SAN DIEG0 — Msgr. Robert J. Ecker, who was ordained for the Diocese of Brooklyn but ministered in the Diocese of San Diego, died June 3.
Msgr. Ecker, 99, served for nearly 75 years as a priest.
Born in Brooklyn, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 5, 1951, for his home diocese. He was named a monsignor in July of 1982.
Msgr. Ecker lived in Coronado for a number of years and served as a supply priest at St. Didacus and Immaculate Conception parishes and at Nazareth House San Diego.
His funeral Mass will be celebrated in Montauk, New York, and a memorial Mass is expected to be held at Sacred Heart Parish in Coronado.
