Pastors and Priests of St. Thomas Aquinas 1869-2019
Pastors
Rev. Msgr. Thomas L. Magennis
Ordained December 22, 1866
January 4, 1869 to February 23, 1912
R.I.P. on February 23, 1912
Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Moriarty
Ordained December 12, 1881
May, 1912 to August 30, 1928
R.I.P. on August 30, 1928
Rev. Msgr. Ambrose F. Roche
Ordained December 18, 1880
November 7, 1928 to March 15, 1935
R.I.P. on March 15, 1935
Rev. Msgr. William J. Casey
Ordained December 18, 1896
April 7, 1935 to December 1, 1949
R.I.P. on December 1, 1949
Rev. Msgr. William D. Keenan
Ordained March 18, 1913
December 28, 1949 to March 31, 1967
R.I.P. on December 24, 1974
Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Donelan
Ordained May 3, 1940
April 13, 1967 to October 8, 1974
R.I.P. on October 8, 1974
Rev. John E. Thomas
Ordained May 3, 1950
December 17, 1974 to August 1, 2000
R.I.P. on April 8, 2007
Rev. Gerald D. Perno
Ordained June 5, 1982
August 1, 2000 to June 21, 2004
R.I.P. on June 4, 2006
Rev. Michael J. Harkins
Ordained May 5, 1979
September 20, 2004 to October 1, 2010
Parochial vicar, Lowell, Dracut, Tyngsboro
Rev. Alonso Macias Zakoda
Ordained October 17, 1988
March 1, 2011 to June 5, 2012
Parochial vicar, St. Patrick Parish, Lawrence
Rev. Carlos F. Flor
Ordained May 24, 1997
June 5, 2012
Reappointed June 1, 2019
Priests
Rev. John P. Ryan 1869-
Ordained June 16, 1866
R.I.P. on March 21, 1881
Rev. Patrick O’Beirne 1870-
Ordained March 14, 1834
R.I.P. on March 20, 1883
Rev. James E. O’Brien 1872-
Ordained May 22, 1869
R.I.P. on July 23, 1888
Rev. Richard J. Barry 1873 - 1876
Ordained January, 1873
R.I.P. on June 5, 1900
Rev. Richard Donnelly 1876 -1883
Ordained June 25, 1872
R.I.P. on October 8, 1886
Rev. John F. Cummins 1885-1888
Ordained December 18, 1875
R.I.P. on March 20, 1933
Rev. John A. Donnelly unknown-1886
Ordained December 17, 1881
R.I.P. on June 11, 1923
Rev. Philip F. Sexton 1886-1893
Ordained December 24, 1882
R.I.P. on October 15, 1909
Rev. John J. Moore 1888-
Ordained 1886
R.I.P (date not known)
Rev. Charles F. Donahue 1894-1901
Ordained December 22, 1893
R.I.P. on May 30, 1914
Rev. John A. Sheridan 1895-1913
Ordained December 21, 1894
R.I.P. on October 1, 1943
Rev. Mark E. Madden 1897-1915
Ordained December 18, 1896
R.I.P. on July 12, 1945
Rev. James J. McCafferty 1901-1907
Ordained June 18, 1898
R.I.P. on September 7, 1949
Rev. Edward J. Fraher 1906-1908
Ordained December 16, 1904
R.I.P. on February 10, 1942
Rev. Patrick L. Crayton S.T.L. 1909-1914
Ordained June 7, 1900
R.I.P. on July 7, 1933
Rev. James P. Sherry 1913-1918
Ordained June, 1911
R.I.P. on July 4, 1947
Rev. Timothy J. Donovan 1914-1918
Ordained April 6, 1914
R.I.P. on June 26, 1947
Most Rev. Louis F. Kelleher D.D. 1915-1918
Ordained April 3, 1915
R.I.P. on November 26, 1946
Rev. Florence W. McCarthy 1918-1932
Ordained January 10, 1914
R.I.P. on July 10, 1963
Rev. Bennett J. O’Brien 1918-1919
Ordained March 22, 1918
R.I.P. on November 17, 1963
Rev. Msgr. Charles A. Donahue 1919-1920
Ordained January 10, 1914
R.I.P. on April 6, 1964
Rev. John F. Deignan 1920-1921
Ordained December 17, 1903
R.I.P. on January 7, 1923
Rev. Maurice J. Flynn 1920-1944
Ordained June 3, 1920
R.I.P. on July 2, 1949
Rev. William P. McNamara 1921-1925
Ordained December 19, 1902
R.I.P. on June 22, 1932
Rev. Francis D. Scully 1925-1929
Ordained June 5, 1925
R.I.P. on August 17, 1985
Rev. Msgr. John A. Keegan 1928-1931
Ordained January 15, 1928
R.I.P. on August 12, 1982
Rev. Edward J. Riley 1929-1945
Ordained May 25, 1922
R.I.P. on September 17, 1975
Rev. Msgr. John L. Parsons 1931-1952
Ordained April 5, 1929
R.I.P. on April 23, 1986
Rev. Lawrence M. Ryan 1932-1950
Ordained May 27, 1932
R.I.P. on April 10, 1978
Rev. Msgr. Philip J. Kearney 1936-1936
Ordained May 22, 1936
R.I.P. on April 20, 1999
Rev. Edward M. Godfrey 1937-1937
Ordained May 21, 1937
R.I.P. on November 4, 1983
Rev. J. Walter Stocklosa 1940-1940
Ordained May 3, 1940
R.I.P. on February 1, 2008
Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Riordan 1944-1952
Ordained May 25, 1928
R.I.P. on May 10, 2000
Rev. Francis J. Horgan 1946-1949
Ordained May 25, 1928
R.I.P. on June 24, 1970
Rev. Daniel F. Riordan 1945-1952
Ordained May 25, 1928
R.I.P. on May 10, 2000
Rev. Jeremiah F. Moriarty 1949-1953
Ordained May 20, 1927
R.I.P. on February 20, 1969
Rev. Alfred C. Sheehan 1950-1953
Ordained May 25, 1928
R.I.P. on October 20, 1973
Rev. William J. McLean 1951-1951
Ordained May 21, 1937
R.I.P. on December 20, 1964
Rev. Francis J. Hynes 1952-1953
Ordained May 22, 1936
R.I.P. on (date not known)
Rev. Eugene J. Bailot 1952-1955
Ordained May 21, 1937
R.I.P. on July 23, 1987
Rev. James S. Dalton 1953-1956
Ordained May 21, 1937
R.I.P. on August 29, 1970
Rev. Robert D. O’Brien SJ 1953-1955
Ordained May 4, 1949
R.I.P. on November 6, 1980
Rev. James A. Garrity 1953-1953
Ordained May 25, 1934
R.I.P. on February 16, 1977
Rev. William C. Kerivan 1954-1956
Ordained May 6, 1948
R.I.P. on December 3, 1996
Rev. John E. Murphy 1955-1961
Ordained May 3, 1940
R.I.P. on September 22, 1977
Rev. John A. Kamandulis 1955-1959
Ordained January 22, 1939
R.I.P. on December 23, 1959
Rev. Joseph D. Hanley 1956-1960
Ordained May 22, 1935
R.I.P. on December 31, 1964
Rev. Arthur L. Reardon 1956-1957
Ordained January 10, 1952
R.I.P. on May 5, 1999
Rev. John H. Flynn 1957-1958
Ordained February 2, 1955
R.I.P. on January 30, 2011
Rev. Paul P. Rynne 1958-1961
Ordained February 2, 1956
R.I.P. on October 3, 2001
Rev. Thomas C. Foley 1960-1961
Ordained February 2, 1957
Senior priest, retired
Rev. James C. Shaughnessy 1961-1967
Ordained May 22, 1937
R.I.P. on December 10, 1989
Rev. Ambrose B. Flynn 1961-1968
Ordained May 1, 1942
R.I.P. on May 11, 1978
Rev. Msgr. Edmund J. Sviokla 1962- 1970
Ordained April 11, 1951
R.I.P. on May 29, 2008
Rev. William L. Butler 1962-1967
Ordained February 2, 1961
R.I.P. on December 17, 2017
Rev. Arnold E. Kelley 1966-1976
Ordained February 2, 1956
Senior priest, retired
Rev. Robert E. O’Brien 1968-1969
Ordained February 2, 1959
R.I.P. on December 28, 1996
Rev. Charles S. Bourgeois OMI 1968-1970, in-residence
Ordained May 31, 1965
Rev. Eugene F. Boyle 1969-1972
Ordained February 3, 1958
Left the priesthood
Rev. Robert L. Chambers 1970-1972
Ordained February 2, 1960
R.I.P. on June 9, 1996
Rev. Joseph M. Kane 1970-1972
Ordained May 23, 1970
R.I.P. on December 9, 2018
Rev. Daniel Coyle C.S. Sp. 1970-1972, in-residence
Rev. Michel Masson SJ 1972-1975
Ordained 1967
Rev. John L. Donovan 1972-1973
Ordained May 1, 1954
R.I.P. on March 5, 2019
Rev. William M. Pashby SJ 1973-1974
Ordained June 19, 1954
R.I.P. on December 15, 1978
Rev. Jay M. Mullin 1974-1977
Ordained May 21, 1969
Rev. Thomas F. Oates 1975-1978, in-residence
Ordained February 2, 1963
Senior priest, Regina Cleri
Rev. Gerald J. Hickey 1976-1982
Ordained February 2, 1963
R.I.P. on October 17, 2018
Rev. James G. Burke 1977-1982
Ordained May 21, 1977
Rev. James T. Kelly 1982-1991
Ordained May 19, 1973
Rev. Robert M. Burns 1982-1986, in-residence
Ordained June 7, 197
Rev. Richard P. Desharnais C.S.C. 1984-1989, in-residence
Ordained June 5, 1958
R.I.P. on May 15, 1989
Rev. John F. Higgins 1990-1995
Ordained 1940
R.I.P. in Ireland
Rev. Edmund M. Derosier 1991-1994
Ordained May 19, 1973
Rev. James L. Gahan 1994-1995
Ordained May 11, 1968
Rev. Paul J. Bolduc 1994- 1997, in-residence
Ordained February 2, 1960
R.I.P. on December 29, 2009
Rev. John J. Jennings 1999- 2000, in-residence
Ordained May 4, 1949
R.I.P. on December 16, 2004
Rev. James J. Laughlin 2001-2006, in-residence
Ordained June 22, 1991
Msgr. Charles J. Bourque 2007- 2008, in-residence
Ordained February 2, 1962
Rev. Miguel Angel Bravo Alvarez 2014-2017
Ordained 2006
Rev. Andrea Povero 2018-
Ordained May 19, 2018
Ed Note: Thank you to Patrick O’Connor for providing this information in December 2019.