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Prayer for November 17th

UNVEIL THEIR EYES, LORD, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOU AS YOU REALLY ARE, FOR THEY BROKE THE BREAD OF LIFE TO US.

List of Deceased Clergy, only year of death known
List of Deceased Clergy, date of death unknown

This is an historical record of the death of clergy in Australia for the 17th of November:

• 2022
  Rev John J Archbold OMI  Born 09/10/1933; Ordained 21/09/1958. Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
• 2016
  Rev Frank Birrell   Read more

  Ordained 25/05/2012
  Diocese of Broome
  
  A priest of the Diocese of Broome, Frank 1951, died in Perth after a long illness.
  
  Previously Frank had ministered in the parish of Kununurra where he had served since his ordination on 25/05/2012. Before that he was at St Charles Seminary Perth where he undertook theological studies.
  
  Prior to this Frank had spent many years in the Kimberley region teaching at Catholic Schools, particularly at Beagle Bay and at Derby. He was a man of simple faith, pious and prayerful, loyal and faithful. He will be missed by many but he will be remembered as a good priest who served the Lord and the Church with remarkable devotion.
  
  May he rest in peace.
  
  
  
  
• 1868
  Rev Peter Maganotto CP  Sydney
• 1941
  Rev James Lappin CP  Marrickville, Goulburn, NSW, etc
• 1941
  Rev John G O'Rourke  Port Pirie, Georgetown, SA
• 1948
  Rev John Peifer SJ  Adelaide; Darwin; Sydney, etc
• 1957
  Rev John Francis Egan  Prahran, etc, Vic
• 1962
  Rev Michael Hubert Bevan OFM  Melbourne, etc
• 1967
  Rev E Leo Hayes  Crow's Nest, etc, Qld
• 1973
  Rev Cassian Wolak OFMCap  Canberra; Bowen Hills, Qld
• 1975
  Rev Gerard Thomas Coghlan  Mitcham, Chadstone, West Essendon, etc, Vic
• 1992
  Rev Percy Jones  Carlton, etc, Vic
• 1996
  Rev William Pearse Smark  Melbourne dioc
• 2006
  Rev Michael Francis (Frank) Leonard  Toowoomba dioc, Qld
• 2007
  Rev Bede Mooney MSC  

Clergy who died in November, exact date of death unknown:

• Rev John O'Donnell   Sandhurst dioc, Vic
• 1906Rev Edward? Bradley   Sydney dioc
• 1941Rev James? Barry   Ballarat dioc
• 1958Rev Michael J Conlon   Ballarat, Coleraine, etc, Vic
• 1993Rev Patrick Wood   West Perth, Kellerberrin, Bayswater. Exact date of death unknown.

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