A funeral Mass will be held Monday at Holy Rosary Cathedral for Father Anthony Boniface, who over five decades of priesthood served at parishes across the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Father Boniface, who had been living in Chilliwack, died Nov. 24 at the age of 79 after being admitted to Chilliwack Hospital and receiving last rites.

His funeral Mass at the cathedral is at 1:30 p.m. His burial will be Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Chilliwack.

Father Boniface was ordained June 7, 1970, and served as pastor of St. Pius X Parish in North Vancouver; St. Bernadette’s, Surrey; St. Francis de Sales, Burnaby; St. James, Abbotsford; and St. Monica’s, Richmond, until he retired in 2017.

The B.C. Catholic featured Father Boniface in 2020 when he celebrated 50 years as a priest.

We also profiled him in 2017 when he retired at age 75.