March 1, 1948Father Michael CaseyFather Casey was born on June 2, 1878 in Grafton, MA. He attended Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA; Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada; and St. Bernard’s Seminary, Rochester, NY. Bishop Hennessy ordained him for the Diocese of Wichita on Oct. 2, 1904. After assignment
March 2, 1991Father Marino CaldarelliFather Caldarelli was born in Trevi, Italy on September 28, 1908. He was ordained a Capuchin priest on March 29, 1931 in Assisi, Italy and came to the Diocese of Wichita in 1950. He worked mainly in southeast Kansas as an assistant at St. Mary’s Parish, Pittsburg
March 5, 2010Father Richard StuchlikFather Richard Stuchlik was born on Oct. 21, 1942, in Hillsboro, Kansas. He studied for the priesthood at Cardinal Glennon College, St. Louis, Mo., where he received a bachelor of arts degree, and at Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a bachelor’s deg
March 6, 1968Father Leo Anthony PrichardFather Prichard was born on November 8, 1926 in Wichita and attended grade and three years of high school at St. Mary’s Cathedral. His senior year and studies through third year of theology were at Conception Seminary, Conception, MO. After completing his four
March 6, 2004Father James HoaglandFather Hoagland was born in Erie, KS on Sept. 12, 1926. He attended Parsons Junior College, Parsons, KS for one year before serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war he attended New York University and Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO before comp
March 8, 1971Father Forrest BarkerFather Barker was born in Maud, Okla., on November 8, 1909 but his family later moved to Dodge City, where they converted to Catholicism. He attended Sacred Heart School and Dodge City High School in Dodge City,; St. Joseph Academy, Hays, KS; St. Thomas Seminary, De
March 8, 1966Father Thomas RyanFather Ryan was born in Chicago on May 26, 1908. Following his training at St. Meinrad’s Seminary at St. Meinrad, IN he was ordained there on May 26, 1942. During his priesthood he was an assistant at St. Patrick Parish, Wichita; chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital, Wichit
March 9, 1939 Father Charles BraunFather Braun was born at Aix-la-Chapelle in Alsace-Lorraine on May 29, 1885. After his ordination on June 14, 1908 he worked as a missionary in the Belgian Congo and later in Brazil. After fifteen years and health problems brought on by the primitive conditions in t
March 11, 1999Father Robert SmithFather Smith was born in St. Louis, MO on May 10, 1932. After attending Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, MO he was ordained for the Diocese of Wichita by Cardinal Ritter on April 6, 1957. As an assistant he served at Andale, Fort Scott, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Independence
March 12, 2017Father O'Hare was born on Sep. 29, 1923, in Ireland. He studied at All Hallows Seminary in Dublin and was ordained there on June 20, 1954. He served as a priest of the diocese for 62 years. He served as a chaplain in Parsons after arriving in the Diocese of Wichita in November of 1954.
March 12, 1993Father Thomas McManusFather McManus was born on November 12, 1929 in Esker, County Longford, Ireland. He did his secondary studies at St. Mel’s College, Longford, and his seminary studies at St. Peter’s College, Wexford where he was ordained in the seminary chapel on June 7, 1953. He s
March 13, 1951 Father Joseph Luke Carroll Father Carroll was born on December 1, 1896 and was raised in Great Bend, Kansas. After primary and secondary school in Great Bend he studied for the priesthood in Chicago, IL; Louisville, KY; and St. Louis, MO after which he was ordained a Passionist priest
March 15, 2012Father John C. ReinkemeyerFather John C. Reinkemeyer was born June 20, 2921 in Rich Fountain, Mo., and studied for the priesthood at Conception Seminary, Conception, Mo. He was ordained on May 24, 1951, and served as an associate pastor at three St. Patrick Churches - Parsons, Walnut,
March 16, 1968Father Adrian DeelenFather Deelen was born in Heeze, Holland on October 1, 1902 and was ordained a priest on December 22, 1928 at Oosterhaut, Holland for the Congregation of the Sacred Heart. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Wichita on December 20, 1941. After serving briefly as
March 16, 1990Father Peter DukeFather Duke was born at Cheney, Kansas on June 14, 1943. After attending Garden Plain High School and Pittsburg State College, he prepared for ordination at Loyola University in Chicago, IL; Mount St. Paul College in Waukesha, WI; Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI;
March 16, 1948Father John J. MacInerneyFather MacInerney was born on March 17, 1878 in County Clare, Ireland. He studied philosophy at the Petit Seminary, St. Trond, Belgium and theology at the American College, Louvain, Belgium. Most Reverend Theophile Meerscharet, Bishop of the Oklahoma-Tulsa Dioc
March 17, 1946Father Martin DegnanFather Degnan was born on August 24, 1867 and was ordained on July 1, 1900 in Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Detroit, Michigan. He served at Sacred Heart Parish in Arkansas City from 1928 until his retirement on November 1, 1938. After his retirement he served as ch
March 18, 1995 Father Gerald PatheFather Pathe was born on August 22, 1915 at Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland but his family moved to Detroit, MI when he was a child. He attended St. Bronood College, St. Bronood, Al; Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, LA; and St. Meinrad Seminary, St. Meinrad, IN b
March 17, 1989Father Leo B. HahnFather Hahn was born on August 23, 1934 in Jennings, Kansas, and in 1941 his family moved to Wichita where they attended St. Patrick Parish. After attending Cardinal Glennon College and Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, MO, he was ordained by Bishop Mark K. Carroll at St
March 20, 1976Msgr. Daniel ReidyMsgr. Reidy was born in Newtown, County Cork, Ireland on January 29, 1890 and came to the United States when he was eighteen to study for the Diocese of Wichita where his brother Maurice was a priest. He was ordained by Bishop Hennessy in the first ordination to be he
March 21, 2002Father Robert WatsonFather Watson was born in Louisville, KY on August 18, 1927. He studied for the priesthood at Maryknoll seminary, Ossining, NY and St. Thomas Seminary, Denver, Colorado before being ordained by Bishop Carroll at St. Mary’s Cathedral on May 23, 1953. He served as an
March 23, 1969Father John BastFather Bast was born in Landkern, Rhein, Germany on May 1, 1881 and moved to the United States with his family when he was seven years old. He attended grade and high school in his home parish of St. Joseph’s in Cleveland, Ohio, and for his college education he attended
March 23, 1937Father Maurice ReidyFather Maurice Reidy, brother of Father Daniel Reidy who was also ordained for the Diocese of Wichita, was born on February 12, 1880 in Newtown, County Cork, Ireland. He attended St. Patrick Seminary in Carlow, Ireland where he was ordained for the Diocese of Wichit
March 24, 1980Msgr. Patrick LarkinMsgr. Larkin was born on March 9, 1892 in Knockanure, Country Kerry, Ireland and was ordained for the Diocese of Wichita on June 4, 1916 at St. Patrick College, Carlow, Ireland. After serving as an assistant at St. Mary’s Cathedral for three years he went to Sacred
