Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father John H. Joyce, MM

Fr. John H. Joyce died at 7:00 PM on October 13, 1994 at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 84 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 57 years. John Hubert Joyce was born in the Bronx, New York, on June 29, 1910, the only son of...

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Father Robert J. Hughes, MM

Fr. Robert J. Hughes died suddenly on September 1, 1985, at his parish in Kyoto, Japan, at the age of 61. Father Bob was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on August 7, 1924. It was in his third year at Brooklyn Cathedral High School that...

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Father Charles F. Girnius, MM

Father Charles F. Girnius died on August 3, 2013 at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 96 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 69 years. Charles Francis Girnius was born on July 2, 1917 in Maspeth, New York, son of Sylvester...

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Father J. Russell Hughes, MM

Joseph Russell Hughes was born in New York City on March 12, 1906. He attended Fordham Preparatory School and studied for one year at Fordham University before entering the Venard in 1926. His interest in a missionary vocation...

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Father John F. Hugues, MM

John F. Hugues was born in Philadelphia on January 9, 1896, the fourth of ten children. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas grammar school and was graduated from Boys’ Catholic High in Philadelphia in 1942. After working for...

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