Personal and ministerial highlights in the life of Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello
Feb. 23, 1929: Born in Camden, N.Y., an only child, to James G. Costello and Ethel Dupont Costello. His mother was a teacher, then school administrator in Rome public schools; his father was a grocery-store owner and later manager of a food store in Rome. June 5,...
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello remembered for ministry, leadership, advocacy at Mass of Christian burial
Friends and colleagues, clergy and lay, prominent and not shared tearful memories during vigil services and a funeral Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the central church of the seven-county diocese and the site of Bishop Costello’s 1954 ordination as a priest and 1978 installation as a bishop.
Life and ministry of Bishop Costello, ‘champion of the underdog,’ celebrated at vigil
Bishop Robert J. Cunningham celebrates a vigil service for the late Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello Feb. 21, 2019. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright) By Katherine Long | Editor Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello lived well the episcopal motto he chose for...
Colleagues and friends remember Costello as extraordinary man, bishop, supporter
Friends, colleagues, and Catholics who knew Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello or knew of him (including thousands of confirmands) remember him as an ebullient, generous priest who often introduced himself simply as “Tom Costello.” Over a nearly 65-year ministry, Bishop Costello influenced people through energetic homilies, prepared speeches and protests, personal interaction, quiet support, and private letters. He cared for people through gestures public and private, large and small.
Diocese mourns Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello, leader, servant, friend ‘to those on the peripheries’
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Costello is pictured at the former Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Syracuse in 2011. Bishop Costello served at the parish 1954 to 1959 and 1975 to 1978. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright) By Renée K. Gadoua | Contributing writer...
