PORTLAND, Maine (OSV News) -- Retired Bishop Joseph J. Gerry, the 10th bishop of Portland, died at Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, July 2, the 75th anniversary of his profession as a member of the Benedictine community. He was 94.

'Bishop Joseph gave his life in service to Christ and the Church. He was a monk, a priest, an abbot, a bishop, and spent 15 years as Bishop of Portland. In each mission that he accepted from the Church, he was the pastoral

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