Fr. Gerard “Jerry” Cleator, OP, 87, died on January 8, 2026. He made his first profession of vows in 1959 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. Fr. Cleator served as Provincial and later as pastor of St. Pius V in Chicago.
On the eve of the Rose Bowl--and the Hoosiers' victory over Alabama!--Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP, of the St. Paul Catholic Center at Indiana University shared a side of Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza few fans ever see.
