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Father Anthony McGuire, O.F.M., pastor emeritus of St. Francis Xavier parish in Narrowsburg and former parochial vicar at St. Stephen of Hungary parish in Manhattan, died Nov. 6 at Holy Name Friary in Ringwood, N.J. He was 88.
He served at St. Francis Xavier from 1982 to 1994 and at St. Stephen of Hungary, 1975-1976. He also was assigned to parishes in Paterson and Butler, N.J., and New Bedford, Mass.
He served on the faculty of St. Joseph Seraphic Seminary in Callicoon, 1958-1967.
Born in Wilmington, Del., he entered the Franciscans of Holy Name Province in 1946, professing final vows in 1950. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1952. He held a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from St. Bonaventure University.
A sister, Beatrice Ryan, survives him.
A Funeral Mass was offered Nov. 9 at Holy Name Friary Cortona Chapel in Ringwood, N.J. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Butler, N.J.
