James Comeau was born on March 28, 1915, in Schenectady, New York, the son of James Comeau and Frances Hughes. He was educated in the public school system of Schenectady. He entered the University of Notre Dame in 1933, and four years later graduated from that university with honors.
He was vested in the Dominican habit in ceremonies in St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky on September 11, 1939, and received the religious name of Raphael. In that same priory on September 12, 1940, Father Justin McManus OP., made his first profession. After completing philosophical and theological studies at the Dominican Studium in River Forest, Illinois, James was ordained to the priesthood by Monsignor W. D. O'Brien on June 18, 1946.
After completing his studies he was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua priory in New Orleans in 1947, where he was an instructor in sociology and theology at St. Mary Dominican College until 1949, at which time he joined the parish staff at St. Anthony's. Between 1950 and 1951 James taught philosophy and theology at Barry College in Miami and Siena College in Adrian, Michigan. In 1952 he was assigned to Fenwick High School were he taught English.
In 1952 he was assigned to Jackson, Mississippi, where he served as chaplain at St. Dominic's Hospital and a teacher at St. Joseph's High School. He became the principal of St. Clara Academy in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1954, and returned to parochial ministry at Blessed Sacrament parish in Madison, Wisconsin a year later. Four years later he joined his fellow Dominicans who ministered at St. Margaret's Church in Boyce, Louisiana, and the missions which this church served. In 1970, he was assigned to the church of the Nativity of Mary in Campti, Louisiana, where he labored for six years.
After two short assignments at St. Mary's parish in San Saba, Texas, and St. Martin's Mission in Amarillo, Texas, and a brief tenure at St. Joseph's in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Jim's frail health required that he be confined to a nursing care facility. After a long illness he died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 12, 1983.
He was buried from the church of his first assignment, St. Anthony of Padua, in the Dominican plot at Rosaryville, Louisiana.
He was vested in the Dominican habit in ceremonies in St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky on September 11, 1939, and received the religious name of Raphael. In that same priory on September 12, 1940, Father Justin McManus OP., made his first profession. After completing philosophical and theological studies at the Dominican Studium in River Forest, Illinois, James was ordained to the priesthood by Monsignor W. D. O'Brien on June 18, 1946.
After completing his studies he was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua priory in New Orleans in 1947, where he was an instructor in sociology and theology at St. Mary Dominican College until 1949, at which time he joined the parish staff at St. Anthony's. Between 1950 and 1951 James taught philosophy and theology at Barry College in Miami and Siena College in Adrian, Michigan. In 1952 he was assigned to Fenwick High School were he taught English.
In 1952 he was assigned to Jackson, Mississippi, where he served as chaplain at St. Dominic's Hospital and a teacher at St. Joseph's High School. He became the principal of St. Clara Academy in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1954, and returned to parochial ministry at Blessed Sacrament parish in Madison, Wisconsin a year later. Four years later he joined his fellow Dominicans who ministered at St. Margaret's Church in Boyce, Louisiana, and the missions which this church served. In 1970, he was assigned to the church of the Nativity of Mary in Campti, Louisiana, where he labored for six years.
After two short assignments at St. Mary's parish in San Saba, Texas, and St. Martin's Mission in Amarillo, Texas, and a brief tenure at St. Joseph's in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Jim's frail health required that he be confined to a nursing care facility. After a long illness he died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 12, 1983.
He was buried from the church of his first assignment, St. Anthony of Padua, in the Dominican plot at Rosaryville, Louisiana.
James Comeau was born on March 28, 1915, in Schenectady, New York, the son of James Comeau and Frances Hughes. He was educated in the public school system of Schenectady. He entered the University of Notre Dame in 1933, and four years later graduated from that university with honors.
He was vested in the Dominican habit in ceremonies in St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky on September 11, 1939, and received the religious name of Raphael. In that same priory on September 12, 1940, Father Justin McManus OP., made his first profession. After completing philosophical and theological studies at the Dominican Studium in River Forest, Illinois, James was ordained to the priesthood by Monsignor W. D. O'Brien on June 18, 1946.
After completing his studies he was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua priory in New Orleans in 1947, where he was an instructor in sociology and theology at St. Mary Dominican College until 1949, at which time he joined the parish staff at St. Anthony's. Between 1950 and 1951 James taught philosophy and theology at Barry College in Miami and Siena College in Adrian, Michigan. In 1952 he was assigned to Fenwick High School were he taught English.
In 1952 he was assigned to Jackson, Mississippi, where he served as chaplain at St. Dominic's Hospital and a teacher at St. Joseph's High School. He became the principal of St. Clara Academy in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1954, and returned to parochial ministry at Blessed Sacrament parish in Madison, Wisconsin a year later. Four years later he joined his fellow Dominicans who ministered at St. Margaret's Church in Boyce, Louisiana, and the missions which this church served. In 1970, he was assigned to the church of the Nativity of Mary in Campti, Louisiana, where he labored for six years.
After two short assignments at St. Mary's parish in San Saba, Texas, and St. Martin's Mission in Amarillo, Texas, and a brief tenure at St. Joseph's in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Jim's frail health required that he be confined to a nursing care facility. After a long illness he died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 12, 1983.
He was buried from the church of his first assignment, St. Anthony of Padua, in the Dominican plot at Rosaryville, Louisiana.
He was vested in the Dominican habit in ceremonies in St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky on September 11, 1939, and received the religious name of Raphael. In that same priory on September 12, 1940, Father Justin McManus OP., made his first profession. After completing philosophical and theological studies at the Dominican Studium in River Forest, Illinois, James was ordained to the priesthood by Monsignor W. D. O'Brien on June 18, 1946.
After completing his studies he was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua priory in New Orleans in 1947, where he was an instructor in sociology and theology at St. Mary Dominican College until 1949, at which time he joined the parish staff at St. Anthony's. Between 1950 and 1951 James taught philosophy and theology at Barry College in Miami and Siena College in Adrian, Michigan. In 1952 he was assigned to Fenwick High School were he taught English.
In 1952 he was assigned to Jackson, Mississippi, where he served as chaplain at St. Dominic's Hospital and a teacher at St. Joseph's High School. He became the principal of St. Clara Academy in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1954, and returned to parochial ministry at Blessed Sacrament parish in Madison, Wisconsin a year later. Four years later he joined his fellow Dominicans who ministered at St. Margaret's Church in Boyce, Louisiana, and the missions which this church served. In 1970, he was assigned to the church of the Nativity of Mary in Campti, Louisiana, where he labored for six years.
After two short assignments at St. Mary's parish in San Saba, Texas, and St. Martin's Mission in Amarillo, Texas, and a brief tenure at St. Joseph's in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Jim's frail health required that he be confined to a nursing care facility. After a long illness he died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 12, 1983.
He was buried from the church of his first assignment, St. Anthony of Padua, in the Dominican plot at Rosaryville, Louisiana.
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