Joseph Farrell (priest)

The Right Reverend, Monsignor

Joseph A. Farrell
Personal details
Born(1873-04-29)April 29, 1873
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 13, 1960(1960-06-13) (aged 87)
Staten Island, New York
Occupation
  • Priest
  • church pastor
  • school principal
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionCatholic
Church
  • Saint Ann's Church
  • Staten Island, New York
  • (1917–1926)
  • Saint Peter's Church
  • Staten Island, New York
  • (1900–1917; 1926–1960)
OrdainedJune 9, 1900

Monsignor Joseph A. Farrell (April 29, 1873 – June 13, 1960) was an Irish-American Catholic priest. He held various positions in the Archdiocese of New York, and was instrumental in the construction of several new parishes in the New York City borough of Staten Island.[1] He became a priest in 1900, and Staten Island's dean of clergy in 1933, and a monsignor in 1935.[2] On Staten Island, he was an early principal of St. Peter's Boys High School.

In 1961, Monsignor Farrell High School was dedicated and named in his honor. The Archbishop of New York at the time, Francis Cardinal Spellman, had written a congratulatory note to Farrell in 1959 on the 60th anniversary of Farrell's ordination, stating that "next high school on Staten Island will bear your honored name."[3]

  1. ^ "History of Parish". Church of St. Clare. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015. The above information was taken from "St. Clare School's Golden Jubilee 1936 -1986" book produced by St. Clare Parish in 1986.. amended September of 2006
  2. ^ "St. Peter's". Parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Saints Peter and Paul, and Assumption. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  3. ^ Bergonzi, Lou (June 5, 2011). "Monsignor Farrell - 50 years of shaping young men's lives". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved September 27, 2020 – via silive.com.