death_place death_date religion birth_place relatives birth_date known_for article_title education name occupation
mccandless , pennsylvania 13 november 2005 roman catholic brooklyn , n.y. canon patrick rice november 21 , 1908 participation justice causes in the heinz pickle strike and other social charles owen rice
 duquesne university , saint vincent seminary charles owen rice roman catholic priest , labor organizer
charles owen rice

monsignor charles owen rice -lrb- november 21 , 1908 -- november 13 , 2005 -rrb- was a roman catholic priest and an american labor activist .
he was born in brooklyn , new york , usa to irish immigrants .
his mother died when he was four , and he and his brother were sent to ireland to be raised by his paternal grandmother , in a large extended family home along the seafront in bellurgan , county louth .
seven years later he returned to the united states .
in 1934 , after studies at duquesne university and saint vincent seminary , he was ordained into the priesthood in the diocese of pittsburgh , pennsylvania , where he served for seven decades .
his brother patrick was also an ordained priest in pittsburgh and a canon lawyer .
his cousin , also called patrick rice -lrb- june 1918 -- june 8 , 2010 -rrb- , was an ordained priest in dublin and similarly elevated to the canonry .
