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Obituaries

Sister Elizabeth Ann Tonroe, D.C., former principal of several schools, dies at 94

October 7, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass was offered Oct. 1 for Daughter of Charity Sister Elizabeth Ann Tonroe at the Basilica of St. Elizabeth Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Elizabeth Ann, a former teacher and principal of several schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 27. She was 94.

Monsignor Charles Frederick Meisel, founding pastor of Church of the Nativity, dies at 96

October 6, 2021
By Lisa Harlow
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Charles Frederick Meisel, founding pastor of Church of the Nativity in Timonium and a mentor to upcoming priests, died Oct. 2 at Stella Maris. He was 96, and at the time of his death was the oldest living archdiocesan priest.

Former East Baltimore Redemptorist pastor dies at 85

October 1, 2021
By Matthew Liptak
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Redemptorist Father Richard Poetzel, a former pastor of his home parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown and Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at the St. John Neumann community at Stella Maris in Timonium.

Monsignor Thomas Donellan, founding pastor of the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier, dies at 91

September 29, 2021
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Thomas J. Donellan Jr., founding pastor of the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier in Hunt Valley and a respected leader in pastoral planning in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville, surrounded by the Little Sisters of the Poor. He was 91.

Deacon James Westwater, a fixture at St. Isaac Jogues and in diaconal formation, dies at 85

September 22, 2021
By Priscila González de Doran
Catholic Review
Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Ordained in 1996, Deacon Westwater served throughout his time in Baltimore at St. Isaac Jogues, where former pastors and staff remembered him for his heart for service and his good spirit.

Bishop Pilla dies at 88; he led church efforts to unify Clevelanders

September 22, 2021
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News

Retired Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, who led initiatives to bring diverse communities together to overcome poverty, racism and social inequity, died Sept. 21 at age 88, the Diocese of Cleveland said.

Sister Laurine Haley, S.P., who served at St. Clement I, Lansdowne, dies at 93

September 14, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Laurine, who served as guidance counselor, 1972-73, and director of religious education, 1973-78, at St. Clement I, Lansdowne, died Sept. 6 at Mother Theodore Hall, St. Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana.

Sister Mary Regina Flatley, C.B.S., served as nurse and leader in Baltimore, dies at 89

September 8, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Bon Secours Sister Mary Regina Flatley, who served as nurse and leader of the Bon Secours nursing community in Baltimore for more than 70 years, died Aug. 23 at Marian Hall in Marriottsville.

Bishop who served Czechs in U.S., Canada, Australia dies in California

August 17, 2021
By Joe Ruff
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News

A native of Czechoslovakia who fled persecution by that country’s communist regime and served in Minnesota for nearly 30 years before being appointed a bishop in the Czech Republic died Aug. 10 in California. Retired Bishop Peter Esterka was 85.

Sister Katherine Ann Durney, C.B.S., nursed in Baltimore Archdiocese, dies at 97

July 30, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Katherine Ann Durney, whose nursing career brought her to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died July 23 at Marian Hall in Marriottsville, the retirement home for the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA. She was 97.

Sister Mary Brendan Conlon, OSU, served in hometown of Cumberland

July 26, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Mary Brendan Conlon, a Cumberland native who served in her hometown, elsewhere in Appalachia, and in Central America, died July 16 at Nazareth Home-Clifton in Louisville, Ky. She was 93.

Award-winning veteran Catholic journalist Gerald ‘Jerry’ Costello dies

July 21, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News

Gerald “Jerry” Michael Costello, a Catholic press veteran who was a reporter, columnist, book author and founding editor of three newspapers, died July 19 a five-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.

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