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Obituaries

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.

Father James L. Connor, Jesuit leader who taught at Loyola University Maryland, dies at 92

July 12, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Obituaries

Jesuit Father James L. Connor, who held national leadership roles and began and ended his active priesthood at what is now Loyola University Maryland, died June 21 at Manresa Hall Jesuit Community in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Sister Mary Elizabeth Costello, I.H.M., taught in Baltimore

June 29, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Mary Elizabeth Costello, a professed member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for nearly seven decades whose ministry in education brought her to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in the 1960s, died June 26 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 88.

Jim Phelan, basketball coach who elevated Mount St. Mary’s profile, dies at 92

June 18, 2021
By Paul McMullen
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Sports

Few laymen matched his contributions to the Mount, which gave Phelan a one-year contract to coach in 1954. It turned into 49 uninterrupted seasons on the same campus, the third longest in the history of the sport.

Sister Mary Theresa McFadden, former pastoral associate, dies at 90

June 18, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass will be offered at 2 p.m. June 18 at Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Mary Theresa McFadden, a longtime pastoral associate at Our Lady of Victory who died May 29 at 90.

Former Highlandtown rector dies at 87

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

Redemptorist Father Dennis Maurice Foley, rector at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown from 1993 to 1996 and an associate pastor of St. Mary in Annapolis from 1990 to 1993, died June 6 at 87.

Father Lawrence Schanberger, Baltimore native who worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata, dies at 98

June 3, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Maryknoll Father J. Lawrence Schanberger, whose missionary work spanned the globe, including serving the poor of India with St. Teresa of Kolkata, died May 22

Sister Agnes Borkowski, OSF, who taught at home parish in Essex, dies at 93

June 1, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Agnes Borkowski, a Baltimore native and professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 72 years, died May 25.

Father Gosnell, who served as pastor and on archdiocesan Tribunal, dies at 69

May 26, 2021
By Mary K. Tilghman
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Stephen D. Gosnell, a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher and former pastor of the parishes of All Saints in Liberty Heights, Prince of Peace in Edgewood, and St. Andrew by the Bay in Annapolis, died May 23 in his apartment at Mercy Ridge in Timonium.

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