A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Friday, Jan. 28 at St. Dennis Church in Madison for Fr. Delbert D. Klink, a pastor emeritus of the Diocese of Madison who died on January 23, 2011.
Category: Clergy obituaries
Bishop George O. Wirz, retired auxiliary bishop, dies
MADISON — Bishop George O. Wirz, retired auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Madison and native of Monroe, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, at his residence at the Bishop O’Connor Catholic Pastoral Center.
Msgr. Thomas F. Campion dies
MONROE — Msgr. Thomas F. Campion, 79, director of the Madison Diocese Apostolate to the Handicapped, died Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at his home.
Deacon Wes Brush dies
MADISON — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Maria Goretti Church in Madison at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, for Deacon Wesley J. “Wes” Brush, Jr., who died on November 5 at St. Mary’s Care Center in Madison.
Fr. J. Thomas Fitzgerald, pastor emeritus, dies
MADISON — Fr. John Thomas Fitzgerald, a retired priest of the Diocese of Madison, died on Saturday, Aug. 21.
Msgr. William DeBock, pastor emeritus, dies
Msgr. William A. DeBock, 86, a pastor emeritus in the Diocese of Madison, died on Saturday, Feb. 6, in Madison.
Fr. Nicholas Okere dies in Nigeria
OWERRI, Nigeria — Fr. Nicholas Okere, priest of the Archdiocese of Owerri in Nigeria, died unexpectedly recently.
Father Okere ministered in the Diocese of Madison from September 1999 to 2002.
Bishop Lucas Abadamloora, bishop in ‘partner’ diocese in Ghana dies
BOLGATANGA, Ghana — Bishop Lucas Abadamloora of the Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in Ghana died on December 23, a day after his 71st birthday.
Fr. Arthur Koth, pastor emeritus, dies
MCFARLAND — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 5:30 p.m. for Fr. Arthur R. Koth, 79, a pastor emeritus of the Diocese of Madison, who died on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Madison.
Msgr. Elmer Dietzel, pastor emeritus, dies
DICKEYVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Oct. 30, at 11 a.m. at Holy Ghost Church in Dickeyville for Msgr. Elmer J. Dietzel, a pastor emeritus of the Diocese of Madison, who died on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Madison.
Bishop Robert C. Morlino will be the main celebrant of the Mass with Fr. Bernard E. Rott as homilist.