Fr. Nevin Hammon, OFM Conv

Fr. Nevin Edwin Henry Hammon, OFM Conv., 87, a Franciscan Friar of Our Lady of the Angels Province, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 in Enfield, CT. Born in Syracuse on October 15, 1936, he was one of three sons born to Robert and Marie (nee Mautz) Hammon. Having grown-up at Assumption Parish in Syracuse, Nevin entered the minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans on Staten Island in 1951. He entered the Novitiate in Middleburg, NY in 1956, making his first profession of vows on August 12, 1957. Friar Nevin then went to Rome, studying at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure (“the Seraphicum”), where he earned his S.T.L. in 1963. During that time, he professed his solemn vows in the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, on December 11, 1960. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome, on February 17, 1963. Fr. Nevin continued his studies at Lateran University in Rome, completing his J.C.D. in 1968. He then returned to the US, serving as Professor of Canon Law at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, NY, a position he held until 1987. From 1987-1991, Fr. Nevin ministered as Associate Pastor and Director of Adult Religious Education at St. John the Evangelist Parish in New York. Between 1991-1997, Fr. Nevin resided in Syracuse while caring for his dying mother. Following his mother’s death and final disposition of her estate, Fr. Nevin moved to Alabama, where he helped launch the seminary for the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word, whose Constitutions and statutes he was responsible for composing. In 1998, Fr. Nevin returned to Rome, beginning a thirteen-year ministry as a confessor at the Vatican Penitentiary. During that time, in 2008, he was installed as a Papal Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. Returning again to the US in 2012, he was first assigned in residence at Bridgeport, NY, before moving back to his native Syracuse. In 2022, his health beginning to fail, Fr. Nevin transitioned to Our Lady of the Angels Care Center in Enfield, CT, where he remained until his death. Visitation will be held Tuesday, January 30, 2024 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Our Lady of the Angels Care Center, 1315 Enfield St., Enfield CT 06082, with a Franciscan Wake Service at 4:00pm. A second visitation will be on Friday, February 2, 2024 from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM at Assumption Church, 812 N. Salina Street, Syracuse. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on February 2, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Assumption Church. The Rite of Committal and burial will be immediately following in Assumption Cemetery, Syracuse. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Franciscan Education Fund, 12300 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City MD 21042.

Fr. Nevin Hammon, OFM Conv

October 15, 1936 - January 24, 2024

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