 Fr. William Thomas Lewis, OP
William Thomas Lewis was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Thomas and Elizabeth Lewis in
1885. Like his brother, Regis, William entered the Order of Preachers, and they were
to be followed by their younger brother, Raymond. His higher education began at
Sacred Heart College. He was ordained on 24 June 1910, at Catholic University of
America, in Washington, DC. There, he went onto postgraduate studies at the
Dominican House of Studies. In 1913, he went to San Francisco and served as the
secretary to the Provincial. He was also assistant pastor of St Dominic’s until
1924, when he became pastor to Blessed Sacrament Church in Seattle. Subsequently, he
served as pastor in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley and Antioch. He also served
the important role of prior of our House of Studies in Oakland, St Albert’s College. Also, Provincial Paul
Scanlon consulted him regarding the transfiliations of Fr. William Farrugia and Fr. Janko
Zagar, two outstanding members of our Province. He spent the past 14 years as a
sacristan at St. Dominic’s Priory, working to the day he died. He also heard
confessions and was a special confessor for San Francisco priests. He was 93 when he
died, and was 67 years a priest, 72 years a Dominican.
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