Springfield Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell will celebrate the funeral liturgy, according to the diocese.
The Rev. Paul ArchambaultNORTHAMPTON – The Diocese of Springfield announced funeral arrangements for Rev. Paul Archambault, the priest who was found dead Sunday at Sacred Heart Parish rectory on Rosewell St.
The wake is scheduled for 4-7 p.m. Monday at the Church of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, 99 King St., Northampton.
The funeral service is planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday, with a burial to follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Northampton.
Springfield Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell will celebrate the funeral liturgy.
Archambault, 42, died of a self-inflicted gun-shot wound, according to police. He was found in a closet in the parish rectory.
He performed the 4 p.m. mass on Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hampden.
He was last seen early Saturday when he comforted a family in the emergency department of Baystate Medical Center as the hospital’s chaplain.
He was discovered dead after he failed to appear for the Sunday morning mass at St. Mary’s in Hampden.
A native of Northampton, Archambault, graduated from St. John's Seminary College in Brighton in 2000 and earned a master's degree in divinity from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.
He was ordained in 2005.