 Upon his death, a requiem Mass was celebrated in St Marys Cathedral by Cardinal George Pell included his predecessor as Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Edward Clancy, the Bishop of Lismore, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett, the Bishop of Broken Bay, Bishop David Walker, Bishop David Cremin and Mons Masso's newly appointed successor, Fr George Rossman.The preacher at the Mass said that Fr John had no enemies.Cardinal Pell remarked, "That's not the Opus Dei I know".