Rev. Patrick J. O’Reilly

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated by the Most Reverend Terry R. LaValley, Bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, at 11 a.m. on Jan. 13 at St. Bernard’s Church in Saranac Lake. Priests of the Diocese of Ogdensburg will concelebrate, and Father Mark R. Reilly will be the homilist.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, Jan. 5 at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, in Portlaoise, Ireland.

Burial will be in Clonalvy Cemetery, Ardcath, Garristown, County Dublin, Ireland.

Father O’Reilly was born in Ireland on Nov. 17, 1937, the son of Thomas and Marcella O’Reilly. His parents predeceased him.

Father O’Reilly was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Patterson, New Jersey, in Ireland on June 6, 1965. He arrived in the Diocese of Ogdensburg on June 6, 1973, and he was incardinated as a priest of the diocese on June 1, 1977.

In the Diocese of Ogdensburg, Father O’Reilly served as parochial vicar in St. John the Baptist Church in Plattsburgh, St. Mary’s Church in Ticonderoga, Our Lady of Victory Church in Plattsburgh, St. Joseph’s Church in Malone, St. Patrick’s and St. Augustine’s churches in Peru, St. Mary’s Church in Champlain, Holy Family Church in Watertown, St. Agnes Church in Lake Placid, Immaculate Reception and St. John the Baptist churches in Keeseville, and St. Catherine Church; and as administrator of St. John the Baptist Church in Madrid and St. John the Evangelist Church in Lafargeville.

After retiring in October of 1994, Father O’Reilly continued to serve as chaplain at Uihlein Mercy Center in Lake Placid and Tupper Lake.

In addition to his parents, Father O’Reilly was predeceased by his brothers, Darragh, Eamon and Christopher O’Reilly.

He is survived by his sisters, Margaret, Mary and Sheila; his brothers, Philip and Myles; sisters-in-law; a brother-in-law; and nieces and nephews.