Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Anthony Cotta, MM

Anthony Cotta was born in Cairo, Egypt on January 7, 1872. He studied at St. Joseph’s University in Beirut and then at the Vincentian College of Antoura in Lebanon. He returned to Cairo to finish his education at the...

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Father Andrew J. Cassidy, MM

Father Andrew John Cassidy, of the Mexico Region, died on June 30th at Nutrition Hospital in Mexico City. He had gone to considerable effort to conceal the fact that he had been suffering for some time, as it was his deepest...

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Father Frederick J. Becka, MM

Frederick J. Becka died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong on March 27 (1:15 p.m., March 26, E.D.T.). Father Becka was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 6, 1919. He studied at St. Joseph’s Seminary and Holy Name...

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Father Frederick J. Allen, MM

Father Frederick J. Allen died at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York on September 23, 2012.  He was 77 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 47 years. Frederick John Allen was born in Oceanside, New York on October...

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Father Frederick C. Dietz, MM

Frederick C. Dietz was born in New York City on July 5, 1892. He came to Maryknoll in 1915 and was ordained by Bishop Dowling of Des Moines, on September 11, 1916. He took his Perpetual Oath to the Society in 1930. As an...

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