Father
Father Wilfredo Comellas
d. November 10, 2013
Reverend Wilfredo T. Comellas, died on 10 November 2013 at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital, Raceland, LA after an illness.
Father Comellas, son of Wilfredo Tomas and the late Justa Anisia Comellas, was born in Havana, Cuba on 16 April 1964. His Father, Wilfredo Tomas, a political prisoner of the communist government, was set free in 1971 and brought his family to the United States as part of the Cuban Freedom Flight Program. Father Comellas received his early education at Saint Joan of Arc School, Jackson Heights, New York and graduated from Saint John's Preparatory School, Astoria, New York. He then entered a two-year novitiate program with the Legion of Christ in Cheshire, CT. He completed a degree in Philosophy at Holy Apostles Seminary, Cromwell, CT. Father graduated from Saint John's University, New York with a B.A. in 1998 and completed his studies for the priesthood at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University, Orange, New Jersey, receiving his MA. He was ordained to the priesthood on 28 June 2003, in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Scranton, by the Most Reverend James C. Timlin, D.D., Bishop Emeritus of Scranton.
Father Comellas was assigned as assistant pastor at Saint Ann's Parish, Tobyhanna with an additional assignment to the Hispanic Apostolate at Nativity of Our Lord Church, Scranton. Father was then appointed assistant pastor at Most Precious Blood Church, Hazleton, where he was later appointed administrator on 29 December 2008. Father served as assistant pastor at Saint Aloysius and Saint Casimir, Wilkes-Barre and Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Hanover Township. On 1 January 2010 Father requested permission to serve in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana. He served there as Chaplain of the Most Blessed Sacrament Faith Community, Gibson, LA. and celebrated the traditional Latin Rite Mass for the Dominican Nuns of the Monastery of the Heart of Jesus in Lockport, LA. In September 2011 he also began teaching theology at Holy Savior School, Lockport, LA. Father Comellas was instrumental in establishing the Latin Mass congregation on the North Shore at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Lacombe, LA. in the Archdiocese of New Orleans where Father Comellas also served as the chairman of Mysterium Fidei Mass Society.
He is survived by his Father, Wilfredo Tomas Comellas, Sr., a brother, Leo M. Comellas, Aunts and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his mother, Justa Anicia Comellas.
The wake will take place at the Chapel of the Dominican Monastery of the Heart of Jesus, Lockport, on, 13 November 2013, beginning with 5:00 p.m. Mass of Vigil for the Reception of the Body and continuing throughout the night. A traditional Latin Requiem Mass will be offered at 11:00 a.m. on 14 November 2013, at Holy Savior Church, Lockport with a procession to cemetery to follow.
Father Comellas, son of Wilfredo Tomas and the late Justa Anisia Comellas, was born in Havana, Cuba on 16 April 1964. His Father, Wilfredo Tomas, a political prisoner of the communist government, was set free in 1971 and brought his family to the United States as part of the Cuban Freedom Flight Program. Father Comellas received his early education at Saint Joan of Arc School, Jackson Heights, New York and graduated from Saint John's Preparatory School, Astoria, New York. He then entered a two-year novitiate program with the Legion of Christ in Cheshire, CT. He completed a degree in Philosophy at Holy Apostles Seminary, Cromwell, CT. Father graduated from Saint John's University, New York with a B.A. in 1998 and completed his studies for the priesthood at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University, Orange, New Jersey, receiving his MA. He was ordained to the priesthood on 28 June 2003, in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Scranton, by the Most Reverend James C. Timlin, D.D., Bishop Emeritus of Scranton.
Father Comellas was assigned as assistant pastor at Saint Ann's Parish, Tobyhanna with an additional assignment to the Hispanic Apostolate at Nativity of Our Lord Church, Scranton. Father was then appointed assistant pastor at Most Precious Blood Church, Hazleton, where he was later appointed administrator on 29 December 2008. Father served as assistant pastor at Saint Aloysius and Saint Casimir, Wilkes-Barre and Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Hanover Township. On 1 January 2010 Father requested permission to serve in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana. He served there as Chaplain of the Most Blessed Sacrament Faith Community, Gibson, LA. and celebrated the traditional Latin Rite Mass for the Dominican Nuns of the Monastery of the Heart of Jesus in Lockport, LA. In September 2011 he also began teaching theology at Holy Savior School, Lockport, LA. Father Comellas was instrumental in establishing the Latin Mass congregation on the North Shore at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Lacombe, LA. in the Archdiocese of New Orleans where Father Comellas also served as the chairman of Mysterium Fidei Mass Society.
He is survived by his Father, Wilfredo Tomas Comellas, Sr., a brother, Leo M. Comellas, Aunts and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his mother, Justa Anicia Comellas.
The wake will take place at the Chapel of the Dominican Monastery of the Heart of Jesus, Lockport, on, 13 November 2013, beginning with 5:00 p.m. Mass of Vigil for the Reception of the Body and continuing throughout the night. A traditional Latin Requiem Mass will be offered at 11:00 a.m. on 14 November 2013, at Holy Savior Church, Lockport with a procession to cemetery to follow.
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