The Rev. Carl Kish is being honored with a retirement reception on Sunday, June 25, beginning with celebration of Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Cortland. The reception will follow from noon to 4 p.m. After 61 years as a priest in the Diocese of Youngstown, Rev. Kish is retiring on July 1. Friends and former parishioners are all invited to attend.
Rev. Kish was born in Youngstown on Sept. 23, 1936, the son of Charles and Sophie Kish, and was ordained as a priest on May 26, 1962. He served at Holy Family Parish in Poland for three years, at Immaculate Conception in Ravenna for 10 years, at St. Joseph Parish in Newton Falls for 10 years and has been pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Cortland since 1988.
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