Bishop John Raymond Gaydos

Bishop John Raymond Gaydos, 82, who served as the third Bishop of Jefferson City from 1997 to 2017, died peacefully the morning of Saturday, September 6, 2025, at St. Agnes Retirement Home in Kirkwood, Missouri.

Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2025, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph with a Vigil Service and prayers at 7 p.m.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10 a.m. in the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City, with Metropolitan Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of St. Louis presiding and Archbishop Emeritus George J. Lucas of Omaha, Nebraska, preaching the homily.

Burial will be in the priests’ section of Resurrection Cemetery in Jefferson City.

Memorials are suggested to Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri, 1015 Edmonds St, Jefferson City, MO 65109.

A complete obituary will be shared later in the week.

Services entrusted to Trimble Funeral Homes.  trimblefunerals.com