REVEREND MONSIGNOR FRANCIS J. STATKUS  1921 – 2017   Reverend Monsignor Francis J. Statkus, Pastor Emeritus, Saint Colman Parish, Ardmore, died on Friday, May 5, 2017. Monsignor Statkus was born on September 17, 1921, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of the late Francis G. Statkus and the late Barbara (Kernauskas) Statkus.  Monsignor Statkus […]

PERMANENT DEACON PAUL A. HAGERTY  1929 – 2017 Deacon Paul A. Hagerty, retired permanent deacon, died on Saturday, March 18, 2017, due to complications from a fall.  He was 87 years old. Deacon Hagerty was ordained at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, on June 1, 1997, by Most Reverend Joseph F. […]

PERMANENT DEACON LAWRENCE G. BRANDON 1936 – 2017 Deacon Lawrence G. Brandon, retired, died on Sunday, February 20, 2017, at Chester County Hospital from heart failure. He was 80 years old. Deacon Brandon was ordained on February 17, 1973, for the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Most Reverend F. Joseph Gossman. He remained there until February […]

PERMANENT DEACON JOSEPH P. ORLANDO  1948 – 2017 Deacon Joseph P. Orlando, a deacon of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who was released for service to the Diocese of Camden in 2006, died on February 19, 2017, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, from complications related to surgery to treat intestinal cancer.  Deacon Orlando was ordained […]

Reverend William J. Smith, Pastor Emeritus, Saint Joseph Parish, Downingtown, died on Wednesday, February 8, 2017.

PERMANENT DEACON PHILIP E. HEANEY  1938 – 2017 Deacon Philip E. Heaney, retired permanent deacon, died on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Lafayette Redeemer Nursing Facility. He was 78 years old. Deacon Heaney was ordained at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia on June 2, 1996, by His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua.  […]

Reverend Monsignor Richard J. Skelly, Pastor Emeritus, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Morton, died on Thursday, January 26, 2017.

Most Reverend Martin N. Lohmuller, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Titular Bishop of Ramsbury, died on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 24th at the age of 97. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop in the United States of America.

REVEREND JOHN C. CROWLEY  1964- 2016  Reverend John C. Crowley, Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Oxford, died suddenly on Saturday, December 31, 2016. Father Crowley was born on May 18, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He is the son of the late John C. Crowley and the late Jean E. Ryan.  Father Crowley attended Saint Charles Borromeo […]

REVEREND JOSEPH DINH C. HUYNH 1940 – 2016 Reverend Joseph Dinh C. Huynh, Parochial Vicar, Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish, Philadelphia, died at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. Father Huynh was born on December 30, 1940, in the Province of Ha Nam Ninh, North Vietnam.  He is the son of the late Viet […]