Assignment Record – Rev. John S. "Jack" Harrington, s.j.

Summary of Case: John S. "Jack" Harrington was ordained a Jesuit priest of the Oregon province in 1948. He went on to teach for 25 years - at Seattle University in Seattle WA, and then at Gonzaga University and Gonzaga Preparatory High School in Spokane WA. In 1976 Harrington was assigned to a parish in Havre MT, where he stayed almost twenty years, before being transferred to a parish in Missoula MT. He was an assistant priest at both. Harrington retired in the early 2000s to the Jesuits' Regis Community in Spokane. He died March 5, 2004. Harrington's name name was included in 2011 on the Oregon Province's list of its members who have been identified as perpetrators of sexual abuse.

Ordained: 1948
Died: March 5, 2004

1948

San Francisco archbishop was John Joseph Mitty (1935-1961).

1949

Seattle bishop was Gerald Shaughnessy, s.m. (1933-1950).

1950

St. Louis archbishop was Joseph Elmer Ritter (1946-1967).

1951

Seattle archbishop was Thomas Arthur Connolly (1950-1975).

1967

Spokane bishop was Bernard Joseph Topel (1955-1978).

1976

Great Falls bishop was Eldon Bernard Schuster (1967-1977), followed by Thomas Joseph Murphy (1978-1987).

This was a mission of St. Jude Thaddeus in Havre.

Harrington is not indexed beyond the 1994
Directory.

1994

Helena bishop was Alexander Joseph Brunett (1994-1997), followed by Robert Charles Morlino (1999-2003).

St. Francis Xavier

2003

Spokane bishop was William Joseph Skylstad (1990-2010).

Although the Directories indicate he was at St. Francis' Xavier's in Missoula MT until 2003, Harrington's obituary states he retired to the Regis Community in 2000.

Harrington died March 5, 2004.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1949-2004)

• Fr. Jack Harrington, s.j. Obituary, Inland Register, March 18, 2004
• Non-Monetary Commitments, The Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus website, accessed Dec. 7, 2012

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This assignment record was last updated on November 13, 2014.