| Rev. Joseph J. Gallagher—Assignment
Record Ordained: 1963 Retired: 2007 |
| Start | Stop | Parish | Town | State | Position | Notes |
| 1963 | 1965 | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Philadelphia | PA | 2/3, including a priest in residence. | Philadelphia archdiocese. Parish school had 76 boys and 97 girls in 1963-1964. |
| 1965 | 1970 | Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul | Philadelphia | PA | 4/7, including 3 in residence. Then 4/6, 4/7, 3/6, | Philadelphia archdiocese. Parish school had 151 boys and 182 girls in 1965-1966. |
| 1970 | 1974 | St. Michael's | Chester | PA | 2/4, with 2 in residence. One of the priests in residence, Rev. J. Michael Flood, is also accused. Then 2/2. | Philadelphia archdiocese. Parish school had 157 boys and 156 girls in 1970-1971. |
| 1974 | 1979 | Ascension of Our Lord | Philadelphia | PA | 3/5, including one priest in residence. One other priest here throughout Gallagher's stint is also accused, Rev. Stanley M. Gana. Then 3/4, 3/3, 3/4 | Philadelphia archdiocese. Parish school had 1,150 students in 1974-1975. |
| 1979 | 1983 | St. Monica's | Philadelphia | PA | 3/5, including one priest in residence. Then 2/5. In 1982, another accused priest, Rev. John J. Delli Carpini, arrived in residence. | Philadelphia archdiocese. In 1979-1980, the parish school had 1,303 students; the Business School had 75 students. |
| 1983 | 1990 | St. Mark's | Bristol • According to the 2011 Philadelphia Grand Jury Report, accused of abusing two boys at this parish. One later committed suicide after the archdioicesan Review Board deemed his allegation unsubstantiated. |
PA | 2/3. The pastor, Rev. Albert T. Kostelnick, is also accused. They were together here for Gallagher's entire tenure. | Philadelphia archdiocese. Parish school had 328 students. |
| 1990 | 2006 | St. Richard's |
Philadelphia | PA | 1/2; 1/3 in 1999; then 1/2 again in 2001; then 1/1 in 2003 | Philadelphia archdiocese. Parish school had 220 students. |
| 2006 | 2007 | Whereabouts unknown | Not indexed in the 2007 Directory | |||
| 2007 | 2011 | Retired | Assists regularly at St. Jerome's, St. Timothy's in Philadelphia, and St. Thomas Aquinas in Croyden, According to the 2011 Philadelphia Grand Jury report. | Listed with a Philadelphia address. | ||
| Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York:
Kenedy & Sons, 1964-2010). Priests in a Parish: We use the following convention to show a priest's place among the clergy of a parish: 1/2 means that he is the first priest listed in the Official Catholic Directory (usually the pastor) and that there is a total of two priests at the parish. The shorthand 3/4 means that the priest is listed third on a four-priest roster. See our sample page from the Directory. Note: The Official Catholic Directory aims to report the whereabouts of Catholic priests in the United States on January 1 of the Directory's publication year. Our working assumption is that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year was at the same assignment for part of the previous year as well. However, Kenedy and Sons will sometimes accept updates well into the year of publication. Diocesan clergy records are rarely available to correct this information. The Directory is also sometimes misleading or wrong. We have tried to create an accurate assignment record, given the source materials and their limitations. Assignment records are a work in progress and we are always improving the records that we post. Please email us with new information and corrections. We remind our readers that the U.S. legal system presumes that a person accused of or charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty. Similarly, individuals who may be defendants in civil actions are presumed not to be liable for such claims unless a plaintiff proves otherwise. Admissions of guilt or liability are not typically a part of civil or private settlements. For more information, see our posting policy. This assignment record was last updated on 7/6/11. |