Mike Latona
Catholic Courier
Father William Darling, a priest of the Diocese of Rochester for nearly 50 years, died April 24, 2021, after enduring a variety of health issues following open-heart surgery two months earlier. He would have turned 75 years old May 21.
Father Darling grew up in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, where his family belonged to St. Felix Parish. He attended St. Andrewâs Minor Seminary and then became part of the first class at Becket Hall, a former pre-theology program that was based at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford. He completed studies at St. Bernardâs Seminary before being ordained by Bishop Joseph L. Hogan April 27, 1973, at St. Paul of the Cross Church in Honeoye Falls.
Mike Latona
Catholic Courier
Father William Darling, a priest of the Diocese of Rochester for nearly 50 years, died April 24, 2021, after enduring a variety of health issues following open-heart surgery two months earlier. He would have turned 75 years old May 21.
Father Darling grew up in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, where his family belonged to St. Felix Parish. He attended St. Andrewâs Minor Seminary and then became part of the first class at Becket Hall, a former pre-theology program that was based at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford. He completed studies at St. Bernardâs Seminary before being ordained by Bishop Joseph L. Hogan April 27, 1973, at St. Paul of the Cross Church in Honeoye Falls.