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Friday, June 7, 1991
FALL RIVER DIOCESAN NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS FALL RIVER, MASS.
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Changes announced; two pastors retire Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced 14 changes in pastorates, two retirements and one special assignment. All changes are effective June 26. Rev. John P. Driscoll will assume the special assignment of pastor at St. Francis of Assisi parish, New Bedford, while remaining pastor at St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford. Ordained in 1947, Father Driscoll has been pastor at St. Lawrence since 1972.
parochial vicar at Corpus Christi, : Sandwich; Holy Name, Fall' River; St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro; St. Francis Xavier, , Hyannis; and St. Patrick's,' Wareham. Prior to his sabbatical, which' began last July, he was pastor at St. Joseph's parish, North Dighton. Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, now pastor at" Our Lady of the Immac- ' ulate Conception parish, New Bedford, will become pastor at St. I Pastors Anthony's parish, Taunton. Rev. John F. Andrews, now Ordained in 1960, he served as pastor at St. Joan of Arc parish, parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth's Orleans, will assume the pastorate parish, Fall River, and Our Lady at St. Bernard parish, Assonet. of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bed- ' Ordained in 1962, he was par- ford. ochial vicar at St. Joseph's and SS. He was parochial vicar, then Peter and Paul churches in Fall pastor, at St. John the Baptist par- ,. River; St. Margaret's parish, Buz- ish, New Bedford, before being zards Bay; and St. Francis Xavier assigned to Immaculate Concepparish, Hyannis, before becoming tion in 1979. pastor at St. Joan of Arc in 1980. Rev. Steven R. Furtado, now The new-pastor at St. Joan of parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mt. Arc will be Rev. James_W. Clark, Carmel parish, New Bedford, has now pastor at St. John the Evan- been named pastor at Our Lady of Health parish, Fall River. I!elist parish, Pocasset. Ordained in 1973, he was parOrdained in 1956, Father Clark was parochial vicar at St. Pat- ochial vicar at Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Taunton, before rick's, Wareham; St. Joseph's, Fall River; and St. Mary's, Taun- being assigned to Mt. Carmel in 1983. ton. He was administrator at i Rev. Terence F. Keenan will I. Sacred Heart parish, Oak Bluffs, leave Our Lady of the Immaculate before being named pastor at St. Conception parish, Fall River, to John in 1977. Rev. Edward E. Correia, pres- assume the pastorate at Our Lady ently pastor at St. Bernard parish, of Fatima parish, Swansea. Assonet, has been named pastor of Ordained in 1965, he was parSt. Anthony of Padua parish, Fall ochial vicar at St. Joseph's, North River. Dighton; St. Francis Xavier, Ordained in 1968, he was par- Hyannis; St. Patrick's, Wareham; ochial vicar at Our Lady of Mt. St. James, New Bedford; and Carmel, New Bedford; and at St. Sacred Heart, Taunton, before Anthony of Padua before being becoming chaplain at Cape Cod named pastor at St. Bernard in Hospital in 1978, during which 1986. time he was in residence at St. Rev. Philip A. Davignon, no'w Francis. pastor at Our Lady of the Isle He was named pastor at Immacparish, Nantucket, will become ulate Conception in 1981. , pastor at St. Ann's parish, Rev. Thomas C. Lopes, now Raynham. pastor at Holy Ghost parish, , 'Ordained in 1962, his assignAttleboro, will become pastor at ments as parochial vicar were at Our Lady of the Isle parish, NanSt. Pius X, South Yarmouth; tucket. Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs; and St. Ordained in 1965, he served as Mary, Mansfield. He became pasparochial vicar at St. Elizabeth's, tor at Our Lady of the Isle in 1979. Fall River; St. Anthony, lEast FalRev. Kenneth Delano, now pasmouth; and St. John the Baptist, tor arr St. Francis of Assisi parish, New Bedford. New Bedford, will become pastor During chaplaincies at Morton at Our Lady of the Immaculate Hospital and Marian Manor in Conception parish, Fall River. Taunton and Cape Cod Hospital, Ordained in 1960, he was paro- he was in residence at St. Mary's, chial vicar at St. Patrick's parishes Taunton, and then St. Francis in Fall River and in Wareham; St. Xavier, Hyannis. , Mary's, New Bedford; and St. He was named pastor at Holy Joseph's and Immaculate ConcepGhost in 1985. i tion parishes in Fall River before Rev. John C. Martins will leave : becoming pastor at St. Francis in Our Lady of Health parish, Fall I 1988. River, to become pastor at Santo: Rev. Robert C. Donovan will Christo parish, Fall River. : return from sabbatical leave to Ordained in 1955, he was par-' become pastor at St. John the ochial vicar at St. Anthony of' Evangelist, Pocasset. Padua, Fall River; St. Anthony, Turn to Page Nine Ordained in 1970, he has been
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Bishop Gerrard dies at age 93 Auxiliary Bishop James Joseph Gerrard, 68 years a priest and 32 years a bishop, died Monday, June 3. He would have been 94 on Sunday, June 9. His body lay in the chapel ofthe Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River, where he spent his final years, until yesterday. At 2 p.m. it was transferred to St. Mary's Cathedcal, where it was received by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin to lie in state through the remainder of the day. The bishop conducted a wake service at 7 p.m. with Msgr. John J. Oliveira, diocesan chancellor, f.s homilist and students of Holy Family/Holy Name School, New BGdford, as servers. Before merging with Holy Name School,
Holy Family was the parochial school of St. Lawrence parish, where Bishop Gerrard was pastor for 16 years. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at II a.m. today with Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston present in the sanctuary and giving the final commendation. Bishop Cronin was principal celebrant and homilist and many New England bishops and priests of the Fall River diocese were concelebrants. Music for the Mass was by the Cathedral Choir of St. Mary's with Madeleine Grace as director. Altar servers were diocesan seminarians. Interment was in the bishops' crypt o~ the cathedral.
From New Bedford Bishop Gerrard was born in New Bedford on June 9,1897, the son ofthe late William and the late Elizabeth Livesey Gerrard. He was baptized in St. James Church, New Bedford, and attended St. Mary's School (attached to St. James parish) and Holy Family High School. After attending St. Laurent College, Montreal, Canada, he continued his education at St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, N.Y. Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, D.D., second bishop of Fall River, ordained the future bishop a priest in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, on May 26, 1923. . Turn to Page Three