Apr 30, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries
Father Paul J. Keebler, a priest of the diocese for more than 50 years, died April 26. His obituary is below, courtesy Bednarsky Funeral Home, Inc.: Rev. Paul J. Keebler, 92, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 26, 2018. He passed peacefully at...
Mar 12, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries, US & World
Father Laurence Kennedy passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018, the Diocese of Syracuse has announced. Father Kennedy was 86 years old. He spent more than 60 of those years as a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse. A son of St. Patrick’s Church and School,...
Feb 26, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries, US & World
Father John L. Roark passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018, the Diocese of Syracuse has announced. Father Roark was a priest of the diocese for more than 60 years, having been ordained Feb. 2, 1956. His pastoral assignments included service as parochial vicar at Our...
Nov 27, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Obituaries
Msgr. James McCloskey, 96, died Nov. 25, 2017. A priest of the Diocese of Syracuse for 71 years, his ministry included service as parochial vicar of Our Lady of Pompei, St. Peter, St. Daniel, and St. Therese, all in Syracuse; and as pastor of Christ the King in...
May 8, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Obituaries, Sun Articles, Sun May 11, 2017
By Katherine Long | Editor Family — both natural and spiritual — gathered at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Syracuse April 29 to bid farewell to Father Alfred E. Nortz. Father Nortz, a priest of the diocese for more than 60 years, entered into his eternal...
Apr 26, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Obituaries
Father Alfred E. Nortz entered into his eternal rest on Tuesday, April 25. He was 88 years old. Father Nortz celebrated 60 years as a priest in 2015, having been ordained for the diocese on February 2, 1955. Over the next 50 years, he served as associate...
