Passing of Father Bernard Cryer
Reverend Bernard J. Cryer died on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Father Cryer was 100 years old and in his 74th year of the priesthood.
He was ordained to the priesthood on June 3, 1950 by James Cardinal McGuigan. Father Cryer was Associate Pastor at Star of the Sea Parish, Port Dalhousie; St. Margaret’s Parish, Midland; Our Lady of Lourdes Parish; St. Margaret of Scotland Parish; St. John’s Parish, Toronto and St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. He was Pastor of St. Mary’s Parish, Collingwood, St. Margaret Mary Parish and St. Edward the Confessor Parish. He was the founding Pastor of St. Bartholomew’s Parish. Father Cryer retired in 1997 and was in residence at Houses of Providence.
Funeral Arrangements:
VISITATION:
Monday, September 16, 2024, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Turner and Porter Neweduk Chapel, Mississauga
1981 Dundas St. W. (just east of Erin Mills Pkwy.)
and
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
St. Ignatius Loyola Parish
2300 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Mississauga
FUNERAL:
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
St. Ignatius Loyola Parish
2300 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W., Mississauga
INTERMENT: To follow, Assumption Cemetery, Mississauga
Eternal rest grant upon your servant and priest.
PRAYER FOR DECEASED PRIESTS
O God, Thou didst raise Thy servant, Fr. Bernard Cryer,
to the sacred priesthood of Jesus Christ,
according to the Order of Melchisedech,
giving him the sublime power to offer the Eternal Sacrifice,
to bring the Body and Blood of Thy Son Jesus Christ down upon the altar,
and to absolve the sins of men in Thine own Holy Name.
We beseech Thee to reward his faithfulness and to forget his faults,
admitting him speedily into Thy Holy Presence,
there to enjoy forever the recompense of his labours.
This we ask through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord. Amen.
