Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Father Bernard Lyman Tyler who died yesterday, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. He was 91-years-old. May he rest in peace.
Father Tyler was ordained to the sacred priesthood in 1961 for the Augustinian Order. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Lansing in 1994 and received senior priest status in 2001. Thus far, the exequies for Father Tyler are as follows: Mass of Christian Burial, Monday, May 4, at 11 AM at Holy Redeemer, 1227 E Bristol Rd, Burton, MI 48529. A fuller obituary of Father Tyler reads thus:
The Reverend Bernard L. Tyler was born on August 31, 1934, to Nelson S. Tyler and Katherine (née Thomas) Tyler in Flint, Michigan, the fourth of eight children. Bernard was ordained a priest of Jesus Christ for the Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel Friars on June 7, 1961, by the Most Reverend Raymond Hillinger, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Fr. Tyler’s first assignments were in parishes of the Augustinian community both in Chicago and in Flint. From 1968 to 1971, Father Bernard Tyler served as a seminary formator in Holland, Michigan, where Robert Francis Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV) was one of his students. Father Tyler served as Chaplain to the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Community in the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1971–1978, and then at several parishes and Augustinian apostolates from Missouri to Oklahoma.
In 1994, Father Tyler was incardinated into the Diocese of Lansing. Over many years, he served in several parishes in the Diocese of Lansing. See below for a full list of assignments. Upon entering Senior Priest status in 2001, Father Tyler spent many years supplying at parishes throughout the Diocese of Gaylord.
1961–66 Parochial Vicar, Saint Rita, Chicago, IL
1966–68 Parochial Vicar, Saint Matthew, Flint
1968–71 Formation Faculty, Saint Augustine Seminary, Holland
1971–78 Chaplain, Deaf Community, Archdiocese of Chicago
1978–82 Pastor, Saint Mary, Independence, Missouri
1982–83 Prior, Saint Clare Montefalco, Chicago, IL
1983–86 Campus Minister, Cascia Hall, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1986–89 Parochial Vicar, Saint Matthew, Flint
1989–91 Administrator, Saint Matthew, Flint
1991–93 Parochial Vicar, Saint Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing
1993–96 Parochial Vicar, Holy Redeemer, Burton
1994 Incardinated, Diocese of Lansing
1996–98 Pastor, Saint Joseph, Dexter
1998–2001 Parochial Vicar, Saint John the Evangelist, Fenton
2001 Senior Priest Status
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.