Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

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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Father Edward R. Barron, MM

Edward R. Barron was born in River Rouge, Michigan, on November 30, 1900. After his graduation from high school in River Rouge he spent two years at Assumption College in Ontario, Canada and then entered Maryknoll in September...

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Father Edward R. Arnold, MM

Father Edward Robert Arnold died on Monday evening, March 25, 2002 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was 70 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 38 years. Edward was born on May 10, 1931 in Brooklyn, New...

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Father Edward P. Brophy, MM

Fr. Edward P. Brophy (Central American Region) died suddenly in Campeche, Mexico at 5 p.m., Monday, August 7. Fr. Brophy was in Campeche visiting his 1943 classmate Fr. J. Gerard Greene. Fr. Brophy was born in Paris, Kentucky,...

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