Recent deaths, necrology and ordination anniversaries – September 2025

Date: September 2, 2025
To: Bulletin editors
From: Maureen Smith, chief communications officer, Office of Communications

Recently Deceased 

Please remember in your prayers the clergy/religious who died in the month of August: Rev. Mr. Mike Jones 

Please remember in prayer the deceased clergy whose anniversaries occur this month: 

Priests: 

Reverend Joseph A. Petit, S.M. 
9/4/1932 
Reverend Henry T. Hayes S.M. 
9/4/1967 
Reverend Thomas Gilroy, S.M. 
9/4/1999 
Reverend Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy 
9/9/1982 
Reverend Thomas Benedict Hogan, S.M. 
9/9/1999 
Reverend Leo Cummings, M.S. 
9/14/2009 
Reverend John J. Fitzpatrick, C.SS.R. 
9/15/1978 
Reverend James F. Scherer 
9/15/2022 
Reverend Olivio C. Navario 
9/18/1987 
Reverend John J. Mulroy 
9/20/1982 
Reverend Michael J. Redden 
9/25/2018 
Reverend Kenneth W. Bayer, M.S.F.S. 
9/27/1993 
Reverend Francisco Negri, M.S. 
9/28/2009 

Deacons: 

Deacon Frank F. Coughlin 
9/3/2019 
Deacon James E. Stone 
9/6/2020 
Deacon William D. Edwards 
9/12/1992 
Deacon Edward Rademacher 
9/13/2016 
Deacon William G. Timme 
9/20/2002 
Deacon John J. Halloran IV 
9/25/2023 
Deacon Thomas L. Stonecipher 
9/26/2015 

Anniversary of Ordination [September] 
We pray for God’s blessing on the following clergy who celebrate the anniversary of their ordination during this month: 

Priests: 

Reverend Terngu Oliver Agbile 
9/1/2018 
Reverend John Bolduc, S.M. 
9/5/1970 
Reverend Fausto Márquez Dominguez 
9/6/1997 
Reverend Lawrence Jay Hayes, O.F.M. 
9/9/1989 
Reverend Kevin Gerard Gillis, L.C. 
9/19/2020 
Reverend Joseph Anthony Mendes, M.S. F.S. 
9/21/1963 

Deacons: 

Deacon Wayne Topper 9/6/2014