 Fr. Augustine Louis Naselli, OP
Louis Naselli was born in New York City, New York, on January 19, 1891. He received his preliminary education in the public
schools of San Francisco, California, and attended Aquinas College in Columbus, Ohio. He entered the Order on September 14, 1916, in
Somerset, Ohio, as a member of the Province of the Holy Name, making his first profession
there on September 16, 1917. Solemn profession
was made at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 1921. He continued his studies in philosophy in
Springfield, Kentucky, and theology in Washington, D.C.
He was ordained a priest on June 14, 1923.
Fr. Augustine began his priestly activities as an assistant pastor in San Francisco and
Portland. He was made pastor of St. Peter
Martyr’s, Pittsburg, and then Procurator of the Province. After this term of Procurator he became pastor in
Vallejo and then prior at the novitiate in Ross. Later
he served as pastor in Berkeley, and again in Pittsburg.
He was elected prior in San Francisco in 1954, and after this term remained
on there until his death in 1969.
Fr. Augustine died in
London Convalescent Home, Novato, California, on March 9, 1969. The Board of Supervisors for San Francisco City and
County adjourned its regular meeting of March 10, 1969, out of respect to his memory. He is buried at St. Dominic’s Cemetery,
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