PASTORS OF ST. BRIDGET PARISH

Father Patrick R. McNamara - Pastor: 1907 - 1909
Fr. Patrick R. McNamara



Father Paul W. Miller - Pastor: 1949 - 1952
Fr. Paul W. Miller



Father Leonard L. Moran - Pastor: 1957 - 1963
Fr. Leonard L. Moran



Father William L. Nelligan - (back row) Pastor: 1919 - 1921
Fr. William L. Nelligan (back row)



Fr. Philip O'Connor, O.S.B. - Pastor: 1942 - 1943
Fr. Philip O'Connor, O.S.B.



Fr. Michael J. O'Farrell - Pastor: 1921 - 1922
Fr. Michael J. O'Farrell



Fr. Michael G. O'Leary - Pastor: 1913 - 1916
Fr. Michael G. O'Leary



Fr. Daniel F. O'Reilly - Pastor: 1917 - 1919
Fr. Daniel F. O'Reilly



Fr. Patrick R. O'Sullivan - Pastor: 1896 - 1907
Fr. Patrick R. O'Sullivan



Fr. Robert Pflumm - Pastor: 1967 (Last Pastor of St. Bridget Parish)
Fr. Robert Pflumm

Fr. Pflumm was the pastor at the time St. Bridget Church was closed.




Fr. Odilo Otott, O.S.B. - Pastor: 1943
Fr. Odilo Otott, O.S.B.



Fr. Denis J. Pickert - Pastor: 1963 - 1967
Fr. Denis J. Pickert



Fr. Peter Kassens, O.S.B. - Pastor: 1875
Fr. Peter Kassens, O.S.B.



Fr. William Rettele, O.S.B. - Pastor: 1884
Fr. William Rettele, O.S.B.



Fr. Suitbert Demarteau, O.S.B. - Pastor: 1871 - 1874
Fr. Suitbert Demarteau, O.S.B.



Fr. Jerome J. Twomey - Pastor: 1922 - 1932
Fr. Jerome J. Twomey

Fr. Twomey organized and ran the St. Bridget Rodeos from 1922 thru 1932.




Fr. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B. - Served the people of St. Bridget in 1860
Fr. Augustine Wirth, O.S.B.



Gravesite of Fr. John Meurs.
Gravesite of Fr. John Meurs

Gravesite of the founding pastor of St. Bridget Parish. Fr. John established the St. Bridget Parish in 1862. He left St. Bridget in 1864. His place of burial is St. Rose Cemetery, Chetopa, Kansas. His date of death is June 27, 1901, age 64 years. After he left St. Bridget, he served the church in Minnesota and Wisconsin, retiring to Chetopa, Kansas in 1895.




Archbishop James P. Keleher, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas
Archbishop Keleher

Archbishop Keleher celebrated the Anniversary Mass at St. Bridget in 1995 - First Bishop to Celebrate Mass at the Church in over 30 years.