Father Lane

Father Lane was born in Auburn, N.Y., June 8, 1908, where he attended St. Mary’s Parochial School and Auburn High School. He studied for the priesthood at St. Andrew’s and St. Bernard’s Seminaries and was ordained at St. Patrick’s in Rochester, N.Y., June 15, 1935. In July of the same year, he was appointed assistant pastor of St. Michael’s Church, Newark, N.Y. In January, 1941, Father Lane was commissioned First Lt. In the Chaplain’s Corps of the U.S. Army. He was called to active duty in March, 1941 when he was assigned to the First Armored Division at Fr. Knox, Ky. Father Lane served overseas in the African and Italian Theaters for 28 months. Upon his return to the United States, he served 18 months as Assistant Service Command Chaplain at Dallas, Tex. and for one year as Assistant Fifth Army Chaplain at Chicago, Ill. He was placed on the inactive status in the officer’s reserve corps with the rank of Lt. Col. in June, 1947. Father Lane was assigned as an assistant pastor to St. Mary’s, Elmira in July, 1947.