Temperance priest retires, cites health reasons

7/10/2002

TEMPERANCE - The Rev. Alfred Miller, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church here, has retired for health reasons, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Detroit said yesterday.

Father Miller, 64, announced his retirement at each of the Lewis Avenue church's five Sunday Masses, Hazel Destatte, of the church's pastoral ministry, said.

Father Miller was ordained in 1964 and served at the Temperance church since 1982.

About 1,600 families are in the parish, Ms. Destatte said.