John Patrick Comiskey Explained

Type:	Priest
Honorific-Prefix:	Reverend
John Patrick Comiskey
Pastor of Mary Immaculate Parish
Diocese:	Diocese of London
Other Post:	Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, St. Peter's Seminary
Ordained By:	John Michael Sherlock
Previous Post:	Vice-Rector of St. Peter's Seminary
Birth Place:	Ontario, Canada
Nationality:	Canadian
Religion:	Roman Catholic
Alma Mater:	Pontificia Università Gregoriana St. Peter's Seminary, Western University

John Patrick Comiskey is a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and author in the Diocese of London. Comiskey is Moderator of the Curia and Bishop's Delegate, and assistant professor of historical theology and a former Vice-Rector at St. Peter's Seminary.^{[1] [2]} The job of the bishop's delegate is to reach settlements with victims of clergy abuse on behalf of the diocese.^[3]

Comiskey studied at St. Peter's Seminary before being ordained to the priesthood at St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica in London, Ontario by Bishop John Michael Sherlock.

Education

• HED, Historiae Ecclesiasticae (Doctor of Church History) Doctor, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
• HEL, Historiae Ecclesiasticae Licentiate, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
• M.Div., Master of Divinity, The University of Western Ontario
• BA, Bachelor of Arts, The University of Western Ontario

Publications

Books

• Book: Comiskey . John P. . My Heart's Best Wishes for You: A Biography of Archbishop John Walsh . 31 July 2012 . McGill-Queen's University Press . 978-0773540132. John Walsh (bishop) .

Articles

• Comiskey . John P. . January 2007 . Michael Power:The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier (review) . . 93 . 1 . 214–215 . 10.1353/cat.2007.0075 . 162233645 .
• Comiskey . John P. . January 2007 . Eternal Memory! Father Achiel Delaere (1868-1939): The First Eastern Rite Redemptorist and Canada's Ukrainian Catholic Church (review) . . 93 . 1 . 216–217 . 10.1353/cat.2007.0076 . 161594005 .
• Comiskey . John P. . October 2006 . Dictionnaire biographique des évêques catholiques du Canada: Les diocèses catholiques canadiens des Églises latine et orientales et leurs évêques; repères chronologiques et biographiques, 1658–2002 (review) . . 92 . 4 . 704–705 . 10.1353/cat.2007.0008 . 161176897 .
• Comiskey . John P. . January 2002 . The Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish, and Identity in Toronto, 1887–1922 (review) . . 88 . 1 . 163–164 . 10.1353/cat.2002.0012 . 162212571 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.maryimmaculate.rcec.london.on.ca/info_frjohn.php Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Parish Profile
2. http://www.stpetersseminary.ca/academics/faculty/comiskey/ St. Peter's Seminary Faculty Profile
3. News: The walking wounded: In Canada, survivors of Catholic Church sex abuse await a reckoning. 2021-09-01.