Obituary: Rev. Hugh R. Grace

Father Hugh R. Grace, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York, died on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2026.

Born in New Rochelle on Aug. 17, 1937, Father Grace graduated from Blessed Sacrament High School in 1955 and attended Iona University before entering Christ the King Seminary in Olean. He was ordained at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on May 30, 1964.

His pastoral assignments included serving at St. Joseph’s in Croton Falls in 1964, followed by a term as associate pastor at Saint Columbanus in Peekskill from 1964 to 1976. He served at Saint Mary’s in Wappinger Falls from 1976 to 1987, and later served as associate pastor and pastor at Saint Mary’s of the Snow in Saugerties from 1987 to 2006. His final assignment was as pastor of Saint Boniface in Wesley Hills from 2006 to 2012.

After retiring in 2012, Father Grace served as an auxiliary priest at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Califon, NJ.