Show R REV Y DR DECOSTA TA DEAD Five Years Ago Be Became Convert e ec to o C Catholicism I ew Y Yr rk Ny Benjamin F Dr Dc osta the flie Episcopal clergyman who five e yeas ago became ft convert to the Ull R nian a holle church and a year ago was a priest st died I It at si aged 74 I I years lars after illness Before the Roman Homan Catholic church Dr De e Costa was for pr thirty eight paStor ot of St J ant church holding a prom prominent prominent place In the religious lIfe of this city He took an active part in the c cOntroversy over the admission of Dr to the Episcopal ministry andi and afterward lie he resigned from the church mid and became a mom mem member I ber of the R Roman man Catholic church ChUlch Last fall while in Rome lie he was or ordained I a deacon and on Nov 29 s last I Iwas was a priest He Be returned to I this cIty to engage In parish work but I d Dr Do De was the thea a or of moi than thirty religious and j |