Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father James M. Drought, MM

James M. Drought was born November 18, 1896 in New York City. He received his early education at Blessed Sacrament School and Cathedral College in New York. He came to Maryknoll in 1920 from New York’s Dunwoodie Seminary...

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Father James J. DeFino, MM

  Born: September 12, 1930 Ordained: June 14, 1958 Died: March 6, 1990       Father James J. DeFino died at the Society House in Seoul, Korea on March 6, 1990. He was 59 years of age and a missioner for 32...

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Father James C. Connell, MM

Father James Connell died on December 30, 1999 at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 84 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 55 years. Father Connell was born on November 13, 1915, in San Francisco, California one of six...

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Father Richard A. Bell, MM

Father Richard Bell died at Mission St. Teresa’s early in the morning of October 26, 2013. He was 86 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 56 years. Richard Aloysius Bell was born on September 9, 1927, in Shanghai, China,...

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Father Ralph F. Christman, MM

Father Ralph Christman died at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York on March 21, 2011. He was 82 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 54 years. Ralph Frederick Christman was born on November 25, 1928 in New York...

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