The former pastor of my parish and a dear friend of mine, Msgr. Charles P. Barth, passed away last Sunday, at the age of 80. He died while he was on vacation in Wisconsin doing what he loved the most besides serving God's people, fishing.
A Philadelphia native, Msgr. Barth attended Mount St. Mary's Seminary and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Camden in 1956 by the late-Bishop Bartholomew J. Eustace. Msgr. Barth served as vicar for the City of Camden, chairman of the Commission for Social Justice and for the Moral Committee, and was secretary for the Diocesan Building Commission.
Msgr. Barth served as pastor at Christ the King, Haddonfield (1974-78); St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral, Camden (1978-85); St. Agnes, Blackwood (1985-93); St. Peter, Merchantville (1993-2000); and as administrator for St. Anthony of Padua, Hammonton (2003-2005) and St. Martin de Porres, Hammonton (July-September 2005).
May his soul and the souls of the faithful rest in peace.
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