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Father James P. Connolly, who served for 24 years at St. John the Evangelist parish in Manhattan and earlier was a pastor and administrator of parishes in the Bronx, died Jan. 26. He was 94.
Cardinal Dolan will offer the Funeral Mass Saturday, Feb. 1, at 10 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 348 E. 55th St. Father Brian E. McWeeney, director of ecumenical and interreligious affairs for the archdiocese, will deliver the homily.
Father Connolly was a senior priest at St. John the Evangelist from 2000 until 2014, when he retired. He served as parochial vicar at St. John the Evangelist, 1990-2000.
In 1990, he was appointed associate spiritual director of the Archdiocesan Union of the Holy Name Society. Two years later, he named special assistant for vocations to Cardinal John O’Connor.
In the Bronx, Father Connolly was administrator of St. Adalbert’s parish, 1987-1990, and pastor at SS. Peter and Paul, 1979-1987.
He served as parochial vicar at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Manhattan, 1969-1978; Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Elmsford, 1963-1969; and St. Joseph, New Paltz, 1954-1958. In 1969 he was appointed regional director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Office.
Father Connolly served as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy, 1958-1963.
Born in New York City, he studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie and was ordained in 1954.
Burial will take place at Pinelawn Cemetery in Farmingdale, L.I.
