PETER Coleman, a Roman Catholic priest who served in parishes across the region, has died at the age of 70.
Father Coleman was ordained in 1962 and until 1978 served as assistant priest in the parishes of St Mary's Grangetown, in Middlesbrough, Sacred Heart and St Charles in Hull, Our Lady and St Peter in Bridlington and St George's in York.
He was appo
inted parish priest to St Wilfrid's, Hull, in 1978, where he remained for five years before becoming parish priest at St Joseph's, Scarborough, until 2000. After Scarborough, he remained as parish priest at Sacred Heart, Hornsea, until 2007 when he took up his final post as chaplain at St Joseph's Convent, Whitby.
Peter Coleman, the sixth of Dolly and John Coleman's eight children, was born in June 1938. He attended St Philomena's School (Sacred Heart) in Middlesbrough until the age of 11 when a scholarship took him to the Marist College in Middlesbrough.
On completion of his secondary education, Peter entered Mount Melleray, Waterford, to study philosophy, after which he proceeded to St John's, Waterford, to study theology. Peter was ordained by Bishop Brunner in June 1962 in the Holy Name of Mary, Middlesbrough.
Father Coleman was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Open University in 1976. Until sickness prevented him, he was an enthusiastic golfer, and represented the diocese on numerous occasions.
He died on August 25 in the Convent of St Joseph, Whitby. A funeral mass was held at St Hilda's Church, Whitby, on Tuesday.
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