March 10 FR. JOHN LEAHY was born near Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland in 1932. He died at Middlesex Hospital, England on March 10, 1977. Father John studied [1945-50] at De La Salle College, Loughrea, County Galway before becoming a Post Office clerk. In 1954, he entered Dalgan seminary where he was ordained priest in 1960. He …
March 17 FR. EDMUND J. McGOVERN was born at Rathmore, County Kerry, Ireland in 1914. He died at Dalgan on March 17, 1976. While still in his early years Father Eddie’s family moved to Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. He attended Middleton Christian Brothers School and Mount Melleray Seminary, County Waterford, Ireland before coming to Dalgan Seminary …
March 25 FR. LUKE MULLANY was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia in 1897. He died in Melbourne on 25 March 1970. He was ordained priest at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, in September 1919. He was one of two Melbourne diocesan priests to join the Society in 1922. The other was Romuald Hayes, a fellow curate …
February 19 BISHOP PATRICK H. CRONIN was born in 1913 at Moneygall, Dunkerrin, County Offaly, Ireland. He died on February 19, 1991 at Maria Regina Hospital, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. Having studied at Tullamore Christian Brothers School and at St. Finian’s College, Mullingar, both in Ireland, Father Paddy came to Dalgan seminary in 1931 and …
February 1 FR. PAUL R. SMITH was born at St. Paul, Minnesota, USA in 1934. He died at the Veterans’ Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas, on February 1, 1983. Father Paul was educated at Cretin High, St. Paul; St. Columban’s College, Milton [1952-54]; and St. Columban’s Major Seminary, Milton [1954-61]. He was ordained priest in 1960, appointed …
February 8 FR. COLM RAFFERTY was born on 2 March 1929 in Craigavole, Swatragh, Co. Derry. He was ordained on 21 December 1953 and his first appointment was to Negros where he became fluent in Ilonggo and suffered from mosquitoes and horses. He served in Binalbagan, Cauayan, Sipalay, Dancalan and Candoni. After home vacation in …
February 26 FR. PATRICK HYNES was born in 1925 at Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He died at Dalgan on February 26, 2004, having retired there in 1996. He had been in ill health for several years. Having completed his secondary studies at St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, Fr. Pat came to Dalgan in 1943 and was ordained …
April 2 FR. AODH O’HALPIN, born in Dundalk on 31 January 1934, grew up in Letterkenny. He came to Dalgan in 1952 and was ordained on 21 December 1958. Appointed to the Philippines, he ministered for nineteen years in Mindanao, in Ozamiz City, Oroquieta and Tukuran. In the early 1980s he moved to London where …
January 4 PILAR TILOS was born in Hinoba-an, Negros Occ., Philippines in 1940. Baptized by a Columban priest, Pilar was a member of the 1990 first group of Columban lay missionaries, called RP 1, to be assigned to Pakistan. Hard-working and full of life and humour, Pilar died in her sleep at St. Columban’s, Lahore …
January 8 BRO. PETER RYAN [Brother Colman] was born at Warrenpoint, County Down, Ireland in 1903. He died at Dalgan on January 8, 1971. He was a salesman before coming to Dalgan in 1928. He learned building and construction, and went to Hanyang, China in 1933. There Bishop Galvin put him in charge of an …
