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THE PARISH COMMUNITY OF SAINT BRIGID'S
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - AMHERST, MA

122 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, Massachusetts 01004
(413) 256-6181

Services

Lord's Day Masses:
Saturday at 4:00 PM
Sunday at 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, & 12:30 PM (in Spanish)

Daily Mass:
8:00 AM (seven days a week)

Holy Day Masses: Vigil of Holy Day at 6:00 PM
Holy Day at 8:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, and 6:00 PM

PRIEST HISTORY


To all the priests who have given of themselves, the parish is in debt. To the Christian spirit and his heritage of all the parishioners of St. Brigid’s from the early 1840’s the parish is today a living symbol. May its growth and influence ever continue. May the souls of all the faithful departed, clergy and lay, be ever remembered in our prayers.


PASTORS
Rev. Francis Brennan 1872-1878
Rev. John B. Drennan 1887-1891
Rev. John H. Gavin 1891-1911
Rev. John J. Bell 1911-1919
Rev. John J. O’Malley 1919-1928
Rev. Arthur E. Sheedy 19281931
Rev. Patrick J. Madden 1931-1934
Rev. Andrew A. Martin 1934-1939
Rev. Patrick T. Coyle 1939-1942
Rev. J. Alfred Lane 1942- 1979
Rev. Richard O’Toole 1979-1981
*Rev. James Kirkpatrick (Administrator) 1979-1985
Rev. Robert Stafford 1981-1985
Rev. John Roach 1985-1996
Rev. Bruce Teague 1996-2002
*Rev. John Smegal (Administrator) 2001-2002
Rev. John Smegal, 2002 – present


ASSISTANTS
Rev. Leo T. Goddard 1911-1913
Rev. Julius Jaworelt 1913 -1014
Rev. Cornelius Donaghue 1914-1915
Rev. John McMahon 1915 -1918
Rev. William O’Malley 1918-1921
Rev. James P. Costello 1921-1925
Rev. Paul E. O’Day 1925 -1931
Rev. Francis Warburton 1927-1928
Rev. Martin J. Walsh 1931-1934
Rev. John J. Foley 1934 -1938
Rev. Francis E. Shannon 1938 -1943
Rev. David J. Power 1943 -1959
Rev. J. Roy Jenness 1956 -1957
Rev. William H. McAuliff 1957-1960
Rev. Edward M. Kennedy 1959 -1960
Rev. J. Joseph Quigley 1960 -1965
Rev. Thomas F. Delehanty 1960-1968
Rev. John F. Walsh 1965 -1966
Rev. Leionel Bonneville 1966 -1967
Rev. John D. McNamara 1967 -1970
Rev. Henry Dorsch 1968 – 1971
Rev. John J. Ayers 1970 – 1972
Rev. Thomas Green 1972 -1974
Rev. Lawrence Bernier 1975-1979
Rev. George A. Berthiaume 1979
Rev. James Kirkpatrick 1979 -1985
Rev. Xavier Pallathuparambil in residence 1999-2001
Rev. Steven F. McGuigan in residence
Rev. Roland Renaud in residence
Rev. John Branche in residence


NOT IN RESIDENCE
Rev. Paul Manship (Hispanic Ministry)
Rev. Anthony Ogunleye (African Ministry)
Rev. Mr. Paul Wallen (Deacon)
Fr. James Brennan, CSSR (Hispanic Ministry)
Fr. Tim Keating, CSSR (Hispanic Ministry)
Fr. Sean O’Mannion (Hispanic Ministry)
Rev. Jose Bermudez (Hispanic Ministry)