1997 Death David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72 1997 Death Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader, dies at 75 1996 Death Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 1996 Death Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest, dies at 83 1996 Death George Henderson, priest/politician, dies at 74 1996 Death Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78 1996 Death Alan Cheales, dominican priest, dies at 83 1996 Death Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest, dies at 61 1996 Death David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist, dies at 60 1995 Death Simon Bailey, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson, died while distributing leaflets for the Labor Party 1995 Death Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, russion Orthodox Priest, dies at 68 1995 Death Bernadette Hingley, priest, dies at 47 1995 Death Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49 1995 Death Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest, dies at 73 1995 Death Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83 1995 Death Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at 51 1995 Death Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at 76 1994 Death Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead 1994 Death Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered 1992 Death Paul Storken, Dutch priest (Away Backing), dies 1992 Death Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies of kidney failure at 83 1991 Event Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church 1991 Event Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church 1991 Death Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83 1990 Death Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Jes priest/apprentice Zen teacher, dies at 92 1990 Death Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77 1985 Death James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages 1984 Death Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped and murdered 1982 Event In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II 1978 Death Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation 1978 Event Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1977 Event Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi 1977 Event 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) 1973 Birthday Priest Holmes, running back for the Baltimore Ravens 1973 Birthday Priest Lauderdale, NBA center for the Denver Nuggets 1971 Death Ferdinand LR Sassen, priest/philosopher (Descartes), dies at 77 1970 Event Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest 1970 Event Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest 1969 Death Wim van Nuland, priest and writer 'Doorstep', dies 1968 Death Thomas Merton, French/U.S. priest and writer '7 Story Mountain', dies at 53 1966 Death Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies 1962 Birthday Michael Wilton, born in San Francisco, California, guitarist, singer, member of Queensryche, progressive metal musician, influenced by Judas Priest, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, UFO 1961 Death Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil, priest/archaeologist, dies 1961 Birthday Maxi Priest, Max Elliott, Jamaican/English singer, Wild World 1955 Birthday Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson 1954 Death Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies 1953 Event Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory 1953 Birthday Jane Priest, born in Perth, Australia, Prince Charles' lover 1951 Death Oscar Stanton De Priest, Representative-D-Illinois 1929 - 1935, dies at 80 1950 Birthday Steve Priest, London, rock bassist, Sweet Hayes 1948 Birthday Bernadette Hingley, British priest 1946 Birthday Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest 1945 Event John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest 1944 Death Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies 1944 Event Stalin meets Polish/U.S. priest S Orlemanski 1942 Death Titus Brandsma, Anno Sjoerd, Dutch RC priest (Dachau), dies 1941 Death Camille Melloy, the Paepe, Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50 1941 Event Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio 1940 Birthday Penelope Keith, British actress, Norman Conquests, Priest of Love 1938 Death Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54 1936 Birthday David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist 1936 Birthday Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun 1934 Birthday Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest 1934 Birthday Valentine J Peter, born in Omaha, Nebraska, priest, Boy's Town 1985- 1931 Death Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies 1928 Birthday Joss Ackland, born in London, England, actor, Queenie, To Kill a Priest 1927 Birthday Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russion Orthodox Priest 1927 Birthday Claude Laydu, actress, Diary of a Country Priest 1925 Birthday David Abell Wood, priest 1925 Birthday Ernesto Cardenal, born in Granada, Nicaragua, Catholic priest, famous Nicaraguan Sandinista liberation theologian, served as culture minister, poet, established primitivist art community 1923 Birthday Philip Berrigan, militant priest, Chicago 7 1923 Death Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 1921 Birthday Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader 1921 Birthday George Henderson, priest/politician 1921 Birthday Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest 1918 Birthday Halsey S. Colchester, British SAS, spy for MI6 and priest 1918 Birthday Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest 1913 Birthday Alan Cheales, dominican priest 1913 Birthday Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest 1912 Birthday Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1912 Birthday Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer 1911 Birthday Wim van Nuland, Willem C Mohlmann, Dutch priest/writer, Doorstep 1911 Birthday Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician 1910 Death Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70 1907 Birthday Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit 1907 Death A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies 1904 Event Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest. 1902 Birthday Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer y Albas, Spanish priest, Opus Dei 1898 Birthday Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher 1896 Death Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 1895 Birthday Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest 1891 Birthday Maurus H Hulsman, Dutch priest/editor, Amigoe di Curaeao 1890 Death Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85 1888 Birthday Georges Bernanos, France, novelist, Diary of a Country Priest 1888 Birthday Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer, Viaduct Murder 1882 Birthday Floris H. L. Prims, Flemish priest, historian and archivist of Antwerp 1878 Birthday James M. Kilroe, priest of St. Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx 1877 Birthday Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter, Under the Snow 1876 Birthday Irvin S Cobb, Kentucky, writer/humorist, Old Judge Priest 1874 Birthday Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer 1860 Birthday Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican 1856 Birthday Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest and politician, Volkseeuw 1856 Birthday Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet, Primoz Trubar 1855 Birthday Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian 1854 Death Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 1849 Death Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44 1840 Birthday Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, Magister choralis 1838 Birthday Gabriele dell' Addolorata, Francesco Possenti, Italian priest 1837 Birthday A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder, CVP 1837 Birthday Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer 1830 Birthday Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet 1824 Death Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 1815 Event Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos 1815 Death Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards 1811 Death Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish 1811 Death Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed 1804 Birthday Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader 1804 Birthday Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist 1803 Birthday Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet 1803 Death Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 1793 Event Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained 1792 Birthday John Keble, Anglican priest/founder, Oxford Movement 1791 Event Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman 1782 Birthday Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, L'avenir 1744 Birthday Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland 1744 Death Andre Campra, French priest/ composer and conductor (Tancrede), dies at 83 1729 Birthday Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet, Il Giorno 1722 Birthday Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian 1719 Death Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 1713 Birthday Junipero Serra, priest had a mission in California 1700 Event Mass orders priest to leave the colony 1695 Event Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland 1651 Birthday Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint 1647 Event Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony 1603 Death Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82 1595 Death Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest 1594 Death Michel Renichon, priest, executed 1572 Death Joannes van Naarden, priest, hanged 1572 Death Ludovicus Voets, priest, hanged 1564 Death Jean Caulvin, John Calvin, priest/church reformer, dies at 54 1561 Death Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies 1544 Death Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53 1536 Death Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies 1533 Birthday Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer, Vita Jesu Christi 1523 Death Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake 1523 Death John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake 1515 Birthday St. Philippus Nerius, Philippo Neri, Italian merchant/priest 1507 Birthday Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, Aytta van Zwichem, Dutch priest 1400 Death Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies 1381 Death John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged 1335 Event Ex-emperor Hanazono became a Zen priest 1222 Birthday Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest and saint 1021 Event Synod of Pavia: emperor Henry II convicts married priest
