Obituaries
Cardinal Holds Outside Mass For Priest Who Died Of COVID-19
In addition to being a parish priest, Father Johnson was chaplain of the Orange County Police Chiefs' Association.
HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Cardinal Timothy Dolan officiated Thursday at an outdoor memorial Mass for Father Carl D. Johnson, who died in February of COVID-19.
The service was conducted at a special outdoor altar dedicated to Our Lady of the Hudson.
Father Johnson was the pastor of the joined parishes of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Port Ewen and Sacred Heart in Esopus in Ulster County. He also served as a priest at Good Shepherd in Rhinebeck, St. John the Evangelist in Mahopac, Sacred Heart in Monroe, and St. Augustine in New City.
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He served as Chaplain for the Orange County Police Chiefs' Association, as well as chaplain of the Mahopac Falls Fire Dept. during his time in Mahopac.
Watch the service here.
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