Born Bret Douglas Adrian Gallagher in Malone on June 8, 1963
Son of Douglas L. and Ellen Marie (Wallace) Gallagher who survive.
He graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone and entered Wadhams Hall Seminary College in 1982. He went on to join the Conventual Franciscan Friars, St. Anthony Province, in Ellicott City, Md.
He made his First Profession of Vows on Aug. 15, 1984, and he made his Solemn Profession of Vows in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual on Aug. 2, 1988, in Our Lady of the Angels Church in Albany, N.Y.
He also received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Massachusetts, and a master's degree in Theology at DeSales School of Theology in Washington, DC. He was ordained to the priesthood July 18, 1992, in Baltimore by His Eminence, William Cardinal H. Keeler.
Over the years he served as parochial vicar at Mater Dolorosa Parish in Holyoke, Mass., and at St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass.; as instructor at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, Md., and St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, N.Y., where he also served as campus minister; as guardian delegate at St. Hyacinth Senior Friars Residence in Chicopee, Mass.; and as pastor at Our Lady of Hope Church in Coal Township, Pa., and St. Patrick's Church in Trevorton, Pa. He was also a member of the Marian Apostolate Council and the Senior Friars Commission.
During his summers in western New York, Father Gallagher worked with runaways and teens battling addiction.
In 2013, Father Gallagher returned to the Diocese of Ogdensburg to be closer to family. He was incardinated as a priest of the diocese on Feb. 29, 2016. He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's in Mooers and St. Ann's in Mooers Forks in 2014 and was given additional responsibilities as pastor in Altona and Sciota in 2017.
Survived by his parents; a sister and 2 brothers; a niece and a nephew
Funeral Mass - Notre Dame Church
Interment - St. Joseph's Cemetery, Malone.
Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Services Inc, Malone NY
(Information extracted from full obituary published in the Press Republican on January 7, 2022)
Son of Douglas L. and Ellen Marie (Wallace) Gallagher who survive.
He graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone and entered Wadhams Hall Seminary College in 1982. He went on to join the Conventual Franciscan Friars, St. Anthony Province, in Ellicott City, Md.
He made his First Profession of Vows on Aug. 15, 1984, and he made his Solemn Profession of Vows in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual on Aug. 2, 1988, in Our Lady of the Angels Church in Albany, N.Y.
He also received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Massachusetts, and a master's degree in Theology at DeSales School of Theology in Washington, DC. He was ordained to the priesthood July 18, 1992, in Baltimore by His Eminence, William Cardinal H. Keeler.
Over the years he served as parochial vicar at Mater Dolorosa Parish in Holyoke, Mass., and at St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass.; as instructor at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, Md., and St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, N.Y., where he also served as campus minister; as guardian delegate at St. Hyacinth Senior Friars Residence in Chicopee, Mass.; and as pastor at Our Lady of Hope Church in Coal Township, Pa., and St. Patrick's Church in Trevorton, Pa. He was also a member of the Marian Apostolate Council and the Senior Friars Commission.
During his summers in western New York, Father Gallagher worked with runaways and teens battling addiction.
In 2013, Father Gallagher returned to the Diocese of Ogdensburg to be closer to family. He was incardinated as a priest of the diocese on Feb. 29, 2016. He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's in Mooers and St. Ann's in Mooers Forks in 2014 and was given additional responsibilities as pastor in Altona and Sciota in 2017.
Survived by his parents; a sister and 2 brothers; a niece and a nephew
Funeral Mass - Notre Dame Church
Interment - St. Joseph's Cemetery, Malone.
Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Services Inc, Malone NY
(Information extracted from full obituary published in the Press Republican on January 7, 2022)
Born Bret Douglas Adrian Gallagher in Malone on June 8, 1963
Son of Douglas L. and Ellen Marie (Wallace) Gallagher who survive.
He graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone and entered Wadhams Hall Seminary College in 1982. He went on to join the Conventual Franciscan Friars, St. Anthony Province, in Ellicott City, Md.
He made his First Profession of Vows on Aug. 15, 1984, and he made his Solemn Profession of Vows in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual on Aug. 2, 1988, in Our Lady of the Angels Church in Albany, N.Y.
He also received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Massachusetts, and a master's degree in Theology at DeSales School of Theology in Washington, DC. He was ordained to the priesthood July 18, 1992, in Baltimore by His Eminence, William Cardinal H. Keeler.
Over the years he served as parochial vicar at Mater Dolorosa Parish in Holyoke, Mass., and at St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass.; as instructor at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, Md., and St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, N.Y., where he also served as campus minister; as guardian delegate at St. Hyacinth Senior Friars Residence in Chicopee, Mass.; and as pastor at Our Lady of Hope Church in Coal Township, Pa., and St. Patrick's Church in Trevorton, Pa. He was also a member of the Marian Apostolate Council and the Senior Friars Commission.
During his summers in western New York, Father Gallagher worked with runaways and teens battling addiction.
In 2013, Father Gallagher returned to the Diocese of Ogdensburg to be closer to family. He was incardinated as a priest of the diocese on Feb. 29, 2016. He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's in Mooers and St. Ann's in Mooers Forks in 2014 and was given additional responsibilities as pastor in Altona and Sciota in 2017.
Survived by his parents; a sister and 2 brothers; a niece and a nephew
Funeral Mass - Notre Dame Church
Interment - St. Joseph's Cemetery, Malone.
Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Services Inc, Malone NY
(Information extracted from full obituary published in the Press Republican on January 7, 2022)
Son of Douglas L. and Ellen Marie (Wallace) Gallagher who survive.
He graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone and entered Wadhams Hall Seminary College in 1982. He went on to join the Conventual Franciscan Friars, St. Anthony Province, in Ellicott City, Md.
He made his First Profession of Vows on Aug. 15, 1984, and he made his Solemn Profession of Vows in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual on Aug. 2, 1988, in Our Lady of the Angels Church in Albany, N.Y.
He also received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy at St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Massachusetts, and a master's degree in Theology at DeSales School of Theology in Washington, DC. He was ordained to the priesthood July 18, 1992, in Baltimore by His Eminence, William Cardinal H. Keeler.
Over the years he served as parochial vicar at Mater Dolorosa Parish in Holyoke, Mass., and at St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass.; as instructor at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, Md., and St. Francis High School in Athol Springs, N.Y., where he also served as campus minister; as guardian delegate at St. Hyacinth Senior Friars Residence in Chicopee, Mass.; and as pastor at Our Lady of Hope Church in Coal Township, Pa., and St. Patrick's Church in Trevorton, Pa. He was also a member of the Marian Apostolate Council and the Senior Friars Commission.
During his summers in western New York, Father Gallagher worked with runaways and teens battling addiction.
In 2013, Father Gallagher returned to the Diocese of Ogdensburg to be closer to family. He was incardinated as a priest of the diocese on Feb. 29, 2016. He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's in Mooers and St. Ann's in Mooers Forks in 2014 and was given additional responsibilities as pastor in Altona and Sciota in 2017.
Survived by his parents; a sister and 2 brothers; a niece and a nephew
Funeral Mass - Notre Dame Church
Interment - St. Joseph's Cemetery, Malone.
Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Services Inc, Malone NY
(Information extracted from full obituary published in the Press Republican on January 7, 2022)
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