Father Edward Stafford was ordained for the Third Order Franciscans in 1979 but has served as priest of the Diocese of Youngstown since 2012—currently assigned to St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Warren.
Monsignor James Kolp was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Youngstown on April 29, 1950, by Bishop James McFadden in St. Columba Cathedral.
Father James Cavanaugh was ordained a priest of the Youngstown Diocese May 26, 1951, by Bishop Emmet Walsh in St. Columba Cathedral.
Father Thomas McCarthy was ordained for the Youngstown Diocese August 15, 1961, by Bishop Emmet Walsh in St. Columba Cathedral.
Father John MulQueen was ordained a priest of the Youngstown Diocese on May 26, 1962, by Bishop Emmet Walsh in St. Columba Cathedral.
Carl Kish was ordained a priest of Youngstown Diocese May 26, 1962, in St. Columba Cathedral by Bishop Emmet Walsh.
Father John Lody, a retired priest, was ordained for the Youngstown Diocese December 30, 1962, by Bishop Emmet Walsh in St. Columba Cathedral.
Father James McKarns, pastor emeritus of St. Paul Parish in North Canton, was ordained a priest of the Youngstown Diocese May 26, 1962, by Bishop Emmet Walsh in St. Columba Cathedral.
Father Raymond Paul, a retired priest, was ordained a priest for the Conventual Franciscans on March 3, 1962, by Archbishop Leo Binz, in St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, Minnesota, but has ministered in the Youngstown Diocese since 1970.
This year marks jubilees for 12 vowed religious of the Diocese of Youngstown. They were honored at a Lenten Mass celebrated by Bishop David J. Bonnar at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Canton on March 25.
