Father D. Kent Durig

FATHER D. KENT DURIG, a devoted priest of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston who faithfully served the Church and her people for nearly three decades, passed away on December 19, 2025. Fr. Kent was born on March 23, 1956, in New Martinsville, West Virginia, one of three children born to the late Donald Eugene and JoAnn Simms Durig. From an early age, he felt a calling to serve God and His Church, a vocation that…