Obituaries | Middlesbrough Diocese

Father Tony Barry R.I.P.

by webmaster | Aug 14, 2010 | Event Calendar, St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Obituaries, Parishes

At 3pm on Wednesday 11 August 2010, the feast of St Clare, Father Tony Barry returned to the Lord. May he rest in peace. Fr Tony was born on 6th February 1920 and arrived in Middlesbrough from Nottinghamshire. The family lived in St Joseph’s parish in Marton Road, and...

Fr Marsden’s homily delivered at Fr Joe O’Brien’s funeral

by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | Obituaries, Parishes

When talking about priests the phrase ‘men set apart’ is often used. The trouble is that such an image can expresses superiority – not servants but masters. And when the cracks and failings of human finiteness show in priests, waves of shock, horror...

Fr Joseph O’Brien R.I.P.

by webmaster | Feb 20, 2010 | Obituaries, Parishes

Fr Joseph O’Brien who died on 25th January 2010 aged 87 was buried after his funeral Mass on 5th February at Sacred Heart Church, Hull, where he had been ordained as a priest for our Diocese by Bishop McClean on 22nd February 1975. Bishop Terry was the Principal...

Death of an Ampleforth Monk

by webmaster | Sep 5, 2009 | Obituaries, Parishes, Religious Communities

Fr Gerald Hughes, a monk of Ampleforth Abbey, has died at the age of 80. Fr Gerald died peacefully in his sleep on 31 August 2009 while on holiday with family relations in York. He was educated at Ampleforth and in 1947 went to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst....

Servant of God returns home

by webmaster | Jun 6, 2009 | Obituaries, Parishes

Fr Austin O’Neill, retired parish priest of St Aelred’s, York, died on Saturday 25 April after a long period of ill health. He was 73 and had been a priest for almost 48 years, 21 of which were at St Aelred’s. Education was close to his heart. He...

Death of Ampleforth’s Oldest Monk

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Obituaries, Religious Communities

Fr Benet Perceval, the oldest member of the monastic Community at Ampleforth, died peacefully in the monastery infirmary in the early hours of Friday 30th January 2009, surrounded by some of his fellow monks in prayer. Fr Benet’s death was marked later that day...