Happy Anniversary! The Most Rev. John C. Wester, bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, will celebrate the 37th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood May 15; Father Jan Bednarz, pastor of Saint Martin de Porres Parish, will celebrate the 41st anniversary of his ordination May 27; Monsignor Colin F. Bircumshaw, vicar general of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, will celebrate the 38th anniversary of his ordination May 30; Monsignor Victor G. Bonnell, retired, will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of his ordination May 28; Father Manuel Ceron, administrator of Saint James the Greater and Saint Helen parishes, will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his ordination May 31; Father Samuel R. Dinsdale, pastor of Saint Marguerite Parish, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of his ordination May 29; Father Patrick H. Elliott, pastor of Holy Family Parish, will celebrate the 13th anniversary of his ordination May 19; Monsignor J. Terrence Fitzgerald, vicar general emertus of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, will celebrate the 51st anniversary of his ordination May 12; Father Dominic Thuy Dang Ha, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, will celebrate the 29th anniversary of his ordination May 11; Father Stanislaw Herba, pastor of Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Lawrence parishes, will celebrate the 49th anniversary of his ordination May 17; Father Omar Ontiveros, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, will celebrate the seventh anniversary of his ordination May 18; Father Oscar M. Picos, pastor of Saint George Parish, San Pablo Misson/St. Paul Catholic Center, will celebrate the seventh anniversary of his ordination May 18; Father Jose G. Rausseo, pastor of San Andres and Saint Patrick-Eureka parishes and San Isidro Mission, will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his ordination May 31; Father John J. Schwall, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes-SLC Parish, will celebrate the seventh anniversary of his ordination May 18; Monsignor Robert R. Servatius, pastor of Blessed Sacrament parish, will celebrate the 49th anniversary of his ordination May 23 and Father Richard T. Sherman, pastor of Saint Elizabeth parish, will celebrate the 13th anniversary of his ordination May 19. Requiescant in Pace In keeping with Catholic tradition, we remember the anniversaries of death for deceased clergy who served the Diocese of Salt Lake City, especially those whose anniversaries are this month. They are: The Right Rev. Lawrence Scanlan D.D., first Bishop of Salt Lake, May 10, 1915; Father J.B. Chataige, May 03, 1901; Father Patrick J. Curran, May 17, 2008; Father James R. Garvey, May 20, 1988; Father William F. Gelsdorf, May 14, 1951; Monsignor Wilfred J. Giroux, May 04, 1947; Father Leo T. Halloran, May 23, 1950; Monsignor Patrick A. Maguire, May 03, 1953; Father Michael Raimondo, May 11, 1921; Father Ernest Schneider, May 04, 1958; Monsignor Jerome C. Stoffel, May 13, 2001 and Mosignor William E. Vaughan, May 24, 1988.
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