Rev. Donald Joyce, O.M.I.

Summary of Case: Included in a list of accused priests posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on January 19, 2011.

Ordained: 1958

 

   

Start Stop Assignment Town/Accusations State Position Notes
1958 1959       Joyce is not indexed in the 1958 Directory.

1959

Washington archbishop was Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle (1947-1973)

1960 Oblate College Washington DC    

1960

Buffalo bishop was Joseph Aloysius Burke (1952-1962), followed by James Aloysius McNulty (1963-1972)

1969 Bishop Fallon High School Buffalo NY   School had 535-449 students.

1969

Grand Rapids bishop was Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck (1969-1989)

 1973 Immaculate Heart of Mary Grand Rapids MI 3/3, 3/5, 3/3 Parish had a school with 446-359 students.

1973

Charlotte bishop was Michael Joseph Begley (1971-1984)

1976 Our Lady of Lourdes Monroe NC 1/1  
1973 1976 St. Joseph's Monroe NC   This was a chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes.
1973 1976 Sacred Heart Wadesboro NC   This was a mission of Our Lady of Lourdes.

1976

Boston archbishop was Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983)

1982 Sacred Heart Lowell MA

1/9, 1/8, 1/6

Superior and Pastor

Parish had a school with 470-370 students.
1982 1983         Joyce is not indexed in the 1983 Directory, nor is he listed at his previous or subsequent assignments.

1983

Washington archbishop was James Aloysius Hickey (1980-2000)

1985 Oblate College Washington DC 11/24  

1985

Buffalo bishop was Edward Dennis Head (1973-2003)

1987 Nardin Academy High School Buffalo NY Chaplain School had 380 girls.
1987 1988         Joyce is not indexed in the 1988 Directory, nor is he listed at his previous or subsequent assignments.

1988

 

 1989 Oblate College Washington DC 17/20  
1989 1994 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Provincial Residence Washington DC Director 1989-1992, then 8/10, 7/10, 7/18  
1994 1998 Oblate College Washington DC 7/18, 5/15, 6/18, 7/16 The 1997 and 1998 Directories also note Joyce be at the the Oblate Center for Mission Studies.

1998

San Antonio archbishop was Patrick Fernandez Flores (1979-2004), followed by Jose Horacio Gomez (2004-2010)

2007 Oblate School of Theology San Antonio TX Library Director  
2007 2008         Joyce in not indexed in the 2008 Directory.

2008

In May 2010 Oscar Cantu replaced Gomez as San Antonio archbishop. Cantu resigned in Oct. 2010 and was succeeded by Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. (Oct. 2010-).

2010 Oblate Madonna Residence San Antonio TX  

This is listed in the Directories under "Homes for the Aged".

A January 2011 google search shows Joyce to be Director of Libraries at Oblate College in San Antonio. It also shows his academic degrees and work history. (Oblate University website, Jan. 10, 2011)

 

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1959-2010)

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This assignment record was last updated on 1/10/11.