Friars at St. Patrick's
Fr. Hyacinth Cordell, O.P. (Pastor)
Fr. Timothy Danaher, O.P. (Parochial Vicar)
Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. (In Residence)
Fr. Edmund McCullough, O.P. (In Residence)
Fr. Timothy Danaher, O.P. (Parochial Vicar)
Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. (In Residence)
Fr. Edmund McCullough, O.P. (In Residence)
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Dominican Bios
Fr. Hyacinth Cordell, O.P. is from suburban Chicago. He's a drummer and percussionist, and studied music one year at the University of North Texas. He graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in Philosophy and Letters. He has an M.Div., S.T.B., and S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. He was ordained a priest in 2011. He served as parochial vicar at St. Pius V in Providence, RI for four years, and for three years at St. Dominic in Washington, DC. He was pastor for two years at St. Dominic before being asked to be pastor here at St. Patrick's in June, 2020. He has an interest in music and health. He runs regularly and eats what is known as the Whole Food Plant Based Diet (a healthy vegan diet). Every year he goes to Kolkata, India in October to teach an intensive course on the Eucharist to the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa's sisters), and he invites any who are interested to go with him and volunteer while he teaches.
Fr. Timothy Danaher, O.P. grew up in Steubenville, OH. Like his parents, he attended Franciscan University, where he studied American Literature and Theology. His father, Bill, works for Ally Auto Finance, and his mother, Theresa, is a parochial school principal. He has three other siblings.
Upon graduation, he worked as a lifeguard in San Diego, CA, and as a youth minister in Denver, CO. In 2011, he entered the Order of Preachers in Cincinnati, OH, and he completed his seminary studies at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His ministries during these years were focused on hospital chaplaincy and Hispanic outreach. He made his final vows as a Dominican friar on January 20, 2016. He was ordained a priest on May 19, 2018, by Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Saint Patrick’s is his first official assignment as a priest, where he serves as parochial vicar.
Upon graduation, he worked as a lifeguard in San Diego, CA, and as a youth minister in Denver, CO. In 2011, he entered the Order of Preachers in Cincinnati, OH, and he completed his seminary studies at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His ministries during these years were focused on hospital chaplaincy and Hispanic outreach. He made his final vows as a Dominican friar on January 20, 2016. He was ordained a priest on May 19, 2018, by Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Saint Patrick’s is his first official assignment as a priest, where he serves as parochial vicar.
Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. grew up in Stonington, CT. He attended public schools and is a graduate of Providence College. He entered the Order of Preachers, and upon being ordained, taught at Providence College. He studied Liturgy at Notre Dame and at Sant’Anselmo in Rome, earning an STL in Liturgy and an STD in Theology from the Angelicum, i.e. the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. A priest for over 50 years, he has taught for 46 of them at PC, the Angelicum in Rome, Franciscan University of Steubenville, the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., and our novices in Cincinnati, OH. He has also taught 2 summer terms at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Br. James Wallace, O.P. was born and raised in Rochester, NY, the oldest of four children. He graduated from the University of Rochester with a degree in applied mathematics, taught math at his alma mater for a few years, but then moved to the Albany area to join a friend on a religious quest. This quest ended with both of them becoming Catholic and being confirmed at St. Anthony's Church in Schenectady, NY. He entered the Dominican Order as a novice in 2014 and made his solemn profession in 2019. Prior to his assignment to Saint Patrick's, he taught religion at a high school in Virginia. Br. James teaches Religion at St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls.
