The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-06-08

80 native NJ Glasgow, Scotland {
was ordained June %, 1943 by
Archbishop Donald Campbell. in
st Andrews Cathedral, Glasgow.
Scotland He had attended 81
Aloysius School, Columbus and
81 Charles preparatory school
before returning TO Scotland. He
studied philosophy and theology
in 1t. Peters seminary. Bearsden,
Scotland. His Columbus diocesan
assignments have included assist
ant at Our Lady of Victory. Co
lumbus. Sacred Heart church.
Coshocton, and st. Peters par
ish, New Philadelphia, in 1854.
Father oermody
Father Ralph Dermody, first
pastor of the new st. Matthias
parish on Karl road. Columbus. is
native of Cincinnati. He attend
ed the school of the Nativity.
Pleasant Ridge, and ST. Gregory
Preparatory Seminary before go
ing TO st. Mary of the West, Nor
wood. He was ordained by the
Most Rev. John T. McNicholas on
Dec. ID, 1943, and his first assign
ment was at the Sienna Home for
the Aged. Three temporary as
sienments were given him at Holy
Angels, Dayton. ST. Lawrence,
Price Hill, and st. Johns parish.
Deer Park, before he was named
assistant at Our Lady of Lourdes
parish, Otwsy. on Oct 20. 1914.
March IS, 1945, he was sent TO
Immaculate Conception parish.
Columbus, as assistant and on Jan
l8, 1880, named pastor of Our
Lady Of Sorrows church, West
Portsmouth. On September T.,
1850, he was named Administra-
tor of st. Paul, Midvale, and St.
Therese, Wainwright.
Father Toften
Father Raymond Totten, who
replaces Father Dermody at st.
Therese parish. and ST. Psul's
Mission, Midvale, is native of
Pittsburgh, Pa, where he attend
ed st. Raphael's school. He also
studied at Mt. Gallitzen Academy,
Baden, Pa, Sacred Heart High
School, Pittsburgh; Notre Dame
University; Moreau Seminary at
Notre Dame and Holy Cross Col
lege, Washington, DC, before
finishing his priestly studies at
Mt. st. Mary of the West, Nor
wood, in 1948. He was ordained on
Oct. 30, 1948, by Bishop Ready at
st Joseph'S Cathedral. He served
as assistant at Holy Rosary, Co
lumbus, in 1948, and 1949 before
being transferred as assistant TO
st. Francis de Sales, Newark. He
was appointed administrator at
st. Joseph's church, LaRue. and
in October, 1850. was made pas
tor of ST. AIMS church, Dresden,
and Our Lady of Lourdes mission,
Wills Creek, and st. Msry's mis-
sion, Mattingly Settlement.
Father Kessler
Father Kessler was born May
%, 1915, in Logan, Ohio. He at
tended st. John Catholic school
there and graduated from Logan
High School, in 1888. He grad
uated from ST. Charles Seminary
in 1914 and Mount st. Mary's of
the West in 1948. He was ordain-
ed TO the priesthood on February
%, 1s48, by Bishop Ready in st.
Joseph Cathedral. He served as
assistant pastor at st. Francis,
Columbus, from March, 1948, to
August, 1851. He was then assign
ed to Sacred Heart Church, New
Philadelphia, as assistant pastor,
remaining there until April, 1854,
when he was assigned to his
present post at st. Peter, Chilli
cothe. Bishop Ready has now ap-
pointed him pastor of st. Ann
parish, Dresden.
Father SwiisIski
Fr. Joseph Switalski was born
November 18, 1907, in Ports.
mouth, Ohio. He attended Holy
Redeemer grade and high schools
there, graduating in 1925. FIR.
Switalski also attended Xavier
University, Cincinnati, and st. /
Benedict College at Atchison, Kan
sas. He graduated from Mt. st. |
MaryS of the West, Norwood.
Ohio, in May, 1853. and was or.
dained on May 30 of that year by |
Bishop Ready. He was assigned 10
st. Nicholas, GAINESVILLE, as as
sistant pastor and remained
there until September, 1854. Fr.
Switalski was then transferred to
Holy Cross, Columbus. as assistant
pastor, and in June 1855 he was
appointed Administrator at st.
Augustine's, New Straitsville,
where he has now been named /
pastor in addition TO st. Philip
Neri, Murray City.
Father Jones
Fr. Bernard Jones was born
February 26, 1918, at Newark,
Ohio, and is twin to FIR. Charles
Jones, the only set Of twins to be
ordained in the Diocese. Father
Jones attended st. Francis de
Sales, Newark, and graduated
from st. Charles Seminary In
1941. He finished his theological
studies at Mt st. Mary's of the
West in 1945 and was ordained
by Bishop Ready Feb. "a, of that