With great sadness, we announce that Paulist Fr. Richard Colgan has entered eternal life. 

Fr. Rich died at 11:45 p.m. on Monday, May 25, 2020, at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., of complications from COVID-19. He was the first Paulist Father to die as a result of the coronavirus.  

In 1991, Fr. Rich moved to Toronto, Canada. In 1992 and 1993, he served there at St. Peter’s Church and Toronto’s Catholic Information Center. In Autumn 2008, he returned to Toronto where he became pastor of St. Peter’s Church. He served in that role until becoming director of novices for the Paulist Fathers in 2011.  Click here to learn more about Fr. Rich.