Father Thomas Collins Father Thomas (Tom) Collins, who served for more than 50 years in the Diocese of Richmond, died June 8 in Roanoke at the age of 79. Father Collins was born on Sept. 20, 1946, in Queens, New York, to William and Edith Collins. When he was 12, the family moved to northern Virginia. As a Catholic school student in McLean, Father Collins read about missionary priests, which inspired him to discern the priesthood. He went to St.…
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