Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father William J. Coleman, MM

Father William J. Coleman died early in the morning on December 4, 2002 at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York. He was 91 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 63 years. William Jackson Coleman was born in Shelby,...

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Father William F. Daley, MM

Father William F. Daley died at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York on February 18, 2008. He was 79 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 51 years. William Francis Daley was born October 4, 1928, in Lawrence,...

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Father William A. Bergan, MM

Father William Bergan died at Maryknoll Residence, Los Altos, California, in the evening of Thursday, December 7, 1995. He was 81 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 53 years. Father Bergan was born on October 27, 1914 in New...

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Father Wilbur J. Borer, MM

On June 24, 1974 Father Borer wrote these words to Father Raymond Hill: “The French missioners of former days said that the ideal of a missioner is to die a martyr at 80. Since the Lord has given me very good health, I...

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Father Walter J. Coleman, MM

Walter J. Coleman was born on July 19, 1896 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. A graduate of St. Thomas College in St. Paul, he studied for the diocesan priesthood at St. Paul Seminary until an interest in the missions led him to...

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