Reverend Thomas William Hickey, Class of 2010, died on Friday, March 13, 2020. We extend our deepest sympathy to Fr. Hickey’s daughters Charissa, Rebekah, and Alison and to all of his family and friends at this time of sorrow, and we offer them our prayerful support.

• The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair will be the principal celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial at Saint Mary Magdalen Church, 16 Buckingham Street, Oakville on Friday, March 20, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. Prior to the Mass, a Wake will be held in the church from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Burial will take place at the convenience of the family.

May he rest in peace.

Family Address:
Charissa Hickey
2500 SW 35th Place – Apt. 17C
Gainesville, FL 32608

Born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Reverend Thomas William Hickey completed theological training at Western Theological Seminary in Portland, Oregon, and spent over twenty-five years of his life as a Baptist minister. He was received into full communion with the Catholic Church in 2002, and a few years later began studies to become a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He was ordained to the priesthood by the Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford on May 15, 2010. Fr. Hickey’s first assignment was as Parochial Vicar for St. Paul Church and St. Augustine Church in Glastonbury. In addition to part-time work teaching Scripture at Holy Apostles Seminary and his contribution on bodies like the Presbyteral Council, Fr. Hickey would later serve as Administrator and then Pastor of St. Stephen Church in Hamden (which would later become part of Divine Mercy Parish), Senior Parochial Vicar of Sacred Heart Parish in Suffield, and finally, Pastor of St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Oakville.