| Adding to The Tidings' March 17 centerspread article on the history of Irish pastors in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the following pastors are also part of this 150-year-old history. In some cases, they served as pastors of parishes formerly in the L.A. Archdiocese but now in the Diocese of Orange. (The list excludes religious order pastors).
We are grateful to the many thoughtful readers who called, wrote, emailed and faxed in these additions, which include both current pastors and those of years ago. In some cases, the priests whose names were submitted were not, in fact, pastors, but served here in other capacities; in others, available records were incomplete and service could not be verified; and in some cases, pastors with Irish ancestries were not, in fact, born in Ireland
---Fr. Brian Cavanagh (County Kilkenny), St. Thomas Aquinas, Monterey Park; Sacred Heart, Covina.
---Fr. Bernard Collins (Cavan), Sacred Heart, Covina (21).
---Msgr. Michael Collins (Limerick), St. Barbara, Santa Ana (12)
---Fr. Felix Doherty (Leitrim), Holy Cross and St. Cecilia, L.A.; St. Anne, Seal Beach.
---Fr. Patrick Doherty (Dublin), St. Cecilia, Tustin (12 years).
---Msgr. William Duggan (Leitrim), St. Didacus, Sylmar; St. Elizabeth, Van Nuys.
---Fr. Peter Foran (Mayo), St. Cyprian, Long Beach.
---Msgr. Michael Hanlon (Kilkenny), St. Michael, L.A.
---Fr. James Kavanagh (Kerry), St. Jerome, Culver City; St. James, Redondo Beach.
---Msgr. Michael Lee (Tipperary), St Michael and St. Peter/Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon, L.A.
---Fr. William Lundy (Sligo), St. Malachy, L.A.
---Fr Peter McGee (Galway), St. Anthony of Padua, Gardena (25).
---Fr. Gerard O'Brien (Kerry), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (administrator), Pasadena.
---Fr John O'Brien (Limerick), St. Finbar, Burbank (36 years).
---Msgr. David O'Connell (Cork), Ascension and St. Francis X. Cabrini, L.A.; St. Michael, L.A.
---Msgr. Charles O'Gorman (Cavan), Santa Clara, Oxnard (11).
---Fr. John Quinn (Mayo), St. Catherine, Avalon.
---Fr.
Peter Scannell (Waterford), St. Callistus, Garden Grove.
---Fr. John Stapleton (Cork), Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Newport Beach; St. Aloysius Gonzaga, L.A.
Also, Cardinal Timothy Manning was from County Cork (not Waterford), and Msgr. Sean Flanagan hails from County Roscommon (not Dublin).
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