Born: 25 December 1915, Glanworth, County Cork
Entered: 10 September 1934, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 28 July 1948, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1952, Chiesa del Gesú, Rome Italy

Left Society of Jesus: 26 February 1961

Father (Denis) was a National School teacher and died in 1923. Mother - Margaret (Mahon) - then lived at Ballindangan, Mitchelstown, County Cork supported by her shop.

Only child

Early education at Curraghagalla NS, Glanworth, Cork and then at 14 went to St Colman’s, Fermoy

Baptised at Church of the Holy Cross, Glanworth, 28/12/1915
Confirmed at Ballindangan by Dr Browne, 31/05/1928

1934-1936: St Mary’s, Emo, Novitiate
1936-1939: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate
1939-1942: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg: Philosophy
1942-1945: Belvedere College SJ, Teaching
1945-1949: Milltown Park, Theology
1949-1950: Rathfarnham Castle. Tertianship
1950-1954: Rome, studying Theology and Canon Law
1954-1961: Milltown Park, teaching Theology

Living outside the Society from 26/01/1961 with permission for two years. He then sought permanent exclaustration in 1963, which was declined by the Congregation for Religious for a further two years. Finally granted in 1965, but not with a removal of ceklibacy.

Taught at a Secondary school in Wood Green, London for a while and then was working at Mount Street ANG Provincial’s office after leaving researching the English Martyrs.

Born: 28 November 1917, Raught, Glanworth, County Cork
Entered: 07 September 1936, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Died 19 December 2012, St Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Plantation Street, Worcester, MA, USA

Left Society of Jesus: 20 June 1938

Eldest of a family of five, three boys and two girls.

Early education at Glanworth NS and then at the Christian Brothers in Fermoy.

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Rev. William J. Gallagher
1917 - 2012

FUNERAL HOME
Callahan Fay Caswell Funeral Home
61 Myrtle St

Worcester, Massachusetts

Rev. William Gallagher Obituary

WORCESTER-
Father William J. Gallagher, 95, the oldest priest in the Worcester Diocese, died Wednesday, December 19 at the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.
He was born on Nov. 28, 1917 in Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland, the son of John and Hannah (O'Neill) Gallagher. Father Gallagher graduated from Christian Brothers Secondary School, Fermoy, Cork, and St. Mary's College. He did his seminary studies in France during World War II and several times had to change seminaries as the Nazis expanded their occupation of France. Eventually studying in Toulouse behind enemy lines, Fr. Gallagher assisted the French Underground in smuggling escaped Allied prisoners to Spain.
Father Gallagher was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Angers, France where he taught at three colleges and served as a chaplain for U.S. Army troops stationed in Chinon, Ingrandes and Saumur.
He accepted an invitation from Bishop John J. Wright to come to the Worcester Diocese in 1956. He was assigned in January 1957, to St. Bernard Parish, in Worcester as assistant pastor. Subsequently he served as assistant pastor at St. Aloysius Parish in Rochdale, Our Lady Immaculate Parish in Athol, St. Augustine Parish in Millville, and Notre Dame Parish and St. Christopher Parish, both in Worcester.
He was named pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Baldwinville on Oct. 3, 1974. He helped bring the Marian Movement of Priests to the Worcester area in 1976. He remained active in retirement helping with retreats and celebrating Masses, including pro-life Masses at St. John's Church and St. Paul Cathedral, and First Friday Masses in the Problem Pregnancy chapel.

A Funeral Mass of will be held Saturday, December 22, at 11:00 AM in the Cathedral of Saint Paul, 15 Chatham Street, Worcester. Burial will follow in Gethsemane Cemetery, Athol. Visiting Hours will be held Friday, December 21 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM in the Cathedral with a Vigil Service to be held at 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the, Diocesean Priest Retirement Fund, 49 Elm Street, Worcester, 01609. Arrangements are under the care of Callahan and Fay Brothers Funeral Home, 61 Myrtle Street.