Brooklyn Diocese: Priest at St. Brigid's Church dies of coronavirus complications
A Brooklyn priest has died due to complications from the coronavirus, according to the Brooklyn Diocese.
Fr. Jorge Ortiz-Garay, 49, died Friday at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
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He was a pastor of St. Brigid's Church in Wyckoff Heights.
Bishop Nicholas Dimarzio says Ortiz-Garay was a tireless worker for all of the faithful in Brooklyn and Queens.
He is believed to be the first Catholic priest in the US to die from the coronavirus.
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