Reverend Shawn T. Daly

Born in Hartford, CT. on November 7, 1960, Father Daly is the second child of Ann (Duggan) Daly and the late Francis M. Daly. He grew up in Enfield.

Father Daly graduated from Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford. In 1986, entered Saint Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield and earned a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain in 1990. He attended Mount Saint Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD, where he earned a Masters of Divinity in 1994.

He was ordained a priest on April 29, 1995 at Saint Joseph Catherdral in Hartford by Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin. His first assignment was Saint Mary, Branford. In 1998, he was transferred to SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Waterbury. In 2002, he was named Pastor of Saint Joseph and Saint Mary Parishes in Meriden. On January 26, 2012, he became Pastor of Corpus Christi and Sacred Heart Parishes in Wethersfield.

Father Daly currently serves as a member of the Archdiocesan Presbyteral Council and he was recently appointed to the Archdiocesan School Board.

Father Daly’s interests include reading, sports and music.

Reverend Daniel T. Wojtun

Reverend Thomas B. Campion

West Hartford, Connecticut is the hometown of Father Campion. After his education at St. Joseph’s Cathedral School in Hartford and St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, he attended St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass., achieving a B.A. degree in Education. Father also obtained a Master’s Degree in Education from Fairfield University. St. Thomas the Apostle Church in West Hartford was the site of his ordination on December 27,1952. Father has served at St. Paul’s Church in West Haven and devoted 27 years of service at St. Thomas Seminary as a teacher and director of athletics, as well as the coach of the baseball and basketball teams. Prior to his arrival at Corpus Christ! in 1983, he served at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Torrington. Father’s responsibilities as co-pastor of Corpus Christi include parish administrator and priest/director of the C.C.D. Program. Father’s interest in sports began at an early age. Just out of high school, he participated in a baseball tryout camp and was offered an opportunity to sign with the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers organizations.

Reverend David W. Lonergan

Father Lonergan has served as co-pastor of our parish and priest/director of Corpus Christi School since 1989. Brought up in Waterbury, Connecticut, Father earned his B.A. degree in Philosophy at St. Bernard Seminary, Rochester N.Y. in 1957 and his Master’s degree in Theology at the University of Louvain, Belgium where he also was ordained on June 25,1961. He also has a Master of Education degree in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Hartford, acquired in 1973. Father has served as assistant pastor at St. Mary’s in Unionville and St. Anthony’s in Prospect; as co-pastor at St. Pius in Wolcott and as temporary administrator at St. Joseph in Waterbury. Prior to his arrival at Corpus Christi, Father Lonergan served for 11 years as the Catholic Chaplain at Trinity College and the University of Hartford. Father’s hobbies include a fondness for basketball and he can often be seen shooting hoops in the school gym with the parish children.

Reverend Bradford Colton

Father Colton grew up in Rushing, L.I. After acquiring his B.A. degree in the Classics at Trinity College, Father began his study for the priesthood at St. Marks Seminary in Baltimore, Md. He also studied at the Theological College of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he obtained his M.A. degree in Medieval History. On May 22, 1945, Father was ordained at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield. He has served as assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Waterbury and the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford. He was the first principal of Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford and, prior to his arrival at Corpus Christi in 1987, was pastor of St. Augustine Church in Seymour. Along with assisting with Masses, confessions and Communion calls, Father’s responsibilities as pastor emeritus include instructor for the Marriage Tribunal for the Archdiocese of Hartford. Father’s personal interests include a love of music and he has served on the Board of Directors for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.