OVER 100 YEARS OF PASTORS

1895 to the Present

1895 - ? Rev. Henry White
1903 - 1905 Rev. Modestus Henderson, O.F.M. Cap.
1905 - 1915 Rev. Laurence Blanderfield, O.F.M. Cap.
1915 - 1922 Rev. Edward Fesenmeyer, O.F.M. Cap.
1923 - 1928 Rev. Sebastian Brennan, O.F.M. Cap.
1928 - 1929 Rev. Leo Sheehan, O.F.M. Cap.
1929 - 1936 Rev. Urbin Riordan, O.F.M. Cap.
1936 - 1939 Rev. Finian Caroll, O.F.M. Cap.
1939 - 1943 Rev. Donatus Ahern, O.F.M. Cap.
1943 - 1943 Rev. Finian Caroll, O.F.M. Cap.
1943 - 1947 Rev. Anthony Holmes, O.F.M. Cap.
1947 - 1949 Rev. Leopold O'Riordan, P.F.M. Cap.
1949 - 1950 Rev. Vivian O'Connell, O.F.M. Cap.
1950 - 1954 Rev. Antonine Keating, O.F.M. Cap.
1954 - 1962 Rev. Bertram Mulligan, O.F.M. Cap.
1962 - 1966 Rev. Camillus MacRory, O.F.M. Cap.
1966 - 1968 Rev. Eunan Buckley, O.F.M. Cap.
1968 - 1975 Rev. Michael J. Kelly, Pastor
1975 - 1975 Rev. Philip J. Ryan, Adm.
1975 - 1975 Rev. Brendan Hanratty
1975 - 1976 Rev. Anthony Bolger, Adm.

1976 - 1977 Rev. Neil J. (Kevin) McCann, Pastor
1977 - 1978 Rev. David Gipp, O.S. Cam. Adm.
1978 - 1978 Rev. John Griffin (Vicar Substitutus)
1978 - 1980 Rev. Morgan Curran, S.J., Adm.
1980 - 1984 Rev. Denis J. Doyle, Pastor
1984 - 1989 Rev. Thomas Keffer, Adm.
1989 - 1993 Rev. Peter Talcott
1992 - 1993 Mgsr. James Walsh
1993 - 1995 Rev. John Martin
1995 - 1995 Rev. Jose Luis Contreras
1995 - 1997 Rev. Theo O´Sullivan
1997- 2005 Rev. John Martin (retired 2005)
2005- Rev. Louis ("Lou") Nichols

As a community we are forever indebted to these men who served us the best they knew how guiding us through both our joyful and sorrowful times. Most of them are now gone, but a sense of their spirit lingers on in the communities they nurtured.

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