Rev. Lawrence Anthony Bender, S.S.
November 14, 1924 – February 5, 2004
Education. St. Mary’s Elementary, Notre Dame High School, Bryantown, MD 1931–1942
• St. Charles College Seminary, Catonsville, MD 1942–1945
• Bachelor’s Degree, St. Mary’s Seminary, Paca Street, Baltimore, MD 1946–1947
• S.T.B. & S.T.L. Degrees, St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore, MD 1947–1951
• Master’s Degree, Catholic University, Washington, DC 1953
• S.T.D. Degree, Angelicum, Rome 1957–1958.
Ordination. St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Archdiocese of Washington, DC May 19, 1951
• First Mass, St. Mary’s Church, Bryantown, MD May 20, 1951.
Assignments. Professor, St. Charles College Seminary, Catonsville, MD 1951–1952
• Solitude, St. Mary’s Seminary, Paca Street, Baltimore, MD 1952–1953
• Joined Society of Saint Sulpice (S.S.) 1953
• Professor, St. Stephen’s Seminary, Hawaii 1953–1957
• Professor, St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore, MD 1958–1965
• Founded parish, Cuernavaca, Mexico 1966
• Professor, St. John’s Seminary, Plymouth, MI 1966–1967
• Director of Theology, Seminario Conciliar, Bogota, Colombia 1967–1968
• Director of Theology, Seminario Conciliar, Guatemala 1968
• Rector & Professor, San Carlos Borromeo Seminary, Rosario, Argentina 1968–1974
• Principal and Professor, Samoa Thological College, Western Samoa 1974–1977
• Founder and Professor, Major Seminary, Panama 1978–1985
• Director, St. Charles Villa & Chaplain, St. Martin’s Home, Catonsville, MD 1985-1994.
Marker can be reached from Olivers Shop Road (Maryland Route 232) 1.2 miles south of Leonardtown Road (Maryland Route 5).
Courtesy hmdb.org
