Diocese of Burlington, Vermont

Donal D. Ward

Status: Deceased (2018), Public Priestly faculties revoked (2002)

Appeared under the heading: “Priests that were assigned in Vermont and abused children here.This would include both those considered Diocesan priests and those from other Religious Orders (i.e. Edmundites, Maryknoll, Paraclete) that accepted assignment in the Vermont Diocese.”

Birth Year: 1933

Ordination year: 1963

Reported assignment history:

  • Rutland, Christ the King, (temp. Assistant), 1963
  • Middlebury, St. Mary, (Assistant), 1963-67
  • South Bend, Indiana, University of Notre Dame (post-grad studies), 1967-68
  • Rutland, Mount St. Joseph Academy (Faculty) with residence at College of St. Joseph the Provider, 1968-69
  • South Bend, Indiana, University of Notre Dame, (con't studies), 1969-75
  • Marshfield, North American Martyrs, 1976-85
  • Barre, St. Monica, (Pastor),1985-1991
  • Vergennes, St. Peter, (Pastor), 1991-2002