Readers Write: Thomas V. Daily served well as bishop

The Island Now

I just read that retired Bishop Thomas V. Daily has passed away at age 89.

He was Bishop of Brooklyn and Queens from 1990-2003. I found this lost of a good priest most sad.

I met retired Bishop Thomas V. Daily at a convention of the New York State Knights of Columbus in 2002.

I was Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council #5911 and still am again and was a delegate to the convention.

Bishop Daily was New York State Chaplain and a member of the Knights of Columbus.

I had the opportunity to speak to him and found during our conversation that he was proud of the Knights of Columbus and all we had accomplished in terms of charity-oriented works.

I also fond him to be honest, warm, kind, and compassionate for those who were hurting.

As such this is a sad time for the church, family and all those who knew and loved him.

May God bless the memory of Bishop Daily for all he did for the good of the many.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr.

Mineola

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