Pastors Who Have Served St. Joseph's Parish

In the first 100 years of the parish, St. Joseph had eleven pastors who served an average of about nine years. The longest serving was Father James Baxter, our second pastor, who was here nineteen years while Fr. Thomas Murphy was here only three years prior to his death. Father Faretra is the first pastor of the next 100 years.

The small photographs below are linked to a larger version which you can view by clicking on these pictures. Unfortunately the quality of the photographs is somewhat poor due to having been copied from the printed history of the parish issued on the occasion of the centennial.

Rev. Nicholas J. Murphy First Pastor 1900-1910	Rev. James J. Baxter D.D. Second Pastor 1910-1919	Rev. Daniel S. Sheerin Third Pastor 1919-1936	Rev. James F. Haney Fourth Pastor 1936-1944	Rev. Francis V. Cummings Fifth Pastor 1944-1953
Rev. Thomas F. Murphy Sixth Pastor 1953-1956	Msgr. John R. Wall Seventh Pastor 1957-1964	Msgr. Edward J. Riley Eighth Pastor 1964-1969	Msgr. Robert F. Murray Ninth Pastor 1969-1976	Rev. John P. Coffey Tenth Pastor 1977-1991
Rev. William C. Burckhart Eleventh Pastor 1991-2000	Rev. Albert M. Faretra Twelth Pastor 2001-2011	Rev. Thomas Mahoney Thirteenth Pastor 2011-

Prepared by G. Cahill October 2008