Rev. Richard J. Carrington, Jr.

Rev. Richard J. Carrington, Jr., 72, born to eternal life on November 22, 2023.

Visitation will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church, 300 Central Ave., Mountainside on Monday, November 27, 2023 from 4 to 8 PM. A Vigil Service will be held at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 10:30 AM at the church. Interment will follow at Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah.

Fr. Richard graduated from Seton Hall University and continued on to the Immaculate Conception Seminary and was ordained on May 29, 1976.

A Catholic Priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, Fr. Richard dedicated his life to service in the Catholic Church and touched countless lives in the following parishes: SS Joseph and Michael in Union City, where he also served as Pastor, St. Thomas the Apostle in Bloomfield, St. John the Baptist in Jersey City, St. Joseph of the Palisades in West New York, Our Lady of Grace/St. Joseph in Hoboken, where he also served as Pastor and Our Lady of Lourdes in Mountainside, from where he retired as Pastor.

In addition, he served in the US Navy as a Chaplin for 20 years, retiring as a Commander.

Fr. Richard was predeceased by his parents, the late Richard and Genevieve Carrington.

He is survived by his sister, Jeanne Carrington and her husband Brian Keane of Toms River, his nieces, Kaitlin Carrington Keane and her husband, David O’Flanagan of London, England and Elizabeth Anne Keane and her husband, Conor White of New York City and his grandniece Ripley Orla O’Flanagan Keane.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Fr. Richard’s memory to Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079

Arrangements have been entrusted to Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home, 582 Springfield Ave., Westfield. www.higginsandbonner.com