Father Patrick J. Larkin, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita for 63 years, died Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita. He was 89. Services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 26, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita. A rosary will be prayed at 8:30 a.m. A funeral Mass will follow at 9 a.m. Fr. Larkin was born on March 16, 1933, in Ireland. He received his seminary education at St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and was ordained on June 2, 1957. He was appointed an assistant at St. Patrick Parish in Parsons, Kansas on Oct. 21, 1957. He later served at Holy Savior Parish, as a teacher at Mount Carmel, as an assistant at Blessed Sacrament Parish, and then returned to Mount Carmel as the director of Religious Education. Fr. Larkin was named pastor of St. Patrick Church in Harper on July 1, 1967. Before being moved to St. Patrick Parish in Kingman in 1973, he served as the diocesan director of a Thanksgiving Clothing Drive, and of the Bishop's Relief Collection. While at Kingman he also served on the diocesan Liturgical Commission and the Priests' Council. In 1984, after serving for about nine years in Kingman, Fr. Larking was named pastor of St. Ignatius Parish in Neodesha. He was moved to St. Louis Parish in Waterloo and St. Rose Parish in Mt. Vernon in 1986. The next year he was named pastor of Mother of God Parish in Oswego and Sacred Heart Parish in Chetopa. Father served the two Southeast Kansas parishes for about eight years before being named pastor of St. Martin Parish in Caldwell in 1995. He retired three years later. Fr. Larkin was one of 63 priests from Ireland who served the diocese.  For more information please follow the Diocese website at Catholic Diocese of Wichita - Go Forth Faithfully | Year of the Eucharist or Larkin Rev. Patrick Joseph - Catholic Diocese of Wichita .