Pastor's Page

No Photo Available	Father Michael M. Murphy was pastor of St. Andrew's in Blossburg in 1868. He would cover the territory which included Wellsboro, Westfield and Tioga.	No Photo Available	Father John A. Wynne was pastor of St. Andrew's in August 1883. He and his assistant, Father McDermott, founded St. John's Catholic Society in Wellsboro under the auspices of Bishop O'Hara of Scranton.
No Photo Available	Father John C. McDermott was appointed pastor on January 8, 1879 and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Wellsboro was founded.		Rt. Reverend Michael E. Lynnott, pastor of St. Peter's from 1882 to 1889 during which time the Calvary Catholic Cemetery was established and a church building in Hoytville (Morris) was erected.
	Reverend M. J. Manley, pastor from 1889 to 1901. Besides Wellsboro and the churches in Tioga, Antrim, and Hoytville, he had thirteen missions through out the county under his jurisdiction.		Father John O'Toole, pastor from 1901 to 1912. Described as a very large and dignified man who embodied the authoritarian attitude of the Church of his time.
No Photo Available	Father Jordan, pastor from 1912 to 1916. Described as a man of the people.		Father Dennis J. Kane, pastor from 1916 to 1918. Left the parish to enlist in World War I and later was elevated to Monsignor.
	Father J. L. Golden, pastor from 1918 to 1924. He is remembered as a quiet, friendly man who was extremely pastoral in his religious orientation.	No Photo Available	Father Joseph Gilpatrick, served as pastor from January 1924 to November 1925.
	Father Henry T. Reap, pastor from 1925 to 1931. A staunch defender of his faith, was stern but amiable. He kept the parish on a firm financial status during the depression.	No Photo Available	Father T. P. Durkin, serving the parish from 1931 to 1936. Remembered as a soft spoken, "nice" individual with a special knack of getting along with children.
No Photo Available	Father Joseph L. Barry was St. Peter's first assistant pastor.	No Photo Available	Father Joseph P. McDonough succeeded Father Barry as assistant pastor in 1935 or 1936.
	Father Maurice A. Hughes was pastor from 1936 to 1942. A down to earth man whose chief extracurricular interest centered in maintaining an excellent garden.	No Photo Available	Father William J. Burke was Father Hughes first assistant in 1938.
	Father Thomas Kelley, pastor from 1942 to 1946.His main priorities were his concern for the boys who were inducted in to World War II.	No Photo Available	Father J. K. McKean succeeded Father Burke as assistant pastor.
No Photo Available	Father Henry B. Korpusic came to Wellsboro in 1945 as assistant pastor. He and the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, who also arrived that year, organized classes of religious instruction for the children.		Father Arthur J. McAndrews, pastor from 1946 to 1958. He was a good and kind priest who was respected by all and accomplished much during his stay.
No Photo Available	Father Leo Burns, assistant pastor in 1947 to 1949.		Father Andrew McGowan, assistant pastor in 1949 to 1953.
No Photo Available	Father John Lawler, assistant pastor in 1953 to 1957.		Father Edward Liptock, became assistant pastor in 1957.
	Father John T. Kerrigan, pastor from 1958 to 1960.		Father Leo J. O'Malley, pastor from 1960 to 1966. Described as very saintly man, he was in his sixties and in poor health. He died on October 6, 1966.
	Father William D. Campbell was assistant pastor from 1960 to 1961.		Father Barrett was assistant pastor from 1961 to 1966.
	Father Joseph J. Lasky was sent to Wellsboro in 1964 as a assistant pastor due to father O'Malley's illness. He took on the duties as pastor and remained until Father O'Brien arrived.		Monsignor John D. O'Brien was pastor from December 1966 to 1973. His main objective and main accomplishment was to build a new church for St. Peter's. He was the only pastor to hold the rank of Monsignor at St. Peters.
	Father Houston was assistant pastor from 1966 to 1977.	No Photo Available	Father Robert J. Brague served as assistant pastor from 1970 to 1972. He was the last assistant pastor at St. Peter's.
	Father Thomas J. Hannigan, pastor from 1973 to1979. A modest man, extremely strong in his beliefs and view points.		Father Mike Bryant was the first priest ever ordained from St. Peter's. He grew up in Wellsboro and was ordained in 1978. He held his first mass at St. Peter's.
	Father John T. Albosta served from 1979 to 1985. He was the first Polish priest at St. Peter's, and described as a "priestly" priest by the parishioners.		Father Paul M. Mullen served from 1985 to 1991.
	Father Michael J. Sullivan served 1991 to 2002.	No Photo Available	Father Peter D. Menghini served from 2002 to 2003.
No Photo Available	Father Joseph J. Manarchuck served 2003 to present.