Today I again drove to the See City, this time to concelebrate the funeral Mass for our senior priest, Father Thomas Davenport.
As is the custom in our Diocese at the funeral of a priest, the concelebrants chanted the Salve Regina just before the final commendation.
Father Davenport had both the honor of being the tallest priest among us and the longest serving priest in the Diocese. He was born in 1916 and, though ordained in 1942, did not retire until 1993, serving as pastor of two parishes until that time.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him.
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