Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Francis J. Connors, MM

Father Francis J. Connors was born on May 11, 1900 in Peabody, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College and on the advice of a priest friend, he decided to enter Maryknoll. He was ordained June 19, 1927 and assigned to...

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Father Francis J. Caffrey, MM

Father Francis Joseph Caffrey died on Friday morning, December 14, 1979. Having mentioned that he was about to die that morning, and having received the Last Anointing from Father Tom McDermott and then his final Communion from...

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Father Francis J. Assenmacher, MM

We are proud of our personnel who have lived ordinary lives and yet have been rather extraordinary in their missionary dedication to God. There was nothing unusual about Frank Assenmacher. He was one of seven children. He was a...

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Father Francis A. Diffley, MM

Father Francis Diffley died on Easter Sunday morning, March 27, 2005 at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York. He was 81 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 54 years. Francis Anthony Diffley, one of two children of...

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Father Francis A. Bridge, MM

Francis A. Bridge, a veteran of World War I, entered Maryknoll at the Venard in 1920. He was born in New Alexandria, Pa. on January 16, 1895 and his youth was spent working in the soft coal mines in the vicinity of Pittsburgh....

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