Redemptorist author, missionary, pastor, professor, and priest who survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria, Father Joseph William Oppitz died on October 6, 2011, under the care of his religious community in the St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris in Timonium, Maryland. He was suffering from dementia in his later years.
Father Oppitz was born on August 12, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. He professed his first vows on August 2, 1948 and final vows on September 2, 1951. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1953, at Esopus, New York.
From 1954 to 1956, he studied at the Angelicum in Rome where he received his doctoral degree in philosophy. For nearly twenty-two years he taught at various levels in the Redemptorist Seminary formation system of the Baltimore Province and at Dunbarton College in Washington DC.
From 1982 to 1984, he served on the mission team and was a part-time parish priest at St. Peter the Apostle parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Wenceslaus parish in Baltimore, Maryland. From 1985 to 1986, he served as parish priest in St. Mary's in Annapolis. From 1986 to 1993, he continued to serve as a missionary and part-time parish priest in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He continued to serve as a pastor in Pittsburgh, retreat master in Canandaigua, New York, and itinerant missionary until his retirement in February of 2000, first to the St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, New York, and finally to Stella Maris in Maryland.
Father Oppitz is perhaps most fondly remembered for his captivating rendition of what he called "The Sinking of the Andrea Doria: One Man's Story."
Funeral Mass for Father Oppitz was held at the main chapel, Stella Maris, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, Maryland, on Tuesday, October 11, followed by interment at the Redemptorist cemetery of Annapolis.
Father Oppitz was born on August 12, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. He professed his first vows on August 2, 1948 and final vows on September 2, 1951. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1953, at Esopus, New York.
From 1954 to 1956, he studied at the Angelicum in Rome where he received his doctoral degree in philosophy. For nearly twenty-two years he taught at various levels in the Redemptorist Seminary formation system of the Baltimore Province and at Dunbarton College in Washington DC.
From 1982 to 1984, he served on the mission team and was a part-time parish priest at St. Peter the Apostle parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Wenceslaus parish in Baltimore, Maryland. From 1985 to 1986, he served as parish priest in St. Mary's in Annapolis. From 1986 to 1993, he continued to serve as a missionary and part-time parish priest in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He continued to serve as a pastor in Pittsburgh, retreat master in Canandaigua, New York, and itinerant missionary until his retirement in February of 2000, first to the St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, New York, and finally to Stella Maris in Maryland.
Father Oppitz is perhaps most fondly remembered for his captivating rendition of what he called "The Sinking of the Andrea Doria: One Man's Story."
Funeral Mass for Father Oppitz was held at the main chapel, Stella Maris, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, Maryland, on Tuesday, October 11, followed by interment at the Redemptorist cemetery of Annapolis.
Redemptorist author, missionary, pastor, professor, and priest who survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria, Father Joseph William Oppitz died on October 6, 2011, under the care of his religious community in the St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris in Timonium, Maryland. He was suffering from dementia in his later years.
Father Oppitz was born on August 12, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. He professed his first vows on August 2, 1948 and final vows on September 2, 1951. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1953, at Esopus, New York.
From 1954 to 1956, he studied at the Angelicum in Rome where he received his doctoral degree in philosophy. For nearly twenty-two years he taught at various levels in the Redemptorist Seminary formation system of the Baltimore Province and at Dunbarton College in Washington DC.
From 1982 to 1984, he served on the mission team and was a part-time parish priest at St. Peter the Apostle parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Wenceslaus parish in Baltimore, Maryland. From 1985 to 1986, he served as parish priest in St. Mary's in Annapolis. From 1986 to 1993, he continued to serve as a missionary and part-time parish priest in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He continued to serve as a pastor in Pittsburgh, retreat master in Canandaigua, New York, and itinerant missionary until his retirement in February of 2000, first to the St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, New York, and finally to Stella Maris in Maryland.
Father Oppitz is perhaps most fondly remembered for his captivating rendition of what he called "The Sinking of the Andrea Doria: One Man's Story."
Funeral Mass for Father Oppitz was held at the main chapel, Stella Maris, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, Maryland, on Tuesday, October 11, followed by interment at the Redemptorist cemetery of Annapolis.
Father Oppitz was born on August 12, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. He professed his first vows on August 2, 1948 and final vows on September 2, 1951. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1953, at Esopus, New York.
From 1954 to 1956, he studied at the Angelicum in Rome where he received his doctoral degree in philosophy. For nearly twenty-two years he taught at various levels in the Redemptorist Seminary formation system of the Baltimore Province and at Dunbarton College in Washington DC.
From 1982 to 1984, he served on the mission team and was a part-time parish priest at St. Peter the Apostle parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Wenceslaus parish in Baltimore, Maryland. From 1985 to 1986, he served as parish priest in St. Mary's in Annapolis. From 1986 to 1993, he continued to serve as a missionary and part-time parish priest in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He continued to serve as a pastor in Pittsburgh, retreat master in Canandaigua, New York, and itinerant missionary until his retirement in February of 2000, first to the St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, New York, and finally to Stella Maris in Maryland.
Father Oppitz is perhaps most fondly remembered for his captivating rendition of what he called "The Sinking of the Andrea Doria: One Man's Story."
Funeral Mass for Father Oppitz was held at the main chapel, Stella Maris, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, Maryland, on Tuesday, October 11, followed by interment at the Redemptorist cemetery of Annapolis.
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