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Prayer for February 22nd

WONDERFUL ARE YOUR DEEDS, MIGHTY REDEEMER, IN RAISING GREAT PASTORS TO SERVE YOUR BODY, THE HOLY CHURCH.

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 22nd of February:

• 2016
  Rev Mgr James Nestor   Read more

  Born 15/10/1926;
  Ordained 17/06/1956 for the Archdiocese of Perth.
  
  Mgr James Nestor, who was born in County Galway, Ireland, died peacefully in Perth just shy of his 90th birthday.
  
  Excelling academically from an early age, he gained entry to the national seminary at Maynooth, before a T.B diagnosis changed the course of his life. He had to leave the seminary, but after convalescing for several years he was able to resume his studies towards Ordination at All Hallows, hoping to be assigned to a warmer clime. Originally sponsored for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, his visa application to the U.S was denied and instead he was sent to the Archdiocese of Perth.
  
  Before very long Archbishop Prendiville asked Jim to do a teacher training course at the University of W.A. From there on he was to make his mark in the field of Catholic education, first as Archdiocesan Director, then later on steering a course through the “State aid” crisis to establish the Catholic Education Commission of W.A.
  
  Jim was awarded an M.B.E in 1975 and the pontifical medal Pro Ecclesia Pontifice' in 2009. Though a man of keen intellect (a great devotee of Karl Rahner) and quiet diplomacy, he was known for his prayerful and humble lifestyle. For many decades he enjoyed the monthly fraternity of “Jesus Caritas”. And he became a great Australian, with a love for the bush and an irrational devotion to Aussie Rules' and the West Coast Eagles.
  
  Jim, may you rest in peace and in that great mystery' that you so pondered in this life.
  
• 2015
  Rev Mgr Wayne J Peters  Born 16/12/1944; Ordained 24/08/1969. Diocese of Armidale
• 1867
  Rev Robert Downing OSA  Hobart, Port Arthur, Tas; Ballarat and Melbourne diocs, Vic
• 1925
  Rev Hugh Cullen  Maitland dioc, NSW
• 1938
  Rev Emile Merg MSC  Randwick, NSW, etc
• 1964
  Rev Mgr James Brophy  Stawell, Cororooke, Ararat, etc, Vic
• 1972
  Rev Patrick T McCarthy  Helensburgh etc, NSW
• 1980
  Rev William Joseph Gallagher  Broken Hill, Bourke, Wentworth, Trundle, Peak Hill, Forbes, Warren, NSW
• 1987
  Rev Mgr Francis Kerr  Flemington, Parramatta, Newtown, etc, NSW
• 1992
  Rev Thomas Michael O'Kane  Mt. Barker, Denmark, Toodyay, Mundaring, Rivervale, Maylands, WA

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

• 1883Rev Patrick Cavanagh   Sandhurst dioc, Vic
• 1930Rev Joseph Minetti   Adelaide dioc
• 1942Rev John Drayne   Geraldton, Cue, Lawlers, WA

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