January 23 is the anniversary of Bernard E. Daly.

Bernard E. Daly was born in Kells, Ireland in 1871. He entered the novitiate at Villanova, PA in 1897, and was ordained by Bishop Prendergast in 1902.

He served at Saint Laurence’s, in Lawrence, MA; Saint John’s in Schaghticoke, NY, and at Saint Nicholas of Tolentine in Atlantic City, NJ. He was, for many years, also on the mission band. From 1910 to 1918 he was rector at Tomkinsville on Staten Island, NY, after which he returned to the mission band.

Father Daly died at Saint Mary’s in Lawrence, MA, on January 23, 1931 at the age of 60. He is buried in Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Lawrence.

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