Funeral rites will be held Thursday for Monsignor Robert R. Servatius, a former longtime pastor of Sandy’s Roman Catholic parish and ex-editor of the Intermountain Catholic newspaper.
Servatius, who retired from active ministry in 2016 after more than half a century in the priesthood, died Friday at a South Jordan rehabilitation center. He was 79.
“He was a dedicated and faithful priest of the diocese,” said Monsignor Colin Birchumshaw, diocesan vicar general, noting that “Monsignor Bob,” as he was known to parishioners, had his “most significant assignment . . . as pastor of Sandy‘s Blessed Sacrament Parish” from 1986 to 2016.