Father George R. Fitzgerald, CSP

July 12, 2018
 
Paulist Father George Roland Fitzgerald, a former pastor of Old St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, died June 20, at the rectory of Newman Hall/Holy Spirit Parish in Berkeley where he is also a former pastor. He was 86 years old.
 
He entered the Paulist Fathers novitiate in the fall of 1958 making first promises to the Paulist community on Sept. 8, 1959, and final promises on Sept. 8, 1962.
 
He was ordained a priest by Cardinal Francis Spellman on May 8, 1965, at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City.
 
Father Fitzgerald held an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and graduate degrees from St. Paul’s College in Washington, D.C., and Tufts University.
 
A sister, Alice, and her husband, Thomas Murphy, of Florida are among his survivors.
 
A funeral Mass was celebrated at Holy Spirit, Berkeley, June 23 with interment in the Paulist plot in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.
 
Remembrances may be made to the Paulist Fathers, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, 660 California St., San Francisco 94108.