Priest Necrology | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta

The following list includes priests of the Archdiocesan and Religious priests who served in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Priest Necrology: Updated 2026-01-12

title	first_name	middle_name	last_name	suffix	bishop	Ordination	Year of Death	Month of Death	Day of Death	burialplace	article
Reverend	James		Atkins		0.00		2012	10	10
Reverend	James		Babb	S.J.	0.00	1946/06/16	2002	6	12	New Orleans, LA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2002/06/20/g/
Reverend	Robert	E.	Baker	S.M.	0.00	1969	1994	11	1	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend	Kenneth	W.	Bayer	M.S.F.S.	0.00	1975/09/13	1993	9	27	Saint Patrick's, Norcross, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1993/09/30/a/
Reverend	Joseph	J.	Beltran		0.00	1955/05/19	1995	4	30	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1995/05/11/a/
Reverend	Gregory	R.	Benassu		0.00	1995/07/08	1997	3	30	Stirling, New Jersey	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1997/04/03/c/
Reverend	Brent	A.	Bohan		0.00	1981	1988	5	22	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1988/05/26/a/
Reverend	Joseph	W.	Bollard	O.M.I.	0.00	1939/05/30	1970	2	20	Boston, Massachusetts
Reverend	Jacob		Bollmer		0.00	1968/05/18	2000	8	18	Gates of Heaven Cemetery: Cincinnati, Ohio
Reverend	James	P.	Boyce		0.00	1953/12/19	1962	2	12	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Vincent	P.	Brennan	S.M.	0.00	1941	1993	8	10	Westview, Atlanta, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1993/08/25/q
Reverend	Charles	F.	Brogley	S.M.	0.00		2001	1	16	Philadelphia, PA
Reverend	Hugh		Byron		0.00	1959/07/19	1993	8	3	Sunderland, England	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1993/08/25/p
Reverend	James		Caffery	M.S.	0.00	1960/05/28	2011	6	17
Reverend	William	E.	Calhoun		0.00	1963/05/25	1997	1	4	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1997/01/09/a/
Reverend	George		Carlin		0.00	1987/03/06	2011	6	17
Reverend	Nicholas		Caron	O.C.S.O.	0.00	1989/06/03	1967	8	1	Monastery, Conyers, GA
Reverend	Thomas	J.	Carroll	M.S.	0.00	1954/05/01	2003	3	20	Hartford, Connecticut
Reverend Monsignor	Joseph	G.	Casssidy		0.00	1923/05/26	1982	9	9	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1982/09/16/c/
Reverend	Joseph	C.	Cavallo		0.00	1970/06/27	1990	11	7	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1990/11/15/a/
Reverend	Patrick		Connell		0.00	1939/06/03	1984	2	5	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1984/02/09/b/
Reverend	Vincent	J.	Connors	C.P.	0.00	1924/06/14	1975	1	27	Jamaica, New York
Reverend	James	M.	Cummings	S.M.	0.00		1999	7	2	Westview, Atlanta, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1999/08/05/h
Reverend	Leo		Cummings	M.S.	0.00	1966/05/28	2009	9	14
Reverend	Philip	H.	Dagneau	S.M.	0.00	1909	1971	1	24	Westview, Atlanta, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1971/01/28/b/
Reverend	George	T.	Daly		0.00	1935/05/30	1960	1	5	Savannah, GA
Reverend	Alan		Dillman		0.00	1959/05/23	2011	1	7
Reverend Monsignor	Edward	J.	Dodwell		0.00	1939/06/03	1975	3	16	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1975/03/20/b/
Most Reverend	Thomas	A.	Donnellan		1.00	1939/06/03	1987	10	15	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1987/10/22
Most Reverend	John	F.	Donoghue		1.00	1955/06/04	2011	11	11	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend Monsignor	Walter	J.	Donovan		0.00	1944/07/01	2012	7	22	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2012/08/16/donovanfuneral/
Reverend	Joseph	W.	Drohan		0.00	1956/05/10	2005	4	25	Worcester, Massachusetts	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2005/04/28/drohan/
Reverend	John		Druding		0.00	1976/05/01	2011	2	12	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2011/02/17/Fatherdrudingdies/
Reverend	Robert	E.	Dyer	M.S.	0.00	1959/04/25	1986	11	18	Hartford, Connecticut	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1986/11/20/a/
Reverend	Douglas	J.	Edwards		0.00	1961/05/27	1997	11	15	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Richmond		Egan	S.M.	0.00	1967/12/15	2008	1	12	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend	John	J.	Emerick	S.M.	0.00	1945/06/10	1993	5	29	Westview, Atlanta, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1993/06/03/e
Reverend	John	A.	Emmerth	S.M.	0.00		1962	6	29	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend	Joseph		Fahy	C.P.	0.00	1956/04/28	2007	1	22	Jamaica, New York	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2007/02/01/frfahy/
Reverend	Jose	E.	Fetzer	S.J.	0.00	2008/06	2012	12	22	Louisiana
Reverend	John	J.	Fitzpatrick	C.S.s.R.	0.00	1938/06/19	1978	9	15	Annapolis, Maryland	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1978/09/21/b/
Reverend	Thomas		Gilroy	S.M.	0.00	1941/09/21	1999	9	4	Westview, Atlanta, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1999/09/23/c/
Reverend	Gerard	R.	Hageman	S.M.	0.00		1961	1	1	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Most Reverend	Paul	J.	Hallinan		1.00	1937/02/20	1968	3	27	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1968/03/29/a/
Reverend	James		Hartnett	S.M.	0.00	1955/02/06	2010	4	18
Reverend	Henry	T.	Hayes	S.M.	0.00		1967	9	4	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend	Larry		Hein	S.J.	0.00		2001	12	22	New Orleans, LA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2002/01/17/b/
Reverend	John	R.	Henley		0.00	1975/05/24	2003	5	7	Mexico
Reverend	Edward	D.	Hennessey		0.00	1939/06/03	1991	1	20	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1991/01/24/f/
Reverend	Thomas	Benedict	Hogan	S.M.	0.00	1939/09/15	1999	9	9	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend	Eugene		Hughes	S.M.	0.00	1957/06/23	2010	8	24
Most Reverend	Francis	E.	Hyland		1.00	1927/06/11	1968	1	31	Philadelphia, PA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1968/02/01/b/
Reverend	John	P.	Kelley		0.00	1957/06/23	1995	2	2	Omaha, NE
Reverend	J.	Edwin	Kelsch	C.S.s.R.	0.00	1945/06/17	1969	1	7	Annapolis, Maryland	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1969/01/09/b/
Reverend Monsignor	Thomas	A.	Kenny		0.00	1965/06/20	2008	10	30	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2008/11/13/kenny/
Reverend	Charles	J.	Kerscher		0.00	1979/12/08	2006	8	1	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2006/08/03/frkerscher/
Reverend	Anthony	Tran Van	Kiem		0.00	1946/06/29	2012	6	16	Sherwood Cemetery, Morrow, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2012/06/21/father_tranvankiemdies/
Reverend Monsignor	James	E.	King		0.00	1923/05/26	1965	10	18	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1965/10/21/a/
Reverend	Martin	John	Kopchik	M.S.S.	0.00	1986/05/18	2010	11	6	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2010/11/25/kopchik
Reverend	Eugene		Kwapisz	O.F.M. Conv.	0.00	1964/02/16	1988	1	27	Buffalo, New York	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1988/02/04/a/
Reverend Monsignor	Larry		Lucree	Diocese of Savannah	0.00		2012	2	20	St. John the Baptist, Savannah, GA
Reverend Monsignor	E.	Peter	Ludden		0.00	1967/06/10	1989	5	18	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1989/05/25/a
Most Reverend	James	P.	Lyke		1.00	1966/06/24	1992	12	27	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1993/01/07/
Reverend	William	A.	Maguire	S.M.	0.00	1915	1961	6	28	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend Monsignor	Cornelius	L.	Maloney		0.00	1944/05/18	1961	2	17	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Michael	M.	Manning		0.00	1936/06/21	1984	7	21	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1984/08/02/c
Most Reverend	Eugene	A.	Marino		1.00	1962/06/09	2000	11	12	Biloxi, Mississippi	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2000/11/16/a/
Reverend	Leo	M.	Marx	S.M.	0.00		1966	4	23	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend	Andrew		McCormack	S.M.	0.00	1957/02/02	2007	4	15		http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2007/04/19/frmccormack/
Reverend	Raphael		McDonald	O.F.M. Conv.	0.00		2000	7	11	Gods Acre Ringwood, New Jersey	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2000/09/07/h/
Reverend Monsignor	John	F.	McDonough		0.00	1941/05/01	1992	8	9	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1992/08/20/a
Reverend	Michael	J.	McKeever		0.00	1931/06/07	1983	10	25	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Richard	Roy	Meehan		0.00	1984/06/03	2001	4	22	Ireland
Reverend	Patrick		Mendola	O.F.M. Conv.	0.00	1976	1995	5	18	Buffalo, New York	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1995/05/25/c
Reverend	James		Miceli		0.00	1975/05/24	2009	12	8
Reverend	Michael	Anthony	Morris		0.00	1964/05/01	1998	1	19	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1998/02/05/a
Reverend	Mauro		Mourlot		0.00	1949/05/15	2000	10	16	Dominican Republic	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2000/10/26/f/
Reverend Monsignor	Joseph	E.	Moylan		0.00	1917/10/18	1967	4	11	Savannah, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1967/04/13/a/
Reverend	Patrick	F.	Mulhern		0.00	1964/06/21	2006	11	29	Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2006/12/14/christlike/
Reverend	John	J.	Mulroy		0.00	1955/06/04	1982	9	20	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1982/09/23/a/
Reverend	Vincent	M.	Mulvin		0.00	1968/06/08	1983	3	20	Ireland	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1983/03/24/a
Reverend	Edward	J.	Murray	S.M.	0.00	1961/07/11	1999	2	8	All Saints Cemetery, Northfield, OH	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1999/02/11/c/
Reverend	Noel		Neary		0.00	1971/06/13	2005	3	25	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Francisco		Negri	M.S.	0.00	2004/07/25	2009	9	28
Reverend Monsignor	Louis		Naughton		0.00	1971/07/11	2002	3	14	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2002/03/21/b/
Reverend	Olivio	C.	Novario		0.00	1968/12/20	1987	9	18	Dubois, Pennsylvania
Reverend	John	P.	O'Brien	O.P.	0.00	1959/06/05	1993	10	1	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1993/10/07/b
Reverend Monsignor	Daniel		O'Connor		0.00	1961/05/20	2010	6	16	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2010/06/24/DanielOConnor/
Reverend Monsignor	Patrick	J.	O'Connor		0.00	1933/05/25	1980	8	1	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1980/08/07/a/
Reverend	Thomas		O'Donnell	S.M.	0.00	1944/06/11	2009	3	12	Westview, Atlanta, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2009/03/19/odonnell/
Reverend	Philibert	J.	O'Hara	M.S.	0.00	1941/06/07	1996	3	17	Mt. St. Benedict, Bloomfield, Connecticut	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1996/03/21/b
Reverend	John		O'Shea		0.00	1941/06/07	1999	2	14	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1999/02/25/d
Reverend	John	A.	Ozarowski		0.00	1945/03/17	1995	2	11	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1995/02/23/a
Reverend	Joseph	L.	Peacock		0.00	1978/12/09	1997	8	31	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1997/09/11/d
Reverend	Henry	E.	Phillips		0.00	1910/06/29	1967	11	25	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1967/11/30/a/
Reverend Monsignor	Michael	J.	Regan		0.00	1946/05/30	1999	8	8	Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Carrollton, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1999/08/19/b
Reverend Monsignor	Paul	H.	Reynolds		0.00	1963/06/16	2010	12	18	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2011/01/06/msgrreynoldsremembered/
Reverend	Thomas		Roshetko	S.M.	0.00	1983/06/11	1981	5	21	Westview, Atlanta, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1981/05/28/b/
Reverend	Raymond		Schantz	C.S.s.R.	0.00		1990	2	20	New Smyrna Beach, FL
Reverend	Lawrence		Schmuhl		0.00	1947/06/08	2011	8	22	Westview, Atlanta, GA
Reverend	Michael		Sherliza		0.00	1999/06/05	2018	10	22
Reverend Monsignor	John	D.	Stapleton		0.00	1953/05/14	1972	8	26	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/1972/09/07/b/
Reverend	Joseph		Ware		0.00	1948/05/08	2005	5	31	Savannah, GA	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2005/06/02/ware/
Reverend	Hubert		Wolf		0.00		1977	8	21	Holy Trinity, AL
Reverend	Patrick	H. M.	Donaghey		0.00	1989/06/25	2014	4	8	North Ireland
Reverend	Austin		Fogarty		0.00	1981/07/11	2014	1	15	Arlington, Atlanta	http://www.georgiabulletin.org/news/2014/02/father-austin-remembered-for-tireless-ministry-in-parishes-prisons/
Reverend	Godfrey	Philip	Ryan		0.00	1988/05/12	2016	2	17	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Joseph	M.	Peek		0.00	2002/06/22	2016	3	14	Georgia National Cemetery
Reverend	Michael		McWhorter		0.00	1992/12/12	2016	4	29
Reverend Monsignor	Frank	J.	Giusta		0.00	1963/12/21	2016	6	13	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Richard		Kieran		0.00	1965/06/20	2016	11	21	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	John		DeVore	M.S.F.S.	0.00	1986/01/24	2016	11	22	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Edward		O'Connor		0.00	1960/06/19	2016	11	7	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Raymond	F.	Horan		0.00	1968/05/18	2017	6	9
Reverend	Terence	A.	Kane			1968/06/08	2017	5	17	Sacred Heart of Jesus, Hartwell
Reverend Monsignor	Donald		Kiernan		0.00	1949/05/04	2018	1	9	All Saints Catholic Church Columbarium	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/01/msgr-donald-kiernan-longtime-priest-dedicated-public-servant-dies-93/
Reverend	Juan		de la Cruz		0.00	1957/06/29	2018	1	16	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/01/father-de-la-cruz-early-pioneer-areas-hispanic-ministry-dies/
Reverend	Denis	F.	Dullea		0.00	1961/06/10	2018	2	25	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/03/father-denis-dullea-an-atlanta-priest-for-almost-57-years-dies/
Reverend	Charles	N.	Okeke		0.00	2011/06/18	2018	3	5	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/03/father-charles-okeke-scientist-and-priest-dies-at-61/
Reverend	Daniel	J.	McCormick		0.00	1957/06/01	2018	4	19	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/05/father-dan-mccormick-first-priest-ordained-for-atlanta-dies/
Reverend Monsignor	Stephen	T.	Churchwell	J.C.D.	0.00	1976/05/01	2018	5	31	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/06/msgr-stephen-churchwell-pastor-and-canonist-dies/
Reverend	Richard		Zivic		0.00	1994/07/16	2018	8	23	Honey Creek cemetery, Holy Spirit Monastery.
Reverend	Michael		Redden			1972/06/10	2018	9	25	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/10/father-redden-a-senior-priest-of-the-atlanta-archdiocese-dies/
Reverend	Leo		Herbert			1967/06/18	2017	5	15	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend	Richard	B.	Morrow			1955/05/19	2019	6	15	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2019/06/father-richard-b-morrow-archdiocesan-priest-dies-june-15/
Reverend	Walter	W.	Foley			1976/10/23	2020	1	11	Arlington, Atlanta
Reverend Monsignor	William		Hoffman				2023	4	10
Reverend	David		McGuinness				2024	2	4
Reverend Monsignor	Henry		Gracz				2024	2	5
Reverend	Bruce		Wilkinson			1981/06/27	2025	3	24	Arlington, Atlanta	https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2025/04/father-bruce-wilkinson-pastor-and-black-catholic-ministry-leader-remembered/
Reverend	Gregory		Goolsby			1993/11/27	2025	5	28
Reverend Monsignor	James (Jim)	J.	Fennessy			1968/06/08	2025	9	15
Reverend	Francis		Kissel	S.M.		1971/02/06	2025	9	17
Reverend	John		Howren			1996/06/01	2026	1	12

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