Necrology
We remember the devoted SCJs who have gone before us
“Death in the Sacred Heart is a happy one. All our deceased have offered their lives for the reign of the Sacred Heart”
– Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
January
Fr. Godfridus Raymakers
Jan. 1, 2008
Fr. Gerard Schoonebeek
Jan. 1, 2010
Fr. Cornelius Aarden
Jan. 2, 1976
Fr. Richard Zelonis
Jan. 3, 2010
Fr. Michel Amorese
Jan. 7, 1995
Fr. Joseph Huet
Jan. 21, 1934
February
Ermin Humpal
Feb. 4, 2022
(honorary)
Fr. Guillaume Berkers
Feb. 10, 1978
Fr. Herman Mekkelholt
Feb. 10, 1982
Fr. John Meenderink
Feb. 12, 1997
Abigail Notterman
Feb. 21, 1996
(honorary)
Fr. William De Witte
Feb. 25, 1994
Fr. Francis Mickers
Feb. 28, 2003
Fr. Adrian van der Lee
Feb. 28, 2010
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
March
Fr. Daniel Proulx
Mar. 16, 1992
Fr. Jean Thijs
Mar. 21, 2021
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
Fr. Pierre Groenen
Mar. 26, 2005
Fr. John van Wezel
Mar. 27, 1987
April
Fr. James De Jonge
Apr. 4, 1996
Fr. Tom Fix
Apr. 21, 2012
(American member of the Indonesian Province)
Fr. William Kirk
Apr. 25, 1982
Katheryn Hagerty
Apr. 25, 1990
(honorary)
Fr. Luke Brickel
Apr. 26, 1976
Fr. Joseph Paul Coyle
Apr. 28, 1991
Rena Pfeiffer
Apr. 28, 2000
(honorary)
Fr. Antoine Santegoeds
Apr. 30, 2020
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
May
Fra. Theodore Piotrowski
May 1, 1950
Fr. Joseph Ford
May 6, 1984
Fr. Paul Frichtl
May 6, 1986
Br. Larry Gauthier
May 8, 2010
Fr. Damase Caron
May 9, 1994
Fr. Nicolaus Van der Post
May 11, 1989
Br. Gerald Selenke
May 12, 1999
(American member of Congolese Province)
Fr. Adrian Koens
May 13, 1985
Fr. Joseph Doscher
May 14, 2018
Joseph Rooney
May 16, 1976
(honorary)
Fr. Arthur Houle
May 16, 1977
Fr. Frank Clancy
May 17, 2015
Br. Bernard Ros
May 19, 1975
Fr. Joseph Speyer
May 21, 1969
Fr. Richard Siebel
May 24, 1945
Richard Kiefer
May 25, 1971
Pauline Humpal
May 26, 2014
(honorary)
Fr. J. Claude Bédard
May 28, 2022
June
Br. Leo Luketina
Jun. 3, 1992
Fr. Aloysius Lubowiecki
Jun. 4, 1963
Fr. John Emonts
Jun. 8, 1957
Br. James Willis
Jun. 10, 2009
Br. Guillaume Jacobs
Jun. 11, 1988
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
Fr. John O’Connor
Jun. 13, 2005
Fr. Stephen (Tarcicius) Hogya
Jun. 17, 1968
Fr. Vincent McDonald
Jun. 19, 2017
Fr. Luke Lindon
Jun. 19, 1986
Fr. George Pinger
Jun. 21, 1990
Fr. Dan Duuring
Jun. 22, 1969
Fr. Paul O’Brien
Jun. 23, 1991
Fr. Tom Burns
Jun. 23, 2018
Fr. Mathias Fohrman
Jun. 24, 1935
Fr. Alphonse Van der Vorst
Jun. 24, 1989
Fr. Dennis Law
Jun. 25, 1957
Br. Longinus Gerecht
Jun. 26, 1987
Marjorie Moore
Jun. 27, 2022
(CAN honorary)
Fr. Victor Perky
Jun. 27, 1985
Br. Clement Schmid
Jun. 27, 1990
Fr. Charles Flood
Jun. 29, 1995
Fr. John van Rut
Jun. 29, 2012
July
Dn. Marion Quagliariello
Jul. 5, 2001
Cydelia Chavez
Jul. 5, 2001
(honorary)
Fr. Bernard Zicke
Jul. 6, 1981
Fr. Anthony Nabity
Jul. 7, 1952
Fr. Bernard Rotermann
Jul. 7, 1970
Fr. Charles Yost
Jul. 8, 2017
Fr. Cornelis Marrevee
Jul. 10, 2010
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
Br. Tim Murphy
Jul. 12, 2012
Fr. Larry Rucker
Jul. 13, 2014
Fr. Andrew Marijnen
Jul. 14, 1983
Fr. Adrian Visscher
Jul. 14, 2009
Fr. Rick DiLeo
Jul. 19, 2011
Norman Popp
Jul. 21, 2006
(honorary)
Br. Aloysius Beuers
Jul. 24, 1975
Br. Amandus Van Hevelingen
Jul. 24, 1983
Fr. Reinier van Leeuwen
Jul. 25, 2018
Br. John Thomas
Jul. 26, 1993
Fr. Peter Mastrobuono
Jul. 27, 2016
Fr. Martin Grootscholten
Jul. 29, 1982
Fr. Paul Vernooy
Jul. 30, 2010
August
Fr. Jude Blaszczyk
Aug. 1, 1988
Br. John Haselhoff
Aug. 4, 1988
Msgr. Aloysius Dettmer
Aug. 6, 1984
Br. Marinus Zijsvelt
Aug. 6, 1988
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
Fr. Michael Monley
Aug. 9, 1983
Fr. Leo John Dehon
Aug. 12, 1925
(Founder)
Br. Luc Coursol
Aug. 12, 2017
Fr. Joseph Connelly
Aug. 13, 1985
Fr. James Muller
Aug. 13, 1991
Fr. Joseph Poirier
Aug. 22, 2001
Fr. Gisbert Beck
Aug. 23, 1974
Sr. Joan Habiger
Aug. 24, 1993
(honorary)
Fr. Vildac Giroux
Aug. 25, 1994
Fr. James Schifano
Aug. 29, 2022
Fr. Patrick O’Neill
Aug. 29, 1972
September
Fr. Patrick Meyer
Sep. 2, 1965
Fr. Antoine Ooms
Sep. 3, 1976
Fr. Theodore Govaart
Sep. 7, 1953
(Superior general)
Fr. Gregory Bezy
Sep. 14, 1982
Fr. Leonard Tadyszak
Sep. 16, 2018
Thomas O’Brien
Sep. 16, 1977
(honorary)
Fr. James Steffes
Sep. 22, 2001
Fr. Joseph Murphy
Sep. 26, 1977
Fr. Gerard Wubbels
Sep. 27, 1977
Br. John Monek
Sep. 27, 2021
David Schoetz
Sep. 28, 1992
(honorary)
Fr. Jacques Van Hoek
Sep. 29, 1992
Fr. John van Zelst
Sep. 30, 1988
October
Fr. Peter Miller
Oct. 3, 2000
Br. Cornelis (Ephrem) Diemeer
Oct. 3, 1998
Fr. Justin Gross
Oct. 5, 1997
Fr. Francis Mattingly
Oct. 6, 1961
Fr. Walter Van As
Oct. 6, 2018
Br. Joseph Banfield
Oct. 15, 1994
Br. Quirinus Lammers
Oct. 16, 1982
Fr. John Young
Oct. 17, 2005
Bp. Joseph Philippe
Oct. 21, 1956
(Superior general)
Fr. Charles Talsky
Oct. 22, 1977
Br. Rosario Gigliotti
Oct. 22, 1989
Fr. Donald Barnd
Oct. 23, 2015
Fr. John van Buuren
Oct. 24, 1956
Rita Braun
Oct. 24, 1993
(honorary)
Richard Dupuis
Oct. 24, 2020
(honorary)
Br. Frank Miller
Oct. 26, 2001
Fr. Paul Kelly
Oct. 26, 2018
Br. Linus Zindorf
Oct. 28, 1993
Fr. Gérard Witkamp
Oct. 29, 2014
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
November
Fr. Peter Botman
Nov. 3, 2011
Fr. Bernie Rosinski
Nov. 3, 2022
Fr. James Alexander
Nov. 4, 2005
Paul Kiley
Nov. 5, 1991
(honorary)
Fr. Joseph Haselbauer
Nov. 5, 2004
Fr. Honesto Badilla
Nov. 7, 1984
Fr. Jean Walters
Nov. 11, 1976
Fr. Joseph Eliens
Nov. 11, 1990
Br. Paul Schneeberger
Nov. 12, 1999
Fr. William Noelken
Nov. 15, 1986
Fr. Dominic Wessel
Nov. 18, 1987
Fr. Guillaume van den Berg
Nov. 20, 2012
(CAN member of NLV at time of death)
Fr. John Flanagan
Nov. 21, 1968
Fr. Mathias Schaefer
Nov. 21, 1976
Fr. Albert Bourgeois
Nov. 21, 1992
(Superior general)
Fr. John Dalbec
Nov. 21, 1996
Bernard Huff
Nov. 22, 2003
(honorary)
Fr. Charles Keilmann
Nov. 23, 1958
Fr. Peter Renders
Nov. 23, 2001
Fr. Robert Holko
Nov. 24, 1997
Fr. Malcom Portee
Nov. 29, 1991
Guillaume van den Berg
Nov. 29, 2012
December
Fr. Thomas Garvey
Dec. 2, 2002
(American member of IND)
Fr. Léo Jansen
Dec. 4, 1989
Fr. Linus Merz
Dec. 6, 1980
Fr. Theodore Schoemaker
Dec. 6, 1969
Eleanor O’Brien
Dec. 8, 1985
(honorary)
Fr. Bill More
Dec. 8, 2011
Fr. Joseph Gole
Dec. 8, 2013
(honorary)
Fr. Paul Casper
Dec. 9, 2019
Br. Patrick Shanahan
Dec. 12, 1981
Fr. Alphonse Lellig
Dec. 13, 1958
(Superior general)
Fr. Phil Elmer
Dec. 13, 2002
Fr. Sylvester Benedict
Dec. 16, 1995
Fr. Francois Berger
Dec. 19, 1930
(CAN member of EUF at time of death)
Fr. Jerome Clifford
Dec. 19, 2011
Elsa Hennig
Dec. 23, 1986
(honorary)
Fr. Aloysius Gallagher
Dec. 25, 1951
Fr. Francis Reuser
Dec. 29, 1969
Fr. Leo Hermans
Dec. 31, 1976
Br. Benedict Humpfer
Dec. 31, 2017