Obituary: Reverend Joseph P. O'Meara

| 12/3/2025

By: The Good Newsroom

Father O’Meara entered eternal life on November 29, 2025. He was the pastor emeritus of the Church of St. John Chrysostom in the Bronx

With brotherly sadness, but with true Christian hope in the Resurrection of our Lord, I share the news of the death of Reverend Joseph P. O’Meara

Pastor Emeritus, Church of St. John Chrysostom, Bronx
Born September 10, 1928
Ordained Priest May 30, 1953
Entered Eternal Life November 29, 2025

RECEPTION OF THE BODY AND WAKE • LYING IN REPOSE
Thursday, December 4, 2025 • 8:30-10 a.m.
Main Chapel of the John Cardinal O’Connor Pavilion
5655 Arlington Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471
718-581-0070

Entrusted to the care of the Thomas C. Montero Funeral Home, Bronx

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL
Thursday, December 4, 2025 • 10:00 AM
Main Chapel of the John Cardinal O’Connor Pavilion
5655 Arlington Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471
718-581-0070

His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, principal celebrant
Homilist, to be confirmed

INTERMENT
Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne

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