This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAB.2ACI/1277.3 Message Board Post: Shannon, I kneww Father Coleman very well. He baptized me as a child and was the pastor at St. Anthony church in Bellevue at the time of his death of September 29, 1956. I think he is buried in the Priests' cemetery in Erlanger, KY. The History of the Diocese of Covington, which was published in 1953 for the Centennial celebration of the diocese, gives the following information about him. "Coleman, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. - native of Pendleton Co. Ky. Studied at St. Mary Seminary, Baltimore, MD; Mt. St. Mary Seminary, Cincinnati. Ordained by Archbishop William H. Elder of Cincinnati, June 20, 1902. First Solemn Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church, Falmouth. June 22, 1902. Assignments - Assistant Pastorates: St. PatrickParish, Covington; Immaculate Conception Parish, Newport. Pastorates: St. James Parish, Brooksville; St. Thomas Parish, Ft. Thomas; Annunciation Parish, Paris; St. James parish, Ludlow; St. Anthony parish, Bellevue, since April 21, 1928. Elevated to Monsignor, Domestic Prelate, by Pope PiusXII, in 1950. Golden Jubilee of Ordination observed June 20, 1952, at St. Anthony parish, Bellevue, Diocesan Consultor, since Mat 1, 1951." If you would want to know more about his family, you could contact St. Francis Xaxier Parish, 202 Second Street, Falmouth, KY 41040-1118. Telephone (859) 654-8241, Fax (859) 654-5203 Hope this helps