A Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Hot Springs, for Father John Campbell McGinnity. Father McGinnity, 88, died Tuesday, Dec. 14.
A native of Managhan, Ireland, he was the son of the late John and Mary Brady McGinnity.
He gave up teaching in 1970 to join the priesthood, being ordained on June 15, 1975, in All Hallows Seminary, Dublin, as a priest for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, in which he arrived in August of that year.
His pastorates included St. Peter, Welch; Christ the King, War; Sacred Heart, Point Pleasant; Our Lady of Fatima, Huntington; St. Francis de Sales, Beckley; St. Catherine of Siena, Ronceverte, and its missions at Lewisburg and Union until retirement from the diocese in 1998.
Father McGinnity received a calling to come out of retirement and become pastor at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Hot Springs, in the Diocese of Richmond, where he would faithfully serve for an additional 17 years.
He is survived by a sister, Margaret Frances Connor of Wexford, Ireland; two brothers, Celestine McGinnity and David Brendan McGinnity, both of England.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Patrick, James Sylvester, Joseph Anthony and Edmund Ignatius.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, P.O. Box B, Hot Springs, VA 24445.