Father Nixon Mullah, S.S.J., dies at 51 February 24, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A memorial Mass for Josephite Father Nixon Mullah will be offered Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at St. Luke in Washington, D.C. Father Mullah, who earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, died Feb. 18 in his native Cameroon following a battle with cancer that lasted several years. He was 51. Father Mullah was ordained to the priesthood in 2005 for the Archdiocese of Urbino, Italy. Attracted to the ministry of the Josephites, he joined the Baltimore-based Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart in 2007. He served as an associate pastor of St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore (2007-10) and was vice rector of St. Joseph Seminary in Washington, D.C.; rector of St. Martin de Porres House of Studies in Ibadan, Nigeria, and pastor of Holy Family in Baytown, Texas, before being appointed rector of St. Joseph Seminary in 2019. More obituaries Brother Eric J. Henderson, F.S.C., dies at 82 Sister Evelyn Grudza, who ministered for 64 years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, dies at 92 Former longtime pastor of Holy Spirit in Joppa dies Redemptorist Father Knappik, an associate pastor in Annapolis and Baltimore, dies at 92 Sister Marianne Muscott, who served in Baltimore for three decades, dies at 83 Sister Margaret Gardner, former special educator in Baltimore, dies at 103 Copyright © 2025 Catholic Review Media Print
