Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Casper C. Corso, MM

Father Casper Christopher Corso died in Nairobi on July 9, 1989. He was 62 years old and a priest for 34 years. Among Maryknollers he was known as “Joe” and even occasionally signed his name as Father Joseph Corso....

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Father Arthur J. Cunneen, MM

Arthur J. Cunneen was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on September 18, 1901. His grammar and high school training was in that city. After working a few years he entered the Venard in January of 1923. He was ordained to the...

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Father Arthur J. Briggs, MM

“I consider the sufferings of the present to be as nothing as compared to the glory to be revealed in us.” Rom. 8:18 Father Arthur Briggs had a strong desire to be a foreign missioner. In God’s Providence, he...

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Father Arthur F. Dempsey, MM

Arthur F. Dempsey died at Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital in Hong Kong at about 3:30 a.m. January 30 after a long illness. Father Dempsey was born on March 22, 1903, in Saint Michael’s Parish in New York City. He studied at...

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Father Arthur F. Allie, MM

Arthur F. Allie was born at Two Rivers, Wisconsin on August 17, 1897. He was the sixth oldest of a family of thirteen children. After finishing high school he attended the University of Wisconsin for one year “on little or...

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