/2004
Reverend Timothy M. Hepburn 6/5/1993
Reverend Diosmar Natad 6/5/2004
Reverend Monsignor Jaime Barona 6/6/1998
Reverend Rafael A. Castaño Fernández V. F. 6/6/1998
Reverend Victor A. Galier V. F. 6/6/1998
Reverend Richard K. Tibbetts 6/6/1998
Reverend Alvaro D. Avendaño 6/6/1992
Reverend John C. K. Fallon 6/6/1971
Reverend Steven L. Yander 6/7/1974
Reverend Guyma Noel 6/7/1997
Reverend Tuan Quoc-Francis Tran 6/7/1997
Reverend Perard C. Monestime S.J. 6/8/1985
Reverend James Joseph Fennessy 6/8/1968
Reverend Dennis James Dorner Jr. 6/8/2013
Reverend Cong T. Nguyen 6/8/2013
Reverend William A. Noe, S.J. 6/8/2013
Reverend Michael Christopher Revak 6/8/2013
Reverend Gaurav Manu Shroff 6/8/2013
Reverend Thomas Benjamin Shuler 6/8/2013
Reverend Richard Anh Vu 6/8/2013
Reverend Fred W. Wendel 6/9/1978
Reverend James R. Stormes 6/9/1979
Reverend Paul A. Flood 6/10/1990
Reverend Paul Fogarty 6/10/1967
Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Dillon J.C.D. 6/10/1967
Reverend John T. Conway 6/10/2000
Reverend Hieu Minh Ha 6/10/2000
Reverend M. Hussey S.J. 6/10/2000
Reverend Monsignor John P. Walsh 6/12/1977
Reverend Robert Gerard Cotta 6/12/2021
Reverend Paul M. Nacey 6/12/2021
Reverend Kevin J. Hargaden 6/12/1999
Reverend Tan Robert Pham 6/12/2004
Reverend Mark Richard Soehner O.F.M. 6/13/1987
Reverend Liam A. Coyne 6/13/1998
Reverend Patrick Daugherty C. P. 6/13/2002
Reverend David Musso S.M. 6/13/1998
Reverend Kevin T. Peek 6/13/1998
Reverend Pedro Poloche J. C. L. V. F. 6/13/1998
Reverend S. Patrick Scully 6/14/2003
Reverend José Raúl DeLeón 6/14/2008
Reverend Darragh William Griffith 6/15/1997
Reverend Ralph F. Olek S.M. 6/15/1974
Reverend Terence Crone 6/15/2002
Reverend Bryan Small 6/15/2002
Reverend Vilmar Orsolin C.S. 6/15/1980
Reverend Abel Guerrero Orta 6/16/2000
Reverend Michael K. Bremer 6/16/2018
Reverend John “Jack” Phillip Knight 6/16/2018
Reverend Brian D. McNavish 6/16/2018
Reverend John “Michael” Metz 6/16/2018
Reverend Carlos G. Ortega Valera 6/16/2018
Reverend Paul W. Berny 6/17/1972
Reverend James Joseph Flemming, S.J. 6/17/1995
Reverend John Coleman Kieran 6/18/1967
Reverend Juan J. Terán Sánchez 6/18/2011
Reverend John F. Durkin Jr. 6/19/1999
Reverend Thanh Liem Nguyen 6/19/1999
Reverend Monsignor Hugh M. Marren 6/20/1976
Reverend José Refugio Oñate Melendez 6/20/2000
Most Reverend Bernard E. Shlesinger, III 6/22/1996
Reverend Robert A. Frederick 6/24/2000
Reverend Bryan Joseph Kuhr 6/24/2017
Reverend Bradley A. Starr 6/24/2017
Reverend Paul Pantiru O.F.M. Conv. 6/24/2007
Reverend Valery Injuoh Akoh 6/25/2016
Reverend Gerardo Ceballos Gonzalez 6/25/2016
Reverend Juan Carlos Cifuentes 6/25/2016
Reverend Roberto Suarez Barbosa 6/25/2016
Reverend Stephen Lyness V. F. 6/26/1998
Reverend Llane Briese 6/26/2010
Reverend Mario A. Lopez 6/26/2010
Reverend Thang (Henry) Minh Pham 6/26/2010
Reverend Michael Radlin Silloway 6/26/2010
Reverend Carlos Vargas 6/26/2010
Reverend Thomas A. Zahuta 6/26/2010
Reverend Huen Kwan Lee, S.J. 6/27/2008
Reverend Nicholas G. Azar II STL 6/27/2009
Reverend Timothy Gallagher 6/27/2009
Reverend Salomón García Cortes 6/27/2009
Reverend William T. Hao 6/27/2009
Reverend Omar Loggiodice 6/27/2009
Reverend Brian Lorei 6/27/2009
Reverend Ignacio Morales 6/27/2009
Reverend Brian Bufford 6/27/2015
Reverend Jorge Carranza 6/27/2015
Reverend Branson Hipp 6/27/2015
Reverend Timothy Nadolski 6/27/2015
Reverend Mark Edward Thomas 6/27/2015
Reverend Dominic Tran 6/27/2009
Reverend William Paul Porter 6/27/2020
Reverend Cristian Miguel Cossio Sepulveda 6/27/2020
Reverend Miller Gomez Ruiz 6/27/2020
Reverend Luis Efrain Alvarez Velazquez 6/28/2014
Reverend Brian Holbrook Baker 6/28/2014
Reverend Matthew C. Dalrymple 6/28/2014
Reverend Desmond W. Drummer 6/28/2014
Reverend Junot Nelvy 6/28/2014
Reverend Reybert Pineda Avellaneda 6/28/2014
Reverend Tong-uk Michael Ku S.J. 6/28/2001
Reverend Timothy J. Watts 6/29/2023
Reverend Gregory B. Tipton 6/29/2019
Reverend Craig David 6/29/1996
Reverend William M. Williams 6/29/1996
Reverend Ignacio Peres Elizarraraz 6/29/2006
Reverend William M. Williams 6/29/1996
Reverend Monsignor James A. Schillinger, S. T. L. 6/30/1984
Reverend Jaime David Rivera Cortijo 6/30/2007

Deacons:

Deacon James Anderson 6/3/2003
Deacon Stephen W. Pond 6/7/2008
Deacon Anthony F. Cuomo 6/8/1991
Deacon Felix Marrero 6/8/1991
Deacon Michael P. Nungesser 6/9/2018
Deacon William F. McCarthy 6/10/1995
Deacon Michael K. Mobley 6/10/1995
Deacon Jim G. Weeks 6/10/1995
Deacon Earl D. Jackson 6/10/2006
Deacon Richard Dodd 6/10/2017
Deacon Jerry M. Lett 6/16/1990
Deacon Rafael Cintron 6/24/1989
Deacon Loris R. Sinanian 6/24/1989

 

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