Redemptorist Father Tony Judge, 68, a parochial vicar at St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center, died unexpectedly Aug. 5. Funeral arrangements were pending.

Father Tony Judge

Father Judge served at the parish for six years with a Redemptorist community that includes the pastor, Redemptorist Father John Schmidt. A native of St. Louis, Father Judge’s service included nearly 10 years as a missionary in the Amazon valley of Brazil.

He also served 10 years as an associate pastor and then pastor of an inner-city, largely Hispanic parish in Denver, two years preaching parish missions, mostly in the western United States, which included an emphasis on multicultural and bilingual parishes, and seven years with a Redemptorist Hispanic missionary project in the Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas.

From 2008 until 2015, when Father Judge began serving at St. Alphonsus, he was a member of the Redemptorist mission team living in Chicago.