Rev. John Grange, Who Welcomed Bronx’s Latinos, Dies at 73

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Father Grange with parishioners in 2004. He spent most of his career at St. Jerome’s parish in the Mott Haven neighborhood.

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

Published: October 17, 2013

The Rev. John Grange, a Spanish-speaking son of Irish-Americans who helped rebuild the impoverished South Bronx parish where he was raised into a more hospitable and promising place for Hispanic immigrants to New York City, died on Thursday in the Bronx. He was 73.