Obituaries | Middlesbrough Diocese

Tributes paid to Canon Gerry

by webmaster | Mar 7, 2015 | Obituaries

Tributes have been paid to Canon Gerald Cox, who has died at the age of 80 after serving parishes throughout the Diocese of Middlesbrough across five decades. Canon Gerry was born in Hull on July 11 1934, the son of Albert and Catherine and brother of Peter and John....

Fr Dan Cahill RIP

by webmaster | Sep 17, 2011 | Obituaries

The Diocese of Middlesbrough reports the death of Father Dan Cahill who served St Patrick’s Parish in Cannon Street, Middlesbrough as a greatly loved and much appreciated Parish Priest for twenty two years and who also served in Staithes, Ugthorpe and Whitby. The...

Canon Thomas Nugent R.I.P.

by webmaster | Mar 30, 2011 | Obituaries

The death has occurred in Ireland of Canon Thomas Nugent. As a young priest, Fr Nugent served in our Diocese at St Mary’s, Grangetown and St Peter’s, Scarborough 1954-1956. He then returned to his native Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. He died in Lismore...

Father Sean O’Donnell R.I.P.

by webmaster | Mar 1, 2011 | Obituaries, Parishes

Fr Sean O’Donnell died in Ireland in the evening of Wednesday 9th February after suffering an illness that began soon after he retired in the autumn of 2010. The Bishop of Middlesbrough, The Rt Rev Terence Patrick Drainey, travelled to Ireland for the reception...

Sr Catherine Purvis RIP

by webmaster | Dec 4, 2010 | Obituaries

Sr Catherine died peacefully on 29th October 2010 at Ladywell Convent, Godalming, Surrey. Sr Catherine (known to her many friends in the Diocese as Tess) was born and brought up in Thornaby and attended St Patrick’s Primary School and Newlands Convent,...

Sr Mary Austin Thompson RSM

by webmaster | Nov 7, 2010 | Obituaries, Religious Communities

Sr Mary Austin Thompson died peacefully at the age of 81, in the Convent of Mercy, Eastgate, Hornsea, on 27th August 2010, the day before the feast of her patron, St Augustine. Her body was received into Sacred Heart Church, Hornsea, on Sunday 12th September by Fr...