September 28 2019: KELLEY, Thomas Peter

Thomas Peter Kelley (Age 81)

 On Thursday, September 26, 2019, of Silver Spring, MD.  Beloved husband of the late Mary Ann Hayes Kelley; brother of Jack (Trina) Kelley. son of  the late Thomas E. Kelley and Selma Forsberg Kelley of Painted Post. NY Uncle of Kathy

Bowman,Martha Barnes, Becky Rubensdorf, Erin Kelley, the late Anne Horn, Mike Kelley, Pat Kelley, Tim Kelley, Tom Kelley, Sean Kelley and the late John Horn.Prior to his marriage he served for 33 years as a Priest in the Archdiocese of

Washington D C. A full chronology of his seminary and service can be found at the end of the obituary.Relatives and friends may call at  Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Sunday October

6, 2019, from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm and October 7, from 10 to 11 am at Church of the Resurrection at Riderwood Village, 3110 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring, where Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am.  Interment Gate of

Heaven Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to  The Benevolent Care Fund Riderwood Village, 3140 Gracefield Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20904.

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St Andrew’s Minor Seminary, Rochester NY, 1957 -1960

St Bernard’s Major Seminary, Rochester, NY, 1960 – 1962

Our Lady of Loretto, Loretto PA, 1963 – 1967

Ordained May 6, 1967 by Most Reverend Patrick A. O’Boyle

St Mary of the Mills, Laurel, Assistant Pastor, 1967-1968

St Aloysius Gonzaga, Leonardtown, Assistant pastor, 1968 – 1971

St. Joseph’s, Morganza, Assistant Pastor, 1971 – 1972

St. Mary’s, Rockville, Assistant Pastor, 1972 – 1978

Assumption, Washington, D.C., Administrator, 1978 – 1979

Assumption, Washington, D.C., Pastor, 1979 – 1986

Served as Dean of the Southeast Deanery 1984 – 1986

St John the Evangelist, Clinton, Pastor, 1986 – 1993

Served as Dean of the Lower Prince Georges County Deanery, 1987 – 1989

Named a Monsignor, announced May 1991

St Andrew’s Silver Spring, Pastor, 1993 – 1999

Dispensed from all obligations of Sacred Order by Pope John Paul II on October 15, 2002.