Fr. Kevin Delaney R.I.P
Please pray for Fr. Kevin Delaney, a retired priest of our Diocese, who died this last week. He was well-looked after by the Dominican Sisters of Malta in Hook and only two weeks ago I visited him in his sick-bed.
Fr Kevin was born on 21st February 1932 in Middleton, near Manchester. He studied at Valladolid for three years and then St Joseph’s College, Upholland in Lancashire, where he was ordained to the priesthood on 23rd May 1964.
Fr Kevin first served as assistant priest at Christ the King, Reading from 1964 to 1974, followed by an appointment as parish priest at St Colman’s, Southampton between 1974 and 1980. Between 1989 and 1991 he was assistant priest at St Peter’s, Winchester and then Twyford and Kiln Green in 1993. He also served as Director of the Society of St Peter. In 2014 Fr Kevin moved into Maryfield Convent and passed away on Wednesday 11th September 2024, a few months after his Diamond Jubilee, at the age of 92.
Let us thank God for his loving service to the people whom he was called to serve. May the Lord grant him eternal rest in the love that he so generously served through his ministry.
Hear with favour our prayers, which we humbly offer, O Lord, for the salvation of the soul of Kevin, your servant and Priest, that he, who devoted a faithful ministry to your name, may rejoice in the perpetual company of your Saints.
