Father Robert G. Beiter, a priest of the Diocese of Buffalo for over 58 years, died June 13, 2022. Father Beiter was born to Richard E. and Dolores (Edbauer) Beiter on Oct. 12, 1938, in ...
Bishop Michael W. Fisher has appointed three priests as administrators of diocesan parishes. Father Robert J. Orlowski has been appointed the administrator of Queen of Angels Parish in Lackawanna in addition to his responsibility as ...
Father Ronald Pecci, OFM, 71, a Franciscan friar with Holy Name Province for 42 years, 38 of them as an ordained priest, died on April 12, 2022, at Sharon Hospital in Sharon, Connecticut. His full ...
Father Joseph P. Janaczek, pastor of Our Lady of Loreto Parish, Falconer, and St. Patrick Parish, Randolph, died April 29, 2022. Father Janaczek was born June 15, 1945, in Buffalo, to Joseph and Amelia (Gruszka) ...
Sister Marian Schwenk died Dec. 30, 2020, at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence in Clarence after a period of declining health. She was 87. Born Oct. 1, 1933, in Buffalo to Howard and Loretta ...
Father Francis Schimscheiner, OSFS, died peacefully in Toledo, on May 7, 2020, following a long illness. He was 83 years old. Father Schimscheiner was born in Niagara Falls and upon graduation from Bishop Duffy High ...
Father William C. McGarry, pastor emeritus of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Niagara Falls, died on May 13, 2020, at the Our Lady of Peace Nursing Home in Lewiston. Born in Carnegie, Pa., Father ...