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Submit an obituaryDeacon Roland Abalos died Saturday, December 10, 2022. Roland was born in the Philippines on Sept. 13, 1947. As a young man, he met the love of his life, Lila, whom he married in July 1965. Three years later, they emigra…
Read moreReverend William P. Wolfe died Thursday, December 1, 2022. He was 78 years old. Father William was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on May 23, 1970. While serving as a priest, these were his assignmen…
Read moreReverend Bruce Lamb, O.F.M. Conv., died Monday, November 14, 2022. He was 75 years old. Fr. Bruce was a religious order priest who was ordained on June 23, 1989, for the Conventual Franciscan Friars. While serving as a p…
Read moreSister Beatrice Ann Rojas died peacefully on November 12, 2022, at the age of 99. She was born in Los Angeles on July 26, 1923, to Maria Aragon and Leonardo Rojas, and entered the Sisters of the Holy Family from Purisima…
Read moreDeacon Emile Adams Jr. died Saturday, November 5, 2022. The country’s oldest active deacon, he was a few months shy of his 101st birthday. Deacon Adams was “a man of great faith, surprising humor, and enormous energy,”…
Read moreReverend James J. Maher died Sunday, October 16, 2022. He was 93 years old. Fr. James was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on June 13, 1992. While serving as a priest, these were his assignments: Ass…
Read moreDeacon Shawn Vedro died Friday, October 14, 2022. Shawn was born in 1957 in Eureka, CA, to Stanley and Leona (Catlin) Vedro. His family moved to Fresno, where Shawn grew up, and then entered the U.S. Air Force. On Augus…
Read moreReverend Monsignor William J. Leser died Sunday, October 9, 2022. He was 85 years old. Msgr. William was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, born in 1937. He studied for the priesthood at Saint John's Seminary and was ordained…
Read moreReverend James Bradley, S.D.S., died Thursday, September 8, 2022. He was 91 years old. Father James was a religious order priest who was ordained on June 29, 1961, for the Society of the Divine Savior. While serving as a…
Read moreReverend James Bradley, S.D.S., died Thursday, September 8, 2022. He was 91 years old. Father James was a religious order priest who was ordained on June 29, 1961, for the Society of the Divine Savior. While serving as a…
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