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Livingston County’s Catholic community is mourning the loss of the Rev. John Rocus of Holy Spirit Church in Hamburg Township, who died Saturday of pancreatic cancer.
Rocus took an unusual path to the priesthood. He was ordained at the age of 51 after a career as a woodworker. He retired from Holy Spirit in July 2024.
He grew up in Dearborn, Mich., and attended Catholic school. It was after he survived cancer at the age of 22 that he began attending Mass daily.
“Doctors told me I had two years to live,” Rocus said. “It turns out they were wrong.”…