Obituary of Fr. John McElligott

Reverend Cornelius John McElligott Priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke The Reverend Cornelius John McElligott, priest of the Diocese of Pembroke, died at Marianhill Residence, Pembroke, Ontario on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Father John was born in Mattawa, Ontario on September 5, 1935 to the late Francis McElligott and the late Bérénice Landriau. He is survived by his brother, Dr. Joseph McElligott of Ottawa and his sister, Mrs. Berenice Paoli of Peterborough and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his sister, Mrs. Frances Nickel and his brother Raymond. Father John attended St. Anne's Separate School and Mattawa Public High School in Mattawa, St. Patrick's College in Ottawa and St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto. He was ordained to the Priesthood in St. Anne's Church in Mattawa on May 27, 1961 by His Excellency William Joseph Smith. Father John served as assistant in St. Theresa Parish, Témiscaming, Quebec and St. Anne Parish, Mattawa. He was then appointed Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Campbell's Bay, St. Elizabeth Parish, Vinton, Paroisse Sainte Bernadette, Bonfield, Paroisse Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Astorville, Paroisse Sacré-Coeur, Corbeil and Paroisse Saint Louis-de-France, Chiswick. He retired from active ministry in 2004 to live in Ottawa; however, he continued his priestly ministry by relieving in parishes when called upon. In August 2011, he moved to Marianhill Residence in Pembroke for health reasons. Father John will be waked at Martyn & Sloan Mattawa Chapel, 530 McConnell, Mattawa on Sunday, December 4 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. On Monday, December 5 at 2:00 p.m., his body will be transferred to St. Anne Church In Mattawa to lie in state until the celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial presided by His Excellency Bishop Michael Mulhall on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 11 a.m. Interment to follow in St. Anne Cemetery, Mattawa.