Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Reverend Eugene F. McGovern, retired senior priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, who was in residence at the Bishop Mugavero Residence. Father McGovern was born on July 30, 1929 in Brooklyn, was ordained to the Priesthood on June 2, 1956, and died Sunday, November 19, 2017, at Maimonides Hospital.

Father McGovern served the Diocese of Brooklyn as Pastor of St. Aloysius (Ridgewood) and as Parochial Vicar of Blessed Sacrament (Jackson Heights) and Our Lady of Angels (Brooklyn). He served as Assistant Spiritual Director at Cathedral College (Douglaston) and as the Diocesan Sodality Deanery Director of Southwest Brooklyn.

The arrangements are as follows:

WAKE:
Leone Funeral Home
696 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11232
Tel: (718) 768-4000

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

VIGIL MASS:
Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church
2805 Fort Hamilton Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11218
Tel: (718) 871-1310

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
7:30 PM

FUNERAL:
Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church
2805 Fort Hamilton Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11218
Tel: (718) 871-1310

Wednesday, November 29, 2017
10:30 AM

BURIAL:
Holy Cross Cemetery Brooklyn, New York

Father McGovern was a member of the Priests’ Purgatorial Society. All priests are invited to concelebrate the Liturgy. Please bring your diocesan vestments. If you wish to send condolences, please mail to his cousin, Ms. Peg Jordan, 84 Fordam Road, South Hampton, New York 11968.

Please pray for the repose of his soul and for the consolation of his family and friends. May he rest in the peace of Christ, the Risen Lord.
Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L. Chancellor and Vicar for Canonical Affairs