Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Philip A. Taggart, MM

Philip A. Taggart was born on January 12, 1893 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and came to Maryknoll in 1914. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 1921. He sailed for the Orient in the autumn of that year, a member of...

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Father William H. Woods, MM

Father William H. Woods, who has been a member of our Central American Region since ordination, died on November 20 in the crash of his small plane near Quiche, Guatemala. Four American civilian passengers were also killed....

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Bishop James E. Walsh, MM

Maryknoll’s beloved Bishop James E. Walsh died peacefully at Maryknoll, New York, on July 29th. Completing sixty-six years as a priest and fifty-four as a bishop, he celebrated his ninetieth birthday on April 30th of this...

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Father John M. McLoughlin, MM

Father John M. McLoughlin died peacefully at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong on Monday morning, June 30, 1980. John had been ill for some time. Born in Lancashire, England, on April 6, 1909, John came to America with his...

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Father James E. McLaughlin, MM

Father James E. McLaughlin died in the early afternoon of June 3, 1997 at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York. He was 88 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 57 years. James was born on May 7, 1909, in Chester,...

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