Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-2024

List of Deceased Clergy for the 24th of December
List of Deceased Clergy, only year of death known
List of Deceased Clergy, date of death unknown

Deceased Clergy for:

	Rev John O'Keefe
	Br John May SJ
	Rev Francis Martin Born 24/10/1916; Ordained 25/07/1940 for the Archdiocese of Sydney
	Rev Deacon Frank Nieman
	Rev John Newman Date of Birth: 24/06/1932 Date of Ordination: 28/06/1964 Diocese of Cairns
	Rev Kevin Hickey CSsR Ordained 04/09/1949.
	Rev Mgr Michel Bou Melhem
	Rev Mgr Youssef Touma Maronite Diocese of St Maroun of Sydney
	Rev Nakhle Akiki Maronite Diocese of St Maroun of Sydney
	Rev Roger Duggan MSC
	Rev Joseph Ah Lee Ballarat, Castlemaine, South Melbourne, Brighton, Vic
	Rev Patrick Ahern Sydney
	Rev Joseph Austin OFMCap Armidale dioc, NSW
	Rev John Baptist Balangero Townsville, QLD
	Rev James Barrett Hartley, Bombala, etc, NSW
	Rev M Barry Melbourne
	Rev Thomas Benson East Maitland, NSW; Melbourne
	Rev J Berry Arrived from England in 1881 and departed Australia for England in 1890. Died in England - November 1904. Ministered in Australia in the following areas: Cooks River, Bodalla & Rookwood NSW and Subiaco WA.
	Rev Biggs Rockhampton, QLD
	Rev Joseph Bixio SJ Melbourne
	Rev L Bolger Cobar, Dubbo, etc, NSW
	Rev Frederick Borman MSC, Sydney
	Rev Theophilus M Bourand McDonald River, etc, NSW
	Rev Viventius Bourgeois Bathurst, NSW; Heidelberg, Vic
	Rev Michael? Branigan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
	Rev Michael Joseph Brickley Melbourne dioc
	Rev Nicholas Brown OSA Port Douglas, Herberton, Normanton, QLD
	Rev Thomas F Burke Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev John Augustine Butler Longford, Triabunna, Tas
	Rev James Byrne Tingha, NSW
	Rev James Austin Byrne OSB Wollongong, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick Byrne Shepparton, Vic
	Rev Patrick J Byrne Rocky Mouth, NSW
	Rev Robert Byrne Sydney
	Rev John Byron SJ Armidale dioc, NSW
	Rev Cornelius Callanan Lismore dioc, NSW
	Rev Edmund J Callanan Armidale dioc, NSW
	Rev Edward Joseph Callanan Archdiocese of Melbourne
	Rev Michael Patrick Callery Sale, Vic and Lismore, NSW, diocs
	Rev Louis William Carr OSA Cairns, Innisfail, Cooktown, Chillagoe, Croydon, Normanton, Mareeba, QLD.
	Rev Edward Carroll Rockhampton, QLD and Lismore, NSW diocs
	Rev P Carroll Sydney dioc
	Rev R V Carroll Wollongong dioc, NSW
	Rev Angelo Celletti Maitland dioc, NSW
	Rev Nicholas Cesane Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Cesary Portland, etc, Vic
	Rev Roger Christie SSS
	Rev J Church Mudgee, etc, NSW
	Rev Dominic Richard Clark OFMCap Gunnedah, Quirindi, NSW
	Rev John J Cleary Warrnambool, Bungaree, etc, Vic
	Rev Patrick Cleary Kanowna, Norseman, etc, NSW
	Rev Nazerio Clementoni Rockhampton, Charters Towers, QLD
	Rev Joseph Clery North Sydney
	Rev Mgr Vincenzo P Coletti Darlinghurst, Shoalhaven, NSW
	Rev Coluscile (Patrick) Collins Beagle Bay, Southern Cross, etc, WA
	Congreve OSB Gawler, SA
	Conihan Melbourne, Bathurst, NSW, etc
	Rev Cornelius Conway Kogarah, etc, NSW Died in Limerick, Ireland - 1919.
	Rev John Cooke Boorowa, Rockley, etc, NSW
	Rev Peter Cooper CP Sydney; Hobart, etc
	Rev James John Corboy Mt. Gambier, Goodwood, SA; Cooma, NSW
	Rev Maurice P Costello Melbourne dioc
	Rev Kiran Coughlan Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev Francis Coyle Parramatta, NSW; Gawler, SA
	Rev Michael Cregan Maitland dioc, NSW
	Rev Kevin Cronin Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev J T Cullinan OFM Sydney
	Rev John William Cunningham Mt. Carmel, etc, NSW
	Rev John Curley Ipswich, etc, Queensand. Died in Ireland September 1930.
	Rev E J Curran
	Rev Michael P Curran Melbourne dioc; Herston, QLD.
	Rev Martin Cymbrowski CM
	Rev Hugh D'arkeman Parramatta, etc, NSW
	Rev Joseph Darrick Melbourne dioc.
	Rev Joseph Davis Sydney dioc
	Rev Gregory De Groote OSB Sydney
	Dealon Rockhampton dioc, QLD.
	Rev Denis Deasy Northam, Kalgoorlie, etc, WA
	Rev Marie Joseph Delamaure OC
	Rev Frederick Derichemont MSC Randwick, NSW, etc
	Rev Matthew Charles Devitt Ipswich, QLD.
	Rev Charles Joseph Dillon Quirindi, Bundarra, NSW
	Rev John Dillon Goulburn, NSW
	Rev John Doherty SM Melbourne
	Doig Melbourne
	Rev P Donnelly Bathurst, NSW, etc
	Rev A Donovan OSB Melbourne
	Rev George Donze MSC Randwick, Manly, NSW
	Rev James Doyle Kingsborough, etc, QLD.
	Rev John B Doyle West Kempsey, etc, NSW
	Rev Michael Doyle East Maitland, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick Doyle Adelaide dioc
	Rev Thomas Doyle Lambton, Branxton, Bathurst and Maitland diocs, etc, NSW
	Rev William Dunn Corowa, etc, NSW
	Rev William Dunphy Pekina, etc, SA
	Rev John Dwyer Brisbane dioc
	Rev Thomas Fahey Melbourne dioc
	Rev David Fahy Parramatta, etc, NSW
	Rev Cyrenus Patrick Farrelly OSB Sydney, Bathurst, Surry Hills, NSW
	Feeley South Melbourne, Vic, etc
	Rev V Fenech OCarm Adelaide, SA
	Rev Thomas Fenton Brisbane, QLD; Parramatta, NSW
	Rev John Finnegan Muswellbrook, etc, NSW
	Rev J Fischer SVD Drummoyne, NSW
	Rev Patrick J Fitzgerald Melbourne dioc
	Rev Terence Fitzgerald Bathurst, etc, NSW
	Rev Bernard Fitzpatrick Armidale dioc, NSW
	Rev Moses Fitzpatrick Melbourne dioc
	Rev John Fleming Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev Thomas Flynn Rockhampton, QLD.
	Rev Bartholomew Foley OFM Bathurst, NSW, etc
	Rev F Foley Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev James Foley Goulburn, Tumut, Wagga, Sydney, NSW
	Rev Mgr Paul Fortini Cairns, etc, Queensland. Died March 1913.
	Rev Michael Fouhy Melbourne dioc
	Rev James F Gaffney (or Gaffy) Myrtleford, Shepparton, etc, Vic
	Rev John Gallagher Melbourne dioc
	Rev Thomas William Gallagher Melbourne dioc
	Rev Francesco de Paolo Honoratus Garroni OSB Sydney
	Rev Thomas Paul Geary Armidale dioc
	Rev William Anselm Gillett Sydney
	Rev T Girey Narrandera, etc, NSW
	Rev Michael John A Gleeson Melbourne dioc
	Rev Patrick Gleeson Launceston, Hobart, Kempton, Tas
	Rev Louis Godinet SM Hunters Hill, NSW
	Rev Patrick Golden Brisbane dioc
	Rev John Graham Campbelltown, Ross, Fingal, etc, Tas
	Rev Charles Grease OCarm Middle Park, Vic
	Rev Alfred (Leo) Greaven OCarm Melbourne
	Rev James Greening Cooma, etc, NSW
	Rev Gerald Joseph Griffin Jarrahdale, Bayswater, Perth, WA; Rosalie, QLD.
	Rev F D Grigson Brisbane
	Rev Vincenzo Gualtieri Adelaide dioc
	Rev E Guebler Forest Lodge, NSW
	Rev Thomas Halpin Brisbane dioc
	Rev Wilfred Hampson Southern Cross, Perth, WA
	Rev Timothy Hanley Deniliquin, Gundagai, NSW
	Rev John Harding OSB Sydney
	Rev Denis K Harrington Ballarat dioc, Vic
	Rev J Hartnett
	Rev T Hayes
	Rev G M Hegarty Rockhampton dioc, QLD.
	Rev E Hennesy
	Rev William Hennesy Appin, etc, NSW
	Rev Anthony Herberg SJ Sevenhill, SA
	Rev Martin Heston Sydney dioc
	Rev Francis Hickey Melbourne dioc
	Rev William Hickie Melbourne dioc
	Rev Thomas Higgins Burnie, Tas; Geraldton, Lawler�s, Peak Hill, WA
	Rev Fulgentius Hodeburg AA Brisbane, Ipswich, Drayton, QLD.
	Rev C Hoendel SJ Port Pirie, SA, etc
	Rev Daniel Hogan
	Rev P Andrew Hogan Sydney dioc
	Rev Daniel Holdham
	Rev Daniel Holohan Melbourne dioc
	Rev T Howse CSsR
	Rev E Hullihan
	Rev W Isaac Charters Towers, etc, QLD.
	Rev John Joostens Perth, etc
	Rev Franciscus Kalrehan Brisbane, etc
	Rev John Kavanagh East Maitland, etc, NSW
	Rev Michael Kavanagh Bathurst, Maitland, Cooma, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick J Kavanagh Casterton, etc, Vic
	Rev E Kearney
	Rev Patrick Kearney
	Rev Laurence Keating Deniliquin, etc, NSW
	Rev Thomas Kehoe Pennant Hills, NSW, etc
	Rev Patrick Kelly SSC Essendon, Vic
	Rev W E Kelly
	Rev Edward Kennedy Sydney
	Rev Matthias Kennedy Naracoorte, etc, SA
	Rev Edmund Kenny Kadina, etc, SA
	Rev John Kenny Bathurst, NSW
	Rev John Kenny Sydney
	Rev Matthew Keoghan Armidale, Appin, etc, NSW
	Rev F Kernan
	Rev William P Kerwick Maitland, Armidale diocs, NSW
	Rev Richard Kiely Deniliquin, Tumut, Corowa, Hay, Broken Hill, etc, NSW. Died 1906.
	Rev E Kims Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev L King
	Rev M Kirkham Gosford, etc, NSW
	Rev Edward Kutter MSC Sydney
	Rev William John Larkin Drayton, Toowoomba, Dalby, etc, QLD.
	Rev Francis Lavelle Melbourne, etc
	Rev Joseph Laveth Jarrahdale, etc, WA
	Rev John Lawless Branxton, Darlinghurst, Bombala, Wollongong, Windsor, Boorowa, Raymond Terrace, East Maitland, NSW
	Rev A Le Forestier Geelong, Vic
	Rev John Leane Melbourne dioc
	Rev George Leeming (or Leaming) CSSp Ballarat, Vic
	Rev F Leenire
	Rev Louis Leineger CSSp Ballarat, V
	Rev J Lenane
	Rev Thomas Lenehan Port Fairy, etc, Vic
	Rev James Lenihan
	Rev M Levadoux CSSp Maryborough, Ballarat, Vic
	Rev Thomas A Lonergan OSB Ipswich, Rockhampton, QLD; Raymond Terrace, NSW, etc
	Rev Patrick Long Gunnedah, NSW
	Rev Augusto Loretucci Barcaldine, etc, QLD.
	Rev Ciaran Loughlan Bathurst dioc, NSW, etc
	Rev Napoleon Henry Louwych Georgetown, Port Pirie, etc SA
	Rev L Luminger CSSp Ballarat, Vic
	Rev Peter William Lyons Walcha, NSW
	Rev John James Madden Richmond, Portland, etc, Vic
	Rev James Joseph Mahoney Granville, Camden, Melton, Waterloo, etc, NSW
	Rev John Maker Sydney dioc
	Rev Thomas Manillais OC Beagle Bay, WA
	Rev James Marlborough West Melbourne, Geelong, etc, Vic
	Rev Edward Martin Armidale dioc, NSW
	Rev Joseph Martin Melbourne; Sydney, Goulburn, Maitland diocs, NSW
	Rev Giovanni Mazzuconi PIME Sydney
	McAulley Bathurst, etc
	Rev J McCabe SJ Sydney
	Rev Michael (Benedict Mary) McCabe OFMCap Armidale dioc, NSW
	Rev Patrick McCabe Adelaide dioc
	Rev W McCarthy Wollongong, Hunters Hill, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick McConnon Sydney dioc
	Rev Peter J McCormack Armidale dioc, NSW; Yarragon, Vic
	Rev Thomas McDonald SJ Hawthorn, Vic
	Rev Joseph McDonnell Geelong, etc, Vic
	Rev S McGee
	Rev Francis Wenceslaus McGlaughlin Perth, Kalgoorlie, WA
	Rev Andrew McGrath Newcastle, Dungog, NSW
	Rev Hugh McGuiness Melbourne dioc; Wilcannia, NSW
	Rev Patrick Charles McKee Wallabadah, etc, NSW
	Rev Michael McLaughin Adelaide dioc
	Rev John McLaughlin Kalgoorlie, etc, WA
	Rev Brian McMahon Melbourne dioc
	Rev D McMillan Mackay, etc, QLD.
	Rev J McNabb
	Rev Bernard McNally Brisbane dioc
	Rev Michael McNamara Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev John Mealey Singleton, Gunnedah, etc, NSW
	Rev Joseph Meir MSC Sydney
	Rev Patrick (or Michael?) Mennis Ballina, etc, NSW
	Rev Hyacinth Michalick OSA Cairns, Innisfail, QLD.
	Rev James Molan Parkes, etc, NSW
	Rev James Moloney Melbourne dioc
	Rev Andrew Monaghan Bundaberg, Caboolture, etc, QLD.
	Rev James T Monaghan Ipswich, etc, QLD.
	Rev Patrick Mooney Dungog, Armidale, etc, NSW
	Rev Francis Moore Melbourne; Adelaide
	Rev Patrick Michael Moore Melbourne dioc
	Rev Thomas Austin Moore Ballarat, etc, Vic
	Rev James Moran Geelong, Vic
	Rev Patrick Moran Maitland dioc, NSW
	Rev J Morgan Rockhampton, QLD; Westbury, Tas
	Rev Michael Morrissey Lismore dioc, NSW
	Rev James Moylan Parkes, etc, NSW
	Rev Martin Mulhall Mackay, Queensland. Died April 1908.
	Rev James Mullan Tumut, etc, NSW
	Rev Michael Mullins Gordon, Geelong, Riverdale, Meredith, Vic
	Rev Daniel Murphy Ballarat, North Fitzroy, etc, Vic
	Rev Denis Murphy West Melbourne, etc, Vic
	Rev J D Murphy Yorketown, etc, SA
	Rev James Murphy OFM Adelaide
	Rev Jeremiah J Murphy Dungog, Tamworth, Waitara, Broken Hill, etc, NSW
	Rev John J Murphy Grafton, etc, NSW
	Rev Joseph J Murphy Melbourne dioc
	Rev Laurence Murphy Rockley, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick Murphy Melbourne dioc
	Rev Joseph Murray OSA North Queensland
	Rev Martin Murray West Maitland, etc, NSW; Adelaide dioc
	Rev Peter Murtagh Taree, East Maitland, Hamilton, NSW
	Rev Giacomo Natali Brisbane dioc
	Rev D Neale Hobart dioc, etc
	Rev Michael Neilan Bathurst dioc, NSW, etc
	Rev M Nelan
	Rev William Nugent Sofala, Bathurst, Hill End, Bourke, NSW
	Rev Peter Nyland Cessnock, etc, NSW
	Rev James O'Brien Melbourne
	Rev T O'Brien Warragul, etc, Vic
	O'Carroll Barcaldine, etc, QLD.
	Rev F O'Carroll SJ Jamestown, SA
	Rev John O'Connell Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev J J O'Connor Adelaide dioc
	Rev O P O'Connor
	Rev William O'Connor Williamstown, Vic
	Rev John J O'Donnell Sandhurst dioc, Vic
	Rev M O'Donnell Bathurst, etc, NSW
	Rev C O'Donoghue Ipswich, QLD.
	Rev Edward O'Donoghue Sale dioc, Vic; Brisbane dioc
	Rev Denis O'Dwyer Young, etc, NSW
	Rev Ambrose O'Gorman Kalgoorlie, etc, WA
	Rev F O'Hagan
	Rev James O'Hagan Muswellbrook, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick O'Hanlon Mansfield, Gordon, etc, Vic
	Rev James O'Hart Rockhampton, etc, QLD.
	Rev V O'Hea
	Rev James O'Hean
	Rev Patrick O'Keefe Maitland, NSW
	Rev John O'Keith Brisbane
	Rev Patrick O'Leary Ballarat, Vic
	Rev D O'Neill Darlinghurst, NSW
	Rev John Francis O'Neill Armidale, Yass, Tumut, Boorowa, Casino, Richmond River, NSW
	Rev Maurice O'Rehan Marrabel, etc, SA
	Rev Jeremiah J O'Riordan Kempsey, etc, NSW
	Rev James O'Ryan Died in Ireland 1948. Archdiocese of Melbourne
	Rev T O'Shaugnassy
	Rev Joseph O'Shea Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev Timothy J O'Sullivan Melbourne dioc
	Rev William O'Sullivan Melbourne dioc
	Rev P Oud Melbourne dioc
	Rev John Parker Geelong, etc, Vic
	Rev William Parker Armidale, Maitland dioc, NSW
	Rev Woolston Parker OSB Gawler, SA
	Rev Andrew Phelan Maitland, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick Phelan Maitland dioc, NSW.
	Rev Giralmo Pieranto Brisbane, etc, QLD.
	Rev Joseph Platt OFM Parramatta, etc, NSW
	Rev J Plermelt
	Rev John J Power Kadina, etc, SA; Melbourne
	Rev Peter J Power Toowoomba, QLD; Albion Park, Bulli, WA
	Rev W Prendegast
	Rev Patrick F Quigley Daylesford, Sale, Geelong, West Melbourne, etc, Vic
	Rev Charles Bernard Quinn Newcastle, Cooma, Parramatta, Raymond Terrace, etc, NSW
	Rev Terence John Quinn Ipswich, etc, QLD
	Rev Michael Quirk Deniliquin, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick Quirke Geraldton, WA, etc
	Rev James Quish Kempsey, NSW
	Rev Thomas Raleigh Ballarat dioc, Vic
	Rev J E Reffe CSSp Ballarat, Vic
	Rev Donald Ricci Brisbane dioc
	Rev William? Rice Bathurst dioc, NSW, etc
	Rev Guiseppe Rini Darlinghurst, NSW
	Rev Simon Riordan Keilor, Geelong, etc, Vic
	Rev Giovani Rossi Brisbane, etc
	Rev Augustine Russell Rockhampton, QLD, etc
	Rev Bernard Russell Latrobe, Tas, etc
	Rev F Alexius Russell CP Goulburn, NSW, etc
	Rev Henry Rutten
	Rev Matthew Ryan Wentworth, Orange, etc, NSW
	Rev Patrick Ryan East Maitland, Dungog, etc, NSW
	Rev Peter (Christy O'Donovan) Ryan New Norfolk, Tas
	Rev William Ryan Melbourne dioc
	Di Mathiah Salvador Ballarat, Vic; Armidale dioc, NSW
	Rev S Scheiciger Hobart dioc, etc
	Rev Edmond Scully Sydney dioc
	Rev James Scully Rockhampton dioc, QLD
	Rev F Seward Clermont, etc, QLD
	Rev Michael Sexton Bathurst dioc, NSW, etc
	Rev P Shanagy Brewarrina, etc, NSW
	Rev Denis Shanahan Melbourne dioc
	Rev John Sheridan Adelaide dioc
	Rev William Shinnick Ipswich, QLD; Ballarat dioc, Vic; Archdiocese of Adelaide. Died 1912
	Rev J Stephens
	Rev Michael Stephens OSA Singleton, NSW; Geelong, Melbourne, Vic
	Rev William Stone Singleton, etc, NSW
	Rev Tarquinius Tanganelli Cooktown, QLD
	Rev Ores be Terdozzi Clermont, QLD
	Rev Raymond Terrez OSB Perth
	Rev V Thomas OCarm Melbourne
	Rev F Tierney Newcastle, etc, NSW
	Rev Michael Torpey Colac, Koroit, Creswick, Vic
	Rev Frank William Treacy Cobar, Deniliquin, etc, NSW; Bridgetown, etc, WA
	Rev E Trzeciak CM
	Rev Michael Tynan Clermont, etc, QLD
	Rev Dominic Urquhardt Perth
	Rev Francis Viaecher Rockhampton dioc, QLD
	Rev J Vitale Thursday Island, QLD
	Rev Tranquilliano Volpe OFM Sydney
	Rev C J Walsh Haymarket, NSW
	Rev Edward J Walsh Rockhampton dioc, Qld
	Rev John J Walsh Branxton, etc, NSW
	Rev P J Walsh Bathurst dioc, NSW
	Rev Patrick Walshe North Melbourne, etc, Vic
	Rev Thomas Walshe Melbourne dioc
	Rev Michael Ward Petersburg, SA
	Rev James Watkins East Maitland, NSW
	Rev Benedict Whelan OSA Cairns, Mossman, Port Douglas, Qld
	Rev Edmund Whelan North Adelaide, etc, SA
	Rev Raphael Wissel OSB Melbourne
	Rev Timothy O'Brien Sandhurst dioc, Vic
	Rev Francis McInerney Haberfield, NSW
	Rev Alfred Alexander SSS
	Rev Henry Leahy OSA Diocese of Cairns, QLD
	Rev Edward Doran OSB
	Rev Patrick Littlewood Read more Bishop Justin Bianchini recently received the sad news that Fr Pat Littlewood died suddenly in Kaitaia in New Zealand. Pat served the Diocese of Geraldton for nearly 18 years before heading off to New Zealand when the Mill Hill Congregation pulled out of the diocese due to low numbers of men available. He served the parish of St John the Baptist in South Hedland as parish priest before spending two years in Geraldton as assistant Priest and another two years as assistant priest at St Pauls in Karratha. Born in South Yorkshire in England, Pat was ordained at St Thomas of Canterbury Fulham on the 19 October 1968, for the Diocese of St Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions. It was 20 years later that he arrived in the Geraldton Diocese, after spending many years working in various parts of Africa. May he rest in peace after 43years of faithfilled service.
	Rev Vincent Bernard (Bernie) Dwyer Read more Born 23/08/1930; Ordained for the Diocese of Bunbury. Bernie was born in Wagin, the tenth of eleven children, and after completing his education at age 14, went to work on the Railways. At 18 he entered the seminary in Guildford and faced the unpleasant prospect of learning Latin and getting his Leaving Certificate. He persevered, and after three years philosophy at St Charles Seminary and four years of theology in Manly, became the first priest to be ordained for the newly created Diocese of Bunbury. Bernie was blessed by the fact that he was not a scholarly type and shunned the niceties of philosophy and theology. His spiritual life was based on scripture and on the humanity of Jesus whom he loved as a person and he wanted to share this with all people � catholic or not. Highlights of Bernie's ministry were being involved with YCW groups which provided parish leaders, men and women, for a couple of generations and the new apostolate in WA, Marriage Encounter. However, like Kent in Shakespeare's King Lear, He had a journey shortly for to go, his master called and he must not say no.' Like the master he served, Bernie died on Good Friday to await in hope a glorious resurrection. May he rest in peace.
1846	Rev Lewis Quelan De La Vilieglee Sydney
1859	Rev D Carroll Lovatt Sydney
1868	Rev Peter O'Rourke OFMCap Adelaide
1869	Rev William Benson Sydney; Adelaide
1872	Rev Angelo Colletti Port Macquarie, NSW
1875	Rev Michael Doyle Maitland dioc, NSW
1878	Rev John Patrick O'Sullivan Brighton, Geelong, Vic
1881	Rev Thomas Hennessey Sydney
1881	Rev Patrick White Wellington, Braidwood, etc, NSW
1884	Rev John P Esser Adelaide dioc.
1885	Rev Jerome Keating Sydney dioc
1887	Rev Augustine Eugene O'Dwyer Castlemaine, Bendigo, Vic
1892	Rev James Hogan Newcastle, Hamilton, etc, NSW
1895	Rev Michael Aloysius Moore OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic
1899	Rev James McKenna Melbourne dioc
1901	Rev Matthias Salvador OFMCap Quirindi, NSW
1902	Rev Robert S Dunham Brisbane and Armidale diocs
1902	Rev Marcellus Wright CP Marrickville, NSW
1904	Rev William Unsworth Adelaide dioc
1905	James (or John) Bohan Blackall, Qld
1905	Rev Timothy Hartnett Nowra, Bega, etc, NSW
1905	Rev Thomas Keating Ipswich etc, Qld; Sydney
1906	Rev Francis M Kenny Pymble, etc, NSW
1906	Rev Joseph Wodthorpe CP Marrickville, NSW
1907	Rev William Lewis Sydney
1908	Rev William Fitzgerald Hobart dioc
1908	Rev Joseph Romani Nanango, etc, Qld
1909	Rev John J Hogan Horsham, Ararat, Inglewood, Vic; Sydney
1912	Rev Stephen McDonagh Warwick, Qld, etc
1914	Rev Patrick Byrne Adelaide dioc
1914	Rev Patrick Corcoran Adelaide dioc
1916	Rev Michael Costello Charlton, Vic, etc
1916	Rev Timothy Healy Bendigo, Vic
1916	Rev James Lyons Ballarat, Vic, etc
1916	Rev Patrick F Shaffrey OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic
1917	Rev William Tobin Bourke Broken Hill, etc, NSW
1917	Rev Patrick Lennon Koroit, etc, Vic
1918	Rev John Heneghan Koroit, etc, Vic
1922	Rev John Travers Hobart dioc
1923	Rev Michael Glashen Sydney dioc
1924	Rev Edward John Crowe Bodalla, NSW
1924	Rev John Robinson Wee Waa, Moree, etc, NSW
1929	Rev Patrick Lynch Perth dioc
1930	Rev Geoffrey Bourke
1930	Rev Michael Cassidy Lismore dioc, NSW
1931	Rev Patrick J Costello Ballarat dioc, Vic
1932	Rev Bernard Carey CSSp Ballarat, Vic
1933	Rev James Byrne Adelaide dioc
1935	Rev William A Bernsten Melbourne
1936	Rev Thomas Doheny Mt. Gambier, etc, SA
1939	Rev John A Keating Sydney dioc
1942	Rev Laurence O'Neill Ballarat dioc, Vic
1943	Rev Edward Fitzmaurice Colac, etc, Vic
1947	Rev Gabriel Bezzina OP North Adelaide, SA
1953	Rev Michael Flynn Armidale dioc, NSW
1978	Rev Patrick Funcheon Lismore dioc, NSW
1978	Rev Thomas O'Byrne Lismore dioc, NSW
1978	Rev Gerhard Pieper Sydney
1983	Rev Tarcisio Licari OCarm
1989	Rev Thomas (Bernard) Kavanagh OFMCap Emmaville, Bingara, Tenterfield, Gunnedah, Tamworth, NSW.
1994	Rev Harry Butler
1995	Rev Henrikus Meijer Melbourne dioc
2010	Rev Joseph Holland SJ
2011	Rev Francis Lopez SM Born 29/01/1927; Ordained 17/12/1955.
2011	Rev Ronald McInnes CSsR Born 06/04/1917; Ordained 22/02/1942.
2012	Rev John Krewenka Born 13/05/1922; Ordained 29/06/1946.
Jan 1881	Rev Thomas O'Callaghan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Jan 1897	Rev David Kiniry SJ Melbourne
Jan 1972	Rev Francis Milburn Bacchus Marsh, Melbourne VIC
1 Jan 1893	Rev Joseph Loison SM Sydney
1 Jan 1897	Rev Denis Ryan Barcaldine, etc Qld
1 Jan 1903	Rev Nicholas Crane OMI Echuca, Bendigo, Hamilton, Vic
1 Jan 1906	Rev James Duff Murchison, Kalgoorlie, Coolgardie, Kimberleys, etc, WA
1 Jan 1917	Rev Thomas Grey Narrandera, etc, NSW
1 Jan 1948	Rev Thomas Concannon Toowoomba dioc, Qld
1 Jan 1949	Rev John Corbett Glover Wagga, Albury, etc, NSW
1 Jan 1957	Rev Placid Millay CP Sydney
1 Jan 1962	Rev Patrick Coleman Booval, etc, Qld
1 Jan 1964	Rev John Forster SJ Sydney, Adelaide, etc
1 Jan 1972	Rev Damien Nolan OFM Sydney, Launceston, Tas, etc
1 Jan 1978	Rev John Flynn MSC Sydney
1 Jan 1979	Rev John O'Day SDB Oakleigh, Vic, Glenorchy, Tas, Engadine, NSW
1 Jan 1997	Rev Brian George Condon SM Sydney
1 Jan 1999	Rev Timothy John O'Sullivan Broken Hill, Hillston, Barham, Sans Souci, NSW, Ballarat, V
1 Jan 2001	Rev George Humphries Sydney dioc
1 Jan 2004	Rev Christopher Michael Barnett Melbourne. dioc
1 Jan 2007	Rev Terry O'Brien Born 06/04/1948.
1 Jan 2009	Rev Andrew Van T Phan Born 13/06/1925. Ordained for the Archdiocese of Sydney.
1 Jan 2023	Rev Peter Fountain PE Read more Born 07/05/1945; Ordained 04/09/1971. Archdiocese of Adelaide. Peter was born in Adelaide to Patrick and Mary, a brother to Marie-Therese, Julian and John. After completing his secondary education at Rostrevor College, Peter joined St Francis Xavier's seminary and was in one of the largest classes of students ever ordained from this seminary. Of the 12 students, nine including Peter were ordained for Adelaide Archdiocese on 4 September 1971. Peter was very religious, even as a young boy and very early in life he expressed his desire to be a priest. Unfortunately, Peter did not always enjoy good health, nevertheless he was always determined to be a good and faithful priest, fully committed to his vocation. Early in his ministry he was advised to Be yourself', and he followed that advice in his priestly ministry, not comparing himself with any others, but being himself. Peter served in thirteen different parishes, as Parish Priest in four, mostly in the South East in SA and finally spent his last years in retirement in Mount Gambier. With failing health, he moved to the priests' retirement Villa Murphy, but was only there a short time before succumbing to terminal cancer. Peter died in Calvary Flora McDonald nursing home, aged 77. His funeral Mass was celebrated by Archbishop O'Regan in St Francis Xavier Cathedral on 15 January, with a good number of fellow priests concelebrating.
2 Jan 1899	Rev John Fitzgerald Bendigo, Vic, etc
2 Jan 1916	Rev Matthew Hayes Sale, Williamstown, Coburg, etc, V
2 Jan 1926	Rev Thomas R O'Grady Jarrahdale, Pinjarra, Dwellingup, WA
2 Jan 1961	Rev Edward Nouyoux MSC Sydney, etc
2 Jan 1973	Rev Cecil Thomas Patterson Young, etc, NSW
2 Jan 1975	Rev John Cosgrove MSC Sydney
2 Jan 1982	Rev Michael Kiely Cabramatta, Punchbowl, etc, NSW
2 Jan 1997	Rev Francis Peter Ruth Sale dioc, V
2 Jan 2001	Rev Patrick McGuire SAC Beagle Bay, Balgo, Wandering, WA and Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria
2 Jan 2002	Rev James Benedict Wall Preston, Blackburn, Melbourne, Vic
2 Jan 2013	Rev Paschal Chang OFM Born 16/02/1922; Ordained 28/03/1948
2 Jan 2016	Rev Mario De Rosa Born 16/10/1938; Ordained 16/09/1962 Archdiocese of Melbourne
2 Jan 2018	Rev Kevin Muldoon Born 13/11/1925; Ordained 19/07/1952 Archdiocese of Sydney.
2 Jan 2022	Rev Edward J Harte PE Born 13/03/1933; Ordained 23/07/1966. Diocese of Sandhurst.
3 Jan 1794	Rev Ambroise Pierson OSB Cygnet, Kingston, Tas
3 Jan 1891	Rev P Michael Kelly SJ Sydney
3 Jan 1892	Rev Patrick Joseph Mahoney Penrith, etc, NSW
3 Jan 1907	Rev Anselm McCormack OSB New Norcia, WA
3 Jan 1914	Rev Thomas F Byrne Melbourne dioc
3 Jan 1914	Rev Thomas Francis Cahill Geelong, Vic, Rockhampton, Qld
3 Jan 1933	Rev Patrick Hanrahan Tumut, Lockart etc, NSW
3 Jan 1933	Rev James A McCormack Melbourne dioc
3 Jan 1949	Rev Norman Francis Hoare Collingwood, etc, Vic
3 Jan 1960	Rev Richard Morrison Adelaide dioc
3 Jan 1963	Rev Thomas Patrick Cusack Marrickville, Mallanganec, NSW
3 Jan 1966	Rev James Brosnan Brisbane dioc
3 Jan 1970	Rev Thomas O'Brien MSC Sydney, etc
3 Jan 1974	Rev Callistus Smith OFM
3 Jan 1976	Rev Harold Asprey MSC Sydney, etc
3 Jan 1981	Rev Edward Gryst SJ Werribee, Watsonia, Vic, etc
3 Jan 1982	Rev Bernard O'Brien SJ Melbourne, Pymble, NSW, etc.
3 Jan 1985	Rev Peter Naughton Mundingburra, South Townsville, Winton, Ayr, Home Hill, Cloncurry, Railway Estate, Prosperpine, Collinsville - Diocese of Townsville
3 Jan 1994	Rev William Peter Clements Forest Lodge, Mosman, North Leichhardt, etc, NSW
3 Jan 1994	Rev Joseph Finn Dromana, Sandringham, etc, Vic
3 Jan 1996	Rev Brian Emmett Wallis Hobart and Melbourne diocs
3 Jan 1999	Rev Thaddeus Taylor OFM Melbourne, Sydney etc
3 Jan 2007	Rev James Brasier Born 01/12/1918. Ordained for the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
3 Jan 2018	Rev Luciano Rocchi OFMCap AM Born 10/03/1926; Ordained 23/12/1950 Capuchin Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
3 Jan 2020	Rev Milton John (Tim) Foster Read more Born 11/10/1931. Ordained 30/06/1962. Archdiocese of Perth. Tim worked as a bank teller and was a promising AFL player when he heard the call to the priesthood. He studied at St Charles Seminary, Guildford in WA and at St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide. Tim Foster was different' and all who knew him would agree. His innate creativity and sense of adventure affected all he did as a priest. In his first year as assistant priest he purchased a one-wheel bike and rode it around the parish and in the school playgrounds. It made him an instant celebrity especially among the kids! The friendships he made there lasted a lifetime. Where ever he went his creative mind always found new and effective pastoral initiatives. Once in a remote country parish, when boredom threatened, he ran the caravan park - including the shop. Tim knew he had a talent for teaching and for artistic expression. He put himself through Teachers College and obtained a B Ed which led him to become the art teacher in two Catholic secondary schools. He left a large number of his own art pieces behind, mostly small paintings and delicate sculptures that came from his own deep spirituality. Tim loved travelling, and together with Archbishop Barry Hickey, made the most of Archbishop Hickey's required trips to Rome, visiting many of the world's remote wonders like Lake Titicaca, the Iguazu Falls and the Basilica in Africa the looks like St Peter's in Rome. In his later years Tim lost the use of his legs and developed Parkinson's disease which led to his death earlier this year. His funeral drew people from all walks of life who had known his joy, his sense of fun and his genuine love. They came to grieve with his devoted carer and his family, and to thank God for the privilege of having known him. May he rest in peace.
3 Jan 2021	Rev Francis Hart Read more Born 31/03/1939 Ordained 31/05/1969 Diocese of Sandhurst Born in the Mercy Hospital, Melbourne, Frank was the first child of Frank Hart and Margaret (nee Hopkins) of East St Kilda. His sisters Marie and Patti, followed. Frank commenced schooling at St Coleman's Catholic School, Balaclava and was an altar server at St Coleman's church where he attended daily Mass with his mum, his Dad had contracted TB. When Frank was 10 years old, the Harts moved to the Hopkin's family farm at Boosey in North East Victoria for a better, clean air experience for his Dad. They were warmly welcomed by Frank's bachelor uncles, John and Tom Hopkins. Primary schooling was completed at Burramine South then Tungamah and secondary schooling at Assumption College, Kilmore. Frank was multi skilled and a high achiever but after completing Intermediate Certificate, he returned home, to Boosey, to fulfill his desire to commence farming with his uncles. Immersed in the presence of this large, loving and devout Catholic family, he enjoyed the rewards of farm life. He participated in sports, social, and community life. The homestead became known affectionately as �Boosey� and so did Frank. They were happy years but niggling thoughts about the priesthood intensified. After fast tracking the necessary schooling as a mature aged student, Frank entered Corpus Christ College Werribee at the age of 24. Frank understood loneliness and recognised the need in others. His kindness and his sense of fun soon endeared him to the other seminarians, many of whom remained loyal and committed friends for the duration of his life. Following his Ordination at the Sacred Heart Church, Yarrawonga, in 1969, Frank served as assistant priest in many parishes of the Diocese of Sandhurst before travelling to Canada to complete a Master of Sacred Theology. He returned home fired up with ideas for change. His first appointment as a Parish Priest was to Cohuna. It was a time of much growth and activity for him. At last, he felt empowered as a parish priest, to implement post Vatican II initiatives and ministries, particularly empowering the laity, especially in liturgical matters. He sensed the hidden potential in people, challenged and stimulated them and empowering them by his affirmation. Frank broke new ground when he trained for and committed to counselling for Marriage Education, previously the domain of lay people. He suffered a number of debilitating health issues over his lifetime, and although a proud and independent man, he never complained. After serving as Parish priests in Cohuna and then Euroa, Frank suffered a further health setback and the rigors and responsibilities of working as a full-time parish priest became increasingly challenging. He took sabbatical leave and studied in Jerusalem. On his returned to Australia, Frank commenced as part-time assistant priest in Wangaratta, where he endeared himself to the local parishioners and the many outlying smaller communities attached, in the following years until his retirement in 2013. He moved to Bendigo the following year to be cared for by a friend, as his health declined. Frank died in Simkin House on 3rd January 2021 and was buried at Yarrawonga Cemetery. He will be remembered as a man who, was fully committed to the priesthood that he loved, was kind, charming, loved to have fun, and was a loyal friend to those who had his best interests at heart. He had a great understanding of God, and mirrored this image of love to each person in his presence by making them feel like they were the only person in the room. As he described in his memoirs, he had No Regrets'. Rest in peace
4 Jan 1840	Rev James Dixon Sydney
4 Jan 1858	Rev Gerald Archibald Ward Melbourne, Geelong, etc, Vic
4 Jan 1905	Rev William Hanley Kempsie, NSW, Mackay, Cloncurry, Rockhampton, Longreach, Qld
4 Jan 1919	Rev John Baptiste Bertreux SM Sydney
4 Jan 1920	Rev James H O'Connell Carlton, Kyneton, Emerald Hill, Geelong, Mansfield, Vic
4 Jan 1932	Rev Patrick Lynch CM Ashfield, NSW
4 Jan 1944	Rev Reginald Michael Copley Yeronga, Kangaroo Pt, Qld
4 Jan 1944	Rev Cecil Lonergan Canowindra, etc, NSW
4 Jan 1953	Rev John Campbell SM Sydney
4 Jan 1967	Rev Michael Howard CM Bathurst dioc, NSW, Sandhurst dioc, Vic
4 Jan 1973	Rev Johannes Beurskens SSS Melbourne, Toowoomba, Qld
4 Jan 1985	Rev Mgr Francis Joseph Deignan Lane Cove, Wollongong, Gwyneville, NSW
4 Jan 1989	Rev Hubert Doyle OCD Minto, NSW, Brisbane, Perth
4 Jan 1999	Rev John Lanigan Melbourne dioc
4 Jan 2006	Rev Patrick Vincent Kenny Pomona, Gympie, etc, Qld
5 Jan 1874	Rev Hippolyte Mondon SM Sydney
5 Jan 1887	Rev Martin Walsh Parramatta, Sydney, etc, NSW
5 Jan 1898	Rev James Phelan Bathurst dioc, NSW
5 Jan 1899	Rev Pierre Joseph Janin SM Sydney
5 Jan 1905	Rev Joseph Dalton SJ Sydney, Melbourne
5 Jan 1918	Rev Phillip Shore Wentworth, Hay, Nyngan, NSW
5 Jan 1925	Bishop Patrick Phelan Essendon, Sale, Vic
5 Jan 1928	Rev Victor P Hoy Melbourne
5 Jan 1931	Rev Modestus Henderson OFMCap Port Lincoln, etc, SA
5 Jan 1939	Rev Bartholomew Gorman Helidon, etc, Qld
5 Jan 1950	Rev John L Bayliss Bathurst dioc, NSW
5 Jan 1961	Rev William A Fitzpatrick Derby, St. Mary�s, etc, Tas
5 Jan 1967	Rev Mgr James Joseph Prendergast Port Augusta, SA
5 Jan 1979	Rev James Cummins CSsR Galong, NSW, etc
5 Jan 1979	Rev Thomas Troy SM Sydney
5 Jan 1983	Rev Steve Maloney SM Geelong, Vic, Lismore, NSW
5 Jan 2005	Rev James Dowling Kelmscott, Leederville, Palmyra, WA
5 Jan 2005	Rev Maurice O'Shanughnessy Melbourne.
5 Jan 2006	Rev Patrick Meagher SJ Sydney, Fremantle, WA
5 Jan 2015	Rev Henry Quigley Born 28/0//1932; Ordained 16/06/1957 Diocese of Bathurst
5 Jan 2018	Rev Peter Martin Galvin OP Born 12/12/1938; Ordained 18/01/1964 Dominicans - Order of Preachers
6 Jan 1888	Rev John Joseph Horan Carcoar, Bathurst, etc, NSW
6 Jan 1888	Rev Edmund O'Brien Adelaide dioc
6 Jan 1911	Rev Edward Hualt SM Mitttagong, etc, NSW
6 Jan 1919	Rev James Sheridan Hartley, Camden, Queanbeyan, Kiama, NSW
6 Jan 1921	Rev John Joseph Skelly Shepparton, Heathcote, etc, Vic
6 Jan 1926	Rev Giovanni Genocchi OFM Sydney
6 Jan 1931	Rev James Fraser Kingaroy, etc, Qld
6 Jan 1932	Rev Daniel Shanahan Yarram, Cowwar, Traralgon, Vic
6 Jan 1934	Rev John Doherty Brisbane dioc
6 Jan 1943	Rev Francis Bartolo OCarm Melbourne
6 Jan 1951	Rev Patrick R McCormack Lochinvar, Singleton, NSW
6 Jan 1953	Rev Dominic (Hugh) Devlin OCarm Melbourne, etc
6 Jan 1962	Bishop John Joseph Rafferty Perth, WA
6 Jan 1966	Rev Patrick J O'Reilly OMI Fremantle, WA, Sorrento, Vic
6 Jan 1967	Rev Cornelius J Whyte Beaudesert, etc, Qld
6 Jan 1970	Rev James Kelly Millicent, etc, SA
6 Jan 1975	Rev Raymond Tatre SSS Melbourne
6 Jan 1977	Rev Clement Condon CSsR Newcastle, NSW, Perth
6 Jan 1982	Rev Desmond Durnin SJ Melbourne, etc
6 Jan 1984	Rev Kevin Joseph McGovern South. Auburn, Concord West, etc, NSW
6 Jan 1988	Rev Thomas Michael O'Rourke Adelaide dioc
6 Jan 1993	Rev Andrew Paul Healion Rockhampton dioc, Qld
6 Jan 1995	Rev Patrick Deane CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
6 Jan 1996	Rev Julius Chiste SDB Glenorchy, Tas, Brunswick, Vic, Brooklyn Park, SA, Engadine, Port Pirie, SA, Lysterfield, NSW, Ferntree Gully, Vic
6 Jan 1997	Rev Terence John McDonald Riverwood, Lidcombe, Woollahra, etc, NSW
6 Jan 1998	Rev Leon Dowden SM Sydney, NSW, Burnie, Sandy Bay, Scottsdale, Tas, Hillston, Balranald, NSW
6 Jan 2008	Rev Patrick Walsh Sale, Lakes Entrance, Leongatha, Maffra, Dalyston, Cowwarr, Omeo, Neerim South, Korumburra, Vic
6 Jan 2011	Rev Vincent William Burke PE Read more Born 14/12/1932; Date of Ordination: 22/07/1967 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Vincent, a dedicated, loving pastor with a wonderful sense of humour served the Church for over 43 years in the parishes of Belmont, Caulfield South, Glen Waverley, Kyneton, Fawkner, Heidelberg, Yea, Laverton, Black Rock, Beaumaris, Niddrie and Winchelsea. He also spent many years as Chaplain to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Private Hospital and Rice Village, Geelong. May he rest now in peace.
6 Jan 2012	Rev Thomas William McCarthy PE Read more Born 08/04/1921; Date of Ordination: 27/07/1947 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Tom served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 64 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. He was Assistant Priest at the parishes of East Brighton, Elsternwick, Mansfield, Clifton Hill, Glen Iris and Ascot Vale. He was then appointed Parish Priest of Geelong North, Macleod and Balwyn. Upon his retirement in 2006, Tom was appointed Pastor Emeritus. He was buried at Bowral, New South Wales, alongside his twin brother who died on 18 December 2011. Rest now in peace dear Tom.
6 Jan 2013	Rev Robin Sutherland Read more Born 29/11/1923; Ordained 22/07/1952 - Archdiocese of Adelaide. After less than two years as an assistant priest, Robin served in the rural settings of Kangaroo Island and Birdwood. He was then assigned to the fast-growing suburbs of Clearview (13 years), followed by Seacombe Gardens (26 years). During his time at Seacombe Gardens he ministered to three generations of families. Robin was always recognised as a loving, cheerful, prayerful pastor, whose homilies flowed from his deep spirituality. His funeral Mass was held in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Seacombe Gardens, in south-western Adelaide. This unusual building (it is tiered like a university auditorium) epitomises Robin's fiercely independent, many would say idiosyncratic, character. This unique church was built despite episcopal reservations and much of the work was done under Robin's supervision. His avocations included the roles of electrician (he worked as one before entering the seminary), carpenter, brick-layer etc. Robin was accustomed to recruiting imperious helpers for his various projects. At the rear of the presbytery at Seacombe Gardens he constructed, with the help of many volunteers, several community rooms. Robin retired reluctantly from parish life in 1999 and celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination as a priest of the Adelaide Archdiocese on 22 July 2012. He was a great example of a pastor who knew his people very well and related to them warmly. It is not the material buildings (one presbytery and three churches) for which he will be remembered. His essential legacy is the thousands of people who continue to cherish his loving ministry. Rest now in peace Robin.
6 Jan 2013	Rev Robin Sutherland Read more Born 29/11/1923; Ordained 22/07/1952 - Archdiocese of Adelaide. After less than two years as an assistant priest, Robin served in the rural settings of Kangaroo Island and Birdwood. He was then assigned to the fast-growing suburbs of Clearview (13 years), followed by Seacombe Gardens (26 years). During his time at Seacombe Gardens he ministered to three generations of families. Robin was always recognised as a loving, cheerful, prayerful pastor, whose homilies flowed from his deep spirituality. His funeral Mass was held in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Seacombe Gardens, in south-western Adelaide. This unusual building (it is tiered like a university auditorium) epitomises Robin's fiercely independent, many would say idiosyncratic, character. This unique church was built despite episcopal reservations and much of the work was done under Robin's supervision. His avocations included the roles of electrician (he worked as one before entering the seminary), carpenter, brick-layer etc. Robin was accustomed to recruiting imperious helpers for his various projects. At the rear of the presbytery at Seacombe Gardens he constructed, with the help of many volunteers, several community rooms. Robin retired reluctantly from parish life in 1999 and celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination as a priest of the Adelaide Archdiocese on 22 July 2012. He was a great example of a pastor who knew his people very well and related to them warmly. It is not the material buildings (one presbytery and three churches) for which he will be remembered. His essential legacy is the thousands of people who continue to cherish his loving ministry. May he rest in peace.
6 Jan 2014	Rev James Stack Born 10/01/1930; Ordained 20/06/1954; Diocese of Parramatta
6 Jan 2022	Rev Ellis Clifford Born 06/06/1942; Ordained 30/08/1985. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
7 Jan 1874	Rev James McGahan Ipswich, etc, Qld
7 Jan 1890	Rev John L Scanlon Benalla, Beechworth, etc, Vic
7 Jan 1892	Rev John Joseph Briscoe Benalla, etc, Vic
7 Jan 1918	Rev Edward Joseph Kelly North Fitzroy, etc, Vic
7 Jan 1919	Rev John Smyth OMI North Fremantle, etc, WA
7 Jan 1944	Rev William L Byrne Mittagong, etc, NSW
7 Jan 1952	Rev Michael J Grehan Kalgoorlie, Claremont, Cottesloe, WA
7 Jan 1975	Rev Patrick Joseph Davoren Maitland dioc, NSW
7 Jan 1978	Rev Thomas William Brady Forbes, Parkes, Barham, Warren, Broken Hill, etc, NSW
7 Jan 1978	Rev Michael Joseph Flynn Wynyard, Kingston, Lindisfarne, Queenstown, etc, Tas
7 Jan 1984	Rev Martin Kineavy Snowtown, Cleve, Loxton, Hawker, etc, SA
7 Jan 1990	Rev Michael O'Halloran SM Lismore, Sydney, Armidale, NSW, Burnie, Tas, Gladstone, Qld
7 Jan 2005	Rev Thomas Linnane Northam, Cunerdin, Mundaring, Como, WA
7 Jan 2007	Rev Otto Shelly SVD
8 Jan 1860	Rev Louis Catherin Servant SM Sydney
8 Jan 1924	John Edward Aidan Donnelly OSA Cooktown, Qld
8 Jan 1944	Rev Michael J Ryan MSC Coorparoo, Qld, Sydney, Hobart dioc
8 Jan 1951	Rev Edward Corish SJ Melbourne
8 Jan 1957	Rev Terence Reynolds Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
8 Jan 1967	Rev Mgr John Sexton Nyngan, etc, NSW
8 Jan 1973	Rev Klaus Dehe SAC Broome dioc, WA
8 Jan 1978	Rev Brian Anthony James Ordained 23/07/1961; West Melbourne, Clifton Hill, South. Yarra, Dallas, Mooroolbark, etc, Vic.
8 Jan 1987	Rev James Joseph Green CSsR Brisbane, Ballarat, Vic
8 Jan 1994	Rev William Joseph Bustelli Adelaide dioc
8 Jan 1994	Rev James Pilkington OCarm Wentworthville, NSW, etc
8 Jan 1995	Rev Francis Honan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
8 Jan 1998	Rev Leonard Gleeson OFM Sydney, etc
8 Jan 2003	Rev Charles McCann Melbourne dioc.
8 Jan 2004	Rev Leslie Baccini Wilson, Northam, Perth, Gosnells, WA
8 Jan 2008	Rev James Eric Carney Lismore dioc, NSW
8 Jan 2009	Rev Ian Murdoch SDB
8 Jan 2018	Rev Grove Johnson Born 18/07/1923; Ordained 17/03/1946 Diocese of Rockhampton
8 Jan 2020	Rev Anthony Casey Read more Born 08/03/1929. Ordained 25/07/1954. Diocese of Lismore. Anthony, the third of ten children of Bill and Ada Casey (nee Gaudron) received his early schooling at Urunga, Dorrigo, Bellingen and St. John's College, Woodlawn, before moving on to his theology studies at Springwood and Manly. He was ordained to the Priesthood in 1954. Tony worked in many parishes across the Lismore Diocese before taking up his longest and most fruitful appointment in Coffs Harbour. As Parish Priest of Coffs Harbour from December 1972 to December 1993, he was the longest serving Parish Priest in the history of the Parish. Tony died in Ballina and was farewelled at a Requiem Mass on January 16 in St Augustine's Church Coffs Harbour, in accord with his wishes. The Mass was a fitting tribute to a priest who had done so much in his 22 years in Coffs Harbour for the church and for his people through his spiritual, sacramental and pastoral care and in his development of Catholic education and aged care in the community. Bishop Gregory Homeming OCD, Bishop of the Lismore Diocese, concelebrated the Requiem Mass with 20 priests of the diocese. May he rest in peace.
8 Jan 2021	Rev Timothy Cahill Born 26/09/1956; Ordained 07/12/1985. Diocese of Bathurst
8 Jan 2023	Rev Anthony Young MSC Born 10/07/1935; Ordained 21/07/1962. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
9 Jan 1897	Rev Joseph Durin MSC Sydney
9 Jan 1900	Rev John Grace Buggy Kempsey, etc, NSW
9 Jan 1904	Rev Stephen Chastagnon Dubbo, Bathurst, etc, NSW
9 Jan 1911	Rev William B Tobin Sandhurst dioc, Vic
9 Jan 1912	Rev John O'Dwyer SM Sydney, etc
9 Jan 1913	Rev Cornelius McEnroe CM Balmain, NSW, Malvern, Vic
9 Jan 1926	Rev Francois Beaulieu SM Sydney
9 Jan 1950	Rev Patrick Quinn CM Ashfield, NSW
9 Jan 1951	Rev James Delany Sydney dioc
9 Jan 1952	Rev Christopher Smithwick Bondi, etc, NSW
9 Jan 1959	Rev James J O'Neill Essendon, etc, Vic
9 Jan 1971	Rev Edward Murphy Bathurst, NSW, etc
9 Jan 1973	Rev Charles Rohan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
9 Jan 1977	Rev Francis O'Hanlon Mentone, etc, Vic
9 Jan 1979	Rev John C McRae OFM Waverley, Campbelltown, Robertson, Wahroonga, Castle Hill, NSW, etc
9 Jan 1980	Rev Eugene (James) Cornock OFM Robertson, Waverley, NSW, Cedron, Qld, Mt Eliza, Vic
9 Jan 1982	Rev Thomas Curran Melbourne dioc
9 Jan 1988	Rev Vincent Dwyer MSC Sydney, Moonah, Kings Meadows, Tas
9 Jan 1989	Rev Anthony Rex Peile SAC Broome dioc, WA
9 Jan 1991	Rev Martin Kearns Launceston, Derby, Franklin, St Mary's, Railton, Westbury, Deloraine, South. Hobart, Tas
9 Jan 1991	Rev Thomas Leonard Woods OSA Brisbane, Cairns, Qld, Kyabram, Rochester, Vic
9 Jan 2004	Rev Patrick Farrell Sandhurst dioc; Vic
9 Jan 2021	Rev Frank O'Dea SSS Read more Born 19/11/1928 Ordained 02/12/1978 Blessed Sacrament Fathers - Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Frank entered the Congregation back in 1953 and was professed on 5 February 1956 as a Religious Brother - Br Baylon. Frank was in the Novitiate with Kevin Gallagher SSS and after Profession, Kevin became the chief cook at Bowral. When the Haymarket was preparing to open, Kevin was transferred to Sydney and Frank, still a Novice, took Kevin's place as chief cook at Bowral; with Joe Fernando SSS in the Juniorate, Fr James (Jim) Tough SSS as the Director. As Bowral had an over-supply of eggs, Frank was instructed by Jim Tough to cook eggs for the 3 meals a day. While the Community had to endure eggs 3 times a day, Jim would go to his mother's place for dinner at Mount Eymard! Eventually Frank was accepted to study for the priesthood and studied with Graeme Duro SSS, Mark Rigney SSS, and Don Mulholland. Following his ordination on 2 December 1978, Frank went to America for a three-month Sabbatical and part of that time was spent studying Dream Analysis. Returning to Perth he asked the then Community to see a Dream Analysists. On one occasion whilst been driven into Allendale Square for ministry along with Jack Frawley SSS [driving] and Joe Fernando SSS [a passenger] Frank wanted to share one of his dreams, to which Jack abruptly retorted who wants to listen to one of your @#*@ dreams Frank!' The rest of the trip to Allendale Square where we had a Chapel, was in utter silence. As Parish Priest of Como and Kensington, WA, Frank was a much-loved pastor. He reached out to many in the parish and beyond who needed help both financial and spiritual support. His charismatic' side was a great source of relational development in his own spiritual journey. Frank lived in Box Hill, VIC from the late 90s up until January 2020, where he spent a short time living in Community at St Francis'. Frank eventually went into permanent care at Mercy Place in Parkville, VIC, where he was eventually received into the loving embrace of God and Blessed Sacrament Founder, Fr Eymard on 9 January 2021. He was an incredible boss, so extremely supportive and encouraging to delve into new aspects of ministry. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all, especially his two surviving sisters, Geraldine and Josephine. May he rest in peace.
10 Jan 1874	Rev John J O'Sullivan Adelaide dioc
10 Jan 1889	Rev Patrick Lanigan Goulburn, etc, NSW
10 Jan 1923	Rev Patrick Kennedy Perth dioc
10 Jan 1924	Rev James Gallagher Ipswich, etc, Qld
10 Jan 1926	Rev Edward J Keating Korumburra, Collingwood, Woodend, etc, Vic
10 Jan 1935	Rev Mgr Patrick Joseph Baugh Haberfield, Kogarah, Milton, etc, NSW
10 Jan 1938	Rev James Hennebry Culcairn, etc, Wagga dioc, NSW
10 Jan 1961	Rev Patrick Maloney MSC Sydney, Hobart, etc
10 Jan 1964	Rev George O'Connor Bathurst, NSW
10 Jan 1965	Rev Charles Gabriel Nalty OCarm Melbourne, etc
10 Jan 1985	Rev Luis Casado Prieto OSA Mareeba, Coorparoo, Brisbane, Qld
10 Jan 1989	Rev Patrick Hennessy SSC Melbourne, Brisbane
10 Jan 1995	Rev John Ignatius O'Callaghan Melbourne dioc
10 Jan 1996	Rev John Francis Mooney MSC Wollongong, Sydney, NSW, Melbourne, Ballarat, Vic, Toowoomba, Qld
10 Jan 2009	Rev John Leary MSC Born 15/06/1922; Ordained 24/07/1949.
10 Jan 2009	Rev John McCulloch Read more Born 07/07/1939; Ordained 01/07/1963; Archdiocese of Sydney, NSW. John was ordained a priest in 1963 at St Mary's Cathedral Sydney. After ordination he served in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Sydney before becoming parish priest of Katoomba. When Broken Bay diocese was established he mainly did supply ministry before he retired in recent years. He worked for many years establishing the Family Camping Movement to give low cost holidays to families by the sea on the Central Coast. Rest now in peace John.
10 Jan 2013	Rev Kevin Carroll CSsR Read more Born 12/08/1929 - Redemptorist Fathers. Kevin, one of six brothers and five sisters, was born in Mudgee to Michael and Ellen. When the family moved to Sydney he spent his primary education with Sistres of St. Joseph Belmore, then St. Thomas's Lewisham. Secondary schooling was one year at Christian Brother's Lewisham, then to Redemptorist Juvenate in Galong NSW. In 1947 Kevin did his Novitiate at Pennant Hills. In 1954, after six years at the Seminary in Ballarat he was ordained by Bishop Gleeson CSsR. Soon after Ordination Kevin was sent to Galway University Ireland, where he studied languages, especially Latin and Greek. He mastered the classic languages, and then taught the students at Galong for many years, pioneering the first ever language laboratory. Kevin was recognised internationally as a scholar and teacher. Later, he returned to Ireland for more study in at Trinity College Dublin and then to a teaching position at Newcastle University. Whilst there, he contributed to the liturgical and pastoral life of the Ukrainian Catholic community, having mastered the Ukrainian language. Kevin was a classicist especially in the way he studied and taught. He completely studied and developed proficiency in languages before he taught them and was determined to master them, no matter how difficult. Kevin was a Redemptorist, a priest, a missioner, a retreat giver, a spiritual director, a formator, and an innovator. He was a speaker, a singer, a celebrant, and a liturgist. He was a confessor & a healer of troubled hearts. Like a good soldier Kevin was always on another tour of duty. Within all of this there was a gentle, semi-smile on his face, telling us that there is something in life that is more than seriousness. He could tell stories, good and humorous ones, always tales that came alive when told by the teller. He was a great entertainer in the group. Kevin died as he lived - with grace, dignity and courage. May his dear soul now rest in peace.
10 Jan 2018	Rev Brian Murray Read more Born 27/07/1929; Ordained 31/10/1954 Archdiocese of Melbourne Brian was ordained as a member of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) in 1954. In 1978 he sought permission to minister in the Archdiocese of Melbourne and in 1981 was Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Brian served as Assistant Priest in West Preston (1978), Preston (1981), Bacchus Marsh (1991), retiring in 2000. In more recent years, he has enjoyed the care and hospitality of the Sisters, staff and other clergy at Justin Villa, Balwyn. He will be missed for his recitation of prose, good humour and priestly witness. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
10 Jan 2020	Rev John Norman Rasmussen Read more Born 01/07/1938. Ordained 28/06/1963. Diocese of Rockhampton. Kindness, gentleness and generosity were the hallmarks of John Rasmussen. A delightful man with whom to spend time and considerate to a fault. He was a priest to his back teeth, always available to those in need in his parish. A man of simple faith and with bags of good humour. John was the fifth of seven children of Catherine and Arthur Rasmussen of Mackay. After primary school at the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers in his home town, John went to boarding school at St Joseph's College, Nudgee in Brisbane. He was an exceptional athlete, setting records in the Mile and 880yds. His times were better than John Landy's at his age! He became School Captain in 1956 and then went to Banyo Seminary. He was ordained in St Patrick's Church, Mackay on 28 June 1963. All John's appointments were around the Rockhampton diocese, except for one year at Burleigh Heads in 1976. He helped start the Credit Union Movement in Rockhampton in the 60s. He was a chaplain to the CMF for eleven years and Administrator of the Cathedral Parish during its completion in the early 1980s. John did a sabbatical at Nungalinya College in Darwin and served the Aboriginal community at Woorabinda alongside Fr Mick Hayes. John was a member of GROW and a supporter of Dignity, a group that works to support homosexual Catholics. John loved the ocean. On his holidays and whenever he could he was out on the water. He spent his retirement at Eimeo Beach near Mackay and would be seen walking the beach collecting shells every day. His last three years were spent at St Francis Home, Mackay, in the care of the Franciscan Sisters. Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote what John Rasmussen believed at the core of his being: Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God.
10 Jan 2023	His Eminence George Cardinal Pell AC DPhil (OXON) FACE
10 Jan 2024	Rev Mgr Gerard J Diamond PE Born: 12-5-1942; Ordained: 22-7-1967 Archdiocese of Melbourne.
11 Jan 1869	Rev James Watkins Hobart, Tas, Geelong, Vic, Adelaide, SA.
11 Jan 1885	Rev Hugh McKenna W. Melbourne, Heidelberg, etc, Vic
11 Jan 1893	Rev Edward Nolan SJ Melbourne
11 Jan 1901	Rev Joseph Henry Doyle Lismore dioc, NSW
11 Jan 1903	Rev Patrick Healy Grafton, Bega, Balmain East, etc, NSW
11 Jan 1909	Rev James Synnot Bairnsdale, etc, Vic
11 Jan 1916	Rev Oliver Daly SJ Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, etc
11 Jan 1945	Rev Joseph P O'Donoghue Hamilton, Maitland, NSW
11 Jan 1951	Rev William Kain Portland, etc, Vic
11 Jan 1975	Rev Thomas Keogh Pascoe Vale, etc, Vic
11 Jan 1995	Thomas William (Bill) Hall Toowoomba dioc, Qld
11 Jan 2001	Rev Thomas Finn CM Bathurst, etc, NSW
11 Jan 2005	Rev Martin McMahon OCarm Hilton, WA
11 Jan 2008	Rev Mgr John Denis Duffus Born 26/09/1933; Ordained 21/07/1962; Wangaratta, Wangaratta South, Bendigo, Kennington, Benalla, Quarry Hill, Vic.
11 Jan 2015	Rev Dante Orsi CS Born: 10/04/1916 Ordained: 16/10/1938 Scalabrinian Missionaries - Scalabrinian Congregation (CS)
11 Jan 2016	Rev Brian Burke Born 06/10/1931; Ordained 29/06/1956 for Archdiocese of Brisbane
11 Jan 2020	Rev Raymond John Brain CP Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ
12 Jan 1863	Rev Edward McCarthy Port Fairy, Kilmore, Hamilton, St. Kilda, Vic
12 Jan 1883	Rev Patrick Clark Darlinghurst, Shoalhaven, NSW
12 Jan 1883	Rev Michael McGrath Scone, Quirindi, Darlinghurst, Nowra, NSW
12 Jan 1899	Rev John Daly Dandenong, Flemington, Kyneton, Vic
12 Jan 1901	Bishop Patrick Joseph Byrne Bathurst, NSW
12 Jan 1913	Rev Patrick Fagan CP Marrickville, NSW
12 Jan 1929	Rev John Moloney Perth dioc
12 Jan 1945	Rev Alfred Herring SM Sydney
12 Jan 1946	Rev James Ignatius Kelly OSA Cairns, Qld, Sandhurst,Vic
12 Jan 1949	Rev Michael Keenan Melbourne dioc
12 Jan 1950	Rev Jeremiah Kelly SJ Sydney, etc
12 Jan 1954	Rev James (Gerard) O'Donnell CSsR Melbourne, etc
12 Jan 1959	Rev Hubert Quinn OFM
12 Jan 1962	Rev Mgr John Muirhead Clovelly, etc, NSW
12 Jan 1963	Rev Conleth Doherty OSM Joondanna, WA
12 Jan 1971	Rev George Leonard Sait Sandhurst dioc, Vic
12 Jan 1972	Rev George H Shanahan Wangaratta, etc, Vic
12 Jan 1974	Rev Stephen Lafferty CP Glen Osmond, SA, St. Ives, NSW
12 Jan 1976	Rev William Whelan Norman Park, etc, Qld
12 Jan 1977	Rev Patrick Gavin Osbome Park, Bunbury, Perth, WA
12 Jan 1983	Rev Mgr Leo James Carlton Kangaroo Point, etc, Qld
12 Jan 1988	Rev James McGlynn SSC Mt. Lawley, WA, Melbourne
12 Jan 1993	Rev Fulgence Gross OFM
12 Jan 1995	Rev Cornelius Daly Rockhampton dioc, Qld
12 Jan 1997	Rev Aftimos Haddad Melkite dioc
12 Jan 2000	Rev Patrick Downey SSS Melbourne, Sydney, Toowoomba, Qld
12 Jan 2006	Rev Dario Brunetti Osborne Park, Wanneroo, Maida Vale, Kelmseott, WA
13 Jan 1863	Rev Aloysius (Michael) Moore OCarm Adelaide
13 Jan 1871	Rev John D Barry Ballarat, Melbourne, Vic, etc
13 Jan 1916	Rev Francois Regis Jaboulay SM Sydney
13 Jan 1917	Archbishop Robert Dunne Toowoomba, Brisbane, Qld
13 Jan 1933	Rev Paul Aubry SM Sydney
13 Jan 1939	Rev Thomas Kinane Goulburn dioc, NSW
13 Jan 1954	Rev Michael Kenneally OC Perth, Coolgardie, WA
13 Jan 1954	Rev Edward McEvoy Ravenswood, etc, Qld
13 Jan 1954	Rev Arthur J McHugh Campbelltown, etc, NSW
13 Jan 1956	Rev James L Ryan South Melbourne, etc, Vic
13 Jan 1959	Rev William M Collins Melbourne dioc
13 Jan 1969	Rev Mark Devoy SM Sydney
13 Jan 1970	Rev John Casey OMI Fremantle, WA
13 Jan 1974	Rev Francis S Forro SJ Sydney
13 Jan 1978	Rev James Thomas Dowling Euroa, Bendigo, Tallangatta, Heathcote, etc, Vic
13 Jan 1979	Rev John Abraham Melbourne dioc
13 Jan 1982	Rev Francis T Maguire OMI Fremantle, WA, Geelong, Vic, Penshurst, NSW
13 Jan 1984	Rev Harry Francis Brennan York, Pinjarra, Guildford, Attadale, etc, WA
13 Jan 1986	Bishop Thomas William Muldoon Lismore, Grafton, Manly, Mosman, NSW
13 Jan 1994	Rev Michael Love SJ Sydney, etc
13 Jan 1994	Rev Michael O'Connell Rockhampton dioc, Qld
13 Jan 1995	Rev Henk Meijer Melbourne dioc
13 Jan 2002	Rev Gavin Kennare Adelaide dioc
13 Jan 2012	Rev Ronald Flack Read more Born 05/08/1937; Date of Ordination: 21/07/1962 - Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Ron died peacefully on 13 January, at Clare Holland House, Canberra after struggling with ill health for a number of years. He is survived by his older sister Mary; his siblings Joan, Colin, Bernie and Paul having predeceased him. Mary is the mother of Fr Tony Frey, PP of North Woden. Ron is also survived by his former housekeeper and best friend Frances Smyth. For the last few nights of Ron's life here on earth, Bishop Pat Power kept a bedside vigil with Ron and spoke of his peaceful acceptance of his imminent death in Christ. Rest in peace dear Ron.
13 Jan 2014	Rev John Lummen SAC Read more Born 11/12/1919; Ordained 09/07/1950 - Pallotine Fathers. John Lummen SAC was larger than life in many ways. He lived through nine papacies from Benedict XV to Francis. He survived World War II and received a number of awards � military and civil � including the British Empire Medal for service to Aboriginal and Migrant Welfare. John was born in Appeldorn, Germany, and attended a Pallottine boarding school in Schoenstatt/Vallendar. He later joined the Pallottines but with the outbreak of war in 1939, he was posted to a German artillery unit in Czechoslovakia. After Hitler declared war on Russia, his unit was involved in the Siege of Leningrad, where he lost three toes on his right foot to frostbite. Later, he was made an officer but became a prisoner of the US army when Germany was defeated. After the war, John returned to the seminary and was ordained on the 9 July 1950. He and three other newly ordained Pallottines, including Fr John Jobst (later Bishop of Broome), were sent to Australia, arriving on 5 April 1951. Until 1955, John looked after Aboriginal students in Tardun, inland from Geraldton in WA. Then from 1956-80, he developed the new Pallottine Training Centre in Rossmoyne, Perth, into a place where Aboriginal students could live as they attended secondary schools and learned trades. He was passionate about Aboriginal education. For his first seven years at Rossmoyne, he was also PP of the new parish of Queen of Apostles in Riverton, which included Rossmoyne. He was PP of Riverton again from 1980-95. Like his namesake, John the Baptist, John could be quite tough, but he also had a deep concern for others. May he now join the communion of saints and angels in the heavenly Kingdom.
13 Jan 2020	Rev John O'Kelly Read more Born 07/01/1939. Ordained 27/07/1963. Diocese of Sale. Passion for ministry and a zest for life were hallmarks of John O'Kelly. Ordained on 27 July 1963, he served in several parishes in the Diocese of Sale: Maffra, Sale and Bairnsdale as assistant priest; and Omeo, Newborough, Orbost, Iona/Maryknoll and Leongatha as parish priest. He combined a very good mind with a big hearted love for people. He put much effort into celebrating the liturgy and preaching the gospel, inviting people into the mystery of God's love for us and the call to respond in faith filled living. John's grandfather and grandmother were pioneering teachers in Warragul and Sale. A sense of that history led to his transferring, while still a seminary student, from the archdiocese of Melbourne to the diocese of Sale. He came to love Gippsland and perhaps East Gippsland in particular. He brought his gifts to serve in several capacities. In early years he inspired young people with the vision of Vatican II and their life within the church. For some years he was involved in marriage preparation courses. With an engaging style he was a gifted adult educator. For some time he was a member and then chair of the Council of Priests. He was also the inaugural President of the Priests' Welfare Foundation. Priests owe him much for that as they are now well provided for whether sick or in their later years. In these roles he combined a pastor's heart with an active and capable mind. And along the way he was great company; cheerful, happy and fun loving. Many learned that if we had an issue John, with his sharp mind and good judgment, was a good person to run ideas by. Another notable aspect to John was his great range of interests. He had a knowledge of geology and forestry, and music - especially Gilbert and Sullivan. He was an avid bird watcher, he engaged in ham radio, he loved trains and boats. It was fitting that a yellow tailed black cockatoo saluted his burial in the Bairnsdale cemetery. May he rest in peace.
13 Jan 2022	Rev Mel Cotter OFM Read more Born 23/09/1924; Ordained 25/07/1956. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor. Mel (John) Cotter lived in the Cooma district before joining the Franciscans in 1949. After ordination in 1956, he spent nearly all his years based at Edgecliff or Waverley in Sydney's east. From 1965 onwards, Mel took up a significant role in the spirit and tradition of St Francis � begging for alms'. Having assisted his predecessor on a part-time basis, he now became the primary promoter of the Franciscan Educational Building Maintenance Fund (FEBM), raising funds for the construction and upkeep of the novitiate and formation houses when the Franciscans were at their peak of numbers. Ever a respectful and attentive gentleman, Mel was conscientious in maintaining pastoral care of the Order's generous benefactors by visiting them in their homes and workplaces in the eastern States. Friendships with generations of benefactors and loyalty on both sides continued long after the earlier desperate need for fundraising had waned. He officially retired from this work at 80 years of age but retained phone and written communication with many benefactors until his death at 97 years of age. Parish work at Edgecliff (1981-1986) and its proximity to St Vincent's Hospital then led to a ten-year appointment as resident chaplain at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney (1987-1997). Mel often spoke of care for the sick and aged as his favourite ministry. He was highly regarded for his availability to patients and staff, his pastoral manner in the wards and consoling words with patients. In semi-retirement at Waverley friary from 2005, Mel kept a keen interest in the garden and feeding the local birdlife. Then, in 2017, he was one of the first applicants to be welcomed into the new St Vincent's Care Services facility at nearby Bronte. His funeral in Waverley parish church was attended by friars, friends and benefactors, Sisters of Charity and other connections of St Vincent's Hospital.\ Those who knew him well spoke of his kindness, interest, discretion, and gentle pastoral care. May he rest in peace.
14 Jan 1869	Rev Francis Wenceslaus McLaughlin OFM Inverell, NSW
14 Jan 1911	Rev Michael Connolly Ararat, etc, Vic
14 Jan 1935	Rev Edward O'Brien Collingwood, Camberwell, etc, Vic
14 Jan 1939	Rev Thomas Mullins Ardethlan, etc, NSW, Melbourne
14 Jan 1943	Rev Cornelius O'Regan Maitland dioc, NSW
14 Jan 1946	Rev Phillip Shannon Claremont, etc, WA
14 Jan 1960	Rev Michael Dillon Sydney, etc
14 Jan 1971	Rev Lyn Whitely SSC Perth, etc
14 Jan 1975	Rev Maurice Aubrey Heffernan Armidale dioc, NSW
14 Jan 1977	Rev Philip Ros OSB New Norcia, WA
14 Jan 1980	Rev John Francis Kirby Inglewood, Watchem, Casterton, Birregurra, etc, Vic
14 Jan 1983	Rev Thomas Leo Collinson SDB Sunbury, Oakleigh, Vic
14 Jan 1984	Rev Brian Brophy Melbourne dioc
14 Jan 1985	Rev Edmund J Nugent OCarm Middle Park, Vic, Port Augusta, SA, Wentworthville, NSW
14 Jan 1995	Archbishop James Patrick Carroll Woollahra, Sydney, NSW
14 Jan 2004	Bishop Noel Desmond Daly Sale, Sandhurst dioc, Vic
14 Jan 2017	Rev Peter Growney Read more Born in County Meath, Ireland in 1940 Ordained 09/06/1985 Archdiocese of Perth Fr Peter Growney died on Saturday 14 January 2017 after a long illness at Castledare Village Nursing Home, Wilson. He was born in County Meath, Ireland in 1940 Ordained to the priesthood on 9 June 1985 he gave generous and dedicated service in the Archdiocese of Perth, serving in the parishes of Mirrabooka, Beverley and Southern Cross. We thank God for the dedicated and faithful service of Fr Growney during his priestly ministry.
14 Jan 2022	Rev Peter Rankin SDB Read more Born 14/09/1958; Ordained 09/12/1989. Salesians of Don Bosco. Peter, the Vice Provincial and Rector of the Formation House in Clifton Hill in 2021, passed away at his sister's house Melbourne on 14 January after battling with bone cancer. At the time of his passing Peter was surrounded by his siblings, members of the Clifton Hill Salesian community and the Provincial. � Peter was 63 years of age, a professed Salesian for 43 years and a much-loved priest of the Church for 33 years. He was one of very few Salesians in the Province who served exceptionally well in various sectors. Firstly, the contribution he made at the Don Bosco Youth Centre in Brunswick was amazing. Many young ones who went through this Centre still talk highly of him. Then as the parish priest at St John Bosco in Engadine, Peter was a great pastor who touched the lives of many families. His time at Dominic College in Glenorchy was short. Yet, he made many students feel loved and valued in the way of St John Bosco. Finally, in the formation sector of the Province, Peter not only indoctrinated the students to support the Bombers, but with the heart of Don Bosco, he made sure that the clerics and brothers become like Don Bosco while keeping God as absolute priority. � Sadly, Peter's last appointment as the Rector of the Formation House in Clifton Hill and the Vice Provincial was cut short due to his declining health. Yet, Peter was faithful to God right to the end, unafraid of dying and returning to the Lord. � The requiem Mass was celebrated at St Anne's Catholic Church in Sunbury on Wednesday 19th January followed by the burial at the Salesian cemetery in Rupertswood, the mother house of the province. A close friend of Peter, Fr Chris Ford SDB, delivered a touching homily highlighting the memorable events of Peter's life.� � As promised by Don Bosco: work, bread and heaven. Peter has nothing but heaven to enjoy with his loved ones. � May he rest in peace.
14 Jan 2023	Rev Peter Eustace Quinn Born 20/09/1930; Ordained 24/07/1955. Diocese of Sandhurst.
14 Jan 2023	Rev Deacon Laurence V Sorensen Born 29/07/1930; Ordained 01/02/1991. Diocese of Bunbury.
15 Jan 1863	Rev Benjamin Aubry SM Sydney
15 Jan 1890	Rev William Coleman Carcoar, Sydney, NSW
15 Jan 1895	Rev Henri Brun AA Ipswich, Qld, etc
15 Jan 1927	Rev Louis (Joseph) McCabe OCarm Port Melbourne, etc
15 Jan 1930	Rev Joseph Wheeler OMI Fremantle, WA
15 Jan 1951	Rev Aegidio Scarpini OFMCap Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
15 Jan 1969	Rev Gerald Patrick Youll Stockton, etc, NSW
15 Jan 1977	Rev Francis Sexton CSsR Galong, NSW, Ballarat, Vic
15 Jan 1978	Rev Ferdinand Colombo OFMCap Melbourne, Leichhardt, NSW
15 Jan 1979	Rev Martin (Tony) Donovan Ayr, Proserpine, Ravenswood, Cloncurry, Richmond, Palm Island, Mary Kathleen, Julia Creek, Richmond, Fantome Island, Cathedral - Diocese of Townsville
15 Jan 1991	Rev John Fraser Melbourne dioc
15 Jan 1993	Rev Brian Murphy Lismore dioc, NSW
15 Jan 1998	Rev Michael Quinn Grenfell, Young, North Goulburn, Gooloogong, Dickson, Queanbeyan, ACT and NSW
15 Jan 1999	Rev Daniel McAuliffe Newtown, Kogarah, Annandale, Fivedock, Cabramatta, Sydney Cathedral, Bondi, Padstow, Bexley, Lawson, Golden Grove, Lewisham, Bexley, NSW
15 Jan 2001	Rev Basil Robert Travers Whyalla, Port Pirie, Streaky Bay, Kadina, Bamera, SA.
15 Jan 2007	Rev Thomas Phelan Northam, Perth Cathedral, Cottesloe, Armadale, City Beach, WA
15 Jan 2015	Rev Keith Comer MSC Born 16/04/1943; Ordained 27/08/1976 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
15 Jan 2016	Rev George Ryan OMI Born 1/10/1941; Ordained 11/04/1965 - The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
15 Jan 2023	Rev Tao Xuan Pham Read more Born 05/10/1969; Ordained 10/09/2016. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Tao Xuan Pham was born in the diocese of Vinh (Vietnam), son of Loan Pham and Nghia Tran, seventh of their eight children. He was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral for the Archdiocese of Melbourne on 16 September 2016. His seminary education began in the minor seminary in his home diocese (1984-1991), continued with studies for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Literature) in Saigon (1992-1997), leading to his being a teacher of literature in the minor seminary. He completed his studies of philosophy and theology in 2004 in Saigon. His transfer to the diocese of Sale led in 2007 to resumption of studies at Corpus Christi College, Carlton and to undertaking various language studies and pastoral experiences in the Sale diocese. In 2011, two weeks before the due date of ordination to the diaconate, he contracted tetanus. This event marked the remaining years of his life. His recovery from illness necessitated 765 days in hospital, 688 of these continuously at St Vincent's in Melbourne, and over thirty surgical interventions. He was a guest of the Redemptorist fathers after discharge at their monastery in Kew where he continued rehabilitation for 18 months. Impressed by Tao's faith, Archbishop Denis Hart sponsored him as a seminarian for the Archdiocese. Presbytery accommodation that suited his physical needs was found at North Greensborough parish, where he stayed until his death. His courage and faith quickly won the hearts of all parishioners. One of the mourners at his funeral said to this writer that she never failed to be uplifted by the manner in which he celebrated the Eucharist. He would go off to hear confessions late into the night at the shrine of Our Lady of La Vang in Keysborough. He developed an online ministry among Vietnamese Catholics, notably throughout the Covid lockdowns in Melbourne. Three times life support was stopped, three times he survived. During these ordeals, he would hear people's voices, including the voice of his brother who had been summoned to accompany his coffin. He was tormented with ideas of suicide. After one such struggle, he was visited by Bishop Christopher Prowse who gave him a copy of the late Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan's prison reflections Five Loaves and Two Fish. Meditations on the Eucharist (CTS, London 2009). The young bishop, frustrated by absence from his diocese, heard a voice asking, Have you chosen God alone, or his work?' Reading this passage was decisive for Tao. He wrote: If I will become a priest or not, is unimportant, the important thing is to choose God and carry out God's will. So whether I am disabled, or able to walk again, belongs to the will of God. Thanks to these words which Bishop Thu?n wrote in his little book, they have helped me to be peaceful and the voice has not attacked me, tempted me or tormented me anymore.' He prayed daily before the Blessed Sacrament. Tao went to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving in his home village and parish. In the village, many people came to see me and asked about my sickness and how I had recovered. They still did not congratulate me as a newly ordained priest.' His Thanksgiving Mass brought together 2 Bishops, 40 priests and over 3500 people. He said, Most of them came to see me because I was resurrected from the dead.' On 9th January 2023, he arrived at Tullamarine airport to go to celebrate a marriage liturgy for twenty-eight of his nieces and nephews. His health had deteriorated overnight and he was taken to intensive care at the Austin Hospital where he completed his own Paschal Mystery six days later. May the noble soul of Fr Tao Xuan Pham rest in peace.
16 Jan 1861	Rev Timothy O'Rourke Kilmore, Vic
16 Jan 1885	Bishop Matthew Quinn Bathurst, NSW
16 Jan 1899	Rev Charles Chiniquy Hobart, Tas, Melbourne, Vic, etc
16 Jan 1912	Bishop Louis Andre Navarre MSC Sydney, Thursday Island
16 Jan 1914	Rev Mgr John Hoyne Hamilton, Ballarat, Vic, Hobart, Tas, Bathurst dioc, NSW
16 Jan 1943	Rev Anthony Walsh York, WA, etc
16 Jan 1949	Rev John Francis Coughlin Horsham, Donald, Inglewood, Vic
16 Jan 1951	Rev William Cain Ballarat dioc, Vic
16 Jan 1952	Rev Patrick Dalton SJ Melbourne, etc
16 Jan 1955	Rev Thomas O'Connor CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
16 Jan 1967	Rev William O'Regan Proserpine, etc, Qld
16 Jan 1985	Rev Cornelius Sexton Dover Heights, etc, NSW
16 Jan 2001	Rev Joseph Flynn Sale dioc, Vic
16 Jan 2010	Rev Paul Jacobs Read more Born 17/06/1941; Ordained 18/07/1964; Paul was born at Parramatta on 17th June 1941, the fourth child and third son of Doris and Ernest Jacobs. He attended St Patrick's Primary School at Parramatta, then Parramatta Marist High School. In 1956 he entered St Columba's College, Springwood, where he completed his secondary schooling, before commencing his studies for the priesthood, first at Springwood then at St Patrick's, Manly. He was ordained at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 18th July 1964. His first appointment was as an Assistant Priest at Chatswood. He was then appointed Assistant Priest at Punchbowl (1969) and Bondi Beach (1970). Paul spent time on loan to the Wilcannia Forbes Diocese from 1974 to 1975. He was then appointed Assistant Priest at East Granville (1975) and Greystanes (1979). Paul was appointed Administrator at Emu Plains (1980), Surry Hills (1980) and Penshurst (1981). He was appointed Parish Priest at Penshurst in 1984 and then in 1989 he was also appointed the Parish Priest of Peakhurst. He remained Parish Priest of both parishes until he retired in August 2000. Paul served as a member of the Council of Priests from 2001 until 2004. Paul was well regarded for his administrative and organising abilities � the church at Penshurst is one of his legacies. He was also very caring and generous to people � the full extent of his generosity is known only to God. The second reading at his Mass of Thanksgiving was from St Paul to the Philippians, 2:1-9. This passage had been highlighted by Paul in his Bible: �If our life in Christ means anything to you, if love can persuade at all, or the spirit that we have in common, or any tenderness and sympathy, then be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common purpose and a common mind. That is the one thing which would make me completely happy. There must be no competition among you, no conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, so that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people's interests instead. In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus.� In his homily / eulogy at the Mass of Thanksgiving, Bishop Ingham said that Paul may have regarded this passage as his ticket to Heaven'. All those who came in contact with Paul during his life would agree that it certainly summarised the principles he lived by. The passage also seems to be a final gentle word of advice from a much loved brother, uncle and priest.
16 Jan 2012	Rev Douglas Rowe sfp Perth, Midland WA
16 Jan 2012	Rev Elias Ayoub
16 Jan 2013	Rev John McSweeney Born 11/07/1919; Ordained 24/06/1944; Archdiocese of Sydney
16 Jan 2019	Rev James M Honner Read more Born 01/05/1936; Ordained 16/07/1960 Archdiocese of Adelaide Jim Honner was born at Brentwood on Yorke Peninsula, SA. After early education at the local Primary School his secondary education was at the St Francis Xavier Seminary and then he went to St Patrick's College Manly. Jim served as Assistant Priest at Mount Gambier, Salisbury, Thebarton and St Peters, and as Parish Priest at Tailem Bend, Penola, Greenacres, Victor Harbor and Blackwood. He was something of a history buff, with special interest in Scripture, the Holy Land and the Middle East. He spent nearly eight months travelling through there in 1974 and had an extensive library. His vast knowledge was reflected in his wonderful homilies. He went overseas again in 1980. While planning another trip in 2001 a medical test discovered a major heart problem leading to coronary bypass surgery, from which he was lucky to recover. However in 2005 he did spend three months at Tantur Institute in Jerusalem. He continued to minister at Blackwood until February 2011 when he retired to reside at Murphy Villa. During 2018 his health deteriorated and he moved to full time care with Southern Cross Care at The Pines. It was here that he died peacefully on 10 January 2019. Concelebrated Requiem Mass was in St Peter Claver Church Dulwich. Although Jim insisted on having a simple Mass with no booklets, memorial cards or flowers, there was a good number of fellow priests, family, friends and former parishioners in attendance. His mortal remains were cremated to be placed with his parents in Minlaton. May he rest in peace.
16 Jan 2021	Rev Bernard Maurice O'Brien OMI Born 12/12/1937; Ordained 03/02/1962. Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
16 Jan 2022	Rev Noel Francis Mackay PE Born 02/12/1935; Ordained 23/07/1961. Archdiocese of Melbourne.
17 Jan 1889	Rev Thomas Leonard Bathurst dioc, NSW
17 Jan 1896	Rev Patrick R Davern Bathurst, Wilcannia, Patrick River, Rockley, Cowra, Forbes, Wentworth, NSW
17 Jan 1917	Rev Louis Jean Lezer SM Sydney
17 Jan 1917	Rev Timothy Powell Bathurst dioc, NSW
17 Jan 1918	Rev Joseph Poupenay MSC Sydney
17 Jan 1921	Rev James Martin Mt. Barker, Kapunda, etc, SA
17 Jan 1962	Rev Timothy O'Connor Brisbane dioc
17 Jan 1971	Rev Mgr Thomas Joseph Awburn Sandhurst dioc, Vic
17 Jan 1971	Rev Thomas Cronin Maitland dioc, NSW
17 Jan 1971	Rev Michael Murphy Ballarat dioc, Vic; Bathurst, Kandos, Orange, N. Dubbo, Army Chaplaincy, NSW
17 Jan 1972	Rev John Crotty Melbourne dioc, New Norcia, Broome, (aka Dom Richard, OSB.)
17 Jan 1998	Rev John Higgins Sydney, Wollongong, NSW
17 Jan 2003	Rev Harold Desmond Middleton Geraldton, Wittenoom, Port Hedland, Carnarvon, Exmouth, Wickham, etc, WA
17 Jan 2012	Rev Allan Curry Read more Born 11/04/1930; Ordained 22/07/1964 - Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, NSW. Allan was born in Deniliquin to William and Muriel Curry. Following his early education at the Convent School in Deniliquin, he studied for the priesthood at Springwood and Manly and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes by Bishop B D Stewart at Deniliquin on 22 July 1964. Allan's gentle nature and his friendly smile created comfort and support for those to whom he ministered and his service to the extensive Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese is evidenced in the following appointments: Forbes 1965; Broken Hill South 1965-69; Bourke 1969-71; Parkes 1971-72; Broken Hill as Administrator 1972-80; Hay as Parish Priest 1980-89; Moama 1989-96; and Narromine 1996-2007. After retiring in April 2007, Allan was lovingly care for by the staff at Southern Cross Village, Parkes. The respect and love of his people were evident by the crowd attending his Requiem Mass at Parkes and his interment at Deniliquin on 25 January 2012. The Requiem Mass was concelebrated by twenty priests with Bishop Kevin Manning the main celebrant. In the words of a fellow priest, Allan wore his priesthood with a shine and sparkle.' May he now rest in peace.
17 Jan 2015	Rev Desmond Brown CSsR Read more Date of Birth: 02/03/1937 Date of Ordination: 30/06/1963 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) Des was born in Footscray, Victoria to Frank and Mary Brown. Mother and children moved to Ararat during World War II, so Des commenced his education at the Brigidine Convent there. At war's end, the family moved to Ballarat, where Des attended St. Patrick's College, matriculating in 1955 as dux of the College with numerous academic honours. He entered the Redemptorist novitiate in Pennant Hills, Sydney, and after his first profession, undertook seminary studies at the Redemptorist Studentate in Wendouree and was ordained in 1963. Selected for higher studies in sociology, he attended the University of San Francisco and then Columbia University, New York (1967-73). Des was a member of the Kew Redemptorist community for most of his life, apart from a decade in Sydney. His ministries were many and varied: he taught sociology of religion at Yarra Theological Union, took part in parish renewals, conducted retreats, and was involved with the Redemptorist Lay Community in numerous laity formation programs. Afflicted by a progressive debilitating disease for the last twenty years of his life, he showed great steadfastness, and was a much-loved resident of Nazareth House Camberwell from 2009 till his recent death. May he rest now in peace.
17 Jan 2016	Rev John Sarvaas Woodcock PE Born 15/09/1930; Ordained 22/07/1956 - Archdiocese of Melbourne
17 Jan 2021	Most Rev Philip E Wilson DD JCL Read more Born in Cessnock NSW 02/10/1950. Ordained Priest for Maitland-Newcastle 23/08/1975. Consecrated Bishop of Wollongong 10/07/1996. Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide 30/11/2000. Succeeded to the See 03/12/2001. Retired 30/07/2018.
17 Jan 2022	Rev Manoj Manuel Born 03/07/1976; Ordained 05/01/2005 for the Diocese of Kohima, Nagaland INDIA.
18 Jan 1888	Rev Henry Austin Garnett Appin, Wollombi, etc, NSW
18 Jan 1900	Rev Jean Pierre Chareyre SM Sydney
18 Jan 1917	Rev Joseph Kelly Maitland dioc, NSW
18 Jan 1927	Rev Mgr Stephen O'Brien Manilla, etc, NSW
18 Jan 1935	Rev Patrick J Donagher Goldfields, N. Fremantle, Wembley, WA
18 Jan 1942	Rev Michael I O'Brien Melbourne dioc
18 Jan 1957	Rev James Augusttine Doyle OSA North Qld, Sandhurst, Vic
18 Jan 1961	Rev Humphrey Kearin Perth dioc
18 Jan 1968	Rev Ernest Mackay SJ Sydney, etc
18 Jan 1968	Rev Thomas Patrick Vaughan Helensburgh, etc, NSW
18 Jan 1969	Rev Patrick J Ryan MSC Sydney, etc
18 Jan 1974	Rev Thomas Considine Melbourne dioc
18 Jan 1979	Rev Laurence Begley CSsR Ballarat, Vic, Perth
18 Jan 1980	Rev John Francis O'Mahoney OSA Innisfail, Mossman Mareeba, Qld
18 Jan 1987	Rev Ian Stick SM Geelong, Vic, Lismore, Sydney, NSW
18 Jan 1988	Rev Alex Scriberras Rooty Hill, etc, NSW
18 Jan 1989	Rev Joseph W Kelly Melbourne dioc
18 Jan 1999	Rev Leonard Cecil Bourne SM Vic, NSW, Qld, etc
18 Jan 2000	Rev Patrick Finian Duggan OSA Cairns; Sandhurst Diocese
18 Jan 2007	Rev Francis John Larsen Archdiocese of Melbourne
18 Jan 2007	Rev Mgr Patrick Joseph Collins Sandhurst dioc, Vic
18 Jan 2007	Rev Francis Larsen PE Barham, NSW
18 Jan 2010	Rev Augustine Fitzsimons CP Sydney, Myrtlebank, SA etc.
18 Jan 2023	Rev John De Luca Born 19/05/1942; Ordained 06/07/1966. Archdiocese of Sydney.
19 Jan 1877	Rev Joseph Kevin Kelly Sandgate, Qld
19 Jan 1900	Rev Henry Halson CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
19 Jan 1907	Rev Charles Van Der Heyden Derby, Tas; Adelaide, SA; Sandhurst, Vic, etc
19 Jan 1908	Rev Michael Lynch Horsham etc, Vic
19 Jan 1914	Rev Anton Herberg SJ Sevenhill, SA
19 Jan 1917	Rev Martin Meagher Geraldton, WA
19 Jan 1918	Rev Maurice Carroll Melbourne, Geelong, Sale, Flemington, Vic
19 Jan 1922	Rev John Burke CSsR Ballarat, Vic
19 Jan 1933	Rev Felix Conlon SJ Sydney, etc
19 Jan 1951	Rev John Mimnagh Brisbane, Bundaberg, Qld; Katoomba, NSW; Longley, Kingston, Margate, Tas
19 Jan 1959	Rev Martin Comey West Terrace, etc, SA
19 Jan 1965	Rev Thomas O'Neill Sydney dioc
19 Jan 1977	Rev Sylvester M Ryan Brisbane dioc
19 Jan 1980	Rev Austin Sweeney SSC Essendon, Vic
19 Jan 1985	Rev Jordan Gannon OP
19 Jan 1987	Rev Walter James Atkins Oak Park, Heidelberg, South. Melbourne, Vic
19 Jan 1989	Rev Mgr John Thomas McMahon South Perth, Perth dioc, WA
19 Jan 1997	Rev Ambrose Ryan OFM Melbourne, Sydney, etc
19 Jan 1999	Rev Gerard Anthony Quilter Mansfield, Ascot Vale, Thornbury, West Brunswick, Highett, Vic
19 Jan 2000	Rev Steve Kelly Perth and Bunbury diocs, Pemberton, Busselton, Manjimup, Albany, Brunswick, Pinjarra, WA
19 Jan 2012	Rev Fredrick Ross MSC Read more Born 03/02/1926. Date of Ordination: 25/07/1954 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Fred Ross joined the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1949. He made his first vows on 26 February 1950 and was ordained on 25 July 1954. Most of Fred's priestly life was spent teaching at MSC colleges as well as at the Minor Seminary at Ulapia, outside Rabaul. Most of his time was Chevalier College, Bowral, his first appointment after ordination and to where he returned to teach again in the 1980's. Fred also taught for a long time at Daramalan College in Canberra and became a master at teaching mathematics. His interest in theatre led him to produce plays, especially at St Peter Chanel College, Ulapia. Fred also spent some time in Papua New Guinea and in Suva. His final years were spent at Kensington where he did some supply and chaplaincy ministry. Former pupil at Chevalier College, Bishop Pat Power, presided at Fred's funeral at St Mary's Towers, Douglas Park. Rest in peace Fred.
19 Jan 2015	Rev Paul Hanbridge OFMCap Capuchin Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFMCap)
19 Jan 2019	Rev Dr Russell Hardiman Read more Born 03/03/1943 Ordained 09/07/1966 Diocese of Bunbury Russell Hardiman was born in Leonora, WA - the third son of Agatha and Hugh Hardiman. At age 15 Russell entered the St Charles Seminary, Guildford, WA in 1958 to complete his Leaving and Matriculation and then stayed on to commence his seminary training. In 1962 the Vicar General � Mons Cunningham advised of a bursary-place offered to a priest of the Bunbury Diocese at the College of Propaganda Fide in Rome. The rest is history, as Russell spent the next 5 years in Rome, studying and earning the first Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy for an Australian priest. Russell elected to have his ordination � not in Rome with Pope Paul IV with his other classmates, but in Albany, WA in the hall on Centennial Oval and celebrated by (his diocesan) Bishop Goody with his uncle � Fr John Russell concelebrating. Russell served in the parishes of Albany, Boyup Brook, Gnowangerup, Donnybrook and Waroona in country WA over a period of 30 years. Interspersed with his love of community and parish work, was a continuing learning and desire to pass on Vatican II teachings and specialised liturgy formation. After working with Fr Lombardi and the Movement for a Better World in Rome in 1969, Russell enjoyed an academic career spanning 45 years with roles such as Lecturer in Liturgy and Sacraments at the Maranatha Institute for 14 years, Lecture tours with visiting overseas religious, President of the Australian Academy of Liturgy (1989-1993), Senior Lecturer in Liturgy in the College of Theology at the University of Notre Dame for 20 years, Dean of Studies at St Charles Seminary and concluding as Associate Professor in the College of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle until his retirement through ill-health in 2012. He commenced writing Pastoral Liturgy in 1970 and that magazine is still being written today having been handed to UNDA. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for 20 years' service to Notre Dame in 2012. Russell was a great sportsman (a single handicap golfer), pastor, traveller, author, teacher and friend to whoever he came in contact. He wrote six books including From East to West You Gather a People � being Catholic in Australia through an eight-generation family history. Struck down with Guillian Barre Syndrome in 2007, he recovered and then was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2012. He suffered the full extent of dementia in his final years at Margaret Hubery House until his death. His funeral mass at St Mary's Cathedral was attended by Archbishop Costello, Principal Celebrant Bishop Holohan, other WA Bishops, 65 priests of the Diocese of Bunbury and the Archdiocese of Perth and an estimated 400 strong congregation of family and friends. He was interred with his uncle Fr John Russell at Karrakatta Cemetery on the 29th January. May he rest in peace.
19 Jan 2020	Rev Gerald Scott CM Read more Born 28/01/1931. Ordained 24/07/1954. Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission. Following Ordination and studies in Rome, Gerry began his life's work of teaching in seminaries across Australia: St Joseph's Seminary, Eastwood, Holy Cross College Mosgiel, New Zealand, St Charles Seminary, Perth and St Francis Xavier's College Adelaide. He held many different positions in these seminaries including that of Rector in Perth and then in Adelaide. One of the great joys of those years, apart from his teaching, was his interaction with other priests in the local Archdiocese. As a keen golfer, Gerry quickly became friends with many priests who thoroughly enjoyed his company through the eighteen holes and especially on the nineteenth. These men and his students who were ordained as priests became his friends for a lifetime and in his later years Gerry would enjoy nothing more than travelling back to NZ, Perth or Adelaide and enjoying the company of so many clergy. Gerry was in many ways, a priest's priest. Gerry loved belonging to a community of priests; the Vincentians whom he had known from his childhood in Ashfield in Sydney. In 1982 Gerry was elected to take on the most difficult role in the Province, that of Visitor/Provincial. He served in this role for nine years. They were tough years, but he entered into them with enthusiasm enjoying the company of his Brother Vincentians here and throughout the world. Gerry loved sharing his faith through homilies at Mass, proclaiming the message of God. He would prepare well taking every opportunity to adapt the message of the Scripture to the Congregation. His homilies were never frivolous but they were often filled with little asides or light moments. The people of Ashfield lovingly recall the occasion when suddenly in the middle of giving a homily he heard a mobile phone ring. Realising that it was actually his own phone, he quickly answered' and said, Oh, it's you, Jesus. I was just talking about you!!' Gerry died whilst he was attending Mass on a Sunday morning at St Anthony's Marsfield. Well planned - with his beloved People of God, whom he had served so faithfully all his life. Rest in peace Gerry.
19 Jan 2022	Rev James FitzPatrick OMI Born 07/02/1935; Ordained 20/09/1959. Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
20 Jan 1875	Rev Theodore Bongaerts West Terrace, Adelaide, SA.
20 Jan 1930	Rev Patrick Joseph McCarthy Bathurst dioc, NSW
20 Jan 1931	Rev Mgr John O'Gorman Parramatta, Sydney, NSW; Melbourne, Vic
20 Jan 1933	Rev Mgr Martin Long Bathurst, Wellington, etc, NSW
20 Jan 1944	Rev Rory O'Moore Adamstown, etc, NSW
20 Jan 1949	Rev Mgr Michael Carey Bega, etc, NSW
20 Jan 1951	Rev John Carrol SJ Brisbane, etc
20 Jan 1966	Rev Mgr Otto Francis Meyer Myrtleford, etc, Vic
20 Jan 1968	Rev Edward Thomas Egan Tallangatta, etc, Vic
20 Jan 1972	Rev Mgr John J Callanan Sale dioc, Vic
20 Jan 1981	Rev Camillus Liam O'Hanlon OP
20 Jan 1985	Rev John Saul Melbourne dioc
20 Jan 1987	Rev Raymond Peter George OP
20 Jan 1987	Rev John Edward Ryan South. Hobart, Invermay, Newnham, Tas
20 Jan 1989	Rev Timothy James O'Callaghan Melbourne dioc
20 Jan 1997	Rev Mgr Paul EI-Koury Melkite dioc
20 Jan 2001	Rev Kevin McLennan Adelaide dioc
20 Jan 2006	Rev Laurie Cusack Warragul, Sale, Morwell, Lakes Entrance, Neerim South, Newbrough, Trafalgar, Bairnsdale, San Remo, Vic
20 Jan 2017	Rev Joseph Michael McMahon PE Read more Date of Birth: 19/02/1936 Ordained for Archdiocese of Melbourne: 21/07/1962 Joe was ordained a priest at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 21 July 1962. After a temporary appointment at Belgrave, he was appointed Assistant Priest at the parishes of Fawkner and North Melbourne and then served in the youth division of the Social Welfare Department. Joe served as the Acting Prison Chaplain and in many other roles, including that of Vice-Rector, at Corpus Christi College Seminary between the years 1976-1989. From 1989 he served as Parish Priest at Newport and then, in addition, Spotswood, from 2000. Joe was appointed Pastor Emeritus in 2015, commencing as Senior Priest in Residence at Corpus Christi College, Carlton. Joe will be remembered for his extraordinary service to the Archdiocese of Melbourne and beyond. He truly lived the Beatitudes throughout his ministry; to the sick, sorrowful, to those in prison, in support of those who were merciful to the vulnerable, he was compassionate, empathetic and above all a man whose life reflected a deep friendship with Jesus. He was a devoted shepherd to his parishioners at Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary's encouraging the gifts of others. His life was centred on the Eucharist, it was the source and summit of his life as a priest. In recent days his nephew, Fr Joe Caddy and he were able to celebrate Mass together mindful of the presence of Christ in this time and eternity. Joe's life intersected with Corpus Christi College at Werribee and Glen Waverley (student), Clayton (Vice-Rector-Formator) and more recently at Carlton (Senior Priest in Residence). He had a profound influence on generations of students. He could recognise genuine goodness and he also could see deeply into the frailty of men. He never wished to offend, but desired to allow students to grow in their personal integrity, in their faith and in their service of the Church. He could pose the difficult question, identify a potential problem and create a rapport where trust could lead to truth. To his many priest, religious and lay colleagues he will be remembered for his care, insight, prayerfulness and dedicated presence. Joe was humble and down to earth. He loved people and wanted them to grow and flourish. He was a man of prayer, deeply aware of his own humanity, attentive to the movement of God and open to manifestations of grace. In 2016 his collection of spiritual writings, Of Those I met along the way and other reflections, Joe describes with wonderful insight the many and varied people who have inspired him throughout his life; family, friends, priests, pastoral associates, parishioners, witnesses of love and public figures who in many and varied ways have been a revelation of the beauty of God. It seems his years of illness and treatment provided another lens for him to see the image and face of God. The collection reflects a man who understood his life as blessed, enriched by others and who was able to articulate his spirituality as a Diocesan priest founded in his love for Melbourne and the marvellous people of God. Joe was a voracious reader of theology, psychology and spirituality. He always had a book on hand, often with his musings in the margins and his slips of paper recording insights. For his personal simplicity of life he had an attentive eye for beauty in word, image, art, film and poetry. He had no pretention, but was able to honour the ability of others. Throughout these years of illness Joe has been accompanied by his loving siblings and their families, deep and personal friendships and the prayerful love of so many. He was grateful for the care of his treating specialists, doctors and staff at St Vincent's Health and his respite stay at Justin Villa. Joe was never afraid to share his fears, questions and his life with others. His loss of independence and the struggles of sickness were a heavy burden for him. He learned to allow others to carry him and to care for him. Even in hospital he never turned anyone away, but made them welcome at his bedside. Joe loved to pray and he humbly sought God's blessing from everyone. The Archdiocese of Melbourne will mourn his loss, together with our friends across the Province and in Hobart. Joe's suffering is over and we pray that he will enjoy the eternal reward of a life well lived, loved and given in service of The Lord. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
20 Jan 2021	Very Rev Isidore Anantharaj Born 04/02/1951; Ordained 20/04/1979. Archdiocese of Sydney
21 Jan 1890	Rev Mgr John Fitzpatrick Yass, Penrith, NSW, Melbourne
21 Jan 1904	Rev John Baptist Coue SM Emmaville, Gladstone, Qld, etc
21 Jan 1904	Rev Peter B Murphy Pymble, Parramatta, etc, NSW
21 Jan 1912	Rev Stephen H McDonough Warwick, Mt. Morgan, Charters Towers, Bowen, Cooktown, Clermont, Rockhampton, Barcaldine, Emerald, Qld
21 Jan 1949	Rev Thomas Campbell CSsR Redemptorist Fathers and Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
21 Jan 1956	Rev Alosius Jeffcott SM Sydney, Rockhampton, Qld
21 Jan 1958	Rev Mgr Thomas Percival Davis Kingswood, etc, SA
21 Jan 1967	Rev Thomas Raymond Purtell Newcastle, etc, NSW
21 Jan 1984	Rev Paul Raymond Keyte SDB Bellevue, Greenmount, Perth, WA
21 Jan 1989	Rev Luigi Francesco Tosi Beecroft, Stanmore, Merrylands, Kensington, NSW
21 Jan 1990	Rev Mgr Robert W Lyons Maryborough, Qld
21 Jan 1993	Rev George Maltby Melbourne dioc
21 Jan 1994	Rev Laurence Martin Corridon Forest Lodge, Padstow, etc, NSW
21 Jan 2000	Rev Giles Ferriggi OFM Adelaide, etc
21 Jan 2006	Rev William Behm Toowoomba dioc, Qld
21 Jan 2007	Rev Sebastian Zingali SDB
21 Jan 2013	Rev Peter O'Reilly SVD Read more Born 13/02/1925; Ordained 15/08/1954 - Divine Word Missionaries. Peter was born in in Sydney, the eldest of three children. After high school he was influenced by his parish priest, Fr John Tschauder SVD, to join the new SVD seminary in Marburg, Queensland. After novitiate, he went to Techny USA for his theological studies. Peter took final vows in 1953 and was ordained a priest in 1954. His first mission assignment was PNG and he was sent to Wewak in 1955. One of his first tasks upon arriving there was to lay the terrazzo floor of the Cathedral � which even on his visit to PNG in 2005 showed no cracks at all. Peter commented later in life that a missionary is often asked to turn his hands to many things. After an introductory time in a bush parish he was appointed Director of Education for the Catholic Diocese of Wewak. He was asked to set up a school for candidates for the Sacred Heart Brothers, a local religious order begun by Bishop Arkfeld SVD. Recognizing Peter's competence, Bishop Arkfeld quickly gave him many hats to wear. As well as Director of Education, he was a teacher, Secretary of the Mission Land Trust for the restoration of Property Titles, Chaplain to the government High School at Brandi where Sir Michael Somare (future PNG prime minister) was doing his first year as a teacher, and chaplain to the European section of the local Hospital. In 1960 Peter also became chaplain (with the rank of Captain) to the Australian Army Engineers, the Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles and the 2nd Pacific Island Regiment at Moem Barracks, Wewak. In 1967 Peter became a member of the National Catholic Education Board representing the Dioceses of Wewak, Aitape, Vanimo and Daru. He played an active part on the Board in winning the right for all mission schools to exist as long as they had qualified teachers. In 1980 Peter returned to Australia as the Rector of the seminary in West Essendon, Victoria. In 1982 he was elected AUS Provincial Superior. In 1987 he oversaw the construction of a new seminary in Box Hill, Melbourne. It was called �Dorish Maru College� in memory of the missionaries who lost their lives in PNG during the Second World War. After completing two terms as provincial he volunteered for the Mission of Kiribati for three years where he worked at the Kiribati Pastoral Institute. After his return to Australia in 1990 he continued to be active in pastoral duties from North Queensland to Tasmania. He semi-retired to the Marsfield community in Sydney. Over the past two years, Peter suffered a series of health issues requiring various stays in hospital. He died peacefully and will be remembered with love and gratitude. May he rest now in peace.
22 Jan 1869	Rev Patrick J Quinlivan Port Macquarie, Brisbane Water, NSW
22 Jan 1879	Rev Louis Padel SM Sydney
22 Jan 1900	Rev Jerome Davadi Toowoomba dioc, Qld; Sandhurst dioc, Vic
22 Jan 1908	Rev Owen Davy Sandhurst dioc, Vic
22 Jan 1930	Rev John Chrysostom (Edward) Coleman OFM Sydney
22 Jan 1943	Rev John Hegarty Toowoomba dioc, Red Hill, Helidon, Qld
22 Jan 1966	Rev Robert Hyland MSC Hamilton, Vic; Adelaide, SA; Hobart, Tas
22 Jan 1967	Rev Henry Basil Loughnan SJ Sydney, etc
22 Jan 1973	Rev Michael Fitzgibbon SJ Melbourne, etc
22 Jan 1975	Rev Mgr James Mulheren Evans Gwynneville, Waterloo, Darlinghurst, Strathfield, Wollongong, NSW
22 Jan 1975	Rev Charles Felix Fiscalini CSsR Ballarat, Manangatang, Maryborough, Birregurra, Vic
22 Jan 1979	Rev Mgr Edward Leo Fennessy Essendon, Gardenvale, etc, Vic
22 Jan 1997	Rev Frederick Brown SJ Perth, Adelaide, SA; Melbourne, Vic
22 Jan 1999	Rev John O'Callaghan Adelaide dioc
22 Jan 2019	Rev Mgr Allan J Hart Born 14/02/1940; Ordained 16/07/1966 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
22 Jan 2021	Rev Barry Swift Born 03/08/1934; Ordained 22/07/1967 Archdiocese of Sydney.
23 Jan 1872	Rev William Xavier Johnson OC Moruya, Brisbane Water, NSW
23 Jan 1883	Rev Philip Kavanagh Melbourne dioc
23 Jan 1907	Rev Francois Le Fur SM Sydney
23 Jan 1908	Rev Matthew Keagan Berrima, Appin, etc, NSW
23 Jan 1921	Rev George Lee CSSp Ballarat, Vic
23 Jan 1937	Rev James Power O'Rourke Wagga dioc, NSW
23 Jan 1965	(Alfred) Bruce Heaps Sydney dioc
23 Jan 1965	Rev John Masters Sydney dioc
23 Jan 1971	Rev Anthony Ian Ryan Sydney dioc
23 Jan 1973	Rev Mgr Owen O'Connor Geraldton, WA
23 Jan 1988	Rev John Aarden WF St. Mary's, King Island, Tas, etc
23 Jan 1991	Rev James Rufus Griffin Melbourne dioc
23 Jan 1991	Rev Francis Huegel SAC Broome dioc, WA
23 Jan 1993	Rev Paul Keenan SJ Melbourne, Sydney, etc
23 Jan 2002	Rev Mgr Bartholomew Frawley Hamilton, Nanango, Mt. Perry, Scarborough, Qld
23 Jan 2007	Rev John Baptist Lyons Kalgoorlie, Maylands, Nedlands, Shenton Park, Norseman, Bruce Rock, Willagee, WA
23 Jan 2008	Rev Patrick Cyril Stanley Bathurst, Dubbo, Cowra, Woodstock, Mudgee, Lithgow, Kandos, Dunedoo, Wellington, Gulgong, Canowindra, Oberon, Orange, NSW
23 Jan 2009	Rev Michael O'Brien Canberra-Goulburn dioc
23 Jan 2013	Rev Cornelius Petrus Groot PE Read more Born 23/02/1924; Ordained 29/06/1951; Archdiocese of Melbourne. Cornelius was born in Beemster Holland to Petrus Johannes Groot and Cornelia Johanna Stuyt-Groot. At a very young age of 16, he joined the Salesians of Don Bosco. Religious life was not that peaceful for him though. On the contrary, it would seem that he had begun a great journey to the unknown. First, he moved to Italy and then onto the extreme Orient, Shanghai in China of all places. It was not long before the young man and his fellow students experienced the Shanghai Noon of sorts. They had to be evacuated to communist-free Hong Kong, walking by foot during the night until they reached their destination. After ordination in 1951, Con moved to back and forth from Asia to Europe. In 1963, he joined the Archdiocese of Melbourne and worked for several years in different parishes, Reservoir and Belmont among them. In 1973, a visit to his sister Petronilla who was a missionary in Congo would add a significant chapter to Con's richly blessed ministry. Like a seasoned traveller, he knew when to stay and when to move on. More importantly, he discerned the meaning of every journey that was hitherto unknown to him. He ended up staying for 10 fruitful years working alongside his sister. Africa was a life changing education, not only for himself but also for those whose lives he touched. He returned to Melbourne in 1983 and served in Kyneton and especially Trentham for 10 years before going into retirement in Daylesford. Though not having a family in Australia, like our Lord he was welcomed into the homes and hearts of many. Con lived life to the full even in the twilight years. His love of the Australian bush and nature photography attested to his zest for life. He was appointed Pastor Emeritus in 1994 and retired to Hepburn Springs where he quietly lived until December 2012 when he moved to Justin Villa, Balwyn, Victoria. After a few days of illness, he died peacefully in the company of friends at Caritas Christi, Kew, Victoria. Rest now in peace Cornelius.
23 Jan 2019	Rev Leo F Donnelly Born 17/11/1927; Ordained 21/12/1950 Diocese of Lismore
24 Jan 1846	Rev Maurice Bouchet CSSp Perth dioc
24 Jan 1874	Rev John K Handy Armidale dioc, NSW
24 Jan 1874	Rev Joseph Meriais SM Sydney
24 Jan 1882	Rev Cornelius Twomey Balmain, Berrima, Albury, Tumut, NSW
24 Jan 1908	Rev Louis Bean Dean Grafton, etc, Lismore dioc, NSW
24 Jan 1940	Rev Eugene Callan OMI Fremantle, Glendalough, WA
24 Jan 1946	Rev Martin Epiphanius (Peter) Martin Sydney, Launceston, Tas, etc
24 Jan 1947	Rev John Creagh CSsR Sydney, NSW; etc., Nth. Perth, Broome, WA
24 Jan 1947	Rev Clarence J Vosti Sandhurst dioc, Vic
24 Jan 1957	Rev Hugh O'Laverty Sydney dioc
24 Jan 1970	Rev Patrick Michael Molloy Georgetown, etc, SA
24 Jan 1972	Rev William Moloney SJ Melbourne
24 Jan 1977	Rev William Bernard Vogt Manly, Narraweena, etc, NSW
24 Jan 1978	Rev Sylvanus Langford Newport SJ Watsonia, Vic; Norwood, SA, etc
24 Jan 1986	Rev Michael Connaughton Bathurst, Dubbo, Bowenfels, etc, NSW. (or 1985)
24 Jan 1986	Rev Mgr Eamon Dundon Sydney, Northbridge, etc, NSW
24 Jan 1993	Rev Francis Moloney OFM Waverley, NSW; Albert Park, SA; Kedron, Qld; Perth, WA
24 Jan 1998	Rev John Francis Lavery Maitland-Newcastle dioc
24 Jan 2011	Rev Mgr Francis Patrick Ryan Read more Born 06/02/1929; Date of Ordination: 23/7/1953 - Diocese of Armidale. Mons Ryan, as he was affectionately known, was born in Quirindi. He received his primary education from the Sisters of St Joseph, Quirindi, and boarded at De La Salle College, Armidale, for his secondary schooling. Frank ministered in many parishes around the Diocese of Armidale including Gunnedah, Cathedral Parish, Moree (for 22 years) and West Tamworth until he retired in 2008. He was greatly loved, especially by the people of Moree, and was a well-known identity among the racing fraternity. Rest now in peace Frank.
25 Jan 1877	Rev Francis Thevaux CSSp Albany, WA, etc
25 Jan 1899	Rev Edward O'Brien SJ Braidwood, Cooma, etc, NSW
25 Jan 1921	Rev Phillip R Hennebry Hobart, New Norfolk, Tas
25 Jan 1934	Rev Timothy Kenny Granville, Stanmore, etc, NSW
25 Jan 1935	Rev Monsignor Robert? Peoples Randwick, etc, NSW
25 Jan 1939	Rev George Walter SAC Broome dioc, WA
25 Jan 1958	Rev John Fahey SJ Adelaide dioc
25 Jan 1970	Rev Michael Lynch Sydney dioc
25 Jan 1981	Rev John Louis Hanrahan OSA Brisbane, Sydney
25 Jan 1984	Rev Cornelius Martens Stockton, Nelson Bay, Branxton, Singleton, Denman, Greta, Krambach, NSW
25 Jan 1986	Rev Thomas William Purcell OMI Beaconsfield, WA; Sorrento, Vic, etc
25 Jan 1996	Rev Joseph Kasic Melbourne dioc
25 Jan 2022	Rev John Snehadass Born 08/09/1949; Ordained 14/05/1978. Archdiocese of Sydney.
25 Jan 2022	Rev Penisimani Folaumoetu'i Read more Born 26/003/1942; Ordained 08/12/1978. Archdiocese of Sydney. Peni, a former dearly loved Tongan chaplain for the Archdiocese of Sydney was born on Niuafo ou, the northern most island of Tonga. After his time at St Paul's Seminary, Kensington, NSW, Peni was ordained at St Michael's, Lapaha, Tonga in 1978. In 2002 he was appointed chaplain to the Tongan Catholic Community with the Archdiocese of Sydney, before going on to serve as Administrator of Cronulla and later of Holsworthy (2010) followed by Meadow Bank (2011). Peni was incardinated into the Archdiocese in 2012 and then made Parish Priest of Meadowbank in 2013, before retiring in 2017. May he rest in peace.
26 Jan 1887	Rev Patrick Francis O'Farrell Newtown, etc, NSW
26 Jan 1894	Rev Jean Louis Rocher SM Sydney
26 Jan 1903	Rev Patrick Slattery Daylesford, Geelong, etc, Vic
26 Jan 1915	Rev Jeremiah Healey Bundaberg, Goondiwindi, etc, Qld
26 Jan 1928	Rev Pierre Marie Regnault SM Sydney
26 Jan 1940	Rev Monsignor Martin Vaughan Crookwell, etc, NSW
26 Jan 1957	Rev Matthew Bugler Koorawatha, etc, NSW
26 Jan 1959	Rev Monsignor Eugene Galligan Terang, Warrnambool, Ballarat, Vic
26 Jan 1965	Rev Timothy Collins Adelong, etc, NSW
26 Jan 1971	Rev John McDonnell Melbourne dioc
26 Jan 1980	Rev Francis Casey Bungendore, Lagan, Temora, NSW; Dickson, ACT
26 Jan 1985	Rev Reginald Francis Reynolds The Entrance, North Randwick, etc, NSW
26 Jan 1996	Brian William Titmuss Stanmore, Manly, Strathfield, Balmain, North Ryde, North Leichhardt, NSW
26 Jan 2012	Rev Deacon Duncan Cameron
26 Jan 2013	Rev Thomas O'Donovan SJ Read more Born 06/09/1921: Ordained 03/01/1952 - Jesuits. Thomas (Toddy') died on Australia Day and India Day, having been a Jesuit for 75 years and a priest for 61. He was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Jesuits in Melbourne. During his training, he completed an Arts degree through Melbourne University and taught in Perth. After ordination he was prefect of studies at Xavier College, Kew, then Rector at Loyola College, Watsonia, a Jesuit house of formation. He was also province consultor and prefect of studies. In 1968 he moved to Sydney, where he remained for the rest of his life, serving as Rector at St Aloysius' College and fulfilling a variety of important roles at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, before becoming province mission promoter and assistant priest at St Mary's, North Sydney. As mission promoter he zealously supported the Australian Jesuit Mission in Hazaribag, which he had wanted to join in 1952. A tireless worker, Thomas was the consummate schoolmaster. Renowned for his fairness, firmness, clarity, encouragement and selfless dedication, he exerted an extraordinary influence. Through his conducting and singing, he fostered wholehearted participation in the liturgy and promoted productions of Gilbert & Sullivan. His primary task was always to bring others to Christ. A humble man of undoubted holiness, he was honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1996. May he rest in peace.
26 Jan 2021	Most Rev Luc J Matthys DD Read more Born in Drongen Belgium 03/05/1935. Ordained Priest for Johannesburg 02/12/1961. Incardinated Priest of Melbourne 1976. Consecrated Bishop of Armidale 14/05/1999. Retired 07/12/2011.
26 Jan 2024	Rev Michael Kelly Born 26/09/1931; Ordained 08/03/1958. Archdiocese of Sydney.
27 Jan 1886	Rev Patrick Hudson Toowoomba, Blackall, etc, Qld
27 Jan 1900	Rev Hugh Charles Horan OFM Adelaide, etc, SA
27 Jan 1938	Rev Patrick Reidy Wagga dioc, NSW
27 Jan 1945	Rev Paul Cullen CM Ashfield, Eastwood, NSW, etc
27 Jan 1947	Rev John Bruton Howard Dunedoo, Bathurst, etc, NSW
27 Jan 1954	Rev Mgr Patrick J O'Donnell Parramatta, etc, NSW
27 Jan 1961	Rev Thomas Brosnan Bathurst dioc, NSW
27 Jan 1966	Rev Joseph F Dorrian CM Malvern, Vic; Southport, Qld; Sandhurst dioc, Vic
27 Jan 1974	Rev Timothy Reen Bathurst dioc, NSW
27 Jan 1984	Rev Jeremiah Healey Bathurst dioc, NSW
27 Jan 2004	Rev Patrick McQuilIan Melbourne dioc
27 Jan 2008	Rev Brian Francis Byron Ashbury, Erskineville, Five Dock, Elizabeth Bay, Camperdown, Manly, Toukley, Gladesville - Archdiocese of Sydney, NSW
27 Jan 2011	Rev William Shanahan PE Born 01/03/1930.
27 Jan 2012	Rev Victor Dalton Read more Born 21/12/1939; Date of Ordination: 28/06/1969 - Diocese of Townsville. Vic was ordained on 28 June 1969 by Bishop Leonard Faulkner. He served in the parishes at Mundingburra, Ingham, Bowen, Julia Creek, Hughenden, Railway Estate, Mt Isa and West Townsville from where he retired in 2005. Rest in peace Vic.
27 Jan 2013	Rev Patrick McCabe SM Read more Born 28/01/1928; Ordained 08/07/1961 - Marist Fathers. Pat's parents, John and Josephine, together with two boys and one girl migrated to Sydney from Northern Ireland in 1927. The family increased when Pat was born in 1928, followed by Vin in 1929 and Brendan in 1934. It was Depression time and Pat's father secured work as a hotel manager at Bankstown. After working as a hotel bar manager, driving semis and lastly cutting sleepers, Pat followed his younger brother Vin into the Marist formation programme. He was ordained in Sydney on 8 July 1961 and after 7 years as a priest teacher at the Marist Fathers' college at Burnie (TAS), Pat moved into parish ministry and served in parishes in Hobart, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, and at St Patrick's Church, Church Hill, Sydney. Following reluctant retirement in 2012, he lived briefly at Hunters Hill and Drummoyne. May he rest in peace.
27 Jan 2016	Rev Leo Lane Read more Born 03/10/1922; Ordained 27/07/1948 Diocese of Sandhurst Ordained in Ballarat 27 July 1948, for the Diocese of Sandhurst, Leo served in Bendigo, Wangaratta, Numurkah, Cohuna, Elmore, Euroa, Yarrawonga and Beechworth followed by parish priest appointments at Corryong, Beechworth, Rushworth, Chiltern and Pyramid Hill, until his retirement in 1989. In later years, Leo was asked to undertake some work in assembling basic archival material for the Diocese. This he did with great enthusiasm and upon retiring to his beloved Western District (particularly the Koroit and Warrnambool area), his material was added to the expanding Diocesan archives. Rest now in peace dear Leo.
28 Jan 1904	Bishop Elzear Torreggiani OFMCap Armidale, NSW
28 Jan 1928	Rev James Roulier MSC Sydney, etc
28 Jan 1935	Rev Edward Sheehy CM Malvern, Vic
28 Jan 1937	Rev Henry Van Riel MSC Randwick, Casino, Coffs Harbour, NSW, etc
28 Jan 1942	Rev Daniel Buckley MSC Randwick, NSW
28 Jan 1952	Rev Thomas Walsh SJ Sydney, etc
28 Jan 1959	Rev Joseph O'Hara Mosman Park, WA, etc
28 Jan 1964	Rev Desmond McMullen Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
28 Jan 1965	Rev Mgr James Louis Conway Quambatook, Mildura, Colac, etc, Vic
28 Jan 1969	Rev Timothy O'Dwyer Rockhampton dioc, Qld
28 Jan 1970	Rev William Buckley SM Sydney
28 Jan 1983	Rev John Takacs SJ Sydney
28 Jan 1991	Rev David Anthony Abfalter Adelaide dioc
28 Jan 1997	Rev Jeremiah Patrick Downey Born 08/12/1913; Ordained 12/06/1938; Goulburn, Young, Bega, W. Wyalong, Bombala, Barellan, Adelong, Queanbeyan, Braidwood, NSW.
28 Jan 2001	Bishop Ivan Prasko North Melbourne, Vic
28 Jan 2015	Rev Francis Bendeich Read more Born 14/07/1936; Ordained 16/07/1960 Archdiocese of Sydney Frank Bendeich was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Sydney on 16 July 1960. Frank was always considerate of people and made a point of writing his sermons so that they would not go too long. New Catholics were comfortable going to Frank for their first confession - he was kind and considerate. Frank developed the custom of always telling a joke as the end of Mass, very often referring to his favourite football team St George Illawarra Dragons. Frank's recreation was bushwalking. He started walking two years after his ordination and joined the Catholic Bushwalking Club in Sydney a couple of years later. He walked almost every week until his health precluded him from walking. When Frank signed his name in various logbooks scattered in obscure places throughout the Blue Mountains he used to sign his name Frank (I walk alone) Bendeich! The number of people and priests at his funeral was a tribute to Frank's natural and spiritual gifts, even though he had been retired from Rockdale Parish for quite some years. May he rest in peace.
28 Jan 2018	Rev Peter Neville Born 23/10/1937; Ordained 21/07/1962 Archdiocese of Sydney
29 Jan 1893	Rev Mgr George Francis Dillon Armidale, Balmain, Camden, etc, NSW
29 Jan 1896	Rev Marianus Bambini OFMCap Armidale dioc, NSW
29 Jan 1899	Rev Stephen Cummings SM Hunters Hill, etc, NSW
29 Jan 1901	Rev Jean Claude Chervier SM Sydney
29 Jan 1915	Rev James Grace Granville, etc, NSW
29 Jan 1915	Rev Edward Hanrahan Bathurst dioc, NSW
29 Jan 1927	Rev Richard Patrick Walsh Toowoomba dioc, Qld
29 Jan 1931	Rev Thomas Doran Bathurst dioc, NSW
29 Jan 1931	Rev Auguste Fleury SJ Adelaide, etc, SA
29 Jan 1932	Rev Joseph Conrath SJ Daly River, NT, etc
29 Jan 1934	Rev Mgr Eugene Brauer Sydney dioc
29 Jan 1954	Rev Mgr Denis Conaghan Maroubra, etc, NSW
29 Jan 1956	Rev Patrick Joseph Doherty Warialda, etc, NSW
29 Jan 1971	Rev Peter Garbayo OSB New Norcia, WA
29 Jan 1982	Rev John Burford MSC Sydney, etc
29 Jan 1986	Rev Francis Joseph Daly Bathurst dioc, NSW
29 Jan 1986	Rev Terence Lynch OCarm Middle Park, Vic; Wentworth, NSW; Hilton, WA
29 Jan 1987	Rev Mgr John B Hussey Wangaratta, Bright, Shepparton, Bendigo, Vic
29 Jan 1989	Rev Jozef Kacki Bronte, Longford, Launceston, Blackman�s Bay, Tas
29 Jan 1992	Rev John Keaney Melbourne dioc
29 Jan 1993	Rev Francis McGreal Sylvania, etc, NSW
29 Jan 2000	Rev Angelo Merlino Sydney dioc
29 Jan 2013	Rev John Burns SM Read more Date of Birth 28/02/1929 Date of Ordination 31/07/1954 - Marist Fathers. John, one of five brothers and three sisters, was born in Lismore (NSW) to Miles and Emily (nee Cawley) where his parents were farmers at Kerrong. Perhaps it is from John's farming background that he gained his qualities of being a very hard toiler, practical, and an inventive builder and maker of things. He was ordained in Sydney on 31 July 1954, and from 1956-1974 worked as a priest teacher in Marist Fathers' colleges In Lismore (NSW), Traralgon (VIC), Burnie (TAS) and Bellambi (NSW), followed by missionary experience in Pakistan and Fiji. From 1985 John worked in Marist parishes in Gladstone (QLD), Burnie and West Sunshine (VIC) and for the last 13 years he was administrator at North Rockhampton parish (QLD). John died in Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, only a few weeks after being diagnosed with an aggressive liver cancer. Rest now in peace John.
29 Jan 2014	Rev Ralph Fitzgerald Born 06/02/1928; Ordained 21/01/1955 Diocese of Wagga Wagga
29 Jan 2017	Rev Andrew Quinn Born 12/08/1917; Ordained 03/06/1944 Archdiocese of Sydney
29 Jan 2023	Rev Josef Butscher SAC Read more Born 22/05/1933; Ordained 20/07/1958. Pallottines - Society of the Catholic Apostolate. Joe SAC died peacefully at Villa Maria (Cabrini) Nursing Home, Queens Parade, Ashwood with his community around him. Born in Floders/Hauerz, Germany, he came to Australia in 1958 and dedicated his life to his Aboriginal brothers and sisters in Beagle Bay, Derby, Lombadina, Mullewah and the Rossmoyne Pallottine Centre for Aboriginal boys and girls. He then came east to Kew, Melbourne, where he trained lay missionaries as well as doing parish work. Joe was a prayerful and energetic priest who will be missed by many. May he rest in peace.
30 Jan 1889	Rev Patrick Moran Gisborne, etc, Vic
30 Jan 1909	Rev William Kelly SJ Sydney, Melbourne
30 Jan 1919	Rev Thomas Morris Albany, Guildford, etc, WA
30 Jan 1922	Rev Mgr Michael J Ryan Mt. Gambier, etc, SA
30 Jan 1929	Rev Jamez Roulier MSC Goomalling, WA, etc
30 Jan 1941	Rev James? McCusker Goulburn dioc, NSW
30 Jan 1942	Rev Mgr John Moran Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
30 Jan 1946	Rev Patrick Gahan Wagga dioc, NSW
30 Jan 1949	Rev James Scally SJ Sydney, etc
30 Jan 1985	Rev James Casey SJ Sydney, Melbourne
30 Jan 2006	Rev Hilary Doran OCD Brisbane QLD; Morley WA;Bennettswood VIC; Varrowville, NSW. Carmelite Friars - Order of Discalced Carmelites.
30 Jan 2008	Rev Alban Edwards CM Ashfield, Bathurst, Eastwood, Bathurst and Lismore diocs, NSW, Guildford, WA, Southport, Hughenden, Qld
30 Jan 2011	Rev David Bliss McKenzie Read more Born 29/03/1926. Date of Ordination: 29/06/1956. Following time spent in the AIF as a flight rigger, David commenced his studies for priesthood in June 1950 at Banyo Seminary and was ordained on 29 June 1956. While he was at Banyo, Cairns Diocese called for volunteers and on Christmas Eve 1956, David along with Pat McKenna and John Flynn arrived in Cairns to answer that call. David's first appointment was to the Gulf (as far as Burketown) with many parishes in between until he retired in Atherton in 1991. Rest now in peace David.
30 Jan 2019	Rev Laurence Joseph Quinn Read more Born 31/08/1931; Ordained 29/06/1963 Diocese of Port Pirie. Laurence Quinn was sometimes known as the typical Aussie Country Priest. Born in Burra, SA, the son of Tom and Harriet Quinn, Laurie was one of four children. He left school before any secondary education to work on the farm. From a faith-filled family Laurie gradually became convinced that he was called to become a priest. However lack of education was a problem, but the local PP came to the rescue by tutoring Laurie in Latin, even enabling him to gain a high grade in pubic examination. Laurie entered St Francis Xavier seminary at the age of 26, a man among boys, but his dogged determination brought him through to ordination at Burra on 29 June 1963. He served as Assistant priest at Whyalla and Loxton, then Parish Priest of Port Lincoln for nine years (where he built a magnificent church) and Burra for the next 14 years until his retirement. Laurie was proud of his family background and history, he loved the bush and cars, but above all he was a devout priest with great devotion to prayer, to the Mass, to Mary and the Rosary, and the people of his parish. He was very keen on local history, developing a detailed family record, and he carefully maintained many priests' graves throughout the huge diocese. After retirement in 2014 he lived at St Joseph's Home in Port Pirie until his death. Laurie was baptised, confirmed, ordained and finally farewelled with Requiem Mass on 8 February 2019 in his local Burra church where he was Parish priest for so many years. May he rest in peace.
31 Jan 1901	Rev Patrick J McGlone Lithgow, NSW
31 Jan 1903	Rev Zephyrin Francois Muraire SM Hunters Hill, NSW
31 Jan 1904	Rev Henry Rensmann SAC Broome dioc, NSW
31 Jan 1925	Rev James O'Donnell Wentworth Hill, Parkes, etc, NSW
31 Jan 1931	Rev Michael Finan Melbourne dioc
31 Jan 1934	Rev Patrick Fogarty Sydney dioc
31 Jan 1936	Rev James Howard Crowe Toowoomba dioc, Qld
31 Jan 1940	Rev Maurice Carmody Sydney dioc
31 Jan 1949	Rev William John Lynch CM Bathurst, Ashfield, NSW
31 Jan 1951	Rev Patrick Walsh Adelaide dioc
31 Jan 1954	Rev Auguste Galerne SM Sydney
31 Jan 1954	Rev Daniel Hennessy Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
31 Jan 1961	Rev James Carragher Ardlethan, etc, NSW
31 Jan 1965	Rev Mgr William F Cahill Canberra and Goulburn dioc, NSW
31 Jan 1965	Rev Mgr James Hanrahan Semaphore, etc, SA
31 Jan 1984	Rev James Raymond MSC Sydney, etc
31 Jan 1986	Rev William Cowan OMI Fremantle, WA; Camberwell, Vic
31 Jan 1986	Rev Harvey Edmiston MSC Sydney, etc
31 Jan 1986	Rev Sidney Joseph Thorne Bankstown, Flemington, etc, NSW; Darwin, NT
31 Jan 1988	Rev John Cass Bathurst, South Dubbo, Molong, etc, NSW
31 Jan 1999	Rev Raymond Jones Diocese of Townville, Queensland
31 Jan 2003	Rev Thomas Martland Ordinaed for Sydney 08 March 1958. Michelago, Jindabyne, West Queanbeyan, NSW and ACT
31 Jan 2004	Rev Edward Harrop OFMCap Wynnum Central, Qld; Newton, Yoogali, Plumpton, Leichhardt, NSW; Balcatta, Perth, WA etc
31 Jan 2005	Rev Francis Harney Ballarat dioc, Vic
31 Jan 2009	Rev John Welch Archdiocese of Melbourne
31 Jan 2014	Rev Stephen Tarrant OP Read more Born 09/09/1928; Ordained 01/12/1956 - Dominican Fathers. Robert Tarrant entered the Dominican Novitiate as a late vocation (22) in East Camberwell, Melbourne in 1951. The first three years of his primary schooling were conducted by the Dominican Sisters at St Mary's, Franklin St., Adelaide and from there he went to the Christian Brothers at Ovingham before completing his secondary schooling at Christian Bros at Wakefield Street. He worked with the SA Railways for a few years before joining the Dominicans where he was given the name Stephen. After Ordination together with (now retired Bishop) Bernard O'Grady OP, in Rosary Church, Prospect in 1956 and completion of his studies, he was sent to Choiseul Island in the Western Solomons for Missionary work. After a number of years there, during which he completed the preparation of a Warisi/English dictionary, he was assigned to Pastoral work in Australia, becoming a Parish Priest in a number of the Order's Parishes, including Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth. A cheerful, well-organised, gentle, dedicated and unobtrusive and totally reliable shepherd, he was treasured by both those whom he served, and by his brother Dominicans with whom he lived. That he had planned to read a brief Dream-Poem' on Sunday about arrival in heaven seemed in hindsight, tellingly appropriate. His death was sudden and unexpected. May he rest in peace.
31 Jan 2020	Rev Denis Callahan Born 11/01/1929. Ordained 19/07/1952. Diocese of Broken Bay
31 Jan 2024	Rev Kevin Bates SM Born 13/08/1946; Ordained 20/05/1972. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
Feb 1883	Rev Patrick Cavanagh Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Feb 1930	Rev Joseph Minetti Adelaide dioc
Feb 1942	Rev John Drayne Geraldton, Cue, Lawlers, WA
1 Feb 1881	Rev John J Ahern Fortitude Valley, etc, Qld
1 Feb 1884	Rev William Foran St. Arnaud, Vic
1 Feb 1912	Rev James Aloysius Kelly Glen Innes, Rocky Mouth, Lismore, Kempsey, NSW
1 Feb 1922	Rev Richard Woulfe Born Country Kerry, Ireland; Ordained All Hallows, Dublin 1902; Forest Lodge, Burwood, Pyrmont, Sacred Heart (Darlinghurst), Picton, Auburn and Hurstville - Archdiocese of Sydney
1 Feb 1934	Rev Vincent McQuillan CM Ashfield, NSW
1 Feb 1938	Rev John J Kelly Wynnum South, etc, Qld
1 Feb 1938	Rev John Sheridan Berrima, Leichhardt, Mosman, Dulwich Hill, NSW
1 Feb 1943	Rev Edward Walsh Sydney
1 Feb 1944	Rev Mgr Michael P Potter Warwick, etc, Qld
1 Feb 1965	Rev Mgr Edward Moss Nedlands, etc, WA
1 Feb 1968	Rev Robert Sheeran OCSO Melbourne
1 Feb 1972	Rev Kevin Carroll SJ Melbourne, etc
1 Feb 1975	Rev Timothy Cotter OCarm Adelaide, etc
1 Feb 1979	Rev Timothy Kennedy Maroubra Bay, etc, NSW
1 Feb 1986	Rev John Nolan OMI
1 Feb 1987	Rev John Gerard O'Connor Bondi Beach, Surry Hills, Drummoyne, Swansea, Redfern, Penshurst, etc, NSW
1 Feb 1988	Rev Michael J Hanrahan Morpeth, Waratah, Taree, Scone, Cessnock, Tarro, etc, NSW
1 Feb 1993	Rev Peter Van Oss CSsR Sydney, etc
1 Feb 1999	Rev Canice Egan SJ Dampier, Goomalling, Perth, WA
1 Feb 2004	Rev Joseph Patrick Walsh Rockdale, Maroubra, Baulkham Hills, Castle Hill, NSW
1 Feb 2005	Rev Daniel Lyons Brighton-le-Sands, Maroubra, Ryde, Balmain, Parramatta, Auburn South, Blacktown, Waitara, Belmore, Harris Park, Gymea, Revesby, Revesby Heights, NSW
1 Feb 2008	Rev Allan Russell SM Born 26/02/1921; Ordained 09/07/1960.
1 Feb 2008	Rev C Harry Leis Born 02/04/1928; Ordained 21/07/1953; Diocese of Armidale
1 Feb 2014	Rev Peter Collins SSS Read more Born 03/03/1949 - Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Peter the second of John and Irene Collins' seven children was educated at Holy Name, East Preston; St Thomas', Clifton Hill and St Bernard's, West Essendon. In early 1967, after a year of work and part-time study, he entered the Blessed Sacrament Congregation's novitiate in Toowoomba, making his first profession on 2 February 1969. He spent a year at the Passionist seminary in Lower Plenty before completing his studies under the Columban Fathers at North Turramurra in Sydney. He was ordained on 8 May 1976 by Archbishop Frank Little at St Francis' in Melbourne. After a brief stint at St Peter Julian's Church in Sydney, he was appointed to 'The Shrine' at Toowoomba in January 1977. In 1981 he was elected to the Congregation's provincial leadership team and appointed National Vocation Director. In February 1982, he left Toowoomba to base his vocational work in Sydney, but returned there as Community Leader in 1987. In 1989 a one-year formation course at St Louis, Missouri, led to his appointment as Director of Scholastics at Eymard College, Box Hill, Victoria. In 1994, he assisted the Congregation's General Administration with a comprehensive report on initial formation and ministry in Vietnam. He oversaw the Congregation's painful withdrawal from Toowoomba in November 1995. From there he went to Perth as Community Leader and Parish Priest, only to have to preside over the Congregation's difficult departure from there also in late 1998. While still there, Peter was chosen as Australian Delegate to the Eucharistic Congress in Wroclaw, Poland. In January 1999, Peter returned to Melbourne and headed up St Francis' for eight years. One of his key initiatives was the introduction of a regular Mass for international students. In 2004, he became Convenor of the ecumenical group Melbourne City Churches in Action, often leading the annual Good Friday procession around the streets of Melbourne. Peter's personal Way of the Cross began in 2002 with surgery and radiation therapy for a tumour at the base of the spine. By 2007 he had recovered enough to be appointed leader at St Peter Julian's in Sydney where he oversaw the refurbishment of church and monastery. His term was cut short in September 2009, when the advance of tumours in his spine obliged him to resign. He returned to St Francis' and resumed ministry, even from a wheelchair. He was looked after at home by the carers of Mercy Health until worsening pain and paralysis compelled him to remain in the palliative care ward of Royal Melbourne. Throughout his long ordeal, even in the final twelve months of intense suffering, Peter remained extraordinarily patient and positive. As he shared in the cross of Christ, so may he share in his resurrection. May he rest now in peace.
1 Feb 2022	Rev Joseph Walsh Read more Born 26/01/1952; Ordained 13/06/1976. Archdiocese of Perth. Joseph was born in Tuam, Co Galway, Ireland and ordained in Dublin on 13 June 1976. He served the Archdiocese of Perth for 46 years in the parishes of the Cathedral, Leederville, Osborne Park, Northam, Gingin-Chittering, Nollamara,�Subiaco and All Saints Chapel in the city.� Our paths first crossed at the Cathedral, as young assistant priests together with Fr Bryan Rosling former parish priest of Yangebup.�We were a formidable trio and RPH chaplaincy was our chief task.� Joe having no classmates in Perth, joined the 1974-75 ordination group. Joe returned to Ireland in 1984 to undertake the position of Vocations Director and fund raiser for All Hallows Seminary. He returned to Australia in September 1990 and served at Gingin-Chittering before taking a sabbatical. In 2021, after an eight-year term as PP at Nollamara, Joe was appointed PP of Subiaco, where he beautifully restored the church and presbytery.� He also created a 40-year nest egg by replacing a small parish hall with a medical facility and underground parking bays. He served as Chaplain to the RAAF and Western Australian Prisons and was a constant visitor and source of comfort to patients at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco. Joe was a very effective chaplain and established youth groups and a vibrant Sunday youth Mass in the Subiaco church which attracted young people from all over. While he was PP of Subiaco he contributed to the heritage of this State by honouring Bishop Salvado. He established a Camino that has gained popularity - a walking tour from Subiaco to New Norcia.� As part of the Camino project he commissioned� a prominent life size statue in Salvado Road Subiaco, of� the pioneer Benedictine Abbott who was committed to the welfare of our indigenous people. Together with 1,000 family, friends and parishioners, I attended Joe's funeral at St Joseph's Church, Subiaco.� In the past three years Fr Rosling, Emeritus Archbishop Hickey and myself have regularly hosted an evening meal to which we invited Joe and other priests.�� I thought I knew Joe as a result of these gatherings but at the funeral I discovered how little I actually knew. I discovered so much more about Joe by listening to his friends at his wake. The first was a young man of Indian background, Rod Pereira, who told me that back in his university days he and a small group of student friends decided to do something for the hungry people of Kolkata (Calcutta).� They formed a committee, sought Joe's help and in no time had raised $80,000. Rod then travelled to Kolkata and sought the help of the Daughters of Charity to set up their project of feeding the hungry.�� His efforts fell in a heap and after three days of despondency he rang Joe who responded immediately, travelled to India, came to the rescue and guided the tricky establishment of the ambitious project.�� Since 2005, 100,000 people have been fed.�� Another person I listened to was Denis Glennon, the father of Claremont serial killer victim, Ciara Glennon, who told his story of how fellow country man. Joe visited Denis and his wife Una after the tragic abduction of their daughter back in 1996.� Joe brought a meal to that first meeting and continued to support the family over the next 27 years. A one-time prisoner, Troy Mercante, told me that when Joe was first charged by the police, he kept in regular daily contact with him. Troy also appointed himself Joe's 24/7 Uber driver.� To him it was pay back for the countless visits Joe made on a fortnightly basis while Troy was behind bars and in solitary.� Prisons are all on the edge of suburbia and take up at least two hours of travelling time, but Joe would even drive Perth-Albany in the one day to make a visit each month to his friends in prison. The last five years have been dotted with sad and troubling events happening among the Catholic priests of Perth, Australia and the world.� The Fr Joe Saga was one of them and is extensively documented in the media.� Who would want to navigate the barque of Peter', as the Church is affectionately known, in these troubled times?� (John Jegorow)
2 Feb 1880	Rev John Davis Inverell, NSW
2 Feb 1911	Rev John Joseph Herbert Mortlake, Port Fairy, Ballarat, Vic
2 Feb 1911	Rev Thomas Lawless CM Bathurst, Ashfield, NSW
2 Feb 1918	Rev Hubert Daly SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
2 Feb 1924	Rev Michael Joseph O'Regan Brighton, Cygnet, Queenstown, etc, Tas
2 Feb 1925	Rev Donald MacKillop SJ Adelaide, NT districts
2 Feb 1928	Rev Alphonse Remy Tachon OC Beagle Bay, WA
2 Feb 1942	Rev Robert D O'Shea Esk, Goondiwindi, Rockhampton, Allora, Qld; Maitland diocese, NSW
2 Feb 1943	Rev Mgr Hugh Conaghan Sydney dioc
2 Feb 1965	Rev Anthony G Finn SJ Pymble, NSW, etc
2 Feb 1966	Rev Kevin D Crowe CSsR Maitland, NSW; Ballarat, Vic; New Town, Tas, etc
2 Feb 1970	Rev John Daley Sandhurst dioc, Vic
2 Feb 1983	Rev Peter Hansen Launceston, Franklin, Hobart, Bellerive, Tas; Melbourne, Vic
2 Feb 1987	Rev Joseph Egan SVD Sydney, etc
2 Feb 1987	Rev Edward Riordan SJ Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide
2 Feb 1989	Rev Russell Murray Redford Ballina, etc, NSW
2 Feb 1992	Rev James Robert Brown Sydney dioc
2 Feb 1996	Rev Edmund Gagajek SChr
2 Feb 1999	Rev William Casey Thornbury, Box Hill, Kyneton, East Bentleigh, Trentham, Bentley, Alphington, VIC
2 Feb 2002	Rev Beno John Korbic OFM Migrant Chaplain for Slovenian Migrants to Australia 1951-1953
2 Feb 2007	Rev John Joseph Cotter OFM Sydney, Port Macquarie, etc, NSW
2 Feb 2010	Rev Brian Bainbridge Read more Born 12/02/1938; Ordained 23/07/1966; Archdiocese of Melbourne. Writeen by Frank Marriott. Brian Bainbridge began his priestly formation the year Pope XII died, and John XXIII was elected. I already had a number of years at Francis Xavier, Adelaide, under the direction of the Vincentians, he at Corpus Christi, still directed by the Jesuits. Later reflections suggest that the Melbourne Church was the centre of many apostolic movements that influenced Australia � and perceptually the seminary was more in tune with the underlying theme coming out of the excitement building in Rome concerning the Vatican II Council. The historians tell us that in the 40s and 50s in Europe, various pressures were building within the Church to revisit the twin poles called ad Extra i.e. what we (The Church) were saying to the world � and ad Intra, the capacity for internal reform. I mention this because the Council did make giant septs in both directions � and I think Brian, like so many priests of that era � resonated happily with these openings and adopted life accordingly. We have had a tradition of chaplains to universities, hospitals, prisons, boys homes etc � Brian's was to R.M.I.T.- in some ways new'. Universities were seen often and the Grand maidens of Theologies; the Queen - Sciences for many. As we know he embraced that technology � mastering in Business Studies Teaching etc which led in time to mastering Open Space, bringing new ways of consultation, facilitation, formation... all that was new' and different to Dogmatic Theology or Canon Law � and that newness' brought with it fear, misunderstanding, even hostility � and he suffered accordingly. There were more times, I can assure you when he provided the directory of his ministry. Why he had become a guru' to companies, institutions, even the world band...but not to this own. Scripture speaks about prophets in their own country. I am thrilled that recently he published his reflections on being PP here at St Scholastica's. You know � or may not that he was scared of becoming a PP. He felt he did not know what to do. You know the result. He put into practice those beliefs- � The rights and responsibilities of the baptised and opening the doors to them and call them to exercise freely. � The love of the Liturgy � beautiful liturgy. (He was so proud of the beautiful refurbishment of St Scholastica's.) � The nuanced word that came from the heart and soul out of a slightly different world experience and Gospel reflection. On behalf of many parishes, institutions, government agencies, bishops Conferences we say thanks for his generosity, and unfailing optimism based upon the inherent goodness he believed was in people and the institutions with which he worked. I can hear him saying to me, �Frank, you just have to find the place to start and Open Space finds that!�
2 Feb 2010	Rev William (Bill) Murphy Read more Born 25/09/1917; Date of Ordination: 29/07/1942 Bill who was ordained in 1942 was a very learned man, an educationalist and theologian held in the highest regard. He also had the odd distinction of never having been a parish priest. After graduating at St Patrick's Seminary at Manly, Sydney, he spent the World War II years in the Casino parish in northern NSW and then travelled to Rome as adviser and secretary to Bishop Farrelly during the second Vatican Council. Perhaps no one in the English-speaking world had a greater knowledge of church history prior to the council, the events during the council and its documents, than Bill did. Over the years he wore many hats, including those of Editor of the Lismore diocesan newspaper, Director of Catholic Schools and finally Director of Catholic Education for the Lismore Diocese. Despite being blind, Bill still celebrated Mass at St Agatha's at Clayfield, Brisbane, the Penola Nursing Home at Wavell Heights and for the Emmanuel Covenant Community and he once joked that if the people were prepared to put up with a half-blind octogenarian priest it would be good for their patience and their charity. Rest in peace dear Bill.
2 Feb 2012	Rev Ronald Josephs SM Born 28/06/1932; Ordained 07/07/1962; Sydney, Burnie, Tasmania etc.
2 Feb 2012	Rev Charles Thomas (Tom) Russell SVD Read more Born 22/02/1927. Ordained in 1960 - Divine Word Missionaries. Charles Thomas Russell (better known simply as Tom) was born in Cairns, Queensland and joined the Society of the Divine Word in 1950, professing first vows in Marburg in 1952. Tom undertook his theological studies in Techny, USA - his class was the biggest ever in Techny. Tom was finally professed in 1957 and was ordained a priest in 1960. The day after his ordination, he was given his mission appointment to INE for the training of brother candidates, initially in Pune then to Jharsaguda where he built a bungalow to live in and classrooms for the students. Tom was never formally trained, however was gifted in art and in designing architectural drawings. He designed a series of churches in India. In 1971 Tom left India for PNG, initially to work in the Wewak Diocese, assigned to the Burui parish, to build a vocational school. On another project in Warabung he guided the students to build their own houses and workshops. Tom was parish priest of Torembi parish for 10 years � a place where his sister Gertrude had previously served as a Mercy Sister setting up a new school. Tom had various villages to pastorally care for in the difficult Sepik River area. In 1984 Tom was transferred to St John's seminary on Kairui Island where he taught maths. He remained there until 1996 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. He then returned to Queensland, Australia. He took his first formal art classes during his retirement and leaves a legacy of many fine art works which adorn the walls of AUS communities.Tom died with confreres at his bedside on the 60th anniversary of his vows. May he rest in peace.
2 Feb 2015	Rev Ronald Harden Born 15/03/1928; Ordained 21/07/1951 Archdiocese of Sydney
3 Feb 1882	Richard Francis X Fennelly Carisbrook, Smythesdale, Creswick, Maryborough, Linton, etc, Vic
3 Feb 1887	Rev Michael? Kenny Melbourne dioc
3 Feb 1895	Rev James J Hanly Brisbane; Yass, NSW, etc
3 Feb 1914	Rev Joseph Polk SJ Norwood, SA
3 Feb 1929	Rev John Drinan Murphy Yorketown, etc, SA
3 Feb 1940	Rev John J O'Connor Armidale dioc, NSW
3 Feb 1948	Rev Peter J Power Bungendore, etc, NSW
3 Feb 1952	Rev Bernard Jordan Broken Hill, etc, NSW
3 Feb 1954	Rev Mgr Robert McElligott Sydney dioc
3 Feb 1970	Rev Stanislaus Mika CSsR Sydney, etc
3 Feb 1972	Rev John J Byrne Melbourne dioc
3 Feb 1975	Rev Sylvester Francis O'Sullivan Rozelle, NSW
3 Feb 1976	Rev William Gimenez OSB New Norcia, WA
3 Feb 1978	Rev Michael Tuomey Melbourne dioc
3 Feb 1979	Rev Austin Woodbury SM Sydney dioc.
3 Feb 2005	Rev Sylvester Campbell OFM Melbourne, Adelaide, Taperoo, SA
3 Feb 2005	Rev James Ryan CSsR
3 Feb 2007	Rev James Fowler Concord, Winston Hills, Blacktown, Lalor Park, Cronulla, Pyrmont, Balmain, Darlinghurst, NSW.
3 Feb 2007	Rev Matthew O'Hagan Born 28/01/1961; Ordained 30/08/1996; Wodonga, Kennington, Bright/Mt. Beauty, Echuca - Diocese of Sandhurst, Victoria.
3 Feb 2011	Rev Mgr John Michael O'Connor Read more Born 06/02/1910; Date of Ordination: 21/12/1935 Born at Brewarrina, NSW, John attended at Inverell and Riverview College, Sydney. Bishop O'Connor accepted him as a student for priesthood, and he began studies at Springwood. John was sent to Propaganda Fide College in Rome, and was ordained in St John Lateran Basilica on 21.12.35. He attended the Secretary of State, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) at the canonisation of St John Bosco. Returning to Australia, he served in many parishes including Armidale, Gunnedah, Tamworth, and Uralla. John retired to Ipswich in 1987 where he was lovingly care for by his former housekeeper and the local priests. Rest now in peace John.
3 Feb 2012	Rev Peter Fulton PE Read more Born 10/06/1945; Date of Ordination: 23/05/1970 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Peter served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 41 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. He was Assistant Priest in the Parishes of Healesville, Dandenong, South Caulfield, Doncaster and Blackburn. Peter served in the Melbourne Overseas Mission in New Guinea during which time he survived a plane crash which left him a paraplegic. Later he became a member of staff at Corpus Christi College, Clayton. Peter was appointed Parish Priest of Mount Eliza where he remained until his resignation due to ill health, and was appointed Pastor Emeritus in 2010. Those who knew Peter have a lasting impression of his courage, perseverance and determination in coping with his disabilities and the consequential complications to his health over many years. Rest in peace Peter.
3 Feb 2014	Rev Thomas Lees SJ Read more Born 18/03/1926; Ordained 04/01/1956 - Jesuits Fathers. Tom was born in Brunswick and studied at St Pat's, East Melbourne. After joining the Jesuits, Tom was sent to the Hazaribag Mission in India in 1958. His first appointment was to St Xavier's, the rapidly growing Jesuit boarding school in Hazaribag. Tom was the kind of person every organization loves to have. He taught classes, kept the accounts, made sure there were supplies for the 400 boarders, arranged buses and railway carriages to ferry the boarders to and from their homes in Calcutta, Patna or Bombay, paid the staff, and did it all quietly without fuss. Of the many assignments Tom had in India, the toughest was his appointment as vicar-general of the new diocese of Daltonganj. Bishop George Saupin was a charismatic, beloved pastor, but not an administrator. Once again Tom had to keep the show on the road. After 30 years in India he was re-assigned to Australia to manage the Melbourne Mission Office. Again he became the quiet manager who didn't make a fuss. There was a lovely presence about Tom, testifying to the fact that he was at home with Christ. In recent years that home became an ever more private place, as Parkinson's disease took over more of Tom's limbs and finally every part of his body. But the disease was never able to diminish his warmth and gentleness, which remained to the very end. Rest now in Peace Tom for your good deeds have definitely gone before you.
3 Feb 2022	Most Rev Joseph Hitti DD LSS BA Born in Lebanon 30/09/1925. Ordained Priest 24/03/1951. Ordained Bishop of St Maroun, Sydney 06/01/1991. Resigned 26/10/2001.
4 Feb 1875	Rev Peter Francis O'Farrell OFM Sydney, Bathurst, etc, NSW
4 Feb 1878	Rev Patrick Delaney Maryborough, Stawell, etc, Vic
4 Feb 1902	Rev William Hughes SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
4 Feb 1904	Rev John O'Reilly Maryborough, Dora, etc, Qld
4 Feb 1944	Rev Andrew (Patrick) Maher OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic
4 Feb 1953	Rev Andrew William Wogan OFM Sydney, etc
4 Feb 1958	Rev Urban Gimenez OSB New Norcia, WA
4 Feb 1959	Rev Mgr John A Fahey Mt. Gambier, etc, SA
4 Feb 1961	Rev Nicholas Fitzhenry OSA Cairns, Qld
4 Feb 1975	Rev Mgr Jerome O'Rourke Lismore, etc, NSW
4 Feb 1980	Rev Philip Ryan Maitland, Newcastle, Lambton, NSW
4 Feb 1984	Rev Louis Liberati SDB Brooklyn Park, SA
4 Feb 1991	Rev Nicholas Martin McSweeney Kingsley-Woodvale, etc, WA
4 Feb 1992	Rev Peter Brown Como, etc, NSW
4 Feb 1994	Rev James Clark Jerilderie, etc, NSW
4 Feb 1994	Rev John Eldridge MSC Sydney; Moonah, Tas, etc
4 Feb 2011	Rev Samuel Boland CSsR
4 Feb 2014	Rev Leo Donnelly SSC Read more Born 1932- Columban Fathers Leo died in Lima, Peru after a short illness.He will be greatly missed by Columbans, family members and the many friends he had in Australia and Peru. He became well known and loved by the readers of The Far East magazine where he wrote powerful stories of poverty, injustice and the daily struggles of his beloved Peruvian brothers and sisters. Leo believed that as a missionary in Peru, it was a powerful witness to live with the people, stay with the people, and be buried among the people. For Leo, It was a sign of fidelity. Jose Marti, the poet wrote, With the poor people of the world I wish to share my fate.' For Leo, it has been accomplished. May he rest in peace
4 Feb 2015	Rev Peter Hien CM Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission
4 Feb 2022	Rev Paulino Tui Kolio Read more Born 05/12/1954; Ordained 19/06/1990. Archdiocese of Sydney. Paulino was born in Safotu, Samoa and following his training at the Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon, USA, he was ordained in 1990 at St Michael the Archangel Church, Leauva'a, Samoa. Paulino arrived in Sydney in 2003 and worked as Chaplain to the Samoan Catholic Community before being appointed Administrator of the parishes of Bondi Beach (2008) and then Sadlier-Miller (2008). He was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Sydney in 2017 and continued to serve as administrator of Sadlier-Miller until he was appointed Assistant Priest at both Holsworthy and Morebank. He will be lovingly remembered for his kind and caring ministry and dedication to his parishioners. May he rest in pace.
5 Feb 1910	Rev John E Neubauer SJ Georgetown, SA; Sydney, NSW, etc
5 Feb 1934	Rev Pierre Bouillon SM Sydney
5 Feb 1949	Rev Thomas Conway OMI Geelong, Vic; Fremantle, WA
5 Feb 1964	Rev Mgr David Aloysius Dee Brisbane dioc
5 Feb 1965	Rev Martin McEveney Finch Hatton, etc, Qld
5 Feb 1967	Rev John Ryan SDB Sunbury, Brunswick, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA
5 Feb 1971	Rev Patrick Managh CM Brisbane; Ashfield, NSW
5 Feb 1972	Rev Edward Carlisle SJ Melbourne, etc
5 Feb 1977	Rev Martin Thomas Newbold Perth dioc
5 Feb 1992	Rev David Hamilton Brown SSS Melbourne; Tamworth, NSW, etc
5 Feb 1998	Rev Mgr Brendan Bowler Adelaide dioc
5 Feb 2005	Lionel (Leo) Benedict Coshan Melbourne dioc
5 Feb 2009	Rev Benedict O'Donoghue OFM Waverley, NSW
5 Feb 2016	Rev John Spillane PE Read more Born: 16/02/1923 Ordained: 27/07/1947 Archdiocese of Melbourne. John died suddenly and peacefully, at Little Sisters of the Poor Aged Care, Northcote, aged 92 years. He entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee and was ordained by Archbishop Daniel Mannix on 27 July 1947 at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne. John served as Assistant Priest at Camberwell (1947), Geelong (1948), West Geelong (1950), Gardenvale (1958). He was appointed Parish Priest at Doncaster (1960), followed by Brunswick West (1971), Essendon West (1987), retiring as Pastor Emeritus in 2006. John will be fondly remembered by the people he served with such dedication, gentleness and kindness. His attention to visiting parishioners in their homes was among one of his many fine pastoral gifts. He knew his people and they appreciated his genuine interest in them. He was mindful of the needs his people faced and quietly attended to their care. He had a strong devotional life centered on the Word of God. In his daily living of the priesthood he witnessed to Jesus, the Good Shepherd. While he found the thought of retirement difficult, he entered into the rhythm of Justin Villa, and later the Little Sisters of the Poor, with the same kindness and attention which endeared him to so many. Above all, he trusted in the providence of God and we pray that he will now rest in peace.
6 Feb 1905	Rev Edward? A Delaney Beechworth, etc, Vic
6 Feb 1906	Rev Patrick Leonard Dunne OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
6 Feb 1913	Rev Cornelius O'Donnell Glenelg, etc, SA
6 Feb 1944	Bishop Francis Wolfe SVD Sydney, etc
6 Feb 1949	Rev Gerald Kennedy SJ Sydney, etc
6 Feb 1971	Rev Richard Leonard Hoevers OP Camberwell, Vic, etc
6 Feb 1984	Rev John Maurice Emmanuel Sydney, Bathurst, etc, NSW
6 Feb 1987	Rev John Patrick Kelly Red Cliffs, Robinvale, Birchip, Sebastopol, etc, Vic
6 Feb 1987	Rev John S Ryan Bendigo, Pyramid Hill, Marong, Benalla, Cohuna, Tallangatta, Golden Square, etc, Vic; Maitland, Newcastle, Lambton, NSW
6 Feb 1989	Rev Edwyn Carlyle Lloyd Goulburn, NSW; Queenstown, Launceston, Kingston, Scottsdale, etc, Tas
6 Feb 1989	Rev Ronald McDonald CM Guildford, WA; Bathurst, NSW
6 Feb 1990	Rev Andrew Gygar CSsR Brisbane, Qld; Newcastle, NSW, etc
6 Feb 1999	Rev Vincent Regan Adelaide dioc
6 Feb 2003	Rev Anthony Walsh SJ Perth, Riverview, Pymble, NSW, etc
6 Feb 2009	Rev Clement Bernard Kilby Read more Born 05/02/1930; Ordained 25/07/1954; Fr Clem Kilby was born in Launceston on 5th February 1930. He was the fourth son of the late Harry and Katherine Kilby. Two of his brothers, Don and Harry predeceased him with Don being lost on the HMAS Perth in waters off Indonesia during World War II and Harry, who lived in Newcastle, dying last year. His remaining brother, Kevin, lives in Queensland. While still very young, Fr Clem's father died and some years later his mother married again � with another brother, Ron Peters, was born to this union. His immediate family and his family connections were always very important to Fr Clem and he was a much loved and valued brother and uncle. Significantly, the members of his family have been closely involved in the preparations for and the celebration of his funeral liturgies. Fr Kilby's early education was with the Presentation Sisters at St Mary's School in Launceston, followed by years at St Patrick's College under the guidance of the Christian Brothers. Fr Clem always valued the involvement of these two Catholic religious orders in his life and his grateful affection for their contribution to his formation continued throughout his life. In 1947 Fr Clem entered Corpus Christi College at Werribee, Victoria, having been accepted as a student for the priesthood by the late Archbishop of Hobart, Most Rev Ernest Tweedy. After nearly eight years of formation and study Fr Clem was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Tweedy on 25th July 1954. The ordination took place on a cold winter's morning during 8.00am Mass in his home parish church, the Church of the Apostles, Launceston. The day before, his seminary classmate, Fr Gerry Sheedy, had been ordained in Burnie and the two were to remain life long friends as priests of the Archdiocese of Hobart. Fr Clem arrived back to work in the Archdiocese in December 1954. After a month's temporary appointment at Beaconsfield, he was appointed as an assistant priest at St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart. In December 1957 he began nearly three years as assistant in the New Norfolk Parish. It was from there that Archbishop Guilford Young summoned him, instructing him to establish a Catholic Family Welfare Bureau for the Archdiocese of Hobart. In January 1960 Archbishop Young appointed Fr Kilby as Director of this new family and welfare service. Thus began his life's work and involvement with social welfare. It was a grand and visionary idea that the Archbishop put before this young curate from the Derwent Valley and Fr Clem gave himself to the task with great generosity. Those who were involved in the early days would recall how limited were the resources. A seemingly impossible task was undertaken and, almost miraculously, the Centacare Tasmania of today is the ongoing fruit of Fr Clem's labours and those of many generous and unsung collaborators over the past near fifty years. At the same time he began an Arts degree at the University of Tasmania, graduating in March 1967. Later that same year he embarked on two years of post-graduate study in Chicago, USA. Returning to Tasmania in September 1969, he once again took up the role of Director of the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau. From then until he resigned as Director of Centacare in December 2000, Fr Clem put all his energies into the expansion of the Archdiocese's Welfare Agency and the various services it has provided the wider community. In 1986, Archbishop Young appointed him as Episcopal Vicar for Welfare. Archbishop D'Arcy (who as a young priest had been present at Fr Clem's ordination) renewed this appointment in 1989. Fr Clem's contribution to the community as a whole was recognised in 1996 with his being awarded a Member of the Order of Australia. Fr Clem's involvement with Catholic Welfare stretched beyond the boundaries of the Archdiocese of Hobart. He made a significant contribution to the development of the Australia wide network now known as Catholic Welfare Australia. He was a pioneer in his field. Welfare has been his life's work and countless thousands, near and far, have been the beneficiaries. Perhaps a crowning moment for Fr Clem came with the pastoral visit to Tasmania of Pope John Paul II on 27th November 1986. Fr Clem welcomed the Pope to the Willson Training Centre at Mt St Canice, Sandy Bay. In giving a major speech on Unemployment the Pope commended the work of Centacare which for over a quarter of a century has been providing services for family and social needs, particularly, in recent years, in relation to the problem of unemployment. This work continues today and it continues to expand in the variety of services provided to those who are in need. For most of his 54 years of as a priest, Fr Clem Kilby devoted his life and energy to carrying out the daunting task Archbishop Young appointed him to undertake in the late 1950's. The past few years have seen Fr Clem supplying in parishes, playing his much loved golf and enjoying the company of family and friends. A powerful preacher and tireless raconteur, Fr Clem will be remembered for what has contributed to the lives of many people. Some would say that Fr Clem was a complex character. Such complexity has realised for the people of Tasmania and beyond a wonderful service of support and encouragement, especially for those in need. Centacare is built on the unstinting efforts of this priest and undoubtedly this will be his lasting legacy.
6 Feb 2012	Rev Hugolin Kevin Bourke OFM Read more Born 25/04/1925; Date of Ordination: 27/07/1957 - Franciscan Friars. Hugolin followed his brother Lawrence to join Franciscan friars and was received in the novitiate on 17 February 1948. The son of Thomas and Edna Bourke (both deceased) he received his secondary education at Christian Brothers Lewisham. Ordained on 27 July 1957 he then went to Sydney University. Following his graduation he took up teaching in Franciscan institutions, in particular Padua College, Kedron Qld from 1962-69 and 1975-76. He was rector of the college from 1966-69. He also served in various Franciscan parishes � Paddington, NSW ; Palm Island, Qld; Box Hill, Vic; Waverley, NSW; Eaglehawk Vic; Kedron Qld; and Midland WA. In the Wollongong diocese he served as chaplain to Christian Brothers and worked in the parish supply apostolate. He retired to Waverley NSW in 2005. He died at Prince of Wales hospital Randwick NSW on 6 February 2012. Rest in peace Hugolin.
6 Feb 2013	Most Rev Douglas J Warren DD Born 21/03/1919 in Conowindra NSW; Ordained 20/12/1942; Consecrated Bishop and appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes in 1964; Appointed Bishop of the Diocese in 1967; Retired 30/03/1994.
6 Feb 2019	Rev Adrian Francis Meaney MSC Read more Born 15/12/1933; Ordained 29/06/1961 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Adrian spent 13 years in the Northern Territory, mainly in Alice Springs, and over 23 years in PNG, mostly in Bereina and Port Moresby, serving as Parish Priest, Bishop's Secretary and as Vicar General. During his time in Bereina and Koki Point in PNG, he organised two Papal Visits of JPII in 1984 and in 1996 for the beatification of Peter To Rot. Adrian once described himself as impatient to have justice done. He said �I want to do as St Therese of Calcutta spent her life doing, to help the poorest of the poor�. In the last 20 years, his principal focus was the MSC Mission Office based in Kensington Monastery where Adrian single-handedly devised, built and marketed the most efficient not-for-profit Catholic charity organisation in the whole of Australia. In that time, the Mission Office raised over $20million for Clean Water, Disadvantaged Youth, and Health projects; extending his outreach beyond our Pacific neighbours to include South East Asia, the Sub-Continent, Africa and parts of Central and South America. Adrian often repeated that �Contrary to common belief, the MSC Mission Office was never established to be a fundraising organization. Instead, it was founded to continue the call of Fr Chevalier, May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be everywhere loved.' The MSC Mission Office was founded as a movement to carry on this tradition by supporting those in need and spreading the Good News.� He then added some very beautiful words, �With our loyal partners � supporters, volunteers, prayer groups and benefactors � we burn with the fire of raising awareness and supporting the poorest and most marginalized people on earth.� May he rest in peace.
7 Feb 1899	Rev James Healy St. Kilda East, etc, Vic
7 Feb 1911	Rev Ildephonsus Bertran OSB New Norcia, Perth Dioc, WA
7 Feb 1919	Rev Hugh Pidcock SJ Adelaide, etc
7 Feb 1945	Rev William Hogan Ashgrove, etc, Qld
7 Feb 1954	Rev Denis Lenihan Koroit, etc, Vic
7 Feb 1966	Rev James Gerard Sheedy Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
7 Feb 1970	Rev Dominic Phillips CM Eastwood, NSW
7 Feb 1974	Rev John Hogan CSsR Melbourne, etc
7 Feb 1978	Rev Laurence Hessian SJ Sydney, etc
7 Feb 1989	Rev Terence McCosker SM Lismore, Sydney, NSW; Gladstone, Qld; Burnie, Tas
7 Feb 1998	Rev Peter Leonard OFM Sydney, etc
7 Feb 1999	Rev Jarlath Flynn OCD
7 Feb 2002	Rev Gordon Gebbie Melbourne dioc
7 Feb 2010	Rev Ronald (Ron) Hickman Read more Born 09/06/1924; Ordained 24/07/1954. Hi, I'm Ron'. This was how he greeted anyone new to him. First impressions were of a wise, but simple man. He spoke to the point � a few words. There was nothing put-on or false about him. He had a deep love for the Church and his priesthood. The Mass was his life's bread. His commitment was to his people and to his word. Prayer was always a priority and his breviary was always beside him. This said, he was a truly human man who enjoyed life and was available to anyone and everyone who was privileged to know him. Ron organised no less than Fifteen Golden Jubilee Masses, followed by parties, to give everyone who kept in touch with him the opportunity to celebrate with him. He paid for them all! His ministry was lived out in many parishes. I first came to know him and to regard him as friend' in Revesby Parish. It was here that he had the opportunity to widen his involvement with the parishioners by his acceptance of a Parish Team. This made his parish work alive' with many instances of challenge and invitations to grow. One Parishioner here expressed his deep love for Ron because Ron understood what it was like to be hard of hearing'. Ron never complained about his own hearing problems and his ability to get the message' was outstanding. Ron was involved in �Together-As-One� Programme for engaged couples. There were many long meetings where married couples told of their own experiences of marriage and worked hard to show the real' thing to the couples who attended. Fr Ron presented his own sessions along with these couples and humour was always very much a part of his input. Ron always attended the catch-up' dinners of the original presenting couples and provided the prawns for the entree. In his later years he was Chaplain at Cardinal Gilroy Village, where he ministered with his usual love of the people. Mondays were special days because Ron would celebrate Mass with the Josephite sisters at Patterson Place, Croydon. He would then share a home cooked meal and a game of cards with the sisters. The sisters would collect Ron from Merrylands, and he returned home by taxi. He became a special friend of the taxi driver, Albert, who drove him home each week. Ron was not really a demonstrative person, but could always remember the names and places of people from his ministries. They would be surprised to meet him after many years, and to hear him call them by name and place. Ron was all set to go to God this Christmas. When I visited him shortly before he died last week he said: I should have gone last Tuesday, when everyone was here...just think of what it is costing you people to keep me here?' Obituary written by Sr Betty McDonald rsj.
7 Feb 2016	Rev Patrick Negri SSS Read more Born 19/02/1935; Ordained 24/07/1960 Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Pat and his identical twin Michael were born at Numurkah in 1935 and educated at state primary schools, Stawell High School and St Patrick's College, Sale. In 1952 the 16-year-old Pat joined the Blessed Sacrament Congregation, making first profession at Bowral in 1955 before priestly studies at Templestowe where he combined academic success with his first experiments in oil painting. After ordination in 1960 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Pat served at St Francis' (Melbourne), St Peter Julian's (Haymarket) and the retreat house at Bowral. For a time he presented the Catholic Hour while also giving retreats, undertaking chaplaincies, taking convert classes and helping edit The Monstrance magazine. In 1969 he became a provincial consultor, then served as provincial leader from 1972-1978 at a time of problematic tensions and conflict over issues of renewal. Amid the turmoil many priests left. Pat led the province with wisdom, compassion, deep faith and common sense. He endorsed new foundations in Western Australia and warded off threats of land resumption at St Francis'. He remained there until 1984, until, after suffering a minor stroke, he was freed to commence a Master's in theology at Jesuit Theological College, Berkeley. In 1990 he gained a doctorate for his thesis Signs of Being: A Study of the Religious Significance of the Art of Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. On returning to Melbourne, he taught at Yarra Theological Union, the Diocesan Pastoral Centre and Melbourne College of Divinity. He began painting in abstract expressionist style, held the first of many exhibitions, and received major commissions from churches, hospitals, schools and friends. He also volunteered with the Victorian AIDS Council and ministered as a chaplain at RMIT. From 2006-15 he served as provincial treasurer in September 2006 and edited the province newsletter The Vineyard. Pat celebrated his Golden Jubilee of Priesthood in 2010, presided at his 100 year-old mother's funeral in 2011, and commemorated his own 80th birthday and Diamond Jubilee of Profession in 2015. In the presence of his twin brother Michael and close family members, Pat died as the sun was rising on the morning of Sunday, 7 February 2016. Pat will be fondly remembered for his graceful presiding, incisive preaching, striking works of art, great love of literature and music, sensitive spiritual accompaniment, pastoral care of the needy and great sense of humour. May Pat rest in peace.
7 Feb 2017	Rev Timothy Crowley Born 02/01/1929; Ordained 18/07/1959 Diocese of Parramatta
8 Feb 1831	Rev Jeremiah Francis O'Flynn Hobart; Sydney
8 Feb 1888	Rev David Quinn South. Melbourne, Geelong, Northcote, Vic
8 Feb 1937	Rev Francis Kelly CP Adelaide
8 Feb 1957	Rev Charles Nolan Manly, etc, NSW
8 Feb 1958	Rev Timothy of Pistoia OFMCap Wynnum, Qld
8 Feb 1963	Rev Mgr James Irwin Northampton, etc, WA
8 Feb 1974	Rev Paul Raper SSS Sydney; Melbourne
8 Feb 1982	Rev John Bracken Melbourne dioc
8 Feb 1987	Rev Ralph Vala OFMConv
8 Feb 1992	Rev Denis Ryan Sydney and Broken Bay diocs, NSW
8 Feb 1994	Rev Lancelot John Caldwell Bencubbin, Stoneville, WA
8 Feb 1994	Rev Thomas McGrail Darwin, NT; Albany, WA
8 Feb 2000	Rev Terence Holland Adelaide dioc
8 Feb 2000	Rev Raymond Thomas William White Charleville, Roma, Stanthorpe, Goondiwindi, Toowoomba, Dalby, Surat, Crow's Nest, Qld
9 Feb 1902	Rev Patrick Larkin OSA Cairns
9 Feb 1910	Rev Stephen Marschner SJ Darwin, NT, etc
9 Feb 1938	Rev John Kelly Kalinga, etc, Qld
9 Feb 1941	Rev Edward Carroll Brisbane dioc
9 Feb 1948	Rev Patrick McGrath SJ Melbourne, etc
9 Feb 1954	Rev Mgr Thomas J King Stanmore, etc, NSW
9 Feb 1961	Rev Eugene Glynn Parker Baulkam Hills, Arncliffe, NSW
9 Feb 1965	Rev Patrick Garvey Dalston, etc, Vic
9 Feb 1966	Rev Thomas Hoyne OSA Kyabram, Rochester, Echuca, Vic; Croydon, Cooktown, Chillagoe, Qld
9 Feb 1968	Rev Leonard Sheil SJ Sydney, etc
9 Feb 1972	Rev Martin Kolodziej SChr
9 Feb 1974	Rev Thomas Hogan CSsR Maitland, NSW, etc
9 Feb 1987	Rev Con McCarthy Melbourne dioc
9 Feb 1989	Rev Maurice Kennelly Melbourne dioc
9 Feb 1992	Rev John William O'Rourke CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
9 Feb 1995	Rev Francis O'Farrell Ballarat East, Coragulac, Koroit, Hamilton, Warrnambool, Inglewood, Camperdown, Portland, Nhill, Vic
9 Feb 1996	Rev Roland Paul Kaupp MSC Wollongong, Canberra/Goulburn, Sydney, NSW
9 Feb 1996	Rev Mgr James Francis McCosker Sydney, Ryde, Rozelle, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld; Woollahra, Elizabeth Bay, NSW
9 Feb 1997	Rev Richard Joseph Davey Hargrave Park, Liverpool, Neutral Bay, NSW
9 Feb 1997	Rev Shane Laurence O'Connor OCarm Donvale, Middle Park, Vic
9 Feb 2010	Rev Gregory Manly CP Read more Born 23/03/1920; Ordained 28/05/1950 in Ireland - Passionist Fathers. Greg Manly CP was born in Dublin, professed as a Passionist on 8 December 1943, and ordained on 28 May 28, 1950. In 1960 he came to Australia to teach at the Passionist seminary in Adelaide. Greg will always be remembered as one of the Passionist leaders' at the crucial times of Vatican II, when there was a fair bit of questioning and turmoil at a time when many left the seminary. Greg moved from an academic approach to theology into the area of �Liturgical Prayer�, and worked for many years with Sr Anneliese Reinhard MSC. Many will remember Greg's very sharp (sometimes acerbic!) Irish wit; stories are still told and re-told in Passionist community gatherings. Greg is remembered with great fondness and gratitude for his friendship and wise counsel. Rest in peace dear Greg.
9 Feb 2011	Rev Alan McDonald SDB Ordained 28/07/1946.
9 Feb 2014	Rev Joseph William Hassan SJ Born 05/04/1915; Ordained 05/01/1946; Norwood SA, Lavender Bay NSW, Toowong QLD, Richmond VIC; Jakarta; Georgetown SA; Pymble NSW. Jesuit Fathers
9 Feb 2015	Rev Warren Wade The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
9 Feb 2016	Rev John L Walsh SM Born: 22/02/1931 Ordained: 08/07/1961 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
9 Feb 2017	Rev Francis O'Gorman Read more Born 02/06/1927: Ordained 02/06/1951 in Kilkenny, Ireland Diocese of Lismore Frank O'Gorman, the last of the Irish priests to serve in the Diocese of Lismore, NSW, died at Mater Christi Aged Care, Sawtell on 9th February. Ordained in Kilkenny on 2 June 1951, he came to Australia as a Ten Pound Pom arriving in Lismore on 20 December that year. He ministered as Assistant Priest in several parishes before being appointed Administrator of St Carthage's Cathedral in 1971. Then followed appointments as Parish Priest of Murwillumbah and Macksville until his retirement in 1998. At various times he was Director of Missions, Manager of Catholic Life newspaper, Diocesan Director of the Legion of Mary and Chaplain to the Catholic Women's League, member of the Diocesan Council of Priests, a Diocesan Consultor and Regional Vicar of the Tweed Deanery. Frank welcomed the changes introduced by Vatican II, reading extensively in liturgy and pastoral ministry. He had a retentive memory and was an interesting raconteur. One of his stories was about emerging from a New York subway with his cousin on a day's sight-seeing. The date was September 11, 2001. Frank was a priest for the people: humble, kind and always ready to join his parishioners in parish activities. A cup of tea after Mass was a pastoral opportunity not to be missed. In the nursing home, his oils, stole and Book of Blessings were kept in the basket of his wheelie walker, ready to anoint a dying resident. He concelebrated his last Mass on 25 January this year. May he rest in peace.
9 Feb 2022	Rev Laurence Blake Born 15/10/1937; Ordained 15/12/1964. Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
10 Feb 1863	Rev Ranald Rankin Geelong, Little River, Vic
10 Feb 1882	Rev Joseph Tappeiner SJ Norwood, SA, etc
10 Feb 1923	Rev Mgr John Joseph Brophy Dubbo, Coonamble, etc, NSW
10 Feb 1934	Rev Thomas Doyle Sydney
10 Feb 1946	Rev John Patrick O'Farrell Coonamble, etc, NSW
10 Feb 1948	Rev Thomas Crowley Highgate, Perth dioc
10 Feb 1951	Rev Thomas Gabriel Kelleher Sydney dioc
10 Feb 1958	Rev Aloysius Bernhauser MSC Sydney, etc
10 Feb 1960	Rev Michael Hayes Toowoomba dioc, Qld
10 Feb 1966	Rev Harold King SJ Sydney, etc
10 Feb 1967	Rev John Jensen Mayfield, etc, NSW
10 Feb 1967	Rev Denis O'Connell Murray Bridge, etc, SA
10 Feb 1974	Rev Michael O'Rordan Captains Flat, Bemoka, Michelago, Ungarie, Bundendore, Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn
10 Feb 1978	Rev Bernard Paplin SDB Glenorchy, Tas; Sunbury, Chadstone, Vic
10 Feb 1981	Rev Ignatius O'Brien OP
10 Feb 1983	Rev Gabriel Kelly OFM Melbourne, etc.
10 Feb 1991	Archbishop William Foley Perth, WA, etc
10 Feb 1992	Rev Patrick Lefroy MSC Sydney; Hobart, Tas
10 Feb 1999	Rev Vincent Shelverton Hobart dioc. Tas
10 Feb 2011	Rev Bernard Smith MSC Ordained 20/07/1979.
10 Feb 2013	Rev Charles O'Mahony SSC Born 20/11/1918 Ordained 21/12/1944
10 Feb 2017	Rev Kevin White MSC Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC)
10 Feb 2021	Rev Patrick Dowd Born 14/11/1934; Ordained 29/06/1959. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
11 Feb 1876	Rev Jean Joseph Sage SM Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
11 Feb 1908	Rev Timothy Dooley Clontarf, Fremantle, Menzies, Perth, etc, WA
11 Feb 1919	Rev Dominic J Nolan OSA Cooktown, Herberton, Qld
11 Feb 1937	Rev John J Cusack Gordon, Newport, Daylesford, Iona, St. Kilda East, etc, Vic
11 Feb 1938	Bishop James Byrne Toowoomba, Qld
11 Feb 1944	Rev Francis Joseph O'Reilly OCarm Gawler, SA; Port Melbourne, Vic
11 Feb 1969	Rev Patrick Tangney Hectorville, etc, SA
11 Feb 1973	Rev Francis O'Toole Melbourne dioc
11 Feb 1975	Rev Michael O'Sullivan Heidelberg, etc, Vic
11 Feb 1989	Rev John Moran CSsR Sydney; Perth, etc
11 Feb 2023	Rev Brian Russell CSsR Born 20/09/1936. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
12 Feb 1882	Rev Matthew Matthews Armidale dioc, NSW
12 Feb 1888	Rev John McCarthy Sydney?
12 Feb 1901	Rev Colman J Casey Bourke, etc, NSW
12 Feb 1914	Bishop James D Murray OSA Herberton, Croydon, Cooktown, Cairns, Qld; Echuca, Vic
12 Feb 1920	Rev Marcus McGrath CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
12 Feb 1923	Rev Martial Mary Campbell Town, Derby, St. Mary's, St. Helen's, etc, Tas
12 Feb 1924	Rev Thomas Maher Sydney, etc.
12 Feb 1926	Rev Thomas L Ryan Wagga dioc, NSW
12 Feb 1927	Rev William Thomas Carrick Sydney
12 Feb 1931	Rev Timothy P Lynch Warracknabeal, Koroit, Penshurst, Portland, etc, Vic
12 Feb 1931	Rev John C Shine Camperdown, etc, Vic
12 Feb 1955	Rev Abbot R Rios OSB Manly, NSW
12 Feb 1968	Rev James C O'Rourke Lismore dioc, NSW
12 Feb 1970	Rev Joachim Francis Hennesy Bellingen, Grafton, etc, NSW
12 Feb 1975	Rev Geoffrey Innes Davey Strathfield, NSW
12 Feb 1979	Rev John Edward Galogly Enfield, Mosman, NSW
12 Feb 1981	Rev Leonard Kolodziej OFMConv
12 Feb 1989	Rev Luigi Di Fiori SDB East Coburg, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA, etc
12 Feb 1989	Rev Joseph Ryan SVD Wagga, Sydney, NSW
12 Feb 2000	Rev William Gerard Smith SJ Melbourne
12 Feb 2002	Rev Leslie Joseph Heath SM Gladstone, Qld; Hunters Hill, NSW
12 Feb 2004	Rev Charles Walter Fraser SJ Sydney, etc
13 Feb 1897	Rev Joseph Mulhall SJ Melbourne, etc, Sandhurst dioc, Vic
13 Feb 1917	Rev Michael Meade Creswick, Horsham, etc, Vic
13 Feb 1920	Rev Mgr George Williams Kapunda, Port Adelaide, SA
13 Feb 1932	Rev James J Costello Burwood, Maitland, etc, NSW.
13 Feb 1939	Rev Michael Denis Murphy Meredith, Footscray, etc, Vic
13 Feb 1955	Rev Thomas Hehir SJ Riverview, NSW, etc
13 Feb 1961	Rev Bernard McGrade Melbourne dioc
13 Feb 1962	Rev Romuald Baldarelli OSB Rydalmere, NSW
13 Feb 1985	Rev James Patrick Gleeson Goulburn dioc, NSW
13 Feb 1991	Rev Colin Vincent Rice Parramatta, Concord West, NSW
13 Feb 1995	Rev Anthony Petraglia OSM Joondanna, WA; Parkerville, Kingsbury, Vic
13 Feb 1998	Rev Patrick Nolan OSM Joondanna, WA
13 Feb 1998	Rev George Joseph O'Leary Perth dioc, WA
13 Feb 2000	Rev Francis Xavier Martin OSA
13 Feb 2001	Rev Lawrence Valentine Formosa Madurah, Myaree, Applecross, Perth dioc
13 Feb 2008	Rev Alan Russell SM
13 Feb 2012	Rev Barnabas Brown OFM Read more Born 22/04/1931. Date of Ordination: 18/07/1964 - Franciscan Friars. Baptised Maxwell John Brown, Barny was the only son of Wilfred and Bridget Brown (both deceased). Mr Brown was killed in a plane crash on duty as an RAAF test pilot in 1934 when Barny was just 3 years old. His mother died in 2004. After completing his secondary education at St Joseph's Hunters Hill, Barny joined the Franciscan friars with a diploma of Civil Engineering from the Sydney Technical College. He was received into the novitiate in 1957, solemnly professed in 1961 and ordained on 18h July 1964. He assisted with retreats at Mt Alverna, Wahroonga NSW (1965-68) and then in parish ministry at Collie WA (1968-1972) and St Anthony's parish Mangere NZ (1972-75) where he was appointed parish priest and superior of the community. He returned to Australia in 1975 and worked at Eaglehawk Vic (1975-76) and St Francis Xavier, Box Hill Vic (1977-78) and in 1978 he was appointed to Maryfields, Campbelltown NSW (1978-1990). He transferred to Star of the Sea Friary, Waverley NSW in 1990 and was a member of that community until he transferred to Rooty Hill in 2010 where he died on 13 February 2012. Barny had a great love for steam trains and the railways. He had acquired a large library of DVDs and other memorabilia. When he moved to Rooty Hill, he donated his collection to Train Works, the rail and train museum at Thirlmere, in the southern highlands of New South Wales. Rest in peace dear Barny.
13 Feb 2017	Rev Justin Ernest King SJ Read more Born 15/06/1937: Ordained 13/12/1969 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus A thoughtful, gentle, gracious man with a big heart, Fr Justin King died at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after a massive stroke, having been a Jesuit for 62 years and a priest for 47. Born in Sydney, he was educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, and entered the Jesuits in 1955. In his formation he completed Arts and Science degrees at the University of Melbourne and taught at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne. After ordination, while preparing for tertianship at St Beuno's in Wales, he spent some months studying Science Education in Iowa City, USA. Subsequently he spent 6 years teaching at St Aloysius' College in Sydney, 9 years serving in two university colleges - St Leo's in Brisbane (1979-81) and Aquinas in Adelaide (1995-2000) - and 18 years as a high school chaplain evenly divided between St Thomas More College, Salisbury, SA, then in its infancy (1982-90), and Loyola College, Watsonia, Vic. (2001-09). While at Aquinas, he was the Catholic chaplain at the University of Adelaide, where he was involved in at least 22 different groups, while also taking an active part in the Archdiocese, organising regular supplies, participating in Catholic Chaplains Meetings, working with Basic Christian Communities, Catholic Youth Services, the Young People and the Future' program and the Shaping the Future' project. His last ministry was as a parish assistant and retreat director at Sevenhill, SA. His funeral Mass was held at St Ignatius' Church, Norwood. An omnivorous reader, Justin exercised great patience in laborious situations. He loved engaging with people, whether it be in schools, universities, parishes or retreat houses, and relished opportunities for spiritual conversation. Many of his retreatants retain fond memories of his wise and gentle guidance. May he now rest in peace.
13 Feb 2021	Rev Robert Barber SM Read more Born 12/03/1949. Ordained 22/05/1976. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary. Much loved Marist, Bob left us in February this year. Newcastle-born and educated, Bob ordained in 1978 served the Church here in Australia and for some years on mission in Cameroon. His ministry included teaching at Marist Colleges, Woodlawn in Lismore and the former St Pauls, Bellambi, as well as parish ministry, most recently at St Patrick's Church Hill. Bob served as Provincial of the Australian Marist Fathers Province, completing his term at the end of 2019. At the time of his death, Bob was beginning a new chaplaincy role at Marist Brothers College Lismore and St John's College Woodlawn. Generous, determined and always unassuming, with a touch of the whimsical larrikin about him, Bob endeared himself to people of all ages. Up until his last days he was visiting confreres in ill health and making pastoral connections with many, always without fuss and with good humour. Bob's funeral Mass was celebrated in the chapel of St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, as was fitting given his great affection for the Marist Brothers and his many associations with them. May he rest in peace.
14 Feb 1869	Rev Owen (Eugene) Bennett Sydney, Tenterfield, etc, NSW
14 Feb 1883	Bishop Michael O'Connor Ballarat, Vic
14 Feb 1889	Rev James Fleming Bombala, Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, etc, NSW
14 Feb 1906	Rev Colman Noonan (or Nunan) CP Marrickville, Goulburn, NSW
14 Feb 1907	Rev Mgr Michael Slattery Crookwell, Corowa, Wagga, NSW
14 Feb 1908	Rev William Mason Walsh Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
14 Feb 1910	Rev Theophile Le Menant Des Chenais SM Sydney
14 Feb 1910	Rev Hugh McDevitt Sydney, Braidwood, Parramatta, NSW
14 Feb 1914	Rev John Aloysius Jones Sydney
14 Feb 1927	Rev Athanasius Toublanc MSC Sydney
14 Feb 1945	Rev Alexander McDonnell Maitland dioc, NSW
14 Feb 1959	Rev Gervase Michael Pender Brisbane dioc
14 Feb 1962	Rev George Byrne SJ Melbourne dioc
14 Feb 1964	Rev Peter H Taylor Haberfield, etc, NSW
14 Feb 1965	Rev John J O'Brien Fitzroy North, etc, Vic
14 Feb 1971	Rev Harold Aloysius Bridgewood MSC Moonah, Tas; Hamilton, Vic, etc
14 Feb 1971	Rev Xavier Quinn OFM Perth, etc
14 Feb 1975	Rev Cyril Jepson SM Sydney
14 Feb 1978	Rev Kevin Broderick North Balwyn, etc, Vic
14 Feb 1979	Rev Leo Tellefson Melbourne dioc
14 Feb 1982	Rev Thomas Aloysius Desmond Broken Hill, Wagga, Narrandera, Albury, Tarcutta, Berrigan Henty, Jerilderie, Culcairn, etc, NSW
14 Feb 1983	Rev William John Clery Pinjarra, Harvey, Merredin, Carlisle, Mt. Lawley etc, WA
14 Feb 1989	Rev Raymond Quirk OFM Sydney, etc
14 Feb 1998	Rev Leo Halloran East Kew, Kyneton, West Melbourne, Camberwell, North Brunswick, Iona, Castlemaine, Sunshine North, Vic
14 Feb 2002	Rev Kevin English Bankstown, Maroubra, Sydney, NSW
14 Feb 2005	Rev Ian Langlands MSC Kensington, NSW, etc
14 Feb 2012	Rev Mgr James McGuinn Read more Born 12/09/1917. Date of Ordination: 25/07/1944 - Diocese of Bathurst. James was born at Dubbo to Denis McGuinn and Rose Mary Guigni. He had a brother a priest and a sister a Sister of Mercy. James was educated at De La Salle College, Dubbo; St Columba's College, Springwood and St Patrick's College, Manly, and was ordained on 25 July 1944 in St Brigid's, Dubbo, by Bishop John Norton. Jim faithfully served the Diocese of Bathurst as Assistant in Orange (1944-1952), Assistant at the Cathedral (1959-1963), Administrator at the Cathedral (1964-1968), PP at Bowenfels (1968-1974), PP at Wellington (1974), PP at Coonabarabran (1975-1982), Assistant at Orange (1982�1985), PP at Molong (1985�1989), Chaplain at Bloomfield Hospital, Chaplain at Bathurst Jail and as Diocesan Chancellor. Jim retired on 1 April 1989 and lived in Orange before moving to St Catherine's Hostel, Bathurst in 2011. Rest in peace dear Jim.
15 Feb 1922	Rev Thomas? A O'Dwyer Goulburn, NSW
15 Feb 1935	Rev Peter Cogan Murrurundi, Muswellbrook, Branxton, Scone, etc, NSW
15 Feb 1943	Rev John Hennessy Roma, Wynnum, Bundaberg, Beaudesert, etc, Qld
15 Feb 1947	Rev Mgr Patrick Kennelly Clunes, Ballarat, Colac, Warrnambool, etc, Vic
15 Feb 1956	Rev Maurice Ginsback OC
15 Feb 1960	Rev James Maguire Sydney dioc
15 Feb 1967	Rev Mgr Malatios Chahoud Waterloo, etc, NSW
15 Feb 1994	Rev Augustine Parker Lismore dioc, NSW
15 Feb 1999	Rev Mgr Ian Harding Burns Fivedock, Manly, Sydney, Stanmore, Avalon, NSW
15 Feb 2002	Rev Anthony Borgiano Melbourne dioc
15 Feb 2010	Rev John Mullally PE Born 15/02/1928; Archdiocese of Melbourne.
15 Feb 2016	Rev Thomas Murtagh OFM Born 06/01/1936; Ordained 16/07/1960 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
15 Feb 2017	Rev Daniel Moore Read more Fr Dan Moore went peacefully to His Maker at his home in Castlejordan, County Offaly, Ireland on Wednesday morning 15th February 2017, after sharing Rosary with his family. Dan came to Rockhampton following his ordination at All Hallows in Dublin in 1962, and served the Diocese as a generous and zealous priest for many years. We keep Dan's family, his brother priests and his many dear friends in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time. May he be enjoying the reward of life everlasting.
15 Feb 2017	Rev Dan Moore Read more Fr Dan Moore went peacefully to His Maker at his home in Castlejordan, County Offaly, Ireland on Wednesday morning 15th February 2017, after sharing Rosary with his family. Fr Dan came to Rockhampton following his ordination at All Hallows in Dublin in 1962, and served the Diocese as a generous and zealous priest for many years. We keep Fr Dan's family, his brother priests and his many dear friends in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time. May he be enjoying the reward of life everlasting
15 Feb 2020	Rev Rodney Pitts Read more Born 26/11/1942. Ordained 22/05/1971. Archdiocese of Melbourne. The French poet Charles Peguy says this: �When you love someone you love him as he is.� Rod was brilliant, funny, a great cook, deeply committed and faithful to his priestly vocation, a man of integrity with a deep love for, and understanding of, scripture, nature, liturgy, theology and a hoard of other interests. He believed totally in the right of the people of God to be involved, engaged and knowledgeable about their Church, its history, rites and rituals. Most of all, Rod wanted us to find and know the Jesus of the Gospels; and know Jesus as a man of his time and to understand the social, political and religious context in which he lived. Lest I present Rod as a few steps away from canonization, he could also be pedantic, stubborn, eccentric, easily offended, and was at times a complete and utter pain! Martin Buber's statement, �One eats in holiness and the table becomes an altar�, was what many experienced when sharing meals with Rod. Here conversation centred on those who were excluded, rejected and disenfranchised. These themes ran very deep and from a very personal space within Rod himself. Sharing meals was a form of sacrament to Rod. He would invariably comment on the origin of the various ingredients or go off into a description of meals he had cooked for himself on his many rambles and camping expeditions. Bushwalking, camping holidays and his caravan site at Cape Paterson filled Rod with joy. They took him out of his head and into beauty. Friedrich von Hugel once wrote, �Caring is the greatest thing. Caring matters most.� Rod was a man who cared deeply. Many things mattered to Rod which was why he was so pedantic about particular issues. He never was the type of person for whom near enough is good enough. It is what drove him to make unpopular statements and behave in ways that did offend and alienate at times. Rod was a deeply passionate and caring individual, but one who found it impossible to compromise his position on any subject. Rod's friend, Fr Gerry McKernan commented shortly after Rod's death, �Well you know, I think Rod will now understand things � and will also finally be understood.� May he rest in peace.
15 Feb 2022	Rev Henry James Byrne OAM Born 07/04/1929; Ordained 23/07/1953. Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
16 Feb 1914	Rev Patrick Lee Melbourne dioc
16 Feb 1950	Rev Joseph Filbry MSC Coogee, etc, NSW; Melbourne
16 Feb 1959	James Anthony (Seamas) Griffin Bunbury, Claremont, Perth, Osborne Park, WA
16 Feb 1966	Rev Bede Lazaro OSB New Norcia, WA
16 Feb 1967	Rev Gerald J Coakley SJ Sydney, etc
16 Feb 1969	Rev Thomas Mulcahy Taree, etc, NSW
16 Feb 1974	Rev Martin James Croker OFM Sydney, NSW; Riverside, Tas, etc
16 Feb 1990	Rev Patrick Joseph Murray Broken Hill, Forbes, Condobolin, Bourke, Warren, Deniliquin, Parkes, NSW
16 Feb 1997	Bishop Arthur Fox Oakleigh, Coburg, Melbourne Cathedral, East St. Kilda, Sale, Vic
16 Feb 2000	Rev Bernardo Canterzani OFM
16 Feb 2002	Rev Kevin English Greenacre, NSW
16 Feb 2005	Rev Reginald Keating SM Sydney, Burnie, Tas, etc
17 Feb 1788	Rev Louis Le Receveur OFM Sydney, NSW
17 Feb 1884	Rev Mgr John Thomas Lynch West Maitland, Armidale, etc, NSW
17 Feb 1909	Rev Joseph P Cowley OCarm Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, etc
17 Feb 1926	Rev Hugo James Maguiness Bathurst dioc, NSW
17 Feb 1960	Rev Jeremiah Sullivan SJ Melbourne, etc
17 Feb 1960	Rev Conrad Michael Winston OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
17 Feb 1963	Rev Thomas Doody CSsR Pennant Hills, NSW, etc
17 Feb 1974	Rev Edwin Kelly SM Sydney; Burnie, Tas, etc
17 Feb 1976	Rev John O'Farrell Sydney dioc
17 Feb 1980	Rev John Ernest Morreau Rooty Hill, etc, NSW
17 Feb 1982	Rev John Laurence Meagher OSA Cairns, Herberton, Atherton, Innisfail, Qld; Kyabram, Echuca, Vic
17 Feb 1985	Rev Denis Sheriden SJ Sydney; Melbourne
17 Feb 1987	Rev Bernard Gorey CSsR Maitland, etc, NSW; Perth; Canberra; Goulburn, NSW
17 Feb 2001	Rev Walter Nowak OCD Penrose Park, Sydney NSW
17 Feb 2002	Rev Bryan Lee Caboolture, Brisbane, Banyo, Maryborough, Booval, Murgon, Bulimba, Qld
17 Feb 2011	Rev Emmanuel Spiteri Sale Diocese, VIC
17 Feb 2011	Rev John Wakeling Read more Born 19/07/1953; Date of Ordination: 30/11/1991 John was a down to earth priest and this drew many to him. He was a man of the people and his messages were simple and resonated with so many. He was gentle but powerful, someone who made us laugh when we thought we would cry. He could pick up the pieces and give them back, all in the right order. Prior to commencing his studies for the priesthood, John worked for 10 years at the State Savings Bank of Victoria and he was quick to point out that it was after he left, the bank declined to such a state that the Commonwealth Bank was able to acquire it for the nominal fee of $1.00. Rest now in peace John.
17 Feb 2019	Rev Graham Vincent Kings Born 09/05/1936: Ordained 15/107/1961 Archdiocese of Sydney
17 Feb 2019	Rev Mgr Peter F McCrann Born 31/07/1923; Ordained 27/07/1957 Archdiocese of Perth
17 Feb 2020	Rev Francis Bell Read more Born 28/05/1925. Ordained 21/12/1951. Diocese of Wagga Wagga. Born in Narrandera, NSW in 1925, Frank was educated at St Joseph's Convent Narrandera and St Patrick's College, Sale, Victoria, before heading to Rome for Theological studies at the Pontifical Urban College of Propaganda Fide. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga on 21 December 1951 in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi. Frank (known to many as Cliff) served the people of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga in the parishes of Yenda, Griffith, Wagga Wagga, North Albury and Holbrook for 10 years. During this time, he developed a great love for the poor and the needy and the mission aspect of his work was shown in his kindness and generosity and his love for the Lord. He was always a missionary and was able to develop that calling by volunteering to go to Peru in 1962 where he worked for 12 years before returning to his home Diocese of Wagga Wagga to serve in the parishes of Albury, South Wagga and Narrandera. Frank loved conversing in Spanish and continued to use his knowledge of the Spanish language in various situations until he died. Frank was a very quiet achiever in many ways � he loved people � to talk to people � to be kind and generous � to help wherever he could and he encouraged others to be generous to the needy both near and far. Frank's last appointment was to Narrandera � a place he loved so much. He retired to Narrandera in 2000 and lived many peaceful years there in his retirement. May the good Lord reward Frank for his life of faithfulness and good work and welcome him into the Kingdom of everlasting life. May he rest in peace.
18 Feb 1911	Rev Michael J Norris Melbourne dioc
18 Feb 1924	Rev James (Jacob) Fey SVD Bathurst dioc, Drummoyne, NSW
18 Feb 1927	Rev James C Meagher Dungog, etc, NSW
18 Feb 1937	Rev Charles T Kennedy Melbourne dioc
18 Feb 1941	Rev Matthew Smith MSC Randwick, NSW, etc
18 Feb 1951	Rev John Halpin Granville, etc, NSW
18 Feb 1955	Rev Francis P Reilly Fairy Meadow, Wollongong, etc, NSW
18 Feb 1955	Rev Mgr Patrick Tuomey Dulwich Hill, etc, NSW
18 Feb 1957	Rev John Joseph Kennedy Melbourne dioc
18 Feb 1965	Rev Leopold Carcenac SM Rockhampton, Qld, etc
18 Feb 1984	Rev James Weldon OMI Fremantle, WA; Sorrento, Vic
18 Feb 1987	Rev Milton Lonard Broken Bay dioc, NSW
18 Feb 1993	Rev James Flynn SJ Melbourne; Sydney, etc
18 Feb 1997	Rev Mgr John Condon Bergin Dalby, Oakey, Cunnamulla, Warwick, etc, Qld
18 Feb 2008	Rev Kevin Whiting CSsR
18 Feb 2008	Rev John Wilkinson CM Bathurst, Wagga, Sydney, Mossgiel, NSW; Guildford, W A; Scoresby, Vic
18 Feb 2010	Rev Patrick Martin Jones Read more Born 29/07/1934; Ordained 01/07/1962; On 31 December 1955 a 21 year old Patrick M Jones wrote to The Most Rev T V Cahill DD, PhD volunteering to study for the priesthood for the Cairns Diocese. On1 July 1962 he was ordained a priest in St Mary's, Kingaroy after completing his studies at Banyo Seminary in Brisbane. Pat's many appointments in the Cairns Diocese, included time in Atherton, North Cairns, Cooktown and Ravenshoe. Many may not know that the church in Ravenshoe was built from the winnings of his famous greyhound Stationmaster (named after his father who worked for Queensland railways and was station master in a number of remote places in Queensland, particularly in the Far North of the diocese). Pat served as police chaplain in the Far North for many years and wet plenty of fishing lines with coppers, particularly around Weipa. He had a particular way of being a mate' and was well loved and highly respected by police members and their families. In 1999 Fr Pat volunteered to work for two years in remote WA in the communities from Kununurra/Wyndham Parish. Pat will be remembered as a generous and caring pastor and friend to many. Rest now in peace dear Pat.
18 Feb 2011	Rev Charles Corbett CP Read more Born 11/09/1918; Ordained 01/07/1948 - Passionist Fathers. Charles was professed a Passionist on 31 January 1943 and ordained 1 July 1948. He was an extraordinary man, holding positions of trust throughout his priestly life. Having received a doctorate in philosophy in Rome he taught the subject to students in Australia. Charles was an inspirational director of students and spent twelve years as the Provincial of the Passionists. He spent the last years of his life suffering from Alzheimer's and was lovingly cared for by the Little Sisters in Randwick. Rest in peace Charles.
18 Feb 2015	Rev James Sayers MA PE Read more Born 14/09/1931; Ordained 21/07/1956 Archdiocese of Adelaide. James, who was born in Adelaide, began his theological studies at St Francis Xavier Seminary and then went to St Patrick's College, Manly in 1953. Following his ordination in Adelaide on 21 July 1956, James began as assistant priest in Glenelg and then Semaphore. A significant part of his life and ministry began in 1967 when he was appointed to full time service in the Navy, based in Sydney, where his service were highly regarded by the Naval authorities and the men for whom he cared. When James left the Navy in 1972 he gained a Masters degree in Counselling in the USA. Returning to Adelaide in 1974, he was appointed Parish Priest of Clearview where he spent the remaining years of his ministry. But James had other irons in the fire - part time chaplain at Yatala prison, lecturing at the Seminary, Director of the Permanent Deacon program, member of the Sites & Architecture Committee and the Senior Priests care committee. His failing health led him to retirement in March 2004 at the age of 72 and after many years of ill health James died on Ash Wednesday 2015. His funeral Mass was celebrated in his beloved Church of the Good Shepherd at Clearview where he had served for over 30 years. One of his great gifts was his ability to bring the scriptures to life in his homilies. As Leon Czechowicz said in his eulogy: "He will be remembered as a great preacher!" May he rest in peace.
18 Feb 2018	Rev Anthony Smith SJ Read more Born: 03/06/1947 Ordained: 03/12/1977 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus A colourful character who made a very particular contribution to the English language with his distinctive, oft quoted sayings, AV' died suddenly at St Paul's Residential Care, Northbridge (Sydney) at the age of 70, having been a Jesuit for almost 53 years and a priest for 40. Born in Perth, where he was educated by the Jesuits at St Louis School, he entered the Society of Jesus in Melbourne in 1965. He returned to Perth to do a BA at the University of WA and again for his ordination on 03 December 1977. Apart from 1984, when he completed a Diploma in Educational Administration at Fordham University, NYC, he ministered in Sydney from 1979 until his death. In 1985 Tony was assigned to St Aloysius' College, where he went on to become the longest-serving headmaster in the history of the College. For 18 years he provided dynamic, forthright, imaginative leadership. On the eve of the bicentenary of white settlement in Australia, he raised the Aboriginal flag on the rooftop of the College (overlooking Sydney Harbour) in a symbolic move that attracted the attention of the police. He acquired a new site for the previously constricted Junior School and commissioned the magnificent stained-glass window and L�tourneau organ in the College Chapel. In 2004 Tony became Parish Priest at North Sydney, helping forge North Sydney, Lavender Bay and Kirribilli into the parishes of Our Lady of the Way. He started Father Tony's lunch', a free Christmas meal for 200 people who had nowhere else to go. During his nine years there, he was afflicted with multiple health conditions, but he bore them with great courage and good cheer. When he transferred to the infirmary at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, and to life in a wheelchair, he continued to provide whatever chaplaincy services he could for the school. Even when he moved to St Paul's for greater care, he exercised his love for priestly ministry. A man of great pastoral concern, Tony had a gift for encouraging people, was humorous about honest mistakes, strong in calling things as he saw them and willing to take the consequences. The MP for North Sydney paid fitting tribute to him in Federal Parliament the day before his funeral at North Sydney.
18 Feb 2020	Rev Anthony Papps Read more Born 26/02/1954. Ordained 09/12/1978. Archdiocese of Adelaide. Anthony Cantwell Papps was born at North Adelaide, the son of George and Patricia Papps (nee Cantwell). He attended Christian Brothers College in Adelaide and his training for the priesthood was St Francis Xavier Seminary, Rostrevor, SA. He was ordained in St Francis Xavier Cathedral on 9 February 1978. Anthony began his ministry as an Assistant Priest at Morphett Vale. From 1983 he served as Parish Priest of Pinnaroo and later at Hallett Cove, a rather new parish where he built the Church and presbytery. He developed lasting bonds with this parish and its people, so much that it was from here he expressed his wish to be buried. He held a number of leadership positions, including part time Director of the Priests Continuing Education Committee and an ex officio member of the Council of Priests. He also served in the national committee for the Further Education of Priests. In September 1997 he moved on loan to Darwin Diocese where he served as Vicar General. On his return he was appointed Parish Priest of Aberfoyle Park. Then he began to experience a number of health issues. So at the beginning of 2004 he took up a part time position as Consultant in Faith Formation at the Catholic Education Office. At the same time he was appointed Priest Assisting in the Emmaus Parish. He died in Flinders Private Hospital on 18 February 2020 and according to his wishes, his Funeral Mass was celebrated at Hallett Cove on 28 February. May he rest in peace.
19 Feb 1899	Rev Edmund Henry Moore OSB Sydney
19 Feb 1917	Rev Patrick J Fallon Gisborne, South Melbourne, Williamstown, Mentone, etc, Vic
19 Feb 1922	Rev John O'Mahoney Port Pirie, etc, SA
19 Feb 1942	Rev John Vincent Curran Maitland dioc, NSW
19 Feb 1945	Rev Melecio Polo Reca OSA Cairns
19 Feb 1948	Rev Kenneth Suna Wagga dioc, NSW
19 Feb 1962	Rev James Maxwell Parkes, etc, NSW
19 Feb 1974	Rev James Patrick Dunne Port Pirie, etc, SA
19 Feb 1974	Rev Mark Hall CM Bathurst, Manly, etc, NSW
19 Feb 1980	Rev Martin G Diviney Margaret River, Southern Cross, Pinjarra, Inglewood, etc, WA
19 Feb 1980	Rev Francis Nissl SAC Beagle Bay, Balga, etc, WA; Millgrove, Vic
19 Feb 1981	Rev Wilfred James Paine Bankstown, South Strathfield, etc, NSW; Hobart, Tas
19 Feb 1987	Rev John Carroll CM Malvern, Vic, etc
19 Feb 1987	Rev Jocelyn Sydney Madden SDB Victoria Park, Kambalda, WA
19 Feb 1987	Rev Francis Mario Tosi Beauty Point, etc, NSW
19 Feb 1989	Rev Leo Thomas Boyle Belmont, Swansea, Drummoyne, Balmain, Albion Park, Epping, Strathfield, NSW
19 Feb 1993	Rev Alphonse Billschwitz SAC
19 Feb 2002	Rev Edward Jordan Maitland, Merewether, Stockton, Sydney, etc, NSW
19 Feb 2012	Rev Deacon Elliott Casalegno Read more Born 13/09/1938; Date of Ordination: 15/07/2000 - Archdiocese of Sydney. Elliott, a man with a joyous personality and full of warmth and enthusiasm for his ministry, was one of five permanent deacons ministering in the Archdiocese of Sydney. Ordained by the (then) Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Edward Clancy on 15 July, 2000, Elliot was appointed to his home parish of St Felix de Valois, Bankstown where he and his family had lived since 1961. He was then appointed chaplain to Rookwood Cemetery where he spent six months before joining St Brendan's Parish, Central Bankstown. Next came several years at Sts John Vianney and Thomas More Parish at Greenacre before being appointed to his home parish of St Brendan's Parish of Central Bankstown before Our Lady of the Southern Cross Parish, Enmore-Tempe. His most recent appointment in September 2011 was to Holy Family Parish at Menai. Elliott loved all aspects of his ministry but especially loved presiding at baptisms and marriages. He often said he enjoyed the opportunity his marriage ministry gave him "to bring, in a friendly and non-threatening way, an understanding of what it is to be Christian and Catholic to couples who are almost always non-practicing and unchurched." Elliott is survived by his wife Regina and their daughter, Nova who lives in Medina, Ohio in the USA with her husband, Ryan and their five year old son, Joshua. Rest in peace dear Elliott.
19 Feb 2018	Rev Hugh Patrick Dowdell Born 29/11/1944; Ordained 02/05/1992 Diocese of Wollongong
19 Feb 2021	Rev Ian Mackintosh OMI Read more Born 07/11/1939 Ordained 08/125/1965 Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Ian Joseph Mackintosh was born in Geelong, Victoria, and educated at St Joseph's College by the Christian Brothers. His talent as a footballer was certainly recognised at St Joseph's but he decided to join the Oblates on leaving school, Along with a group of young men he spent his year of novitiate in Sorrento and was then sent to Cedara in South Africa in 1959 where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts and after six years returned home to Australia where he was ordained on 8 December, 1965. His first obedience was to Mazenod College, Lesmurdie in 1966. It was the first year of the college and Ian showed himself to be an excellent teacher, sporting coach, and assistant priest in the college and nearby parish. They were pioneering and harsh early days and Fr Mack worked very hard with the Dads and Fr Denis McCarthy developing the rocky landscape and developing the college oval. He also made a name for himself playing football in the local suburban team for two years. The first boarding students were welcomed and the college began to grow. In 1973 he became Rector before moving to Victoria to become the third Rector of Mazenod College, a position he held until 1983. In 1984 it was back to Mazenod College WA as Head of Religious Education for almost 6 years before a final school appointment teaching at Iona College in Brisbane. Ian then moved to parish work, with 12 years at St John Vianney's in Springvale North, first as assistant and then as PP. In 2005 till 2010 he was PP at Sorrento, followed by 6 years as PP of Dernancourt in Adelaide. He then returned to Sorrento � his final posting until he retired in 2020. Ian will be remembered for his devotion to the Mass and to Mary Immaculate, his pastoral care to the sick and down and out. True to his pastoral nature and his love of outback Australia, in 2016 he volunteered to spend three months in the Diocese of Geraldton, as acting PP of Newman, Tom Price and Paraburdoo, ministering to miners, their families and to Aboriginal people. He was assisted there by Sisters of St. Joseph. In January 2020 he retired to the Camberwell Community where he was a great addition and was very happy and well cared for. Affectionately known as the �Bear�, Ian was a passionate sportsman, loved Richmond and Australian teams, frequently wore Richmond football socks and it must be said he did not like umpires or referees! He was a great reader who loved history and politics, was passionate about the Oblates and absolutely loyal to the Church, prepared his sermons carefully and wrote them out in a very refined hand. Mack was a home body, Australia before all others - he was shy but kind and caring and great company once you knew him. A loyal and wonderful friend. His Oblate family are saddened by his sudden death and thank God for his 55 years of Oblate priestly ministry. May he rest in peace.
20 Feb 1873	Rev Michael Joseph Coffey Goulburn dioc, NSW
20 Feb 1920	Rev Malathias (Maltenous) Namaar OSBas Melbourne
20 Feb 1926	Rev William Ganly West St Kilda, etc, Vic
20 Feb 1932	Rev David Tobin Euroa, etc, Vic
20 Feb 1941	Rev Thomas V Keating Goodna, etc, Qld
20 Feb 1943	Rev Denis Murphy SJ Sydney, etc
20 Feb 1946	Rev Henry MacFarlane Toowoomba dioc, Qld
20 Feb 1971	Rev KiIlian James Corrigan OFM Sydney, etc
20 Feb 1988	Rev Philip Farrelly Beverley, Shenton Park, East Victoria Park, WA
20 Feb 1992	Rev Michael Cronin Toowoomba, Dalby, Roma, Quilpie, St. George, Jandowae, Stanthorpe, Pittsworth, Qld
20 Feb 1996	Rev Sean O'Dwyer OMI Geelong, Sorrento, Vic
20 Feb 2000	Rev Luke Roberts Adelaide dioc
20 Feb 2002	Mervyn (Vyn) Francis Bailey MSC Darwin, Port Keats, Santa Teresa Mission, NT; Henley Beach, SA; Park Orchards, Vic; Narellan, NSW
20 Feb 2004	Rev Vincent Rowan Northgate, The Valley, Hamilton, Clayfield, Qld
20 Feb 2008	Rev John A Carroll Archdiocese of Melbourne
20 Feb 2008	Rev John Liszka Esperance, Geraldton, South Hedland, Three Springs, Katanning, Bunbury, Perth, Carlisle, Ellenbrook, Gosnells, Greenmount, Thornlie, Bullsbrook, WA
20 Feb 2012	Rev Brian Ryan Read more Born 06/06/1926; Date of Ordination: 08/03/1958 - Archdiocese of Sydney. Brian was ordained in the Class of 1958 - the largest class to come out of St Patrick's, Manly. He was one of the five special' members of that class who had their Seminary preparation for Ordination reduced by one year because they had already completed university degrees. Brian was in his late twenties when he entered the Seminary, having previously worked as an industrial chemist at AGM. Brian was a peaceful man, a good listener and a faithful disciple. He was blessed with a peaceful death in full possession of his faculties. He died as he lived. Brian faithfully served in the parishes of Merrylands, Kogarah, Narrabeen, Mosman, Liverpool, Naremburn and Botany before being appointed to Enmore as well as being a Consultor to the Cardinal Archbishop. Brian is survived by his three sisters, Dawn, Pat and Kay, who together with their families and Brian's brother priests and friends will remember him with deep love and appreciation. Rest in peace dear Brian.
20 Feb 2015	Rev Brian Doro CSsR Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
20 Feb 2024	Rev Mgr Raymond I Pope Born 19/08/1925; Ordained 28/07/1948. Diocese of Port Pirie.
21 Feb 1842	Rev CoIl McColl OSB Sydney
21 Feb 1928	Rev Thomas A Weare Rockhampton dioc, Qld
21 Feb 1929	Rev Patrick Thomas Corcoran Morpeth, East Maitland, etc, NSW
21 Feb 1946	Rev Henry Taylor McFarlane Pittsworth, etc, Qld
21 Feb 1951	Rev Mgr Peter Hayes Bunbury, Victoria Park, WA
21 Feb 1958	Rev Mgr John F Moloney Leederville, etc, WA
21 Feb 1963	Rev Mgr Francis Lloyd Armidale, Moree, Cronulla, Lidcombe, etc, NSW
21 Feb 1964	Rev Philip McInerney SJ Sydney, etc
21 Feb 1975	Rev Joseph McCormack Kalgoorlie, Busselton, Midland, Claremont, Perth, WA
21 Feb 1978	Rev John Evan Tierney MSC Sydney; Hobart, Tas; Alice Springs, NT, etc
21 Feb 1980	Rev Rodrigue Beaulieu SSS Melbourne
21 Feb 1987	Rev Laurence James Finnegan SAC Box Hill, Vic
21 Feb 1995	Rev Hugh Shearer Launceston, Glenorchy, Lindisfarne, Invermay, Tas
21 Feb 1997	Rev Mgr Domenico Colella Melbourne dioc
21 Feb 1998	Rev Thomas Higgins Gayndah, Greenslopes, Qld
21 Feb 2000	Rev Albert Dixon Harcombe SM Sydney, etc
21 Feb 2002	Rev William Ryan MSC Sandhurst dioc
21 Feb 2009	Rev Adrian Ckuj Born 11/02/1970; Ordained 13/12/1997; Ukrainian Eparchy
21 Feb 2015	Rev Bernard Ryan SM Born 01/09/1924; Ordained 11/12/1949 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
21 Feb 2016	Rev Edward Brian O'Dwyer Read more Born 10/10/1924; Ordained 29/06/1948 for Diocese of Toowoomba On 29 February 2016, the Diocesan Community came together with family and friends to celebrate the colourful life of Edward Brian O'Dwyer at St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba. Brian the son of Edward (Ned) and Catherine O'Dwyer was baptised at Holy Name Church Toowoomba and attended school at Newtown State School and St Mary's College. Brian attended Pius XII Provincial Seminary Banyo and was ordained 29 June 1948 by Bishop Basil Roper at St Patrick's Cathedral. Brian's ministry from December 1948 to October 1965 was spent in and out of the Toowoomba Diocese. He served at St Patrick's Cathedral, Warwick, Our Lady of Lourdes Toowoomba, Goondiwindi and Wallangarra parishes. He also spent time during this period in active ministry in Ballarat (VIC), University of Queensland and Box Hill (VIC). As a result of a series of events in Wallangarra, in October 1965 Brian was placed on extended leave and asked to leave the Toowoomba Diocese by Bishop William Brennan. For the next 45 years, he lived in Sydney, spending time with the St John of God Brothers in Richmond (NSW) as well as receiving guidance from Fr Michael Kennedy. In 2012 Brian returned to live in the Toowoomba Diocese, residing at Lourdes Home. He died peacefully at St Vincent's Hospital after suffering ill health for some 12 months. Despite a controversial life, Brian was also remembered as a devoted faith filled man who, by the end of his life, had conquered his personal demons. Fr Hal Ranger delivered a sincere and heartfelt eulogy at the Funeral Mass. Despite the passing of 91 years and hundreds of colourful, risk-filled, often outrageous ventures and adventures, the daily Rosary and daily Mass remained central to Brian's life right up to his death,' recalled Fr Ranger. While stories abound of the exploits of Brian, he was also remembered for his preaching, acts of kindness and compassion. He opened his heart to the profound, unconditional mercy of God and we have been privileged to welcome him back in God's name.' May Brian rest in peace.
22 Feb 1867	Rev Robert Downing OSA Hobart, Port Arthur, Tas; Ballarat and Melbourne diocs, Vic
22 Feb 1925	Rev Hugh Cullen Maitland dioc, NSW
22 Feb 1938	Rev Emile Merg MSC Randwick, NSW, etc
22 Feb 1964	Rev Mgr James Brophy Stawell, Cororooke, Ararat, etc, Vic
22 Feb 1972	Rev Patrick T McCarthy Helensburgh etc, NSW
22 Feb 1980	Rev William Joseph Gallagher Broken Hill, Bourke, Wentworth, Trundle, Peak Hill, Forbes, Warren, NSW
22 Feb 1987	Rev Mgr Francis Kerr Flemington, Parramatta, Newtown, etc, NSW
22 Feb 1992	Rev Thomas Michael O'Kane Mt. Barker, Denmark, Toodyay, Mundaring, Rivervale, Maylands, WA
22 Feb 2015	Rev Mgr Wayne J Peters Born 16/12/1944; Ordained 24/08/1969. Diocese of Armidale
22 Feb 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.
23 Feb 1914	Rev Daniel Nelan Northcote, Vic, etc
23 Feb 1933	Rev Thomas J O'Mara SJ Melbourne, etc
23 Feb 1941	Rev Mgr Thomas Phelan Lewisham, etc, NSW
23 Feb 1968	Rev Andrew Killian Adelaide dioc
23 Feb 1973	Rev Gregory Solda OFMConv Adelaide
23 Feb 1975	Rev Odoric Stenner OFM
23 Feb 1976	Rev Matthew Liguori Garvey CSsR Brisbane; Hobart; Ballarat, Vic, etc
23 Feb 1979	Rev Wilfred Saenz OSB New Norcia, WA
23 Feb 1981	Rev Robert Cecil Nolan Carlingford, etc, NSW
23 Feb 1992	Rev John James Cassidy Melbourne dioc
23 Feb 1995	Rev Noel Francis Grant Orange, Portland, Wellington, Dubbo, Gilgandra, NSW
23 Feb 1999	Rev Myles Hyland CM Malvern, Vic; Marsfield, NSW, etc
23 Feb 2008	Rev Gerard Coffey Sale, Orbost, Iona, Narre Warren, Drouin, Vic
23 Feb 2010	Rev Joachim O'Brien OFM Read more Born 25/05/1915; Ordained 27/07/1947 - Franciscan Friars. The Franciscan Friars in Australia and New Zealand have lost one of their well-known confreres, Father Joachim O'Brien OFM who died in Melbourne on 23 February, aged 94 years. Fr Joachim joined the Franciscan Order in 1940 and was ordained in 1947. His early appointments included training young men for the Franciscan Order (1948-1962), parish priest (1963-1971) and as Director of Catholic Social Services in the Diocese of Auckland (1972-1980). Fr Paul Smith OFM, Provincial Minister, presided at the funeral Mass and burial service at St Paschal's College, Box Hill, Melbourne. He was joined by twenty Franciscan friars, other religious and a large congregation of family, friends and Secular Franciscans. For 48 years from 1962, Fr Joachim was a spiritual adviser to the Secular Franciscan Order, originally known as the Third Order of St Francis. He was a driving force in the renewal of the Order based on the revised Rule approved by Pope Paul VI in 1979.' He wrote several instruction manuals and inspirational books about the life and ministry of the Order. He continued his spiritual assistance to the Secular Franciscans until three months before he died. Though very much a product of the pre-Vatican II era, Fr Joachim adapted to changes in the church and spent the majority of his years promoting lay movements in the Church, particularly the Secular Franciscans. He had an incredible energy for promoting lay movements and worked in collaboration with the laity.' As well as leading a renewal of the Secular Franciscan Order, Fr Joachim had a strong commitment to Marriage Encounter and to the Legion of Mary. Vatican documents on lay ministry were his regular reading materials from which he drew inspiration. Not only did he read, quote and preach about the documents, he was instrumental in practical ways of promoting and supporting the vocation of the laity in today's Church.' Fr Paul said, The Franciscan Friars and hundreds of Secular Franciscans across Australia and New Zealand will remember Fr Joachim as a herald of the Gospel, a humble and true Franciscan, a loyal servant of the Church he loved and a thorough gentleman.'
23 Feb 2016	Rev Elio Proietto SDB Read more Born 01/07/1934; Ordained 01/07/1960 Salesians - Salesians of Don Bosco. Elio Proietto was born in Randazzo, Sicily, on 1 July 1934, the eldest of three boys. He entered the Salesian aspirtantate at Pedara in 1947, completed his novitiate at San Gregorio in 1949-1950 and made his first profession on 16 August 1950. He began his philosophy studies at San Gregorio but in 1951 was given permission to transfer to the Australian Province as the rest of his family had migrated to Melbourne from Sicily. After completing his philosophy studies in Sonada, India, he completed a pastoral placement teaching in Glenorchy, Tasmania. He returned to Italy for his Theology studies and was ordained there on 1 July 1960. Following ordination Fr Elio held positions of leadership in Salesian schools at Brooklyn Park, South Australia, Ferntree Gully, Victoria and two periods at Glenorchy, Tasmania where he was the founding Principal of the newly amalgamated Dominic College. In 1979 he became the pioneer of the Salesian presence in Samoa helping to establish the Salesian mission in that country. After nine years in Samoa he returned to Australia and ministered at Brunswick, Victoria variously as Hostel Coordinator, Rector and Parish Priest. In 1996 he returned to Samoa to take up the role of Principal of the Moamoa Theological College, a training centre for lay catechists and pre-seminary students. He returned to Australia in 2000 and was involved in Parish ministry at Glenorchy, Tasmania as Parish Priest and as Assistant at Brunswick, Victoria until his health declined to the point of needing to move into care at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Northcote in 2014. May he rest in peace.
23 Feb 2023	Rev Brian Edward Harris OMI Born:11/04/1934; Ordained:17/12/1993. Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
24 Feb 1908	Rev Michael Kiley Sydney, etc
24 Feb 1920	Rev James Wendel SVD Bathurst dioc, NSW
24 Feb 1946	Rev Nicholas O'Keefe OSA Cairns, Herberton, Qld
24 Feb 1958	Rev Timothy Zelari OFMCap Brisbane, etc
24 Feb 1968	Bishop Francis Augustine Henschke Wagga, NSW
24 Feb 1969	Rev John Philip Gleeson SJ Sydney, etc
24 Feb 1974	Rev Francis Xavier O'Brien SJ Sydney, etc
24 Feb 1979	Rev James Vincent Cahill Gatton, Ipswich, Yeronga, Kangaroo Point, etc, Qld
24 Feb 1980	Rev James Bourke MSC Sydney, etc
24 Feb 1981	Rev Vincent Keith Long OFM Waverley, Edgecliff, NSW; Kew, Box Hill, Vic, etc
24 Feb 1984	Rev Terence Francis Duggan Meadowbank, etc, NSW
24 Feb 1998	Rev Richard Harris SJ Richmond, Vic; North Sydney, NSW, etc
24 Feb 2007	Rev Gary Ronald Russell Ordained 13/07/1974; Apsley, Bulimba, Wavell Heights, Beenleigh, Loganholme, Wilston, Enoggera, Gordon Park, Qld.
24 Feb 2008	Rev John Keane OFM Sydney, etc
24 Feb 2012	Rev Leo Heriot SDB Read more Born 13/02/1932; Ordained 1 May 1963 - Salesian Fathers. Leo was born in Ascot Vale on 13 February 1932 and grew up in Melbourne, the youngest in a family of six siblings, children of William and Annie Heriot. An older brother is Fr Lou' Heriot, pastor emeritus of the Melbourne Archdiocese. Leo joined the Salesians and made his first profession at Sunbury on 31 January 1953. As was the practice at that time, young Salesians from Australia went to India to study Philosophy. In 1956 he returned to undertake his Practical Training at Glenorchy, Tasmania until 1959. He then returned to India for Theology and was ordained a priest in Madras on 1 May 1963. Leo volunteered to remain in India and worked there as a missionary from 1963 until 1991. He spent 10 years teaching in schools before taking responsibility for the formation of young Salesians as Novice Master (1973 � 1984) and then Rector of the Theologate (1984 - 1991). In 1991 he returned to Austraila and was assistant priest in the parishes of Engadine, NSW and Katherine, NT, before again taking up his Salesian missionary vocation in the Pacific, Samoa (1994 - 2006) and then Fiji (2006 � 2010). Leo spent his final year in the Salesian Formation Community at Clifton Hill, Melbourne. Rest in peace Leo.
24 Feb 2012	Rev Gerald Patrick Iverson Read more Born 23/01/1937; Ordained 16/07/1960 - Diocese of Wagga Wagga and Diocese of Parramatta. Gerald Patrick Iverson was born in Albury to Claude Iverson and his wife, Kathleen (nee Curtis). He was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers, then studied for the priesthood at Springwood and Manly, and completed a doctorate of theology. In the Diocese of Parramatta, Gerry gave himself to a ministry of priests in the House of Prayer at Kurrajong. When issues of clergy misconduct and sexual abuse threatened to destroy the parish of Greystanes, Bishop Bede Heather wisely invited Gerry to be its pastor. For the next 17 years he was the healing pastor, rebuilding trust. He confronted the issues of clergy sexual abuse with great courage and made valuable contributions to the work of professional standards in clergy life. After Parramatta and a period of further study in Chicago, Gerry was appointed Rector of St Patrick's College, Manly, where he nurtured priestly vocations in some turbulent times. Behind Gerry's public roles were less obvious ministries. He was equally at home as a confidant to church leaders and politicians as he was with visiting fellow priests in prison, a ministry to which he remained faithful to the end. He also had a great capacity to walk with priests who chose to make the second journey into marriage and those who chose other committed relationships. Rest in peace dear Gerry.
25 Feb 1864	Rev John Grant Appin, Bathurst, etc, NSW
25 Feb 1886	Rev Patrick Hewitt Cooma, Armidale, Inverell, Araluen, Parramatta, NSW; Hobart dioc, Tas
25 Feb 1896	Rev Hugh O'Neill West Maitland, Gosford, etc, NSW
25 Feb 1915	Rev John? Miltz SJ Norwood, SA, etc
25 Feb 1927	Rev Phillip O'Doherty Melbourne dioc
25 Feb 1930	Rev Lawrence Funchion OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
25 Feb 1947	Rev Michael Sheehan Taroom, etc, Qld
25 Feb 1985	Rev William Byrne OMI Sorrento, Vic; Fremantle, WA; Tea Tree Gully, SA
25 Feb 1993	Rev James Kevin Page St Mary�s, etc, NSW
25 Feb 1997	Rev Martin Lydon OCD Minto, NSW
25 Feb 1998	Rev Paul Knuppel OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic; Alberton, SA; Wentworthville, NSW; Hilton, WA, etc
25 Feb 2015	Rev Vincent Laurence Pedemont Read more Fr Lawrence Vincent Pedemont, lovingly known as Fr Vince, priest of the Diocese of Broken Bay, entered eternal life on 25 February 2015 after many years of ill health. Vince joined the priesthood late in life following the death of his wife. He is survived by his children and grandchildren. After being ordained in 1996 by Bishop Murphy, Vince was appointed to Gosford Parish where he remained until his retirement in 2001 due to ill health. Most recently he has been living at Reynolds Court, Bateau Bay. Between 1978 and September 1984, Vince was the Executive Officer of the Society of St Vincent de Paul. In September 1984 he was elected NSW State President of the Society of St Vincent de Paul and worked in a voluntary capacity in that role until 1989. In January 1989 he joined the Catholic Weekly Newspaper as Business Manager. The Mass of Christian Burial for Fr Pedemont was held on 3 March at 10:15am at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 241 The Entrance Rd, The Entrance. Bishop Peter Comensoli was the principal celebrant. Rest now in peace dear Vince.
25 Feb 2016	Rev Francis Xavier Barry CM Born 01/11/1930 Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission
25 Feb 2017	Rev Bruce F Little Born 19/04/1945; Ordained 18/11/1992 Diocese of Rockhampton
25 Feb 2021	Most Rev Bede V Heather DD LSS BA Read more Born in Strathfield NSW 07/10/1928. Ordained Priest for Sydney 15/07/1951. Consecrated Titular Bishop of Obbi 04/08/1979. First Bishop of Parramatta 08/04/1986. Retired 10/07/1997.
26 Feb 1875	Rev Patrick Newman Cooma, Woollahra, Appin, Orange, Wollongong, Balmain East, Sydney, etc, NSW
26 Feb 1913	Rev John Durney Lismore dioc, NSW
26 Feb 1914	Rev Daniel O'Shea Sale dioc, Vic; Darlinghurst, NSW
26 Feb 1926	Rev Thomas F Hogan Sarina, Mackay, etc, Qld
26 Feb 1958	Rev Aeneas Tozzi SDB Brooklyn Park, SA, etc
26 Feb 1960	Rev Felix Ayguabella OSB New Norcia, WA
26 Feb 1972	Rev Kevin O'Sullivan SJ Melbourne; Sydney; Hobart
26 Feb 1973	Rev J H O'Sullivan OCarm
26 Feb 1979	Rev Gregory Wooller OFM
26 Feb 1989	Rev John (Sean) Kevin Anderson OSA Rochester, Kyabram, Vic; Mossman, QLD
26 Feb 1989	Rev Joseph O'Hagan Sale dioc, Vic
26 Feb 1990	Rev Henry Kusnerik OFMCap Leichhardt, NSW
26 Feb 2008	Rev John Rivett Greenacre, Forest Lodge, Penshurst, Revesby, Chatswood, Belmore, Berala, Central Bankstown, NSW.
26 Feb 2008	Rev John Shanley Trafalgar, Morwell, Leongatha, Warragul, Omeo, Orbost, Traralgon, Yarram, Lakes Entrance, Vic
26 Feb 2010	Rev Allan Crawford Read more Born 25/05/1922; Ordained 06/12/1986; Fr Allan Crawford died on Friday, 26 February 2010 in Camden Hospital Palliative Care Unit. He was 82 years of age. Allan was born in Penshurst, NSW and attended the Sisters of St Joseph Primary School at Penshurst and then Christian Brothers College, Lewisham. He later married his wife Dorothy in the Penshurst Parish Church. Allan attended Teacher's College and the University of New England where he studied Humanities. He went on to serve as a school teacher and was Acting Principal at Narwee Public School. Allan was an acolyte in Riverwood Parish. He also ran a prayer meeting for many years. Allan is survived by his five children and his many grandchildren. After Dorothy's death in 1982, Allan commenced studies for the priesthood at St Paul's National Seminary. He was ordained at St Declan's Parish, Penshurst on 6 December 1986. He worked as an Assistant Priest at Liverpool Parish where he was admired for his ministry at Liverpool Hospital. He retired in 1998 but continued to assist In many parishes in the Archdiocese of Sydney and the Diocese of Wollongong particularly Kiama and Ruse. Allan's funeral was held on Friday, 5 March 2010 at St Thomas More Parish, Ruse. Bishop Peter Ingham was the Principal Celebrant. Bishops Robinson, Cremin and Brady assisted along with many priests from Sydney and Wollongong dioceses. Rest in peace dear Allan.
26 Feb 2012	Rev Athanase Gonelli OFMCap Born 11/02/1923.
26 Feb 2012	Rev Theophane McEwen CP Born 29/06/1922.
26 Feb 2015	Rev Mgr Brian Walsh PE Read more Date of Birth: 02/11/1928. Ordained 27/07/1956 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Monsignor Brian Walsh died peacefully and suddenly on 26 February 2015 at Justin Villa, Balwyn North. Born 2 November 1928, he died in the sixty first year of his priesthood. The son of Edmond and Margaret, he was baptised into the waters of life at St Paul's, Coburg where he attended primary school and later, St Bede's College, Mentone. He entered Corpus Christi College in 1947 and was ordained by Archbishop Simonds on 22 July 1956. Brian commenced his priestly ministry as Assistant Priest at St Mary's, Geelong in the summer of 1956, followed by the parishes of Sunshine (1957) and Elsternwick (1963). In 1970 he was appointed as Executive Director of the National Office of the Eucharistic Congress attended by Cardinal Shehan as Papal Legate in 1973. Later that year he was appointed a Prelate of Honour to the Holy Father for his dedicated service to the Church. This, too, was recognised in his award as Officer of the Order of British Empire the same year. In 1974 Brian was appointed Parish Priest of St Mary's, Dandenong. In 1985 he was appointed as National Director of the Papal Visit of Pope John Paul II (1986) with whom he enjoyed a lasting connection. In 1988 he was appointed to Our Lady of Victories, Camberwell as Parish Priest. In 2004 he retired as Pastor Emeritus and resided at Justin Villa until his death. Those who have known Monsignor �Mons� Walsh from near and far will not be surprised that every aspect of his funeral has been diligently on file for several years. These documents, together with his travel itinerary from 1963-2012, detail the active life and ministry of Monsignor Brian Walsh. He had a number of claims to fame, which he was never shy to share. Among these was his successful organisation of the Eucharistic Congress in 1973. There is no doubt it was an incredible success which drew countless thousands of Catholic faithful and others of good will. The articles and images which chronicle that occasion demonstrate the vision, organisational detail and extraordinary ability to capture the hearts of the faithful in a time of radical renewal. While Monsignor Walsh could not have achieved this alone, he enjoyed the support received by Cardinal Knox and the late Monsignor Kevin Toomey. Monsignor Wash's leadership was acknowledged by many who claimed the event was among the best organised Eucharistic Congress ever�and��it made a profit!�. He prepared a detailed organisational manual which was thereafter used by other Bishops' Conferences throughout the world. The acknowledgement of his many skills saw him called upon to assist many countries in the planning and organisation to host other congresses, his last being the 50th hosted in Dublin in 2009. Mons Walsh captures some of those wonderful things which historians would say about Melbourne priests: he was creative, hard-working, imaginative, down to earth, prayerful and could crunch a deal! While he was prepared to share his strengths, he was humble enough to know his limitations. He measured his own pastoral success by proving what could be done rather than what could not be. He was optimistic and chanced his arm on projects which would have overwhelmed others. Monastic life was not his calling. You knew when he was around. He shared his opinions, bidden or not. He liked to make people welcome and never ceased an opportunity to give advice. In the parishes where he served the people will remember him fondly. Stories will be told of incredible achievements, acts of kindness, and his leadership. Many will look around their parishes this weekend and say a prayer for the �Mons� as they look at their churches, schools, presbyteries and halls and remember what was achieved because he dared to dream, was never afraid to ask for assistance and for his priestly love lived in his own unique way. The dining room at Justin Villa will be a different place now he has gone. A place at the table now empty � his seat in the chapel now silent from his faithful prayers � his room no longer the centre of �operations� � the phone and door now quietened � his many friends saddened by his death. We thank God for Monsignor Brian Walsh who never left us guessing, who gave the Church his very best and for his faithful priesthood which has touched the lives of many.
26 Feb 2017	Rev Robert M Zivkovic OSM Read more Born 06/06/1933; Ordained 15/01/1966 Servite Friars - Order of Servants of Mary Bob who was born in Chicago the son of James and Eleanor (Judecki), grew up in the proverbial South Side of Chicago where he was a member of the St. Agnes Parish.� Bob's secondary education was at St. Rita's High School, conducted by the Augustinian friars. Too young to be drafted during the Second World War, he did serve in the USA army some years later. By that time, his military service was pretty well limited to office work. He entered the Servite Order after this and began his novitiate at Mount St Philip in Granville, Wisconsin. Ordained to the priesthood on 15 January 1966, he assisted for a short time in various parishes.� � In preparation for the transformation of the Our Lady of Sorrows province and the St Joseph (Italian) province into Eastern and Western, Bob was asked, along with a few other young friars, to minister in the opposite province in Denver, Colorado. It was from here that he took the leap to the growing Australian foundation. He had been ordained barely one year. � Bob's long ministry in Australia was spent almost entirely at Servite College, originally known as St. Philip's Regional School for Boys.� It was there that he witnessed the transfer of the role of principal from a friar to a layperson; its change from a boys' to a co-ed school, (one of the first to take this step in the Perth archdiocese); as well as the change�of the name to Servite College.� He was always affectionately known there as Father Zee. � Besides his ministry in the classroom, teaching various subjects as required of him, Bob also made a reputation for himself among students, staff and parents as an avid devotee of sports.� Students quickly learned how to distract him from a prepared lesson on a Monday morning by asking about the outcome of some weekend game.� Years later, when he felt he could no longer respond to the requirements of a classroom teacher because of his age, he served for many more years as college chaplain. � In 1991 Bob was the first American Servite to take out Australian citizenship, in a day when this required relinquishing his USA passport. � Father Zee was part of The Tuart Hill community when it spent almost a full year with the Norbertine Canons (2005-2006) while a new wing was added�to the Priory to accommodate ageing or ill friars. After a few years, his health began to deteriorate. His fight with Parkinson's disease gradually worsened and he was moved to assisted living with the Little Sisters of the Poor.� Slowly, over several years, he lost recognition of visitors and power of speech. He returned to the Lord to whom he had dedicated his life on 26th February 2017.� His funeral Mass at St. Denis church was packed with people and with memories. Some college staff members saw to it that his favourite hymn: �They'll know we are Christians by our Love� escorted his remains from the church.� A fitting tribute. May he rest now in peace.
26 Feb 2017	Rev Paul Maher PE Read more Born 14/11/1930; Ordained 06/06/1954 Archdiocese of Melbourne Paul died at McCulloch House, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, with family and friends by his side. Paul served as Assistant Priest in the parishes of Frankston (1955), Moreland (1957), Footscray (1963), Elwood (1964), Reservoir (1967) and as Parish Priest, Noble Park (1969), Malvern East (1986) and Oakleigh East (2001) until his retirement in 2006. Since his arrival on our shores, Paul has served the Archdiocese of Melbourne and her people with constant faith and generous fidelity. Like so many of his contemporaries, Paul travelled to Melbourne not only in connection with our Irish heritage, but with a readiness for the mission to be undertaken in a growing Church which was being built by the dedication of clergy, religious, and lay men and women. Paul was an astute steward of resources. He was visionary as he saw the rapid development of his parish communities and engaged with his people at a level which engendered a spirit of enthusiasm. He formed strong bonds of fraternal friendship with the priests who served with him. Fr Paul delighted in those gatherings of Irish clergy (and the new Irish) as they reminisced about former days, shared their common experience and the quick wit which they shared. He was grateful for those friends whose loyalty accompanied him and especially during these last years of illness. Paul will be remembered fondly in the parishes where he served. The deep friendships which he forged reflected his ability to relate to his people at both a human and spiritual level. He was matter of fact. His quick wit, laconic humour and kindness will endure in the telling of his story. He was grateful for the kindness shown to him by his family and friends who surrounded him when he needed their support. We give thanks to God for Paul's extraordinary service. Now his suffering is over, we pray in faith that he will see God face to face.
26 Feb 2022	Rev Kevin Mogg PE Read more Born 23/4/1932; Ordained 22/07/1956. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Kevin served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 65 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. After his ordination at St Patrick's Cathedral on 22 July 1956, Kevin was appointed temporarily as Assistant Priest at Bentleigh parish and then appointed at West Heidelberg (1957). In 1964, he was appointed Chaplain in the Youth Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Department and then undertook studies in Rome from 1970. Upon his return to Melbourne, Fr Kevin was appointed as Rector at Corpus Christi College (Glen Waverley and then at Clayton) in 1972. In 1979, Fr Kevin was appointed as Administrator and then Parish Priest of Ringwood North. In 1996, Father Kevin was appointed Episcopal Vicar for Social Welfare. He served as Parish Priest of Mornington (2002) until his retirement in 2007 whereupon he was appointed Pastor Emeritus. May he rest in peace.
27 Feb 1905	Rev Mgr John O'Sullivan Tenterfield, Kempsey, Grafton, Gunnedah, etc, NSW
27 Feb 1942	Rev Leon Shaienks SSS Melbourne
27 Feb 1943	Rev Edward Bailey MSC Sydney; Hobart, etc
27 Feb 1961	Rev Mgr Thomas Brosnan Canowindra, Orange, Dubbo, NSW
27 Feb 1971	Rev Bede Patrick Shanahan Armidale dioc, NSW
27 Feb 1975	Rev Michael J Dolan Rockhampton, etc, Qld
27 Feb 1981	Rev Herbert Bowker Sydney dioc
27 Feb 1986	Rev John James Brace Melbourne dioc
27 Feb 1989	Rev Keith Spain Mt. Magnet, Leonora, Three Springs, Dongara, Mingenew, WA
27 Feb 1995	Rev W Declan Treacy OSA Echuca, Kyabram, Vic; Manly Vale, NSW
27 Feb 2009	Rev Anthony (Francis) Kelliher OCD Born 20/03/1916; Ordained 11/07/1943; Gregory Terrace, Varrowville Qld.
27 Feb 2012	Rev John Naylor Born 05/01/1929.
28 Feb 1873	Rev Dominic Galosi OFM Sydney
28 Feb 1928	Rev Timothy Ulick O'Sullivan Ferntree Gully, Trentham, Daylesford, Kilmore, etc, Vic
28 Feb 1932	Rev Michael Phelan SJ Goulburn, NSW
28 Feb 1943	Rev Edmund Brendan Hogan OSA Mossman, etc, Qld
28 Feb 1951	Rev Fabian Joseph Gleeson OFM Sydney, etc
28 Feb 1968	Rev William J O'Farrell Yarraville, etc, Vic
28 Feb 1969	Rev Reginald Lummer CP Sydney
28 Feb 1981	Rev Vincent Allen New Norfolk, Westbury, Taroona, Tas
28 Feb 1983	Rev Hugh O'Twomey Bowen, Rockhampton, Richmond, Mount Isa, Hughenden, Mundingburra, Railway Estate - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
28 Feb 1996	Rev Mgr Thomas Patrick O'Brien Hamilton, Koroit, Ballarat, Donald, Ararat, Vic
28 Feb 2002	Rev Robert Dowglass Geraldton, Cue/Meekatharra, Exmouth, WA
28 Feb 2004	Rev Amideus Wickers OSM Joondanna, Tuart Hill, WA
28 Feb 2018	Rev George O'Mara Born 08/09/1654; Ordained 23/11/1985 Diocese of Parramatta
28 Feb 2021	Rev Mgr Kevin Barry-Cotter Born 14/06/1934; Ordained 21/12/1960. Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
28 Feb 2021	Rev Thomas Joseph O'Connell Read more Born 06/03/1933, Country Kerry, Ireland. Ordained 17/06/1956. Diocese of Sale. Tom is the last of a long line of beautiful Irish priests who left their homeland and made Australia home, enriching the Diocese of Sale and Gippsland with their priestly goodness, compassion and love. He made his way to Australia in 1956 commencing ministry at Yallourn, then in the Parishes of Sale, Bairnsdale, Morwell, Leongatha, Neerim South, Wonthaggi, Koo Wee Rup, Cowwarr, Dalyston, Omeo, Fish Creek and Trafalgar and as Director of Propagation of the Faith. Tom will be remembered for his extrovert personality and priestly goodness. In both the joy and desert places of his ministry he had wonderful angel messengers' who walked with him and he with them.�� As a brother priest he brought friendship, delights, stories and songs to the presbyterate of Sale. On taking up his appointment to Trafalgar, in 1980 he went visiting one of the parishioners. Just has he approached the washing line where the baby nappies were being dried, the wire snapped. The nappies fell, the young mother struggling to collect her washing. Suddenly beside her were his shiny black shoes and his enormous smile, a warm voice saying � �My dear you look like you could do with a blessing.� This was the start of a beautiful friendship. Tom, was a legend at the Trafalgar Golf Club. He was often heard to say after a few practice swings measuring his stance, eyeing the ball, �Now stay still you little blighter, I'm going to hit you.� Tom took on all the new opportunities to exercise his priestly gifts throughout his 19 appointments. He loved every minute, naming Gippsland the Garden of Australia'. Tom is the last of a long line of beautiful Irish priests who left their homeland and made Australia home, enriching the Diocese of Sale and Gippsland with their priestly goodness, compassion and love. Tom is survived by his siblings, Fr Maurice and Sheila, who live overseas and two nieces, Katie and Una and nephew Aiden in Australia. May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face The rains fall soft upon your fields And until we meet again May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
28 Feb 2022	Rev Vladimir Novak OFM Born 14/02/1943; Ordained 29/06/1968. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor.
28 Feb 2024	Rev Terence Yard Born 27/10/1939. Ordained 28/06/1966. Archdiocese of Hobart.
29 Feb 1928	Rev Mgr Matthew Carey Brighton, West Melbourne, Vic
29 Feb 1964	Rev Colin McKillop SJ Pymble, NSW, etc
29 Feb 1974	Archbishop Eris Michael O'Brien Sydney; Canberra
29 Feb 2016	Rev Anthony Daly Read more Born 11/07/1949; Ordained 27/02/2003 Diocese of Wollongong. Tony was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on 15 February 2016 and given three weeks to live. He died two weeks later on 29 February aged 67, having marked the 13th anniversary of his ordination on 27 February. Born and raised in Broken Hill, Tony first joined the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv) studying at North Wales in the United Kingdom, before returning to the Conventual Franciscan Seminary at Kellyville, New South Wales. He left after two years due to ill health. He worked for 25 years with the Roads & Traffic Authority. He was an active member of the St Vincent de Paul Society for 34 years. In 1997 he was accepted as a seminarian at St Paul's Kensington by Bishop Philip Wilson for the Wollongong Diocese. When that Seminary closed, he completed his studies at Good Shepherd Seminary, Homebush, being ordained by Bishop Peter Ingham at St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wollongong, on 27 February 2003. Tony was appointed Assistant Priest at All Saints Catholic Parish, Shellharbour City (2003), Assistant Priest at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, Rosemeadow (2007) and Administrator (2007) then Parish Priest (2008) of St Thomas More, Ruse. Tony was Spiritual Advisor to the diocesan St Vincent de Paul Society and Diocesan Chaplain to the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry. People testified to Tony's inclusive and merciful outreach to anyone who sought his help. He was unpretentious and thoroughly genuine, gentle, approachable and hospitable. Above all, he was thoughtful and he cared. May Tony rest in peace and enjoy the reward of his goodness.
Mar	Rev John Carter Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Mar 1872	Rev Peter Bruno Powell St. Leonards, Penrith, etc, NSW; Penola, Mt. Gambier, Adelaide dioc, SA; Perth, Albany, WA; Melbourne, Vic
Mar 1886	Rev Martin Meagher Crookwell, etc, NSW; Hobart dioc
Mar 1889	Rev Francis? Costello Sydney
Mar 1906	Rev Michael Farrelly Sandhurst dioc, Vic
1 Mar 1872	Bishop Laurence Bonaventure Patrick Sheil OFM Adelaide
1 Mar 1879	Rev Edward O'Dwyer Bathurst dioc, NSW
1 Mar 1895	Rev John Eugene Gourbellion OSB Sydney; Ballarat, Vic
1 Mar 1897	Rev Thomas Caldwell OSB Hobart, Ross, Tas; Adelaide
1 Mar 1910	Rev Sigismund Karlinger SJ Sevenhill, Jamestown, etc, SA
1 Mar 1924	Rev Denis (Finbar) O'Connor OCarm Gawler, SA
1 Mar 1930	Rev Robert O'Dempsey SJ Sydney, etc
1 Mar 1942	Rev Patrick Finnerty Esk, etc, Qld
1 Mar 1945	Archbishop Michael Sheehan Sydney
1 Mar 1977	Rev Bernard Geoghegan Melbourne dioc
1 Mar 1979	Rev Frederick James Fry MacLean, Kempsey, Grafton, Murwillumbah, Kyogle, Dorrigo, South. Grafton etc, NSW
1 Mar 1982	Rev William Joseph Hayes Melbourne dioc
1 Mar 1982	Rev Richard Walter O'Donovan Ashby, Wagga, Junee, Leeton, Albury, Holbrook, Berrigan, etc, NSW
1 Mar 1983	Rev Thomas Joseph Maloney Balaklava, Kapunda, Adelaide, etc, SA
1 Mar 1988	Rev Thomas Christopher Mulkerrin SSC Adelaide, etc
1 Mar 1988	Rev Patrick Talty CSsR Perth, WA; Newcastle, NSW.
1 Mar 1999	Rev Francis Scanlan Biggenden, Woodford, East Brisbane, Newmarket, Qld
1 Mar 2001	Rev James (Jim) McLaren Sydney dioc
1 Mar 2004	Rev Peter D Shiel St. Ives, Sydney and Broken Bay dioc, NSW
1 Mar 2007	Rev Boniface Cotter
1 Mar 2008	Rev Barry Leonard SJ
1 Mar 2008	Rev John Flynn Born 11/02/1932; Ordained 30/06/1956.
1 Mar 2010	Rev John Phelan Born 09/07/1930; Ordained 06/06/1954; Diocese of Sale.
1 Mar 2015	Rev James Gallen Born 17/01/1932; Ordained 21/07/1956. Archdiocese of Sydney
1 Mar 2015	Rev Deacon John Baptist Kelantumama Diocese of Darwin
2 Mar 1905	Rev Francis A Dunham Wooloowin, Clermont Roma, etc, Qld
2 Mar 1913	Rev John Foley Taree, etc, NSW
2 Mar 1924	Rev John Patrick Dunne Bulli, Wollongong, etc, NSW
2 Mar 1927	Rev John Rice Bathurst dioc, NSW
2 Mar 1941	Rev James Joseph Lee Moreland, etc, Vic
2 Mar 1950	Rev Thomas Murphy CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
2 Mar 1951	Rev John Dahill Kandos, etc, NSW
2 Mar 1952	Rev Albert Kelly CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
2 Mar 1962	Rev Laurence Kieran Griffin OSA Echuca, Rochester, Kyabram, Vic, etc
2 Mar 1974	Rev Robert Prentice OFM Sydney, etc
2 Mar 1981	Rev Basil Doran OFM Waverley, Wahroonga, Campbelltown, NSW; Midland, WA; Mt. Eliza, Vic
2 Mar 1988	Rev Sebastian Norcock CP Marrickville, NSW; Glen Osmond, SA
2 Mar 1993	Rev Vincent James Mills SM Gladstone, Qld, etc
2 Mar 2002	Rev Brian Horton Brisbane dioc
2 Mar 2006	Rev James Alban Mitchell OFM Perth, WA; Kedron, Qld; Sydney; Melbourne, etc
2 Mar 2013	Rev John Daly PE Read more Born 21/07/1927; Ordained 08/06/1952 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. John was ordained on 8 June 1952 at St Patrick's, Carlow, Ireland. He arrived in Melbourne in December 1952 and joined a long line of dedicated priests who came to Melbourne to assist in the rapidly developing Catholic community emerging from her Irish foundations to a diverse multicultural reality in a post WWII world. He, like so many, left his homeland with a sense of mission and deep faith in God's goodness. The Archdiocese of Melbourne is most grateful for John's 60 years of priestly service to the Church of Melbourne. He was Assistant Priest at the parishes of Glen Huntly, West St Kilda and Northcote and then became Administrator. John was appointed Parish Priest at Yea, Dandenong, North, Balwyn, East Coburg, East Brighton and then was appointed to Frankston East Parish as Assistant Priest. He was appointed Pastor Emeritus in 1987 and resided at St Albans parish until 2007 when he moved to Justin Villa and later to Nazareth House. The Pontifical Funeral Mass was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church, St Albans on Thursday, 7 March 2013 and John's body is buried at the Priests' Crypt, Melbourne General Cemetery. May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be ever at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face The rain fall softly on your fields And until we meet again May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
2 Mar 2021	Rev Peter Gillam Born 03/06/1938; Ordained 29/06/1962. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
3 Mar 1889	Rev Guiseppi (Joseph) Bixio SJ Sydney, etc
3 Mar 1898	Bishop John Cani Brisbane, Rockhampton, Qld
3 Mar 1898	Rev Michelle Antonini Capra Brisbane, Roma, etc, Qld
3 Mar 1930	Rev Thomas Gerslik SJ
3 Mar 1937	Rev Mgr John Kavanagh Maitland dioc, NSW
3 Mar 1942	Rev Matthew McGloin Hamilton, etc, Vic
3 Mar 1947	Rev John J Durkin MacLean, etc, NSW
3 Mar 1957	Rev Frederick C A Gatzemeyer Salisbury, etc, SA
3 Mar 1958	Rev Walter Ketterer CP Marrickville, NSW; Glen Osmond, SA
3 Mar 1966	Rev Michael (Francesco) Saccomanno OFMCap Leichhardt, NSW
3 Mar 1968	Rev Dominic Burke Toowoomba dioc, Qld
3 Mar 1968	Rev Joseph Madigan MSC Sydney, etc
3 Mar 1974	Rev Richard Joseph Ward Sale dioc, Vic
3 Mar 1987	Rev Michael Downey Tatura, Mooroopna, Wangaratta Cobram, Bendigo, Shepparton, Benalla, Euroa, Yarrawonga, etc, Vic
3 Mar 1995	Rev Thomas Graham Crowley Gunnedah, Narrabri, Warialda, NSW
3 Mar 1995	Rev Martin Leach Airport West, Maidstone, Essendon, Glenhuntly, Carlton, South Caulfield, Mentone, Vic
3 Mar 2004	Rev A Kevin Ryan Melbourne dioc
3 Mar 2011	Rev Raymond Garchow OH Born 22/10/1947.
3 Mar 2011	Rev Peter Monopoli MA Born 04/07/1934; Archdiocese of Adelaide.
3 Mar 2011	Rev Geoffrey Sylvester Lloyd Read more Born 21/11/1925; Date of Ordination: 03/10/1950 - Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Losing his mother at the age of two, Geoff spent his early years in St John's Home in Goulburn. From that time he maintained a deep love for the Sisters of Mercy who cared for him. He went on to St Patrick's College, Goulburn and from there began his seminary studies at Springwood, then on to Manly before completing his formation for the priesthood at Propaganda Fide College in Rome. He had some famous classmates: Len Faulkner, Frank Little, John Molony, Bede Heather, John Gerry, Peter Quinn, Ian Burns, Pat Cusack, Leo Donnelly as well as many other notables in missionary countries around the world. Geoff was shaped in part by the influence of the founder of the YCW, Joseph Cardijn who later was to have an impact on Vatican II. He was ordained on 3 October 1950 and served as parish priest of Bemboka, Lake Cargelligo, West Wyalong, Tumut and Bega till his retirement in 2000. He never lost his tireless zeal and was very much a people's person' with a great love for his brother priests. Rest in peace dear Geoff.
3 Mar 2015	Rev James Nihill Read more Born 20/04/1940. Ordained 23 July 1966 - Diocese of Sandhurst. Many priests from the Sandhurst Diocese, along with some from Melbourne and Tasmania, came to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish Church in Elmore to farewell Jim. The son of Patrick and Kathleen Nihill, Jim grew up on the family farm at Elmore. His secondary schooling was at St Patrick's, Ballarat, before his seminary studies in Melbourne. Despite these years away from home, he always retained his love for the land. Jim was ordained in Elmore on 23 July 1966 and served in several parishes throughout the Diocese of Sandhurst including St Kilian's, Pyramid Hill, Euroa, Corryong, Beechworth, Wangaratta, Kennington and finally, his home parish of Elmore. He also spent three years in the Diocese of Geraldton, WA. Over the years, the Charismatic prayer movement and the Legion of Mary were strong influences in his life. In the early years following ordination, Jim played football for local team, Mt Pleasant. His record includes kicking six goals from the wing one week and playing in two premiership teams. In one game, against Rushworth, he played against Frank Marriott. The spectators were delighted to watch the two priests battling it out! In later years, golfing became his pursuit. In recent years, as his health began to fail, it became necessary for Jim to go into care. The Diocese is grateful for the attention of the Clergy Nurses and staff at Bethlehem Home for the Aged and Simpkin House who lovingly cared for Jim until his death. Jim was a good, genuinely uncomplicated and humble man. This �man of the land� would have recognised and welcomed the Shepherd when He came to take him home. Rest now in peace dear Jim.
3 Mar 2018	Rev Peter McGrath CP Read more Born 17/08/1939; Ordained 11/07/1964 Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ Peter was born in Blacktown, Sydney and undertook high school Christian Brothers Lewisham. He joined the Passionists as a postulant in 1957 and was recognized as very intelligent student with a canny extrovert personality. � Six months after ordination he was appointed to St Ives to teach Ancient History (which he was studying a class ahead of his students) and Biology. St Ives or the nearby district was to become his home for the rest of his life. Peter began studying for a BA and became involved with several other young' Passionists in the new Youth work ministry of the post Vatican II Church.. The skills acquired were easily transferred to adult faith formation and before long, there were regular programmes being offered at St Ives by Peter (or Richard as he was known after profession and throughout his early years of priesthood) and others. � It was from this adult faith formation that Peter began offering retreats for married couples, and in 1972 he became the acting administrator of Terrey Hills, a very small church with a very small Sunday Mass attendance. Many people from St Ives and the surrounding district who were attending the faith formation sessions began to participate at St Anthony-in-the�Fields. Following the first married couples retreat, many of these families wanted to continue meeting, and what became the Passionist Family Group Movement developed from these simple beginnings. Peter was recognized as the founder, and became the pastor of a thriving parish at Terrey Hills and top rating presenter of a Sunday night religious programme on Sydney radio. � Peter as a gifted motivational speaker. He battled more demons that many people do and prided himself on being a boundary rider' sometimes causing him to run up against authorities. Despite of this he was deeply loved by the core group from Terrey Hills. They were grateful for his deep compassion. In his requiem Mass, Kevin Dance CP included this tribute: �You have known triumph and rejection. But through all the high � points and the low ones, you have grown in an understanding of the sea of suffering and the sea of love that is the Passion of Jesus. And over-riding everything else it was your compassion. I salute you for your years of loving service - preacher, parish priest, Provincial, Founder of a Movement and man of quite extraordinary generosity. After some quite rough seas that you have weathered, I pray that you can look at this journey with deep thankfulness and gratitude for connections made, for friends gathered, for desperate souls, for the vision shared.�
3 Mar 2024	Rev Anthony Kelly CSsR Born 11/05/1938. Ordained 30/06/1963. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
4 Mar 1892	Rev Claude Marie Joly SM Hunters Hill, NSW
4 Mar 1924	Rev Ambrose O'Gorman Kalgoorlie, WA
4 Mar 1927	Rev Patrick Kearns Mansfield, Port Fairy, Heathcote, Nagambie, etc, Vic
4 Mar 1927	Rev Ermenfroy Nachin OC Beagle Bay, WA
4 Mar 1944	Rev Frederick Grundl SMS Sydney
4 Mar 1947	Rev Alypius Francis Dempsey OSA Cairns, Herberton, Cooktown, Chillagoe, Qld
4 Mar 1947	Rev Matthew Dunne Sandhurst dioc, Vic
4 Mar 1950	Rev Bertrand Michael Larkin OP
4 Mar 1953	Rev Joseph Wall Balgowlah, etc, NSW
4 Mar 1956	Bishop Edmund Gleeson CSsR Maitland, NSW
4 Mar 1958	Rev Urban Jiminez OSB New Norcia, WA
4 Mar 1962	Rev Joseph Kungys Adelaide dioc
4 Mar 1962	Rev Patrick Lynch Crib Point, etc, Vic
4 Mar 1964	Rev Francis Brady MSC Adelaide, etc
4 Mar 1967	Rev Joseph Stephen McCormack OP
4 Mar 1983	Rev Leo Michael Clandillon OP
4 Mar 1989	Rev Mgr Desmond Lane Wagga Wagga, Leeton, Corowa, Tocumwal, Jerilderie, Narrandera, Strathfield, NSW
4 Mar 1990	Rev Hugh Law Harbord, Blacktown, etc, NSW
4 Mar 1994	Rev Robert Ebbs OP Adelaide; Canberra, etc
4 Mar 2001	Rev William Martin Dowd Armidale dioc, NSW
4 Mar 2004	Rev Patrick Joseph Ahern East Victoria Park, Perth, Greenwood, Moora, Bruce Rock, Narembeen, Hammersley, North Beach, Bedford, WA
4 Mar 2004	Rev Denis Handley SDB Ferntree Gully, Vic; Port Pirie, Gawler, SA, etc
4 Mar 2015	Rev Joseph Briffa PE Read more Born 16/12/1929; Ordained 03/12/1958 Archdiocese of Melbourne Joe was born in Birkirkara, Malta and following his primary and secondary education, he entered the National Seminary in Malta in 1951. In December 1952 he chose to go to India with Fr Mizzi OFM Cap commencing his studies in philosophy in 1952 at St Joseph's Allahabad. Upon completion of his philosophical studies, he enjoyed an experience working in Mission stations. In 1955 he entered St Albert's College Ranehi in Bihar State for his studies in theology. On 3 December 1958 he was ordained at St Joseph's Cahedral in Bankipur in the Diocese of Patna, India. He was appointed to various Mission stations and parishes. Among his many works was the establishment of a credit union to assist his people from the hands of money lenders. He enjoyed his missionary work often among the most marginalised people. Joe was a gifted linguist; Latin, Hindi, Santhali and Buchpuri among some of the languages he learned with great flair. In 1962 he volunteered to work among the people on the border between India and Bangladesh. He was appointed Dean of the Cathedral in the Diocese of Patna. The missionary zeal captured Joe. It was through Bishop Wildermuth, who was friendly with Archbishop Knox, who had previously been Nuncio to India, that the opportunity to come to Melbourne opened. Coming to Melbourne on 12 October 1971, Joe had arrived at his final destination. He had no aspirations of being a Parish Priest, so was pleased to be appointed Assistant Priest in Ascot Vale (1971), Hadfield (1974), Hastings (1976), Parkville (1978), Newport (1984), Thomastown West (1986), Carlton as Chaplain to Royal Melbourne and Royal Womens' Hospitals, Altona North (1989), Hoppers Crossing (1994) and his final appointment at Good Shepherd, Gladstone Park. Retiring in 2002 as Pastor Emeritus, Joe enjoyed his time at George Maher House, Justin Villa and, more recently, at St Catherine's, Balwyn. He lived a simple life, enjoying the opportunity for prayer and reflection, creating his model churches and the company of others. Joseph Briffa was a kind and generous priest. Many of his acts of kindness would be known to few. He gave and never asked for anything in return. He was humble in his service of the God he loved and wished to serve with such devotion. His story of life and priesthood was one of adventure. In leaving the shores of Malta in 1951 that he dared to embark on a life of missionary service which blessed the lives of so many people. In coming to Melbourne, he became a brother priest to us. He appreciated very much the friendships which he forged. In recent years he contemplated the journey of his life, and reflected the words of T. S. Elliott, We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where the journey started and know the place for the first time. The journey is complete, his exploration is over, may Joe know of the eternal love of God who accompanied him throughout his life. May he rest in peace!
4 Mar 2015	Rev Henry Nikel SVD Read more Born 21/12/1937. Ordained 10/05/1964 - Divine Word Missionaries - Society of the Divine Word. Henry died at the age of 78 at St Joseph Mission House in G�rna Grupa, Poland. The son of Leonard and Elisabeth, Henry was born in Rybnik, Poland. In 1956 he entered the Society of the Divine Word and started his spiritual and intellectual formation. He entered the novitiate on 8 September of the same year in Pieniezno. On 10 May 1964, he was ordained a priest by Bishop J�zef Drzazga of Warmia in Pieniezno. After his ordination, he was sent for a pastoral year to Rybnik. From 1965-1967, he was appointed assistant of the parish priest of Saints Peter and Paul in Pieniezno. On 13 September 1967 Henry received the mission assignment for Australia. He worked in Australia until 1971, and then went to PNG for ten years. In 1980 he returned to Australia and took up pastoral work, among other things working on behalf of the Bishop of the Diocese of Ballarat. For many years, he served the Polish community in Australia and also celebrated Masses in Latin. In January 2014 Henry returned to the Polish Province for his merited retirement in G�rna Grupa. On 10 May 2014, he celebrated his 50 anniversary of priesthood. Henry was a cheerful and friendly person, always open to other people. His funeral was held at St. Joseph Mission House in G�rna Grupa and he was buried at the Mission House cemetery. May he now rest in peace.
4 Mar 2020	Rev Joseph Colman Walsh OSA Read more Born 29/09/1932. Ordained 10/07/1960. Augustinians - Order of St Augustine. Joseph Colman Walsh OSA had five brothers and a sister and was raised on a dairy farm near Fethard, County Tipperary. He completed his secondary education at the Augustinian College, St Augustine's, County Waterford, undertook his novitiate in 1954-1955, studied philosophy at Raheny in County Dublin and his theology at the Gregorian University in Rome, in which city he was then ordained a priest on 10 July 1960. The Irish Augustinian Province assigned him to minister in Australia, where he arrived in December 1961. He commenced the first of his two teaching periods at the Order's Villanova College at Coorparoo in Brisbane, where in all he served for over 12 years. The majority of his Australian appointments, however, were to the three then-Augustinian parishes of Echuca, Rochester and Kyabram in northern Victoria (Diocese of Sandhurst), and the two then-Augustinian parishes in tropical Mareeba and Innisfail (Diocese of Cairns). Joe was Parish Priest at the Parish of Rochester in 1982-1986. In a retirement precipitated by the onset ill health, Joe was assigned a third time to Villanova Priory at Coorparoo, Brisbane, which proved to be the final Augustinian community of which he was a member. While there, he marked his sacerdotal golden jubilee in 2010 with celebrations in Brisbane and again soon afterwards when on vacation in Tipperary. As his health deteriorated further, Joe was admitted to the Marycrest aged care facility at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane where he died peacefully, only four months short of his sixtieth anniversary of priesthood. His Requiem Mass took place on 11 March 2020 at St James's Church at Coorparoo, the first church in which Joe had served upon arrival in Australia fifty-nine years earlier. He was buried in the Augustinian section of Nudgee Catholic Cemetery, Nudgee, Brisbane. More important that giving the chronology of Joe's pastoral ministry is attesting to the qualities of the person himself. Whenever in a parish, he was appreciated as a gentle pastor. He felt at greatest ease when ministering to the sick or the housebound, and in visiting the elderly. Joe was a supporter and exemplar of Augustinian community life, calm natured and ever diligent in his obligations therewith, and always a man of routine. Anything that was his responsibility was well executed. Rest in peace.
4 Mar 2021	Rev Christopher Warnock Read more Born 03/06/1955 Ordained 07/02/1981 Diocese of Port Pirie. Chris Warnock grew up in the Riverland of SA. As a child Chris suffered badly from asthma and eczema, and at the age of 9 spent 6 months in a Red Cross Home in Adelaide. From Grade 6 he was a boarder at the Salesian College in Adelaide. His parents thought Chris might be destined for a religious vocation and the Salesians would nurture that. On leaving school Chris was an apprentice Fitter and Turner for a year or so before going into St Francis Xavier Seminary in 1974 and was ordained in Renmark on 7 February 1981. After his ordination Chris started as Assistant Priest in St Mary's Parish in Port Lincoln, he was also Parish Priest at Cummins, Whyalla, George Town, Gladstone and Renmark. In 1990's Chris studied a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Australian Political History with Deakin University. This was at a time when Distance Learning meant just that�all assignments were sent and submitted by snail mail. Sadly, for many of his latter years, he suffered from Parkinson's disease, which he fought with great courage and determination. Chris had a brilliant intellect and in many ways Parkinson's stole this from him but in spite of his illness Chris had a wicked and dry sense of humour. Needless to say, Chris had his ups and downs in life but in the face of everything he always courageous. In later years Chris was the Editor of the Port Pirie diocesan paper The Witness, a responsibility he took very seriously, until his Parkinson's symptoms forced him to relinquish his editorship. Chris was a common sight around Pirie, on his gopher wearing his West Adelaide Footy Beanie with Rustus, his loyal companion. As Bishop Greg O'Kelly said of Fr Chris: His direct manner and humour were his constant features but more so was his fidelity to his vocation, his loyalty to the Diocese, and his endurance of such a terrible illness, so long without complaint. I can honestly say that in all the times I visited him I never heard a word of self-pity from him through those years. May the peace and joy of Christ now enfold him forever.' Chris's funeral Mass was celebrated in St Mark's Cathedral, Port Pirie on 12 March and he was buried in the Gladstone cemetery.
5 Mar 1924	Rev John Doyle Perth, Albany, WA; Queensland; Sydney
5 Mar 1933	Rev Reginald Corbett
5 Mar 1935	Rev Edward Masterson SJ Sydney, etc
5 Mar 1938	Rev John Joseph English Armidale dioc, NSW
5 Mar 1941	Rev William John Geer Melbourne & Sydney diocs
5 Mar 1943	Rev John McGonagle Archdiocese of Brisbane
5 Mar 1943	Rev James J McDonagle Caboolture, etc, Qld
5 Mar 1951	Rev John Martin SJ Melbourne, etc
5 Mar 1965	Rev Francis Aloysius McEvoy MacLean, etc, NSW
5 Mar 1973	Rev Francis Duffy CSsR Sydney; New Town, Tas, etc
5 Mar 1977	Rev Daniel Greene Goulburn, Young, Michelago, Bombala, Milton, Queanbeyan, Yass, etc, NSW
5 Mar 1993	Rev Thomas Naughton Geraldton, Meekatharra, Port Headland, Tardun, WA; Melbourne, Vic
5 Mar 2000	Rev Deacon Alf Liddle Diocese of Darwin.
5 Mar 2003	Rev Michael Byrne Mt. Lawley, Glendalough, Palmyra, Norseman, Karringyup, WA
5 Mar 2005	Rev Francis Patrick Bellett Melbourne dioc
5 Mar 2005	Rev Francesco Delmonte OFM Melbourne
5 Mar 2014	Rev Matthias Mo SDB Born 16/02/1931; Ordained 02/07/1961 (Salesians of Don Bosco)
5 Mar 2019	Rev Mgr Denis Edwards Read more Born 10/12/1943; Ordained 09/07/1966 Archdiocese of Adelaide James Denis Edwards, usually known as Denis, was born in Port Pirie, the son of Marcus and Kathleen. His secondary education and theological studies were undertaken at St Francis Xavier's Seminary prior to his ordination on 9 July 1966 in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide. From early days his talent for teaching was recognised and he was asked to assist at the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine during his first appointment to St Mary's parish. His leadership qualities were again recognised when he was appointed to the Senate of Priests in his fourth year as a priest. He continued his academic studies by going to Fordham University in New York in 1973, receiving a Master of Religious Education degree. This was where he developed his love for Karl Rahner who had a great influence on his thinking and further studies. Three years later he went to Catholic University in Washington, becoming a Doctor of Theology. On his return Archbishop Faulkner asked him to serve as his Consultant Theologian. In May 1994 Denis was appointed a Professor at St Francis Xavier's Seminary and continued in that teaching role following the closure of the Seminary. He then joined the Adelaide College of Divinity, formed in conjunction with the Anglican and Uniting Churches which entered a partnership with Flinders University. Later the diocese joined the Australian Catholic University establishing a campus in Adelaide for teaching theology where Denis continued working until his death. Throughout this time while continuing his teaching role, Denis assisted in various parishes where he resided. He was a gifted lecturer, teacher and preacher, with an ability to convey theological truths in language all could understand and he became a world renowned theologian, writing 15 books, mainly on the link between science and theology and ecology. Denis received an Order of Australia medal and was made a Prelate of Honour by Pope Francis and received an Honorary doctorate from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Sadly, Denis died rather suddenly from a stroke on 5 March 2019. His Funeral Mass was celebrated in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral on 12 March, attended by bishops, priests and many devoted followers, including people of other faiths in view of Denis' strong commitment to ecumenism. Wonderful tributes were paid to him by Fr Philip Marshall and Fr James McEvoy. May he rest in peace.
5 Mar 2021	Rev Michael P O'Callaghan Read more Born 22/04/1942 Ordained 27/08/1976 Diocese of Parramatta Michael Mick' O'Callaghan, Emeritus Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Way Parish, Emu Plains died 5 March 2021, aged 78. Born to Leonard and Mary (nee McDonnell), on 22 April 1942 in Coleraine, Victoria � a town in the Diocese of Ballarat, Mick attended Christian Brothers Business College, North Melbourne, the Prahran Institute of Technology and Yarra Theological Union and St Paul's National Seminary. In the 1970s, Mick discerned a vocation to the Carmelites. Studying for the priesthood at Yarra theological union and St Pauls national seminary Mick was ordained to the diaconate on 24 November 1975 at St Pauls national seminary chapel, Kensington and ordained to the priesthood on 27 August 1976 by Bishop John Kelly, the then Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne. Mick was the vocation and youth retreat director for the Carmelite order and prior and parish priest of Middle Park, Victoria, from 1980 through to mid-1982. He arrived in the Diocese of Parramatta on 10 September 1987 and was Incardinated into the Diocese in 1988. In addition to ministry at Leura, Mick ministered at parishes in Seven Hills, Richmond, and Baulkham Hills. His last appointment, as parish priest, was at Our Lady of the Way, Emu Plains. Mick's hobbies included lawn tennis, volunteering in the Young Christian Workers, reading and classical music. Parishioners and fellow clergy will remember Mick's warm smile and natural laugh. I have always considered myself a bit radical,' he said cheekily in an interview with Catholic Outlook. Parish ministry is the greatest joy of my life as it enables me to touch and be touched by people from all walks of life.' Thank you Mick, may you rest in peace.
6 Mar 1842	Rev Richard Marum Liverpool, NSW
6 Mar 1873	Rev Michael J Coffey Goulburn, Tumut, Yass, NSW
6 Mar 1893	Rev J Paul Fitzpatrick OSB Newtown, Ryde, etc, NSW
6 Mar 1933	Rev Pierce Phelan Ballarat dioc, Vic
6 Mar 1953	Rev Stephen Moreno OSB New Norcia, WA
6 Mar 1962	Rev Patrick Francis Kelleher Perth dioc
6 Mar 1970	Rev Patrick J Devlin Bathurst dioc, NSW
6 Mar 1970	Rev Michael Forrest MSC Sydney, etc
6 Mar 1986	Rev Gerard Gaspar CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
6 Mar 1991	Rev Claude Moscatelli OFMCap Wynnum, Qld; Sydney; Hawthorn, Vic
6 Mar 1993	Rev John Joseph (Linus) O'Keefe CP Sydney; Hobart, etc
6 Mar 1995	Rev Thomas O'Connor CP Sydney; Hobart, etc
6 Mar 1996	Edward Patrick (Tony) Fitzgerald Wagga Wagga dioc, NSW
6 Mar 2000	Rev Kevin Francis Muldoon SM Sydney, etc
6 Mar 2003	Rev Raymond Cau SDB
6 Mar 2010	Rev Francis (Frank) Crilley MSC Ordained 18/07/1959; Randwick, NSW, etc.
6 Mar 2016	Bishop Raymond C Benjamin DD Read more Born: 24/02/1925 Ordained 25 July 1949. Episcopal Ordination: 09/05/1984. Bishop Emeritus Raymond Benjamin, Townsville's fourth bishop served as the fourth bishop of Townsville between 1984 and 2000, and is mourned by Catholics in the northern Queensland diocese as a leader before his times'. Townsville diocesan administrator Fr Mick Lowcock described Bishop Benjamin as a real pastor' of Townsville. Many saw him as a wise and loving Bishop,' Fr Lowcock said. He was a good preacher, a great story teller and loved Townsville after coming from Rockhampton Diocese where he served in many country parishes � Mount Morgan, Tambo, Yeppoon.� Born in Rockhampton, he entered the seminary in Brisbane and was ordained on July 25, 1949 by Bishop Andrew Tynan of Rockhampton. He served in parishes in the Rockhampton diocese for 34 years before his episcopal ordination on May 9, 1984. Bishop Benjamin is survived by one brother. He was known for his love of family and travelling overseas for weddings and other reunions. May he rest in peace.
6 Mar 2017	Rev Hector Thomas (Tom) Sheeran Read more Born 13/04/1935; Ordained 29/06/1964 Diocese of Toowoomba Tom was born in Elsternwick, Victoria and ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne on 29 June 1964. He ministered in in the parishes of Toowoomba, Cunnamulla, Warwick and Mitchell where he was admired and respected in by those he was called to serve. Tom's enthusiasm and integrity were evident, enhancing the love he seemed to have of being a priest. He was a man who did not take advice easily, nor suffer fools gladly. He took his duties seriously, perhaps too seriously, sometimes not making allowance for our human weakness. Tom looked on his collection of classic and vintage cars almost as his children. He loved a game of golf and in some parishes taught young men the art of boxing. He was also called upon to referee boxing games overseas. Tom retired to live privately in Toowoomba and moved to Lourdes Home, Toowoomba in April 2015 where he died peacefully. Rest now in peace dear Tom.
6 Mar 2018	Rev Joseph Micallef PE Read more Born 07/09/1937; Ordained 13/03/1965 Archdiocese of Melbourne Joseph Micallef PE died at St Bernadette's Aged Care Facility, North Sunshine. Ordained at Sts Peter and Paul Basilica, Rome on 13 March 1965, Joseph served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 52 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his service to the Church of Melbourne. A member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, Fr Micallef became incardinated into the Archdiocese of Melbourne in May 1977. Joseph served as Assistant Priest at the parishes of Albion (1974-1977), Clifton Hill (1977 - 1979), Williamstown (1979 - 1981), Noble Park (1981 � 1984), Glenroy (1984) and Hadfield (1984 - 1988). He was then appointed Parish Priest of Kealba in 1988 until 2006 and then appointed Administrator of the parish of Yarraville in 2006. Joseph retired in 2007 was appointed Pastor Emeritus.
6 Mar 2019	Rev Lauro Rufo CS Scalabrinian Missionaries
7 Mar 1869	Rev Nicholas Caeseretti OSA Melbourne, Sandhurst diocs, etc
7 Mar 1881	Rev Robert J Cleary Adelaide; Ballarat, Vic
7 Mar 1883	Rev William J Dunne Richmond, Tas; Coburg, Vic
7 Mar 1914	Rev Michael Smith Wangaratta, Chiltern, Shepparton, Pyramid Hill, etc, Vic
7 Mar 1921	Rev John A Smyth OSA Cairns, Qld; Croydon, Katoomba, NSW
7 Mar 1939	Rev John O'Flynn Raymond Terrace, Branxton, NSW
7 Mar 1945	Rev Thomas J O'Connell Tatura, etc, Vic
7 Mar 1945	Rev Jordan Francis Powell OP
7 Mar 1948	Rev Patrick Carey Maitland dioc, NSW
7 Mar 1958	Rev Christopher J McNeeve Sydney, etc
7 Mar 1960	Rev John O'Donohue Adelaide dioc
7 Mar 1963	James William Edward Concannon Helidon, etc, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
7 Mar 1963	Rev Lawrence McHenry Sydney dioc
7 Mar 1965	Rev Joseph Halpin Sandy Bay, Taroona, Beaconsfield, etc, Tas; Brisbane dioc; Geraldton dioc, WA
7 Mar 1966	Rev James Sheedy Townsville, Qld, etc
7 Mar 1966	Rev Wladyslaw Ziolkos Ballarat dioc, Vic
7 Mar 1967	Rev Francis Columb Bathurst dioc, NSW
7 Mar 1968	Rev Martin O'Loughlin Derby, etc, Tas
7 Mar 1970	Rev Joseph Mason CP Marrickville, NSW, etc
7 Mar 1985	Rev Cronan Sherry OCSO Tarrawarra, Vic
7 Mar 1991	Rev Daniel Troy Lismore dioc, NSW
7 Mar 1995	Rev Michael Cave OSB New Norcia, Kalumburu, WA
7 Mar 2001	Rev Peter O'Leary Wagga dioc, NSW
7 Mar 2006	Rev Augustine Cummins CSsR
7 Mar 2009	Rev Michael F Clifford OSA Cairns; Sandhurst Diocese
7 Mar 2013	Rev Brendan Harnett Ordained a priest of the Adelaide Archdiocese 1st September 1973. Moved to serve as a priest in the Diocese of Portland USA in 1997.
7 Mar 2014	Rev Mgr John Barden Read more Born 20/07/1929; Ordained 21/12/1952 Diocese of Geraldton. The Diocese of Geraldton recently bid farewell to one of its most remarkable, devoted and much loved priests, Mgr John Anthony Barden. Uncle John' to many, he was fondly known as The Mons' and was highly respected and most admired for his pastoral care of all God's people. He was, in the words of Bishop Justin Bianchini, Unstinting in his pastoral and spiritual care of the people and unstinting in his service to the Church.' Born in Mullewa to Ernest Barden and Janet Elsie Nairn, John was raised in a family of nine children. Educated by the Presentation Sisters and the Christian Brothers in Geraldton, he entered St Charles' Seminary in Guildford in 1945 where he excelled academically. He then went to Rome and completed his priesthood formation with a licentiate degree in Sacred Theology from the Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide. He was ordained by Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi in 1952. Upon returning to Geraldton in 1953, John was appointed Assistant Priest in St Francis Xavier Cathedral Parish. A brief stint in the outback followed in the early 60's as acting Parish Priest for Cue, Meekatharra and Wiluna and as Parish Priest in Wittenoom. It was during his term as Cathedral Administrator (1963-1976) that repairs and refurbishment of the iconic St Francis Xavier Cathedral were undertaken for the first time to reflect the liturgical reforms of Vatican II. He served as Diocesan Consultor and Vicar General under Bishop Barry Hickey, and subsequently as Diocesan Administrator Inter-Regnum' from August 1991 to May 1992 following Bishop Hickey's appointment as Perth Archbishop. Retirement from active ministry came in 1994. John is buried in Utakarra Cemetery alongside Bishops Alfred Gummer and Francis Xavier Thomas and other Geraldton priests whose lives and ministry, like his, had been a bountiful offering of love in the name of Christ. Rest now in peace John.
7 Mar 2016	Rev Martin Francis Born 24/10/1916. Archdiocese of Sydney.
7 Mar 2022	Rev Felix De Candia OFMCap Born 02/12/1927; Ordained 1966. Capuchin Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
7 Mar 2022	Rev Owen Doyle Read more Born 30/05/1924; Ordained 8/09/1988 Diocese of Sandhurst. At the time of his death, Owen was the oldest Priest in Victoria and we believe the second oldest in Australia. Owen was married and the father of nine children.�After his wife died in 1982, he felt the call to become a priest and was accepted by the Bishop of Sandhurst.�After studying at St Paul's Seminary, he was ordained on 8 September 1988. Apart from several initial appointments at Beechworth, Numurkah, St Kilian's and Bendigo (Diocese of Sandhurst), Owen spent 21 years as Parish Priest at St Mary's, Rushworth serving that community and also the communities at Murchison, Cornella and Stanhope. This he did with great attention to detail, being proof reader to the local Warangal Times, as well as to many Diocesan publications. Owen regularly offered the Mass to all four congregations during the week and rostered daily Mass for the outer communities by celebrating home masses in the various communities He delighted in regaling people and sometimes congregations with stories of his family - his beloved wife Margot and of his nine children and multiple Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren. Owen won the people of Rushworth Parish, not because he was a good lawn bowler, but he'd had a honed wisdom, crafted by 40 plus years in the classroom, positive people skills, solid prayer life, married experience and a humble but firm approach to parish management. Many said he was the right man at that parish at that time . A true Magpie supporter addicted to a cuppa morning, noon and night, and more than an adequate cook, Owen served with love and distinction. All this topped off by happily reminding people that one of his earlier pastoral duties was a marriage in the Beechworth Gaol, but quickly followed by the joy of being celebrant at the marriage of one of his children. A long life of 97 years, one who received all seven sacraments, a grand human being, a faithful husband and a devout Priest. Owen will be surely missed and we are so grateful to have had this wonderful man in the Diocese of Sandhurst. May he rest in peace.
8 Mar 1915	Rev Nicholas Maria Emo Beagle Bay, Cygnet, WA
8 Mar 1918	Rev William Henry Connelly Broken Hill, Bourke, NSW; Bloomberg, Brighton, SA
8 Mar 1932	Rev Bernard F Gurry Adelaide dioc
8 Mar 1938	Rev Daniel Burke Toowoomba dioc, Qld
8 Mar 1940	Archbishop Michael Kelly Sydney
8 Mar 1947	Rev Patrick Walsh Haberfield, etc, NSW
8 Mar 1954	Rev Francis Bernard Morrissey Carrieton, etc, SA
8 Mar 1956	Rev Patrick Sullivan SJ Melbourne, etc
8 Mar 1958	Rev Francis Zdrazil SJ Melbourne, etc
8 Mar 1964	Rev James Timothy Lehane Sandhurst dioc, Vic
8 Mar 1983	Rev Denis Donovan Richmond, Strathalbyn, Kilburn, SA
8 Mar 1993	Rev Francis Tully Ryan Midland, Guildford, Inglewood, Glendalough, WA
8 Mar 1995	Rev John Joseph Brennan SDB Glenorchy, Tas; Mont Park, Plenty, Camberwell, Kingsbury, Vic, etc
8 Mar 2000	Rev Patrick Landers Goulburn, Boorowa, Dee Why, Gosford, Lewisham, Forest Lodge, Clovelly, Croydon, Concord West, Broadway, Panania, NSW
8 Mar 2008	Rev Gerhard Otto Joseph Christoph SAC Tardun, WA, etc
8 Mar 2019	Rev Kevin Crock CSsR Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
9 Mar 1921	Rev Florence D McAuliffe Cessnock, Maitland, etc, NSW
9 Mar 1934	Rev Paul Healy SJ Sydney, etc
9 Mar 1939	Rev Thomas F O'Connor Rockhampton dioc, Qld
9 Mar 1972	Rev Maxwell Douglas Sydney
9 Mar 1979	Rev William Thomas McCormack Crookwell, Moruya, Young, Wollongong, Fairymeadow, etc, NSW
9 Mar 1980	Rev Laurence Goodacre Coonamble, Kandos, Bathurst, NSW
9 Mar 2006	Rev Raymond Wilson Beaudesert, Brisbane, Upper Mt. Gravatt, Enoggera, Wavell Heights, Boonah, Laidley, Rosewood, Qld
9 Mar 2007	Rev Albert Brian Davis OP
9 Mar 2009	Rev Patrick Crilly OSA Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney
9 Mar 2016	Rev Angelo O'Hagan OFM Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
9 Mar 2020	Most Rev John A Bathersby DD Read more Born 26/07/1936. Ordained 30/06/1961. Archdiocese of Brisbane. Archbishop Bathersby served as the Bishop of Cairns for five years before taking on his role as Brisbane archbishop for 20 years. He was remembered for his emphasis on prayer, the Eucharist and the centrality of Jesus as well as a commitment to ecumenism and the laity. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said in Archbishop Bathersby's 20 years as archbishop, he was no high-powered administrator or fiery preacher'. What he brought to the office was something deeper and more enduring,' he said. John was consumed by the desire to know and love Jesus, and he spoke of this more and more as time went by. This is his greatest legacy to the archdiocese. It led to a focus on deepening prayer, not only in his own life but in the life of the archdiocese. The mystic shone through in the little Aussie battler; and the effect of that is hard to measure but impossible to deny. From this there flowed his passion for Christian unity: he understood that the Jesus whom he had met knocked down the walls that divide. His deep sense of communion extended not only to other Churches but to the community as a whole.' Archbishop Bathersby was born in Stanthorpe in 1936 to John Thomas, a shopkeeper and publican at the Country Club Hotel, and Grace Maud Bathersby. He entered Pius XII Seminary, Banyo, after his schooling and was ordained in Stanthorpe parish by Bishop William Brennan on June 30, 1961. His first seven years as a priest were spent in Goondiwindi before he was sent to Rome for further studies in 1969, where he completed a licentiate in Theology and a Diploma in Spirituality. Returning to Brisbane, he worked as a spiritual director at Pius XII Seminary for seven years before, again, he was sent to Rome; this time to complete a Doctorate in Theology/Spirituality. He was appointed Bishop of Cairns in 1986 and then became Archbishop of Brisbane on January 30, 1992. When Archbishop Bathersby retired in 2011, at the age of 75, he said it had been a privilege' and a lasting joy' to have been archbishop. He is survived by his three sisters; Carmel Mahoney, Sue Nolan and Anne Johnson; his brother Michael Bathersby, and numerous nephews and nieces. May he rest in peace.
9 Mar 2023	Rev Bernard Cleary SSC Born 12/08/1927; Ordained 17/12/1955. Missionary Society of St Columban.
10 Mar 1788	Rev Abbe Monges Sydney
10 Mar 1872	Rev Patrick Ambrose Courtenay Portland, B'rt, etc, Vic
10 Mar 1905	Rev Michael Nugent Rockhampton, Townsville, etc, Qld
10 Mar 1921	Rev John J Doyle Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Lismore, Marrickville, Erskineville, NSW
10 Mar 1933	Rev Jules Vandel MSC Kensington, Douglas Park, NSW
10 Mar 1939	Rev Norman H Clack Melbourne dioc
10 Mar 1944	Rev Alfred McLaughlin OFM Sydney, etc
10 Mar 1947	Rev Matthias Bauman MSC Sydney, etc
10 Mar 1947	Rev William O'Dwyer Gordon, Flemington, etc, Vic
10 Mar 1955	Rev Gerald Power CM Melbourne dioc; Ashfield, Eastwood, NSW
10 Mar 1965	Rev Daniel Coakley Northcote, etc, Vic
10 Mar 1966	Rev Mgr Joseph Patrick Breen Erskineville, Penshurst, etc, NSW
10 Mar 1966	Rev Patrick Morris SJ Sydney, etc
10 Mar 1970	Rev Joseph Patrick Skelly Date of Birth: 10/03/1899 Ordained: 8/12/1925; St. George, etc, Qld - Diocese of Toowoomba
10 Mar 1979	Rev Aquinas Clive Howell OFM Box Hill, Kew, East Melbourne, Vic; Kedron, Townsville, Qld; Waverley, NSW
10 Mar 1982	Rev Abbot Gerald Hawkins Sydney, etc
10 Mar 1997	Rev Albert Olah SVD
10 Mar 2016	Rev Donald Smith Born 13/07/1931; Ordained 26/06/1955 Diocese of Townsville
10 Mar 2018	Rev Donald Kennedy CSsR Born 11/04/1924 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
11 Mar 1903	Rev Patrick Healey Sydney, etc
11 Mar 1934	Rev John A Roche Bombala, etc, NSW
11 Mar 1939	Rev Francis J Fitzpatrick Sydney; Melbourne; Maitland, NSW, diocs
11 Mar 1942	Rev Andrew Shinnick Hobart, etc, Tas
11 Mar 1943	Rev John Travers OFMCap Gormanston, etc, Tas
11 Mar 1950	Rev Denis M O'Rourke Enmore, etc, NSW
11 Mar 1966	Rev William McGlynn CM Malvern, Vic, etc
11 Mar 1967	Rev Mgr William O'Flynn Windsor, etc, NSW
11 Mar 1972	Rev Joseph John Hannigan CSsR Brisbane, etc
11 Mar 1979	Rev Mgr Thomas Joseph Harrington Guildford, Chatswood, etc, NSW
11 Mar 1986	Rev Francis (Philip) Ryan OFM Sydney, etc
11 Mar 1997	Rev John Kevin O'Donnell Hastings, Dandenong, Oakleigh, etc, Vic
11 Mar 2000	Rev Michael Wallace Cruickshank SM Gladstone, Q
11 Mar 2002	Rev Mgr Michael Cronin Belmore, Bankstown, Lidcombe, Sydney, Lewisham, Summer Hill, Kingsgrove, NSW
11 Mar 2008	Rev Peter Henry Knowles OP
11 Mar 2011	Rev Patrick Charles Turner Born 16/10/1936; Kalgoorlie, Kellerberrin, Maida Vale, Bayswater, Woodvale, WA.
11 Mar 2012	Rev William Grogan Born 08/06/1921; Dioocese of Sandhurst, Victoria.
12 Mar 1898	Rev Louis Rondel SM Penrith, NSW
12 Mar 1900	Rev Joseph Stritch Perth dioc, WA
12 Mar 1935	Rev Lawrence Kelledy SM Sydney
12 Mar 1940	Rev Joseph Davis Rockhampton dioc, Qld
12 Mar 1942	Rev Martin Maher SJ Sydney, etc
12 Mar 1965	Rev Patrick J Flood Brisbane dioc
12 Mar 1967	Rev Brian Murphy CP St. Ives, NSW
12 Mar 1969	Rev Peter Ryan Sydney dioc
12 Mar 1976	Rev Gerard McGinty SJ Werribee, Vic; Sydney; Brisbane
12 Mar 1976	Rev Kevin Cathal O'Hanlon OP Adelaide, etc
12 Mar 1977	Rev Mgr Michael Brendal Clune, Hawker, Port Pirie, Spalding, etc, SA
12 Mar 1978	Rev James Lande Castlemaine, Diamond Creek, Gordon, etc, Vic
12 Mar 1993	Rev Herbert Myers CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
12 Mar 1997	Rev Patrick Bowe CSsR Rockhampton South, Qld, etc
12 Mar 1999	Rev Patrick John Walsh Brisbane dioc
12 Mar 1999	Rev Denis White Melbourne dioc
12 Mar 2010	Rev Henry Joseph McFall OMI Read more Born 14/10/1923; Ordained 29/06/1949 - Oblate Fathers. Henry born in Fremantle, W.A. in 1923 was educated at St Joseph's and Christian Brothers Colleges in Fremantle and entered the Oblate Novitiate in 1941. He attended Corpus Christi College, Werribee from 1942 � 1947 and then travelled overseas to the Oblate Theology Seminary, Ireland where he was ordained in 1949. Henry spent a great deal of his life in education especially in Oblate Colleges. In Brisbane he was Rector of Iona College for eight years (1961 � 68) as well as serving on the staff of Mazenod College, Victoria and Mazenod College, Lesmurdie. He also worked in various parishes throughout Australia Including Beaconsfield, WA,North Melbourne where he was Chaplain at the Children's Hospital for some years and Sefton, NSW. In January 1994 Henry returned to work in the Parish of Fremantle where he stayed until he retired. His last home was with the Little Sisters of the Poor at Glendalough where he died. Rest now in peace dear Henry.
12 Mar 2011	Rev Kevin Ryan Read more Born 04/12/1934; Date of Ordination: 29/06/1960 Archdiocese of Brisbane Kevin was born in Allora on the Southern Darling Downs, Qld. Kevin, his parents, Michael and Brenda and brothers Cyril and Brian (all deceased) lived and worked on their small dairy farm at Gladfield, midway between Cunningham's Gap and Warwick. He was ordained in Warwick on 29 June 1960 and served faithfully and energetically in the parishes of St Patrick's Cathedral Toowoomba, Clifton and Oakey before accepting the role of chaplain within the Australian Navy where he served in Perth, with HMAS Cerberus at Westernport, Victoria, and at Quakers Hill Navy Apprentices School in Sydney. Back in civilian life, Kevin's ministry involved wonderful work in secondary colleges in Ipswich, Scarsborough and Kingaroy and finally to a tireless and wholehearted ministry to prisons across Southern Queensland. Many, many broken and battling lives found the face and heart of Christ through Kevin Ryan. Over many years, his weekly column in the Brisbane Catholic Leader provided a forum for sharing his experiences and was a ministry in itself. Rest in peace dear Kevin.
12 Mar 2016	Rev Brendan T Dooley Born 02/05/1933; Ordained 18/06/1961 for Archdiocese of Brisbane
13 Mar 1872	Rev Henry Norbert Woolfrey OC New Norfolk, Hobart, Tas; Sydney
13 Mar 1887	Rev Thomas Keating SJ Sydney; Kew, Vic, etc
13 Mar 1892	Rev Thomas Lynch Perth, Kalgoorlie, WA
13 Mar 1900	Rev Patrick Riordan Bathurst, Bingara, Emmaville, NSW
13 Mar 1929	Rev Maurice Lane Melbourne dioc
13 Mar 1930	Rev John H Kelly Sydney dioc
13 Mar 1931	Rev Patrick Nulty Sydney dioc
13 Mar 1933	Rev John Stanislaus Joyce OFM Paddington, Waverley, NSW, etc
13 Mar 1965	Rev Sebastian John Day OFM Box Hill, Vic; Waverley, NSW, etc
13 Mar 1965	Rev Mgr Richard Joseph O'Regan Rose Bay, etc, NSW
13 Mar 1971	Rev Edward John McNamara Lawson, etc, NSW
13 Mar 1974	Rev Mgr John Cohalan Bowraville, etc, NSW
13 Mar 1980	Rev Richard Condon CM Bendigo, Vic; Southport, Qld, etc
13 Mar 1993	Rev James Joseph Shorten Melbourne dioc
13 Mar 1996	Rev Nazareno Fasciale Melbourne dioc
13 Mar 1996	Rev Ralph Mitchell South Hobart, Taroona, Tas; Brisbane - Archdiocese of Brisbane
13 Mar 1997	Rev Maurice Bernard Ahern Geelong, Moreland, Camberwell, Elwood, Carlton, Richmond North, Melbourne Cathedral, Woodend, Vic
13 Mar 2001	Rev Harry Cressey Boolaroo, etc, Maitland/Newcastle dioc, NSW
13 Mar 2001	Rev Norman Grady Sydney dioc
13 Mar 2006	Rev William Costelloe Perth dioc, Bunbury dioc, WA
13 Mar 2010	Rev Peter Vandeleur Read more Born 18/01/1932; Ordained 21/12/1955 in Rome. Peter, who was ordained in Rome in 1955, dedicated 54 years of his life ministering to the people of the Cairns Diocese. Fellow priest, Ivan Hernon described Peter as an enthusiastic priest who was at the forefront of change in the Catholic Church. �He certainly was a very zealous priest who after the Vatican Council was very much open to implementing the changes that were coming to the church,' Fr Hernon said. Another friend spoke about Peter the godly man - a holy man who had had a great passion for caring for marginalised people. He definitely was a true shepherd of his flock. St Francis Xavier's School at Manunda farewelled its beloved parish priest at a special memorial where over 600 students and staff gathered to pay their respects to the deeply spiritual Innisfail-born man, who had been journeying with them for almost16 years. The extraordinary impact Peter Vandeleur had on so many will always be remembered with loving gratitude Rest now in peace dear Peter.
13 Mar 2013	Rev Derick John Furness Read more Born 1/01/1937 Ordained 29/06/1961 - Diocese of Toowoomba. Little did anyone think that by the time we were reading Derick's reflections on the latest English translation of Eucharistic Prayers his body would have been buried and his generous soul gone to God. Derick was born in Warwick, Queensland, one of six children to John Furness and Jean Neal. When he was still very young the family moved to Dalby and Derick commenced and completed his schooling at St Columba's. At 16 of age he went to Banyo Seminary in Brisbane, to complete his secondary school and enter into seven years preparation for Priesthood. He was ordained by Bishop William Brennan in St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba on 29 June 1961. Derick's energy, his extraordinary commitment to pastoral visiting and offering people the opportunity for Mass and Sacraments are legendry. He rarely paused for sleep or breath! Yet through his life he battled ill-health, with a digestive system that seemed unable to handle ordinary food'. He ate his own amalgamation of cereals and fruits and this served him extraordinarily well. Added to this he suffered a major heart attack while overseas in 1980 necessitating delicate surgery. After ministry throughout the Toowoomba Diocese from Warwick, Oakey and Toowoomba in the east to Cunnamulla, Augathella and Quilpie in the far west he was on the job' day and night. Then in July 1982 he went to Jandowae as parish priest for close on thirteen years. His health deteriorated further but he solved that problem by serving as a hospital Chaplain in Brisbane for six years! Finally he returned to Dalby to his family home where he remained in retirement, caring for his aging mother and bravely embracing whatever pastoral opportunities he could. He died surrounded by family and friends in Lourdes Home, Toowoomba. May God reward generously the selfless ministry of Derick Furness.
14 Mar 1830	Rev Daniel Power Sydney, Parramatta, etc, NSW
14 Mar 1867	Rev Patrick O'Grady CM Longreach, Cleveland, Brisbane, etc, Qld
14 Mar 1889	Rev Carol Naish Griffin CSSp Ballarat, Maryborough, Vic
14 Mar 1891	Rev John O'Driscoll South Melbourne, Vic
14 Mar 1907	Rev Peter D Dawson Cowwarr, etc, Vic
14 Mar 1920	Rev George Organ MSC Sydney
14 Mar 1939	Rev Henry Eather MSC Sydney, etc
14 Mar 1944	Rev William O'Keefe SJ Adelaide; Brisbane, etc
14 Mar 1970	Rev George Eather MSC Sydney, etc
14 Mar 1975	Rev Joseph Theil MSC Sydney, etc
14 Mar 1977	Rev Mgr Alexander McGilvray Braidwood, Crookwell, NSW; Canberra, ACT, etc
14 Mar 1978	Rev Alois Kasprus SVD Marburg, Apsley, Qld
14 Mar 1982	Rev Leo Branagan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
14 Mar 1994	Rev Alan Guest MSC Sydney; Moonah, Tas, etc
14 Mar 1997	Rev Noel James Hughes West Wyalong, Ardlethan, Canberra and Goulburn dioc
14 Mar 1997	Rev John Riordan McLeod, Box Hill North, Hastings, Dandenong, Melbourne Cathedral, Caulfield South, Blackburn, Kingsbury, Vic
14 Mar 2003	Rev Leo Joseph Cronin Adelaide, Semaphore, Mt. Gambier, Kingston-Robe-Lucindale, Pinnaroo, Kingswood, SA
14 Mar 2011	Rev Vincent Pierse Read more Born 23/12/1919; Date of Ordination: 25/07/1948 - Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. When Vince Pierse returned to the Father, his presbyterate lost its oldest priest and the first priest to be ordained for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn (on 25 July 1948), earlier priests having been ordained for the Diocese of Goulburn. He was born in Gundagai and affectionately known as �Gundy� by his brother priests. He was parish priest of Adaminaby, Bombala and O'Connor but served in all five deaneries of the Archdiocese before his retirement in 1994. The early part of his retirement was spent in Gundagai and his last years under the care of the Sisters of Mercy at Young. Short in stature, he took delight in a poster which declared What matters is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog'. It said a lot about Vince's tenacity, but also his loyalty and the genuine love of his parishioners for their humble and generous pastor. Rest in peace dear Vince.
14 Mar 2011	Rev Bernard Joseph Kane Read more Born 25/01/1922; Date of Ordination: 30/06/1951. Bernie, born in Roma (south-west Qld) was the only child of John and Isabelle (nee Wilson). His early education took place in Roma at St John's Convent School and for a short while at the De La Salle Brothers College, Roma. The family moved to Toowoomba where Bernie continued his education at St Mary's Christian Brothers College. He left school and became an apprentice cabinet maker, and then, following a moving experience in St Patrick's Cathedral, changed direction and embarked on a long road of study and formation leading to his ordination on 30 June, 1951. Bernie was one of 19 from Toowoomba Diocese and part of a total 56 first day students when Banyo Seminary opened in 1941. His ministry in his home diocese of Toowoomba included lengthy appointment in ten parishes, relieving/supply periods in many others and periods of faithful service as a Diocesan Consultor, member of the Senate of Priests and Chaplaincy to the Legion of Mary, YCW and NCGM. Bernie loved the priesthood and his brother priests. He stayed in touch with thousands of people who remember him fondly. Rest in peace dear Bernie.
14 Mar 2020	Rev Peter James Robinson OAM PE Read more Born 13/01/1933 Ordained 25/07/1964 Archdiocese of Melbourne Peter James Robinson OAM PE passed away on Saturday, 14 March 2020 at Box Hill Public Hospital aged 87 years. Peter was ordained a Catholic priest at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 25 July 1964. He was appointed Assistant Priest at St Patrick's Cathedral (1964), Clayton (1968) and then appointed as Chaplain to the Deaf Community in 1972. In 1983, Peter was appointed Administrator of Ringwood East followed by Parish Priest and, in 1993, appointed Assistant Priest at Macleod and then Parish Priest later that same year. Peter was appointed Pastor Emeritus in 2009. Peter was much loved and respected for his ministry. In 1984 he was awarded a medal in the Order of Australia in recognition of his work for people with a disability. He was blessed with a wonderful sense of humour and a genuine love for life and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. The Archdiocese is most grateful for the untiring service to the Church of Melbourne of this cheerful and generous man. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
14 Mar 2021	Rev Harold Baker MSC Born 27/11/1923; Ordained 24/07/1949. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
14 Mar 2021	Rev John Gibson OH Born 18/12/1932; Ordained 17/05/1980. St John of God Brothers - Hospitaller Order of St John of God.
14 Mar 2024	Most Rev Francis P Carroll DD DCL Hon DLitt Read more Born in Ganmain NSW 09/09/1930. Ordained Priest for Wagga Wagga 27/07/1954. Consecrated Titular Bishop of Tassacora 05/09/1967. Coadjutor Bishop of Wagga Wagga. Succeeded to the See 24/02/1968. Appointed Archbishop of Canberra & Goulburn 26/06/1983. Retired 19/06/2006.
15 Mar 1890	Rev Martin Jacques SJ Melbourne; North Sydney, etc
15 Mar 1892	Rev James Galvin Williams Portland, Creswick, etc, Vic
15 Mar 1897	Rev John Felix Sheridan OSB Haymarket, NSW, etc
15 Mar 1899	Rev Alphonse Faugle SM Hunters Hill, NSW
15 Mar 1921	Rev Julian Plormel Rockhampton dioc, Qld
15 Mar 1937	Rev Ernest Guilbaud MSC Sydney
15 Mar 1943	Rev James Patrick Ryan Maryborough, Mildura, Inglewood, etc, Vic
15 Mar 1947	Rev H (Alphonsus) Mellish OC Brisbane
15 Mar 1963	Rev John McSherry SM Sydney, etc
15 Mar 1967	Rev Ignatius McNamara Canberra/Goulburn dioc
15 Mar 1969	Rev Mgr Francis Thomas Kelly Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
15 Mar 1970	Bishop Lawrence P Moran Melbourne
15 Mar 1970	Rev Roch Stjepan Romac OFM Sydney, etc
15 Mar 1995	Rev Vernon Ronald Thomas Glendalough, WA
15 Mar 2014	Rev Michael Leslie Campion Born 27/08/1926; Date of Ordination 22/07/1950 Diocese of Parramatta
15 Mar 2014	Rev Mgr Daniel McCartan Read more Born 20/11/1930; Ordained 12/06/1955 - Diocese of Sale Dan McCartan, one of the last of the great tide of Irish priests to come and serve in the Diocese of Sale has gone to his reward. Originally from Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, Dan attended All Hallows College and was ordained there on 12 July 1955. He arrived in Sale and received his first appointment on 17 November that year; a few days before his 25 birthday. From that day until his retirement in January 2007 he served the Church of Sale with unstinting effort and application. His appointments were numerous: assistant priest at Yallourn, Warragul, and Yarram; administrator at Warragul and Sale; parish priest at Omeo, Orbost, Dalyston, Iona-Maryknoll, Morwell and Warragul. Dan applied himself to the life of the church and had a deep concern for people. He had a keen sense of justice and intolerance for any injustice. He was a generous host. In 2000 he was appointed Vicar General to Bishop Jeremiah Coffey. Despite being a newcomer to Australian Rules he played football for local team, the Dusties, during his younger days in Warragul; then later served on the tribunal of the Bass Valley League while in Dalyston. He also had a love for horses, stemming from his early days in Ireland. May he rest in peace.
15 Mar 2017	Rev John Gerard Reilly SJ Read more Born 11/08/1928; Ordained 25/03/1963 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus When Fr John Reilly (88) died in his sleep at Manresa Residence, Toowong (Brisbane), he was the Province's oldest superior and head of ministry. He had recently celebrated 70 years as a Jesuit. Born and educated in Essendon, Victoria, his Jesuit formation included studying both Arts and Sciences at Melbourne University. He was sent to India in 1957 to join the Australian Jesuit Mission in Hazaribag. After ordination in Ranchi, he taught at St Xavier's School. In 1966-67 he lived in Catholic Ashrams while organising the Catholic response to the terrible famine in Bihar State, work that revealed his organisational skills and leadership ability. In March 1968 John was forced to leave India. Thereupon his missionary impulse took a new direction, firstly with ministry to Indians in Suva, then lecturing in Theology at the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila (1970-76), where he contributed with great insight to renewal programs in the wake of Vatican II. After graduating with a doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Gregorian University, he spent much of the rest of his life as a travelling resource for priests, religious and lay leaders in East Asia, PNG and the Pacific, while based in Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane. In 1993-2002 he was National Director for the Commission of Australian Bishops for the Continuing Education of Clergy, a role he pioneered. He published books on the four Gospels, and was a founding member, then Director, of the Faber Centre of Ignatian Spirituality in Brisbane. Wonderfully approachable and open-minded, wise and gentle in his spiritual direction, John guided countless people through retreats over the past fifty years, sharing his love and understanding of the Scriptures and the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius.
15 Mar 2023	Rev John Boyd-Boland OFM Born 29/05/1941; Ordained 09/05/1970. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor.
16 Mar 1877	Archbishop John Bede Polding OSB Sydney
16 Mar 1904	Rev Henri Chetail MSC Botany, etc, NSW; Campbell Town, Tas
16 Mar 1906	Rev Martin Augustine Holohan OFM Sydney
16 Mar 1911	Rev Roger Hennessy OMI Fremantle, etc, WA
16 Mar 1924	Rev John Lane Albury, Goulburn, Tumut, Grenfell, NSW
16 Mar 1946	Rev Francis A Conlon Melbourne dioc
16 Mar 1948	Rev Richard Joseph Connolly OSB
16 Mar 1968	Rev Jeremiah McNamara Clermont, Embleton, Pinjarra, Perth dioc
16 Mar 1969	Rev James Joseph Morrissey Singleton, etc, NSW
16 Mar 1970	Rev Ronald Walton Toowoomba dioc, Qld
16 Mar 1979	Rev John Barrymore Hynes Hectorville, SA
16 Mar 1983	Rev John McDonell CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
16 Mar 1988	Archbishop Guilford Clyde Young Rockhampton, Banyo, Qld; Sydney, Canberra-Goulburn, NSW; Hobart
16 Mar 1991	Cardinal James Darcy Freeman Armidale, Sydney
16 Mar 1991	Rev Stephen Sas Melbourne dioc
16 Mar 2000	Rev Mgr David Lonergan Port Pirie, dioc, SA
16 Mar 2007	Rev John McGannon CSsR
16 Mar 2012	Rev Michael Rodger Read more Born 24/08/1935. Date of Ordination: 8/3/1958 - Archdiocese of Adelaide. Michael Rodger was from a large family of five boys and four girls and throughout his life was very devoted to his family � so much so that a few days before he died he invited all his siblings and in-laws to gather for a wake. Educated at CBC Adelaide he began his studies for the priesthood at St Francis Xavier's Seminary and then went to St Patrick's College, Manly. He was ordained in Adelaide on 8 March 1958. He served in a number of parishes including Elizabeth, Barossa Valley, Willunga, Hectorville, Penola, Colonel Light Gardens and Mt Barker. He served on many diocesan committees and was a RAAF Chaplain for many years and later in the Army as Senior Chaplain. Michael always had a good relationship with the people he served. He had many interests including golf, fishing, travel with a special love for the outback and the River Murray. He was also a passionate football supporter, especially when it came to following the Crows! At his funeral Mass Archbishop Wilson said: Today we bury a man of faith, a really good priest who loved the priesthood, loved the Church and loved God's people.' Rest in peace Michael.
16 Mar 2018	Rev Joseph Wilson OP Read more Born 03/01/1929: Ordained 19/12/1953 Dominicans - Order of Preachers Dominican Father James Joseph Wilson (Joe) died peacefully aged 89 years at Nazareth Nursing House, Wynnum. Joe was the only and beloved child of James and Anne Wilson and was born in Wycheproof, Victoria. Joe was ordained at St. Dominic's Church, Camberwell, Victoria on 19 December 1953. Sixty years later on the occasion of Joe's Diamond Jubilee, he expressed his gratefulness to God for all God's graces and to quote Joe's works �what can I give back to the Lord for all that I was given� � was the message Joe conveyed to all who joined him on that special day. Joe lived his priestly life with faithfulness, never wavering from the Truth of God's word. The Bible was his constant companion. Joe lived the Joy of the Gospels' and being led by the Holy Spirit was exceptionally cheerful and good natured. As a man of deep prayer and great faith, many were drawn to Joe. Even when Joe was at the nursing home, many came to Joe seeking his spiritual guidance and because of his charitable nature were deeply loved and respected as a confessor and as a friend. Many simply enjoyed his quotes from Shakespeare and his many amusing stories. Joe gave 65 years of his priestly life to the Church. At Joe's requiem mass held at Our Lady of Graces, Brisbane where fellow Dominican Fr Maurice Keating spoke lovingly of Joe �Joe followed St. Dominic in the characteristic apostolic life of the order by passing onto others his contemplative insights (�contemplate aliis tradere�). With his many abilities, Joe was truly a renaissance man, a Latin scholar, an itinerant preacher Australia wide and overseas, a much loved teacher, a scripture guide, a novice master, chaplain to the Dominican Laity, organiser of theology discussion groups, Legion of Mary and a religious superior. Foremost among Joe's qualities was his priestly care. One could differ with Joe and argue but he never got angry, he was person-centered and always had time for everyone�� After 65 years of faithful and loving service, Joe now reaps his rewards with God and enjoys eternal bliss!
16 Mar 2020	Rev Peter Hugh Conroy Read more Born: 12/05/1938. Ordained 30/06/1962. Archdiocese of Brisbane. Peter Hugh Conroy, born in Brisbane, Queensland, was one of four children born to Edward Conroy and Alma Margaret Conroy ne� Martin. He attended Marist Brothers College, Ashgrove and studied at Pius XII Provincial Seminary, Banyo, Queensland. Following his studies, he was ordained 0n 30 June 1962 and began his first appointment in the Brisbane Archdiocese as an Assistant Priest at St John Vianney Parish, Manly. Following this, Peter went on to serve as an Assistant Priest for St Joseph's Parish, Murgon. He later became Hospital Chaplain for Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital where he spent twelve years. Peter's association with the Yeronga Parish extended over 38 years, commencing in 1978 and continued up until his retirement in July 2016. Peter loved the Priesthood and as a result, was interested in supporting his brother Priests in times of illness. This lead to his assistance in making provision for the retirement living of Priests. A Vigil and Funeral Mass were held at the Yeronga Parish Church and St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, followed by a burial at Nudgee Cemetery. Peter will be remembered as a dedicated Pastor who was well loved and respected by parishioners, his brother priests and family. May he Rest in Peace.
17 Mar 1865	Rev James Bruhl SJ Sevenhill, SA
17 Mar 1894	Rev William J Dowd Ballarat, Vic
17 Mar 1917	Rev Emile Tranier SM Sydney
17 Mar 1937	Rev Walter O'Connor Sale, (Omeo, etc) and Melbourne dioceses, Vic
17 Mar 1949	Rev Mgr William Slattery Albury, etc, NSW
17 Mar 1960	Rev Mgr James Timmons Ouyen, Mildura, Ararat, Vic
17 Mar 1967	Rev James Kevin Galway OSA Cairns, Innisfail, Qld; Sandhurst dioc, Vic
17 Mar 1968	Rev Nicholas Peter McCoy OSA Cairns, Croydon, Qld; Echuca, Vic
17 Mar 1969	Rev Ludovico Pasquale Cigliano OFM Sydney
17 Mar 1975	Rev Daniel Breslin OMI Fremantle, WA; Sefton, NSW
17 Mar 1975	Rev George Richardson CM Rockhampton, Qld; Malvern, Vic
17 Mar 1980	Rev Michael Mizzi OSA Innisfail, Japoon, Silkwood, Qld
17 Mar 1982	Rev Patrick J O'Connor Melbourne dioc
17 Mar 1984	Rev William Cuneo MSC Sydney, etc
17 Mar 1985	Rev John Cullen CSsR Sydney, Galong, NSW; Ballarat, Vic
17 Mar 1987	Rev Peter Slattery Melbourne dioc
17 Mar 1996	George John Joseph Solomon Botany, Rydalmere, Waitara, Lidcombe, Strathfield, Como-Oyster Bay, Guildford, Flemington, Botany, NSW
17 Mar 2001	Rev James McLaren Mosman, Bankstown, Dulwich Hill, Neutral Bay, Auburn, Concord, Lindfield, Drummoyne, Randwick North, Lidcombe, Summer Hill, NSW
17 Mar 2002	Rev Denis (Henry) Madigan CP Marrickville, St. Ives, NSW
17 Mar 2006	Rev Patrick Gallagher Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Bunbury, WA; Melbourne, Vic; Highgate, Gosnells, WA
18 Mar 1881	Rev Timothy J O'Callaghan Gisborne, etc, Vic
18 Mar 1886	Rev John Harrington Ballarat dioc, Vic
18 Mar 1889	Rev Cornelius McCloskey Adelaide; Chiltern, Castlemaine, Vic
18 Mar 1896	Rev Max Klingkowstrom SJ Adelaide, etc
18 Mar 1922	Rev Mgr Peter Byrne Concord, Hurstville, Cooma, etc, NSW
18 Mar 1925	Rev John Francis O'Brien SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
18 Mar 1942	Rev Herbert Doyle OFM
18 Mar 1944	Rev Canice C Donleavy Wee Waa, etc, NSW
18 Mar 1954	Rev James Ryan Snowtown, North Adelaide, SA
18 Mar 1955	Rev John Joseph Ryan Elsternwick, etc, Vic
18 Mar 1961	Rev Brendan Harrington Bathurst dioc, NSW; South Perth, Queens Park, Northam, WA
18 Mar 1985	Rev Jerome James O'Rourke OP Melbourne; Sydney, etc
18 Mar 1992	Rev Joseph Volodka Melbourne dioc
18 Mar 1995	Rev Maurice Francis Adams Melbourne dioc
18 Mar 1998	Rev Brendan Torr Melbourne dioc
18 Mar 2002	Rev Francis Xavier Brown OP
18 Mar 2002	Rev Mgr Thomas Horgan FMS Adelaide, Mt. Gambier, Victor Harbour, Colonel Light Gardens, St. Mary's, Thebarton, Glenelg, Semaphore, SA'
18 Mar 2006	Rev Alexis J Dunlop Melbourne dioc
18 Mar 2007	Most Rev Patrick Lawrence Murphy DD
18 Mar 2015	Rev Maurice Rosa Read more Born 23/12/1933; Ordained 18/07/1964 - Diocese of Wollongong. The Mass of Christian Burial for Fr Maurice John Rosa, concelebrated by five of his classmates and priests of the Diocese of Wollongong, took place at St Columbkille's, Corrimal, where Maurice had served as Parish Priest for 18 years. In his 50 years of priesthood, Maurice served in eleven parishes in the Diocese of Wollongong. Maurice, from Granville in Sydney, joined the seminary at a time when the Archdiocese did not take late vocations. With the approval of Bishop Thomas McCabe, Maurice was ordained for Wollongong by Cardinal Gilroy in St Mary's Cathedral along with 21 others. Maurice had great resilience despite poor health in recent years. His fidelity to Monday golf was one of his special enjoyments. Of the 39 ordained for various dioceses in 1964, ten are deceased and ten have left the active priesthood, leaving 20 still in parishes or retired. As Director of Pontifical Mission Societies for 17 years Maurice re-established the Mission Shop, the proceeds of which he personally directed, or even delivered, to missionary works in Asia.
18 Mar 2017	Rev Paul Gardiner SJ Read more Jesuits - The Society of Jesus Paul Gardiner is justly celebrated for his 25 years of work on the Cause for Mary MacKillop's canonisation, a project that he began in Sydney in 1983 and which he continued in Rome over the next 11 years. His research was painstaking and exhaustive, resulting in the definitive biography of Mary as well as numerous articles and interviews in the media. He was always tactful, since he wanted to clear up misconceptions, do full justice to Mary and enable Australians of all stripes to identify with her as the country's first declared saint. His efforts were vindicated when he concelebrated at her canonisation in Rome in 2010. The Federal Government awarded him the medal of the Order of Australia in recognition. From Sandringham in Melbourne, Paul's Jesuit life began in 1940. He developed a lifelong love of classical languages and literature during his years at Melbourne University, which awarded him the Gold Medal for Classics. Aspects of this study underpinned his doctorate in Philosophy at the Gregorian University after ordination. From 1959-75 he was a Professor of Philosophy for Jesuit scholastics and other seminarians in Melbourne and Christchurch. For three brief periods he was assigned to St Ignatius' College, Riverview. Upon returning to Australia in 1995, Paul continued his work as Postulator for Mary MacKillop in tandem with his role as chaplain for visitors to Mary MacKillop Place at North Sydney, then as chaplain to the Mary MacKillop Centre in Penola, SA (from 1999). There, over his last 18 years, he endeared himself to the people of the South East with his pastoral concern, wide interests, erudition, loquacity and common touch. He retained his extraordinary memory until his death at 93, and is buried in the old Penola cemetery according to his wishes, facing in the direction of the adjoining Cameron property where Mary MacKillop worked when she first came to Penola.
18 Mar 2019	Rev Deacon Boniface Perdjert Read more Born 14/05/1936; Ordained 19/07/1975 Diocese of Darwin. The Catholic bishops of Australia have paid tribute to the deep spirituality and decades of service of Deacon Boniface Perdjert following his death. Deacon Boniface was the first Indigenous permanent deacon to be ordained in Australia following the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, but was also an Indigenous senior elder of the Kardu Diminin clan and the traditional owner of the land on which the town of Wadeye (Port Keats) is built. �Deacon Boniface was a profoundly respected elder within the Aboriginal community, well known for his deep spirituality and his service to his Indigenous brothers and sisters,� said Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green OSPPE, chairman of the Bishops Commission for Relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Deacon Boniface had the rare privilege of meeting three popes during his lifetime: Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI. He assisted at the celebration of Mass with John Paul II in Alice Springs in 1986, when the Pope delivered the famous address to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. He again assisted Pope John Paul II at the Mass for the beatification of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop in Sydney in 1995 and was present in Rome for her Canonisation in 2010. He was among those who welcomed Pope Benedict to Australia in 2008 to celebrate World Youth Day in Sydney. Archbishop Christopher Prowse, chairman of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry, also acknowledged Deacon Boniface's service. �Deacon Boniface was the epitome of the diaconal ministry. He was widely regarded for his preaching in his native language and developing the faith community of Port Keats,� Archbishop Prowse said. �He lived his diaconal vocation in complete service of others.� Darwin Bishop Charles Gauci extended his condolences to Deacon Boniface's family and the Northern Territory community. Bishop Gauci said: �May the Eternal Father now welcome him with those words of Scripture: Well done, good and faithful servant! Come and share your Master's happiness!�
19 Mar 1887	Rev Michael Meagher Wagga dioc, NSW
19 Mar 1895	Rev Ildephonsus Gartland CP Marrickville, NSW
19 Mar 1922	Rev Louis Chatelet SM Born 06/04/1873; Ordained 29/06/1897; Sydney, Wollongong.
19 Mar 1930	Rev Patrick Cavanagh Nagambie, etc, Vic
19 Mar 1932	Rev William O'Hagan Mornington, etc, Vic
19 Mar 1934	Rev Patrick Burke CM Sydney, etc
19 Mar 1939	Rev Hurbert Tomlinson MSC Sydney, etc
19 Mar 1970	Rev James Dwyer MSC Darwin, NT, etc
19 Mar 1970	Rev Robert Peterson SJ Werribee, Hawthorn, Vic
19 Mar 1980	Rev Cyril Power SJ Melbourne, etc
19 Mar 1992	Rev Thomas Fitzgerald Boonah, Wynnum, Maryborough, Ipswich, Annerley, Caboolture, Booval, Qld
19 Mar 1994	Rev Adrian Papworth SDB Engadine, NSW; Glenorchy, Tas; Brooklyn Park, Yorketown, Victoria Park, SA; Oakleigh, Chadstone, Brunswick, Vic
19 Mar 2003	Rev John Clarke Annerley, Bardon, Ipswich, Banyo, Red Hill - Archdiocese of Brisbane
19 Mar 2008	Rev John Flynn Atherton, Gulf Mission, Ravenshoe, Malanda, Cairns, Earlville, Qld
19 Mar 2009	Rev David Nies Born 19/11/1929; Ordained 18/07/1953
19 Mar 2010	Rev Hugo De Maria OFMCap Born 02/04/1922; Odrdained 22/03/1947; Hawthorn, Vic etc.
19 Mar 2012	Rev Gerard Dore Cathedral, Collinsville, Railway Estate, Abergowrie, Richmond, Hughenden, Bowen, Ayr, Mundingburra - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland - Archdiocese of Brisbane
20 Mar 1897	Rev Henri Joseph Couloigner SM Sydney
20 Mar 1905	Rev Andrew Ryan Rockhampton dioc; Tarraville, Vic
20 Mar 1920	Rev John O'Grady Melbourne dioc
20 Mar 1922	Rev William A Mullins Moree, Tamworth, NSW
20 Mar 1960	Rev Joseph Wojek Melbourne dioc
20 Mar 1962	Rev John Finnerty Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
20 Mar 1963	Rev James Kennedy Melbourne dioc
20 Mar 1967	Rev Joseph Bernasconi Maitland dioc, NSW
20 Mar 1967	Rev Francis van den Boscho CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
20 Mar 1969	Rev Peter Galavan Epping, Nowra, Mittagong, NSW
20 Mar 1969	Rev Leslie Harper SJ Sydney, etc
20 Mar 1972	Rev Errol Aloysius Stanaway Brisbane dioc
20 Mar 1980	Rev Mgr Joseph Dominick Daly Sale dioc, Vic
20 Mar 1990	Rev Alan Cruckshank Darwin dioc, NT; Melbourne dioc
20 Mar 1990	Rev Aloysius van Houte SM Sydney; Melbourne
20 Mar 2005	Rev Francis Maher SJ Melbourne, etc
20 Mar 2017	Rev James McMahon MSC Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
20 Mar 2022	Rev Josip Vranjes Read more Born 29/03/1959. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Sadly Josip passed away as a consequence of COVID-19. Born in Rostovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Josip was ordained a priest on 29 June 1986 for the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna. After his ordination, he was appointed Chaplain at the parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Komusina. However, Josip did not stay there long and on 28 December that year he journeyed to Australia. On 2 February 1987, Josip was granted permission to work in Sunshine as Assistant Priest to Fr Ivica Zlatunic at the Croatian Catholic Centre. Upon Fr Zlatunic's departure from Australia, Josip took over the administration of the Centre. On 1 February 2018, Josip was appointed Chaplain at the Croatian Catholic Centre - St Anthony, Geelong, where he ministered until his death. The Archdiocese is most grateful for Josip's special service to the Croatian Catholic Community and to the Archdiocese in general. He will be missed by his community and all who loved him. A Pontifical Requiem Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, 30 March 2022 at Holy Family Church, Bell Park. May he rest in peace.
21 Mar 1889	Rev John Costello Sydney
21 Mar 1897	Augustus William Berney Petre Dapto, Hartley, Lithgow, Berrima, Armidale, NSW
21 Mar 1903	Rev Edward (Romaeus) Stone OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic; Gawler, SA, etc
21 Mar 1948	Rev Daniel Lawton Lismore, NSW; and Melbourne diocs, (Apr 4, 1928?)
21 Mar 1965	Rev Mgr Patrick Joseph Dunne Tamworth, etc, NSW
21 Mar 1965	Rev Mgr William J McElhinney Longreach, etc, Qld
21 Mar 1973	Rev Edmond Michael Roche Hobart, Queenstown, Tas
21 Mar 1988	Noel (Nolan) Joseph Murphy Campsie, Rozelle, Lithgow, Rockdale, Balgowlah, Rockdale, Clovelly, Enmore, Toronto, Richmond, Balmain, NSW
21 Mar 1993	Rev Patrick Ryan Sydney and Broken Bay diocs, NSW
21 Mar 1999	Bishop Eugene James Cuskelly MSC, Randwick, Kensington, NSW; Croydon, Vic; Brisbane, Queensland - Archdiocese of Brisbane
21 Mar 2000	Archbishop James William Gleeson Adelaide dioc
21 Mar 2008	Rev Paul Power MSC
21 Mar 2012	Very Rev Mitrat Ivan Schewciw Born 01/11/1926; Ukrainian Eparchy.
21 Mar 2013	Rev Allen Glendenning Born 14/01/1945; Ordained 19/08/1978; Diocese of Parramatta.
22 Mar 1904	Rev James Holehan Richmond, Cygnet, Kingston, etc, Tas (or Dec 5 1907)
22 Mar 1904	Rev Charles H Kirk SM Sydney
22 Mar 1913	Rev John McInerney SJ Sydney, etc
22 Mar 1918	Rev John Thomas Henehan Ballarat dioc, Vic
22 Mar 1922	Rev Dominic Peter Byrne Sydney
22 Mar 1931	Rev Mgr Denis Francis O'Haran Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
22 Mar 1938	Bishop John Barry Goulburn, NSW
22 Mar 1942	Rev Patrick Joseph Gleeson Healesville, Carlton, etc, Vic
22 Mar 1949	Rev John Francis Toomey Brunswick East, etc, Vic
22 Mar 1952	Rev John J Hegarty Mundingburra, etc, Qld
22 Mar 1957	Rev Francis Hayes Rockhampton dioc, Qld
22 Mar 1959	Rev James Tuohy Mittagong, NSW; Melbourne. (or March 27?)
22 Mar 1970	Rev Joseph Stamm MSC Sydney, etc
22 Mar 1974	Rev Mgr John O'Flaherty Wyong, etc, NSW
22 Mar 1983	Rev James Nooney Melbourne dioc
22 Mar 1986	Rev William James Kenny Windsor, etc, Qld
22 Mar 1998	Rev Peter Joseph Eastwick SM Sydney; Burnie, Claremont, Tas, etc
22 Mar 2001	Rev James Byrne Sandhurst dioc, Vic
22 Mar 2002	Rev Thomas Everard Warragamba, Mascot, Haberfield, Botany, NSW.
22 Mar 2006	Rev Robert Rippin MSC Sydney, etc
22 Mar 2013	Rev Timothy Norris Born 12/01/1929; ordained 21/12/1955. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
22 Mar 2019	Rev Michael Keogh SDB Read more Born 21/09/1926. Ordained 26/06/1960 for the Salesians - Salesians of Don Bosco. Michael Keogh was born in Quetta, then in the Indian British Empire, (prior to Independence and Partition into India and Pakistan in 1948) on 12 September 1926 and attended Salesian schools in Calcutta and Sonada. He joined the Salesian Congregation in India, making his first profession on 24 May 1950 where he also undertook all his studies and formation, at the end of which, he was ordained on 26 June 1960 by Bishop Ferrando in Shillong. After his ordination until 1974 he undertook various roles and responsibilities in Salesian schools in the Calcutta Province in India. As many in his family had migrated from India to Australia in 1974, he transferred to the Australia-Pacific Province and continued teaching in Salesian schools for ten years - Chadstone, Engadine, Sunbury and Brooklyn Park. From 1985 he was involved in Parish Ministry in a number of Salesian Parish in the Province � Kelmscott and Victoria Park (Perth) and Brooklyn Park (Adelaide). In 2015 he retired and entered into care at Flora MacDonald Lodge. Michael had a wonderful sense of humour and regularly entertained students, family, parishioners and confreres with his skits, jokes and impersonations. He was also a great lover of sports, particularly hockey and table tennis. May he rest in peace.
23 Mar 1871	Rev Andre Schall SM Sydney
23 Mar 1879	Rev Pierre Jules Joly SM Ryde, NSW
23 Mar 1902	Rev Thomas McElligott Clunes, etc, Vic
23 Mar 1904	Rev John Joseph McKernan Longford, Triabunna, Cygnet, etc, Tas
23 Mar 1905	Rev Charles Dietel SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
23 Mar 1917	Rev Edward B O'Laverty CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
23 Mar 1923	Bishop John H Norton Adelaide, Port Augusta, SA
23 Mar 1953	Rev Gerard Patrick Grace Tighe�s Hill, etc, NSW
23 Mar 1964	Rev Bortolo Fredrigotti SDB Sunbury, Oakleigh, Vic
23 Mar 1969	Rev Patrick O'Mara SJ Sydney, etc
23 Mar 1969	Rev Rosendo Sosa OSB Drysdale River, etc, WA
23 Mar 1971	Rev Lawrence T Anderson OPraem Queen�s Park, Perth dioc
23 Mar 1983	Bishop Philip James Anthony Kennedy Kennedy, Adelaide
23 Mar 1995	Rev William Andrew O'Driscoll Melbourne, Ferntree Gully, Box Hill, Glenhuntly, Geelong, North Melbourne, West Geelong, Croydon, Camberwell, Vic
23 Mar 2002	Rev Anton Javorski SVD
23 Mar 2005	Rev Walter Sylvester SAC Melbourne, Kew, Millgrove, Vic; Kimberleys, WA.
23 Mar 2006	Rev John Camilleri Cairns dioc, Qld
23 Mar 2023	Rev Mgr Vincent Tiggeman DCL PE Read more Born 05/03/1929; Ordained 21/12/1951. Archdiocese of Adelaide. Vincent was born in Adelaide into a family with a strong Irish, German and Scottish heritage and a deep Catholic faith. At the age of 10 he contracted Polio requiring over a year convalescing and it was during this time that his vocation emerged. At age 12 he entered St Francis Xavier Seminary where he completed his secondary education. He was a brilliant student and topped the State in the Latin exam. He was one of the first students to enter the new Seminary. Vincent was chosen to complete his priestly studies in Rome where he was ordained on 21st December 1951. He competed a doctorate in Canon Law before returning to Adelaide. He was then appointed Secretary to Archbishop Beovich, a position he held for ten years, and accompanied him to Rome of an ad limina visit in 1970. He was made a Monsignor in1971. As Archbishop's Secretary, Vin took some testimonies in regard to the cause for Sr Mary MacKillop's sainthood, he became devoted to her and he was delighted to be able to travel to Rome for her canonisation in 2010. For many years Vin headed the Matrimonial Tribunal in Adelaide and was a founding member of the Australasian Canon Law Society and served it for 28 years. In addition to his Tribunal work Vin served in the parishes of Christies Beach, Morphett Vale, Hectorville, Dulwich, Glenelg, St Peters and Pennington. Vincent retired as parish Priest in 2004 and took up residence in Murphy Villa. As his health declined, he spent his last days in The Southern Cross Homes at The Pines where he died. Vincent will be remembered as one who had a deep and abiding care and concern for everyone he met, encouraging them to develop and use their gifts for the good of others and to give glory to God.
23 Mar 2023	Rev Salvatore Benedetto Dimattina PE Read more Born 07/10/1933; Ordained 26/07/1959. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Sam's parents, born on the Isle of Stromboli, immigrated to Melbourne in the late 1920's and like many other Italians worked hard in their family fruit shop in Caulfield. Sam attended Christian Brothers College, St Kilda and it was there his evident ease of learning across all disciplines, music and sport were identified. He had imbued a deep love of his Catholic faith from the witness of his parents who had carried with them a spirituality forged through generations across the Aeolian islands. A devotion to the Eucharist, to prayer, Our Lady, a profound understanding of the connection between faith and culture, and above all charity, were formed in the young Salvatore, who was always known as Sam. Entering Corpus Christi College in the early 1950's he was ordained for the Archdiocese of Melbourne in July 1959. His obvious academic ease with philosophy and theology, languages, music and pastoral gifts soon saw him depart for St Peter's College Rome where he completed his Licentiate and Doctorate in Social Sciences at the Gregorian University. His doctorate completed in 1964 focussed on Catholic Social Principles in the lives of the laity: It was a timely thesis as the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council reflected deeply upon the mission of the baptised in the life of the Church and world. Upon his return Sam taught social sciences part-time at Corpus Christi College Werribee. He was appointed to parishes as an Assistant Priest, Administrator and Parish Priest in the inner Northern suburbs where he was able to engage with Italian communities and other migrants for whom he had deep empathy. The experience of growing up in a family business made it easy for such a gifted priest to connect with parishioners through liturgy, music, formation, community groups and with a focus on the mission of the Church. In 1981 he was appointed Episcopal Vicar for Justice, Development and Peace, and Chair of the Archdiocesan Commission for Justice and Peace. He continued in this capacity until 2006 serving under three Archbishops. In this period, he undertook and participated in major projects such as Common Wealth Common Good and made many international visitations on behalf of Catholic Missions. Sam was a beloved pastor. He was kind, encouraging and charitable. He was able to speak the Good News in a manner which touched people's hearts and lives. Throughout his ministry he formed close friendships with parishioners which led to generations of connections which enriched his life. He was a loyal man of integrity. If someone was in need, he would find a way to assist. His father imbued in Sam a deep sense of care for his brother priests and many found in him great support. Sam never forgot his roots. His studies in Rome reconnected him with Stromboli, his aunty and cousins. He spent many annual holidays travelling to Stromboli bringing family and friends along with him. Many enjoyed the gentle beauty of the island and the telling of stories which echoed for many generations under the nightly glow of the volcano �idu�. He loved his family and they were devoted to him. He made his connection with his brothers Dom and Bob, and their families, a priority and he was rewarded by their loving care until his final breath. He admired the commitment of his brother, Brother Tony cfc. His cousins too formed part of the rich connection of family forged over generations. Enduring friendships spanned from Germany, Italy, United States and across Australia � all these reflected something of Sam's profound loyalty, witness as a priest, goodness and human warmth. He retired early due to ill health. His daily routine of Mass, prayer, meditation, good food, siesta, a little �holy water� and ongoing connection to family and friends enabled him to live independently for many years. He made the choice to retire to Justin Villa Balwyn during the long Covid restrictions. It was tough decision, but one which brought him the comfort he needed as the sun began to set. He was not afraid to die. He always said, we spend our lives preaching the resurrection, so don't delay me when the time comes!' May he rest in peace and rise in glory!
24 Mar 1892	Rev Joseph Aloysius Sheehy Hobart, etc, Tas; Adelaide dioc
24 Mar 1916	Rev Cornelius Corcoran Brighton, Richmond, etc, Tas
24 Mar 1924	Rev A O'Gorman CP Marrickville, NSW
24 Mar 1932	Rev James Kiely Victoria Park, etc, WA
24 Mar 1939	Rev Arthur Cullen Derby, Richmond, Cygnet, Tas
24 Mar 1941	Rev Daniel O'Sullivan Bondi Beach, etc, NSW
24 Mar 1947	Rev Joseph H Davis Warrnambool etc, Victoria - Diocese of Ballarat
24 Mar 1951	Rev John F Kelly Branxton, etc, NSW
24 Mar 1957	Rev Peter Gullino SDB Sunbury, Vic
24 Mar 1964	Rev Francis H Regan Perth dioc
24 Mar 1971	Rev Edmund Miles Gilmartin SM Sydney
24 Mar 1979	Rev Norbert Earle MSC Sydney; Moonah, Tas, etc
24 Mar 1982	Rev George Norris CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
24 Mar 1988	Rev William Pietsch Melbourne
24 Mar 2013	Rev Leo Curran OFM Born 02/04/1931; Ordained 15/07/1967
24 Mar 2014	Rev James Finbar O'Brien Born 18/06/1948; Ordained 17/11/1994 Archdiocese of Brisbane
24 Mar 2018	Rev Robert Francis Coghlan PE Read more Date of Birth: 02/04/1938 Date of Ordination: 24/07/1965 Archdiocese of Melbourne Robert (Bob) Francis Coghlan 2/04/1938 � 24/03/2018 Bob was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral on 24 July 1965 by Archbishop Simonds and has given priestly witness for over fifty two years serving as Assistant Priest at the parishes of Geelong, South Yarra, Cheltenham, Gardenvale and Mitcham, as Administrator of Balwyn North, Lilydale and Hampton Park. He served as Parish Priest of Heidelberg (1979), Spotswood (1984), West Melbourne (1989), Healesville (1995) and Ringwood (2004). Due to his declining health he retired in 2006 as Pastor Emeritus initially living independently, then at George Maher House and more recently at Mercy Place Rice Village. Throughout his ministry, Bob endeavoured to serve his people faithfully. He found his involvement in Catholic Charismatic Renewal in 1970's provided a new encounter with the Risen Lord which brought focus to his personal life and the lives to those he ministered. He enjoyed liturgical music and receiving great pleasure through his involvement with Church choirs. His personal health brought him challenges along the way, but this never impeded his desire to respond to the care of his people. While a quiet man by personality, he had a wonderful sense of humour and quick wit. He was a kind and charitable man whose generosity to many will be fondly remembered. Bob was blessed by the attentive care of his family, friends, Clergy Care Team, MTP and fellow priests who have accompanied through these days of illness into the Promise of God. He now rests in peace.
25 Mar 1860	Rev John Fallon Kapunda, etc, SA
25 Mar 1885	Rev Michael Hennessy Adelaide, Salisbury, Mt. Gambier, SA; Narrabri, Grafton, NSW
25 Mar 1911	Rev Bernard Martinez OSB New Norcia, WA
25 Mar 1935	Rev Patrick John McGrath Armidale dioc, NSW
25 Mar 1936	Rev James Bray Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
25 Mar 1954	Rev Patrick V Brady Gayndah, Marlborough, Banyo, Qld
25 Mar 1959	Rev Guy Gavan Duffy Bacchus Marsh, etc, Vic
25 Mar 1969	Rev Mgr Cyril B Callaghan Wollongong, etc, NSW
25 Mar 1970	Rev Luke Mullany SSC Melbourne
25 Mar 1973	Rev Harry Frederick Davis SM Sydney; Burnie, Tas
25 Mar 1974	Rev Francis Kissane Ascot Vale, etc, Vic
25 Mar 1975	Rev John McAreavey SJ Adelaide, etc
25 Mar 1980	Rev John Forster Nagambie, Wangaratta, Rutherglen, Pyramid Hill, Bendigo, etc, Vic
25 Mar 1983	Rev John Duggan Melbourne dioc
25 Mar 1983	Rev Patrick Gleeson Melbourne dioc
25 Mar 1984	Rev John Verrijt CM Malvern, Vic; Modbury, SA
25 Mar 1987	Rev Ivan Mihalic Adelaide dioc
25 Mar 1990	Rev Bernard Baldwin MSC Camp Hill, Qld; Narrogin, WA; Moonah, Tas; Canberra, ACTas; Kensington, Douglas Park, NSW; Thursday Island, NT
25 Mar 1996	Rev Thomas Hunt OSA North Queensland, Coorparoo, Qld
25 Mar 1999	Rev John Heffey Mansfield, Castlemaine, South Werribee, Gladysdale, etc, Vic; Cygnet, Franklin, Tas
25 Mar 2005	Rev Philip Joseph Crosbie SSC Essendon, Strathmore, Vic, etc
25 Mar 2019	Rev Jose da Silva de Bairos Born 08/05/1935; Ordained 27/10/1968 Archdiocese of Sydney
26 Mar 1869	Rev Patrick Davern Bathurst dioc, NSW
26 Mar 1908	Rev Stephen Pidgeon CSsR Waratah, NSW; Ballarat, Vic
26 Mar 1926	Rev Alphonsus (Joseph) Kindelan OCarm Gawler, SA; Middle Park, Vic
26 Mar 1941	Rev Francis Joseph Gatzemeyer St. Peters, etc, SA
26 Mar 1941	Rev Patrick J Moore OSA Sydney, Sandhurst dioc, Vic
26 Mar 1945	Rev Mgr Thomas Hayden Manly, Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
26 Mar 1964	Rev Ambrose Rossi SDB Sunbury, Vic, etc
26 Mar 1980	Rev Stanislaw Skudrzyk SJ Melbourne
26 Mar 1982	Rev Mgr Francis Peter Gallagher Tempe, Bondi Beach, Penrith, Rose Bay, Enfield, Lake Macquarie, Epping, Port Kembla, etc, NSW
26 Mar 1992	Rev Mgr James McInerney Diocese of Ballarat
26 Mar 1998	Rev Maurice Croker Wollongong dioc, NSW
26 Mar 2003	Rev John Brosnan Geelong, Collingwood, Pentridge Gaol, Surrey Hills, Vic
26 Mar 2008	Rev Tindaro (Tam) Ferlazzo Townsville, Ingham, Abergowrie, Burdekin Valley, Herbert River - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
26 Mar 2008	Rev Kevin Joseph Treacy Yeppoon, Bundaberg, Mackay, Finch Hatton, Aramac/Muttaburra, Clermont, North Rockhampton, Qld
26 Mar 2015	Rev Brendan Shiel Born 14/05/1924; Ordained 05/06/1949 Archdiocese of Sydney
26 Mar 2017	Rev William Mills Born 09/09/1929; Ordained 22/02/1956 Diocese of Lismore
27 Mar 1934	Rev William Francis O'Byrne Port Pirie Diocese, SA
27 Mar 1957	Rev Leo Murphy SJ Brisbane dioc
27 Mar 1964	Rev William Hourigan Murrurundi, etc, NSW
27 Mar 1966	Rev Donal Reidy Ballarat dioc, Vic
27 Mar 1978	Rev John Bartholomew Doherty Redfern, Pymble, etc, NSW
27 Mar 1981	Rev John Ashe Melbourne dioc
27 Mar 1984	Rev Arthur Perkins MSC Sydney, etc
27 Mar 1985	Rev Leo McDougall MSC Sydney, etc
27 Mar 1991	Rev Cyril Butler SM Sydney
27 Mar 2001	Rev Patrick Reynolds SM Sydney, Lismore, NSW; Geelong, Vic, etc
27 Mar 2011	Rev John Bartoszek SVD Read more Born 22/05/1936; Ordained 27/01/1963 - Divine Word Missionaries. John was born in Zabrze, Silesia, Poland and at 19 entered the SVD Seminary in Pieniezno and was ordained in 1963. John worked in Poland before coming to Australia in Oct 1966. In May1967 he arrived in the parish of Ambullua PNG and set about learning Pidgin English and then the local language. He was then transferred to Rulna and it was here he made his mark. He was a robust and skilled worker and set about building airstrips, churches, mission schools and out-stations. He inspired the community to work together to improve the standard of living and they witnessed his generosity of spirit through the facilities he provided for them. He also established a carpentry school for young people and introduced electricity to the area by harnessing the power of a water-fall to produce hydro-electricity. In 1995 John was diagnosed with the first of many medical problems that would plague him for the rest of his life. On 27 March 2011 John's big heart gave out and he died peacefully in hospital. May he rest in peace with the Lord whom he loved and served so well.
27 Mar 2011	Rev William (Bill) A Smith Read more Born 23/06/1918; Date of Ordination: 22/12/1940 (Rome). In 1940, in the chapel of Propanganda College, Rome, William (Bill) Smith was ordained at the age of just twenty-two years. He returned to Australia in 1943 and after a brief time in parish life, commenced a long career teaching in the Seminary in Brisbane, which saw him take on the role of Vice Rector and eventually Rector. Many Queensland priests have fond memories of his lecturing and formation, and will speak of his supportive and pastoral advice. Bill concluded his time at the Seminary in 1974, and took the role of Parish Priest at Yeppoon, West Mackay, Walkerston and St Patrick's Mackay. Declining health prompted a move to the Francis of Assisi Home where he was lovingly care for by the Franciscan Sisters and staff. Rest in peace Bill.
27 Mar 2019	Rev Leo Baker SSC Read more Born 06/01/1923; Ordained 25/07/1948 Columban Fathers - Missionary Society of St Columban Leo was born in Cobden - the eldest of eight children of Jack Baker and Mary Denise (Thompson). His siblings were Margaret, Des, (Fr) Chris, Denise, Nell, Bernard and (Fr) Patrick. In 1925 the family moved to a farm near Tatura then to several other locations around Shepparton, where many suffered the effects of the Great Depression of 1929. In 1936 the family moved back to Cobden where Leo finished off his 8th Grade of primary school at Cobden State School. In 1937, aged 14, Leo went looking for work to supplement the meagre family income. He milked cows, felled trees in the bush and cut them up for firewood for the Cobden Butter factory. He did very heavy work in the local hardware store and as a builder's labourer. In June 1939 he went as a boarder to St Patrick's College in Ballarat to learn Latin, because he felt called to become a St Columban Mission Society priest. In March 1942, Leo began three years of study in Essendon and after a three year break, began a four-year Theology Course at Corpus Christi College Werribee. On 25 July 1948 Leo was ordained as a Mission Society of St Columban priest by Archbishop Daniel Mannix in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. In February 1950 he boarded the SS Taiping� to take up his appointment to Korea. In July of that year because of the Korean War, he was forced to evacuate to Japan which became his new assignment. He was there for thirty-six years, apart from three years in Australia (1976-79). In 1986, aged 63, Leo was appointed to Australia. He assisted with the Columban Mission Appeals in parishes of the Ballarat Diocese and in Adelaide. In 1988 Leo took the Pacific Mission Institute Renewal course in Turramurra, a nine month residential course. In 1998, aged 75, Leo retired to Essendon and celebrated his Golden Jubilee. From 1999-2014 Leo continued his retirement in Essendon. He was very active in the garden and Chaplain in several holiday homes of the Mercy Sisters with more time for his hobbies, photography and card-making. In 2014 Leo opted to move into Mercy Place Colac, where he died peacefully. May he rest in peace.
27 Mar 2020	Rev Raymond Farrell Read more Born 11/10/1946; Ordained 13/09/1996. Archdiocese of Sydney. Parish priest of St John of God in Auburn, NSW, Raymond Farrell died early on 27 March at St Joseph's Village in�Auburn. Ray was born in Wellington, NSW and entered St Columba's College, Springwood�in 1967 but his studies were interrupted by the need to care for his parents. He resumed his studies at St Patrick's College Manly (1991) and was ordained to the priesthood at St Felix De Valois Parish, Bankstown on 13 September 1996. He served as assistant priest at Liverpool and then at St Mary's Cathedral in 2001. Ray was appointed the administrator of St John of God in 2002 and then parish priest the following year, a role he served until his death. During his time as parish priest of Auburn, Ray served as dean of the Auburn-Bankstown deanery from 2003 until 2016. He has been the chaplain to the Catholic Women's League since 2003 and to the archdiocesan council of the St Vincent de Paul society since 2011. He served on the Council of Priests from 1997 until 2019. May he rest in peace.
28 Mar 1878	Rev Patrick O'Reilly Darlinghurst, Inverell, Tenterfield, Dapto, etc, NSW
28 Mar 1889	Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne OSB Sydney
28 Mar 1918	Rev Joseph Vincent Butler OCarm Gawler, SA; Melbourne.
28 Mar 1918	Rev James Comerford Charters Towers, Clermont, Barcaldine - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
28 Mar 1928	Rev Bernard Le Louarn OC Beagle Bay, WA
28 Mar 1931	Rev Michael Campion Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
28 Mar 1932	Bishop Patrick Vincent Dwyer Maitland, NSW
28 Mar 1949	Rev James Philip Fanning Clontarf, Toodyay, Aquinas College, Perth, WA
28 Mar 1950	Rev Thomas Lynch Canberra and Goulburn dioc
28 Mar 1955	Rev Mgr John I Sheerin Hurstville, etc, NSW
28 Mar 1962	Rev Leo O'Rourke North Melbourne, etc, Vic
28 Mar 1965	Rev Edward Quinn Maitland dioc, NSW
28 Mar 1965	Rev Thomas Shuley SJ Sydney, etc
28 Mar 1977	Rev Aloysius Ceccato OFMCap Wynnum, Qld; Plumpton, NSW
28 Mar 1977	Rev Morgan O'Connor Tumut, Moruya, Young, NSW; Yarralumla, ACT
28 Mar 1995	Rev Paul William Maloney Sydney, Bega, Ardlethan, Temora, Gunning, Crookwell, Goulburn, North Cooma, Bungendore, Grenfell, Boorowa, Murringo, NSW
28 Mar 2005	Rev Thomas Fitzgerald OP Adelaide, etc
28 Mar 2009	Rev John Nee Born 18/07/1935; Ordained 29/06/1960; New Farm, Browns Plains, Holland Park, Mount Gravatt etc - Archdiocese of Brisbane, QLD.
28 Mar 2014	Rev Peter Doyle SSC Born 10/06/1939; Ordained 28/06/1968 Columban Fathers - Missionary Society of St Columban
28 Mar 2014	Rev William Modystack Read more Born 02/07/1936; Ordained 16/07/1960 - Archdiocese of Adelaide William Brian Modystack was born in Kapunda, South Australia and studied for the priesthood at St Francis Xavier's Seminary, Magill and St Patrick's College, Manly, NSW. He was ordained priest in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral on 16 July 1960. Bill served as assistant priest in the parishes of Hectorville, Colonel Light Gardens, and Kurralta Park, and then as Parish Priest at Bordertown, Strathalbyn and Plympton. In 1993 he retired from full time parish duties due to ill health. He was very proud of his Polish heritage, being a direct descendant of the original Polish settlers in the Sevenhill area. He took a keen interest in the development of the museum at Polish Hill and the renovation of the church there. It is in fact quite close to where his great grandfather first settled. He travelled to visit his relatives in Poland and visited many significant sites related to the family heritage and continued to keep in contact with relatives in Poland. Bill will be best remembered for his most notable work, Mary MacKilllop, A woman before her time, published in 1982. The Josephite Sisters acknowledge their debt to Bill for his meticulous research into her life and times, thus enabling the Sisters to know their founder better and to pave the way for her later canonization. This book was one the first about Mary's life and proved to be a great resource for later writers. In 1978 Bill became a regular contributor to the Southern Cross with his own Contemplations Column running for a number of years. He also worked for a time at the Catholic Communications Office as the Radio and Television Officer. One of his great loves was to travel; he travelled extensively to Europe - especially Poland, United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and Hawaii. In 1995 he was a tour guide and personally escorted a Mary MacKillop tour to Europe. In March 2013, as his health failed, he moved into Murphy Villa. Later that year he was diagnosed with a non-operable brain tumour. The last few weeks of his life were spent in the Philip Kennedy Hospice. A well attended Vigil Service was held in St John the Baptist Church, Plympton where he last served as Parish Priest. Tributes were paid by Archbishop Faulkner, Sr Catherine Clark RSJ, and Sr Enid Wood OP. His funeral Mass was celebrated in St Rose's Church Kapunda and his remains were laid to rest next to his parents in the local St John's Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
28 Mar 2014	Most Rev Michael E Putney DD AM Read more Born in Gladstone QLD, 20/6/1946. Ordained Priest for Brisbane 28/6/1969. Consecrated 27/7/1995. Appointed Bishop of Townsville 24/1/2001. Installed Bishop of Townsville 27/3/2001. On April 7, 2014 Archbishop Mark Coleridge, preached at the funeral Mass for Bishop Michael Putney. He noted the importance of Michael's national and international contribution particularly for his ecumenical work. Archbishop Coleridge quoted the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity in Rome. They said 'We have been blessed to have the wise counsel and constant encouragement of one whom we knew and admired as a beautiful human being, a gifted and faithful priest and bishop, a person of deep and contagious spirituality'. 'He loved the city and the towns; he loved the Never-Never stretching away to the west; he loved the islands, especially perhaps Palm Island, with its Indigenous people who always seemed the apple of his eye. Michael made his home in this Diocese and had no interest in going anywhere else. Townsville became part of him and he became part of Townsville,' Archbishop Coleridge said. May he now rest in peace.
28 Mar 2016	Rev James Muirhead SJ Read more Born 03/07/1922; Ordained 31/12/1953 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus. Aged 93, Melburnian Jim Muirhead died peacefully on Easter Monday at Mary MacKillop Residence, Hawthorn East, Vic. He had been a Jesuit for 74 years, a priest for 62, and a member of the Campion community in Kew for 20. Jim entered the Society of Jesus in 1942 and during his training he taught for three years at St Louis School in Perth. He was ordained on 31 December 1953. Jim is remembered for three ministries. 1. In 1955-56 he worked in the social apostolate in Melbourne and was confidant to the Catholic leaders of The Movement. He also ministered to some of them in their final days at Caritas Christi Hospice. 2. Jim taught at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, for the last 7 years of its existence, and remained intensely loyal to it after its closure in 1968. He was revered by the Old Patricians, whom he served as chaplain from 1962 until 1981 and who regarded him as a Spiritual Adviser Emeritus. 3. The major part of Jim's working life was devoted to the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises. He was a great nurturer of prayer and roamed far and wide on his motorbike to give retreats and spiritual direction. From 1974-81 he was the province director of retreats. This apostolate was interrupted by the 7 years he spent in Canberra as secretary of the Conference of Major Superiors Clerical, and assistant and consultor at the Apostolic pro Nunciature, for which service he received a papal honour. In his prime Jim was appreciated for his good humour, approachability and gift for storytelling. May he now rest peace.
28 Mar 2017	Rev Kevin Thomas King SJ Read more Born 14/10/1928; Ordained 06/01/1960 Jesuit - The Society of Jesus Kevin died at Nazareth House, Camberwell, Victoria, just six weeks after moving there from Arrupe House, Pymble, where he had been in retirement since 2008. He had been a Jesuit for 70 years and a priest for 57. Born in East Melbourne and educated at his beloved St Patrick's College nearby, his Jesuit formation followed the usual course. Apart from five years as assistant director of the Jesuit Mission Office in Melbourne, his active priestly life was spent in schools in Sydney and Perth. In 1962-70 he taught at St Aloysius' College, Milsons Point, where he directed a variety of organisations in and outside of the school, such as the Apostleship of Prayer, Eucharistic Crusade, Sodality of Our Lady, Pioneer Total Abstinence Association and the St Vincent de Paul Conference. In 1976-81 and 2007 he was at St Ignatius' College, Riverview. By far his longest assignment was as chaplain at John XXIII College in Perth. There he spent 25 fruitful years, immersing himself in the lives of staff, students and families, who appreciated his care. He was a kind, courteous, meticulous man, who was always fair and went out of his way to help those in any kind of trouble. Rest now in peace dear Kevin.
28 Mar 2022	Rev Tadgh Tierney OCD Born 08/09/1941; Ordained 17/12/1966. Carmelite Friars - Order of Discalced Carmelites.
29 Mar 1864	Rev Joseph F O'Donoghue Archdiocese of Melbourne
29 Mar 1870	Rev James Parle Richmond, Port Fairy, Vic
29 Mar 1909	Rev Berthold (Joseph) Hart OCarm Melbourne
29 Mar 1938	Rev Denis Ambrose Guinan OSA North Queensland
29 Mar 1963	Rev Eric Dwyer CSsR Pennant Hills, NSW; Hobart, etc
29 Mar 1972	Rev Michael Cussen CSsR Ballarat, Vic; New Town, Tas
29 Mar 1973	Rev Martin Wallace SJ Adelaide, etc
29 Mar 1978	Rev Emilio Creola SJ Adelaide
29 Mar 1994	Rev Gerge Matthew Maher Ballarat dioc, Vic; Wentworth, Bourke, Balranald, NSW
29 Mar 2004	Rev Francis Chapman SSC Essendon, Vic; Turramurra, NSW
29 Mar 2007	Rev Henry Gilbert (Harry) Davis Sydney, Broken Bay dioc, NSW
29 Mar 2009	Rev Colin James Ogilvie Born 13/09/1941; Ordained 30/09/1988; Broken Hill and Cobar, Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
29 Mar 2016	Rev Dominic Cremasco SVD Born 2/02/1922; Ordained 2/09/1957 Divine Word Missionaries
29 Mar 2017	Rev Jim Petry MBE Read more Born 23/07/1923; Ordained 22/05/1948 Archdiocese of Perth It was a day of sadness for everyone who knew Fr Jim Petry when he passed away at Castledare Village in Wilson, WA, where he spent the last few years of his life. The Funeral Mass was celebrated by Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey in the presence of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and concelebrated with Priests from the Archdiocese of Perth. People from all the parishes in which he ministered at were present at St Mary's Church in Leederville on 6 April to pay homage and say goodbye to the man who became known as The Singing Priest. �Jim introduced singing where it was absent and improved it where it was already present. He loved singing and urged people to sing up. There was great joy in everything he did as a Priest,� said Emeritus Archbishop Hickey. Jim was born in England in 1923 and was ordained in 1948. He became Chaplain for Her Majesty's Forces and went to Korea and Malaya, now Malaysia, where he worked alongside stretcher bearers on the frontline assisting the injured and attending to the dying. Proud of his medals, especially his MBE (member of the British Empire) and the recognition given to him by the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II,�Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice�(declaration of Honour), Emeritus Archbishop Hickey said it was Jim's spirituality and devotion to the people that drew him to Australia when he came to the end of his chaplaincy. Bishop Goody who was Bishop of Bunbury, later Archbishop of Perth, met Jim in Europe, in Germany when Jim was coming to the end of his chaplaincy years and invited him to Bunbury. Jim ministered in five Parishes in Bunbury (Albany, Nannup, Boyup Brook and Manjimup) and when Bishop Goody became Archbishop of Perth, Jim followed him and became a Priest in the Archdiocese of Perth. Jim's neice Moira concluded, �His empathy and kindness will be his legacy. In a way Jim has not died, because a part of him will live on in the hearts and minds of all the people whose lives he has touched in nearly 70 years as a Priest.� Rest now in peace dear Jim.
30 Mar 1922	Rev Michael? Sherrin Naremburn, etc, NSW
30 Mar 1923	Rev Gabriel M O'Farrell OP
30 Mar 1938	Rev James Lonergan Warwick, Dalby, Qld; Armidale dioc, NSW; Nanango, Gayndah, etc, Qld
30 Mar 1943	Rev John R Kenny Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
30 Mar 1943	Rev Aughavas O'Rourke Sydney dioc
30 Mar 1949	Rev James McHugh Melbourne dioc
30 Mar 1965	Rev Luke P Maddock OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
30 Mar 1978	Rev Cornelius Gilbourne Rockley, Carcoar, Woodstock, Gulgong, etc, NSW
30 Mar 1985	Rev James Edward Munday Matraville, etc, NSW
30 Mar 2000	Rev Patrick Landers Goulburn, Boorowa, Dee Why, Gosford, Lewisham, Forest Lodge, Clovelly, Croydon, Concord West, Broadway, Panania, NSW
30 Mar 2000	Rev George L Meredith Sydney dioc
30 Mar 2003	Rev John Baldacchino OCarm Adelaide, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Cleve, Loxton, Hawker, Cummins, SA, etc
30 Mar 2006	Rev John Camilleri Diocese of Cairns.
30 Mar 2014	Mgr Dino Fragiacomo Born 4-7-1922; Ordained 22-6-1947 Archdiocese of Sydney
31 Mar 1856	Rev William Odilo Woolfrey OC Hobart; Sydney; Adelaide
31 Mar 1931	Rev Joseph Slattery CM Bathurst, Ashfield, etc, NSW
31 Mar 1932	Rev Patrick? Kiely Perth dioc, WA
31 Mar 1932	Rev Edmund Ryan Port Pirie dioc, SA
31 Mar 1933	Rev Yabdullah Yazbeck Redfern, etc. NSW
31 Mar 1943	Rev James Stephen Prendergast Geraldton dioc, WA
31 Mar 1944	Rev Callistus Henry CP Sydney, etc
31 Mar 1949	Rev James Reynolds MSC Hindmarsh, SA, etc
31 Mar 1954	Rev Mgr Henry Fitzgerald Wilston, Wooloowin, etc, Qld
31 Mar 1960	Rev George O'Byrne Bathurst dioc, NSW
31 Mar 1987	Rev Eusebio Arnaiz CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
31 Mar 1994	Rev George Rochester CM Ashfield, Bathurst, NSW; Adelaide, SA; Bendigo, Vic; Guildford, WA
31 Mar 1997	Rev Michael Camilleri OCarm Wentworthville, NSW; Waikerie, Carrieton, SA
31 Mar 2000	Rev Desmond O'Neill Dulwich Hill, Greenwich, etc, NSW
31 Mar 2010	Rev Bernard Shah OCarm Read more Born 08/02/1937; Date of Ordination: 29/07/1966 - Carmelite Fathers. Born in Christchurch, NZ, Bernard was very proud of his heritage and in his younger days would break out in a very high spirited Haka! He was educated by the Marist Brothers at Xavier College and after Ordination in Kaiapoi, NZ, on the 29 July 1966, studied Journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology to assist him in his appointment as Editor of the Scapular Magazine. Bernard was a very able editor and later on he went to Rome to become co-editor of the magazine, Cannel in the World. He was best known was spiritual direction and retreats and he especially loved his time at the Order's retreat centre, Aylesford, in Kent, UK. It was something of a wrench to be transferred from there to our Queensland parish, Coorparoo and then to his final appointment at Wentworthville parish in the Parramatta Diocese where he kept up his spiritual direction as well as assisting in the parish. Sadly Bernard contracted Alzheimer's and this was a real kenosis experience for him. His prolific reading came to an end and he was confined to a nursing home. Bernard never complained but instead maintained a dignified reassuring presence to fellow patients and nursing staff. Bernard will be remembered with love for his compassion, his great listening capacity and his sensible views on Catholicism. May he rest in peace.
Apr	Rev Edward Augustine O'Dwyer OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
1 Apr 1876	Rev Benedict (Benito) Martin OSB New Norcia, WA
1 Apr 1895	Rev Richard Kennedy Temora, NSW
1 Apr 1927	Rev James O'Farrell Horsham, etc, Vic
1 Apr 1932	Rev Thomas A Simmington Walkerston, etc, Qld
1 Apr 1935	Rev Mgr William Lee Rosalie, Red Hill, Qld
1 Apr 1935	Rev Edmund O'Brien Geelong, Collingwood, Ashby, Camberwell, Vic
1 Apr 1944	Rev Victor Thierry SM Lismore, NSW, etc
1 Apr 1953	Rev Kieran Behan Warren, etc, NSW
1 Apr 1960	Rev George O'Byrne Gilgandra, etc, NSW
1 Apr 1964	Rev Patrick Costello Brisbane dioc
1 Apr 1971	Rev Casimir Garcia Diez OSA Cairns
1 Apr 1974	Rev Mgr Patrick Whelan Rockdale, Lithgow, etc, NSW
1 Apr 1980	Rev William Ormond Kennedy West Bundaberg, etc, Qld
1 Apr 1985	Rev John Norman McRae Enfield, etc, NSW
1 Apr 1993	Rev Peter Bacinskas Archdiocese of Brisbane
1 Apr 1997	Rev Deacon Michael Flynn Bunbury, WA
1 Apr 1997	Rev Deacon Michael Flynn Bunbury
1 Apr 1999	Rev Thomas Hayes Kerr Dulwich Hill, Forest Lodge, Earlwood, St. Mary�s, Tempe, Lakemba, Blakehurst, NSW
1 Apr 2006	Rev Martin Brannigan CSsR Redemptorist Fathers and Cranbrook - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
1 Apr 2006	Rev Charles Martin Branagan CSsR Townsville, Aitkenvale, Cranbrook, Qld, etc
1 Apr 2006	Rev Martin Branagan CSsR
1 Apr 2008	Rev John Wilkinson CM Born 29/11/1914; Ordained 27/07/1938; Vincenctians.
1 Apr 2008	Rev Meredith Delahenty Read more Born 12/09/1917; Ordained 22/09/1940 - Diocese of Ballarat.
1 Apr 2012	Rev James Hynes Born 14/04/1934; Archdiocese of Brisbane.
1 Apr 2012	Rev Ron Herde PE Born 11/10/1924. Ordained for the Archdiocese of Adelaide.
1 Apr 2020	Rev Michael Slattery Born 04/12/1946; Ordained 07/12/1985 Diocese of Bunbury
1 Apr 2022	Rev John Worthington SM Born 29/12/1947; Ordained 25/05/1974. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
1 Apr 2023	Rev John Keeble Born 13/09/1944; Ordained 23/08/1969. Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
2 Apr 1908	Rev Timothy Murphy Adelaide, Mt. Gambier etc, SA; Bendigo, Wangaratta, Shepparton, Vic
2 Apr 1912	Rev Charles O'Connell SJ Sydney; Hawthorn, Vic, etc
2 Apr 1928	Bishop Michael O'Farrell CM Bathurst NSW
2 Apr 1930	Rev Martin McNamara Adelaide dioc
2 Apr 1933	Rev James Bede Kearney Sydney dioc
2 Apr 1936	Rev Gerard Chester CP Marrickville, NSW; Glen Osmond, SA
2 Apr 1948	Rev James Smith Sydney dioc
2 Apr 1950	Rev Peter Costelloe Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
2 Apr 1979	Rev Wolodymar Krayewsky CSsR Mayfield, NSW, etc
2 Apr 1984	Rev John Edward Grady Narraweena, Penrith, etc, NSW
2 Apr 1990	Rev Joseph Robert Weaver 18 parishes in Sydney dioc, including Hoxton Park, Austral, Parramatta, Leura
2 Apr 1998	Rev Peter Moore Wollongong dioc, NSW
2 Apr 2005	Rev Alexander Thomas Fitzpatrick OP Melbourne; Port Pirie, SA, diocs
2 Apr 2006	Rev Luke Fay CSsR Leonora, North Perth WA
2 Apr 2006	Rev Reginald Hynes Moora, Wongan Hills, Trayning, Wyalkatchem, Boulder, Beverley, WA
2 Apr 2006	Rev Donal O'Sullivan MSC Sydney, etc
2 Apr 2010	Rev Walter Bernard (Bernie) Dwyer Born 23/08/1907; Ordained 01/03/1958; Narrogin, Albany, Bunbury, Gnowangerup-Tambellup,Kojonup, Bridgetown, Lake Grace, Mandurah,Erskine, WA.
2 Apr 2011	Rev Ian Dillon SJ Born 04/02/1926; Ordained 08/01/1958.
2 Apr 2012	Rev Anthony Redden Born 14/06/1947; Diocese of Port Pirie.
2 Apr 2013	Rev Adrian Lyons SJ Read more Born 28/08/1942; Ordained 07/12/1974 - Jesuit Fathers. Adrian who died of cancer at the age of 70, was a Jesuit for 52 years and a priest for over 38. Born in Melbourne and educated by the Jesuits, he entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia. His training included an Arts degree at the University of Melbourne and two years teaching in Adelaide. During Theology he obtained a Master of Arts degree at Melbourne University. Adrian was many things: a university chaplain, adult faith educator, teacher, writer, founding editor of Eureka Street (then a print journal covering religious, political and cultural affairs), superior, builder, province administrator, rural parish priest, director of an international Jesuit formation program. Gentle, sympathetic and probing, he proved to be an ideal mentor to tertiary students in Adelaide. He cultivated long-lasting friendships, and undertook writing assignments for Jesuit Refugee Service and Uniya, a Jesuit social justice institute. His book Imagine Believing (2003) was the outcome of his long-term grappling with questions of belief and unbelief. Terminal illness spurred him on to publish two books that were launched in Melbourne shortly before his death: The First Thing To Do Is Live: Essays Sacred and Secular, and Sunday Soundings: Sermons from a Jesuit's ministry. They testify to his eloquence, freshness of approach, balance, sensitivity and perceptiveness. His sermons are alert to the times and his listeners, who cherished them. A great encourager of others, he remained remarkably self-possessed as he approached death. His faith, honesty and serenity were inspiring. May he rest now in peace.
2 Apr 2016	Rev John Butcher Born 03/02/1937; Ordained 29/06/1961 Diocese of Cairns
2 Apr 2020	Rev Bernard Melville Read more Born: 12/03/1929. Ordained: 24/07/1953. Diocese of Armidale. Bernard was born in Tenterfield to parents Mary (McDonagh) and Charles Melville and is survived by his sisters Patricia and Margaret and brother-in-law Robert Blomfield. He received schooling in Katoomba (Primary) and Tamworth (Christian Brothers College). In 1947 Bernard began studies for the priesthood at St Columba's College, Springwood and St Patrick's College Manly. In the seminary he was nicknamed��Prof� (Professor) due to his excelling in academic studies, a beginning of his lifetime reading in both religious�and wider fields. The serious studies he pursued led to his later renown for preaching�homilies of high quality. Bernard was ordained priest by Bishop E J Doody on 22 July 1953 at Sts Mary and Joseph's Cathedral, Armidale. He served as an assistant priest, first in Quirindi and later in Armidale. He was then appointed administrator of the parish of Moree. He later became Parish Priest of Bingara, and then of Manilla, where he served� from 1975 until retirement in 2017, a stint of some 42 years, crowning his 64 years as an active priest. Bernie was renowned for his involvement in many aspects of towns in which he lived, community service which�led to him being awarded the Order of Australia medal in 1999. Bernie was willing to become involved in unpopular issues, such as concern for the Aboriginal poverty-stricken communities on the edges of towns in the 1960s. He became involved in Aboriginal advancement in Moree, which�led him to be labelled by some as �the nigger priest�. Bernie said he would gladly carry that slur as a badge of honour. When Charlie Perkins led the 1965 Freedom Ride of Sydney University students into Moree, Bernie met with Charlie and they became good�friends. May he rest in peace.
3 Apr 1894	Rev Patrick B Walsh Melbourne dioc
3 Apr 1895	Rev John Forde West St. Kilda, etc, Vic
3 Apr 1926	Rev William O'Byrne OSA Sandhurst Diocese, Vic
3 Apr 1928	Rev Thomas O'Connor Pekina, etc, SA
3 Apr 1931	Rev Nicholas Cooney Bathurst dioc, NSW
3 Apr 1937	Rev Edward Joseph McMahon Sydney dioc
3 Apr 1948	Rev Innocent Matthew Doyle OP
3 Apr 1957	Rev Mgr James Joseph Rowan Mackay, Athelstone, etc, Qld
3 Apr 1970	Rev Nicholas McNaboe OMI Camberwell, Vic, etc
3 Apr 1977	Rev Gerald Daily SJ Melbourne, etc
3 Apr 1984	Rev Patrick Joseph Hickey OSA Tully, Innisfail, Qld; Rochester, Vic
3 Apr 1987	Rev William Brian Daley Keperra, Grovely, etc, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
3 Apr 1987	Rev James Simon Hogan Bendigo, Wangaratta, Elmore, Heathcote, Nathalia, White Hills, etc, Vic
3 Apr 2004	Rev Arthur Kevin Ryan Melbourne dioc
3 Apr 2007	Rev Charles Kakumanu Diocese of Lismore, NSW
3 Apr 2007	Rev Stephen O'Donnell Lismore, Tetania, NSW
3 Apr 2013	Rev Denis Moroney Born 06/10/1941; Ordained 29/06/1966
3 Apr 2016	Rev Joseph N Petraitis MIC Read more Born 16/7/1922; Ordained 22/05/1952 Marian Fathers - Congregation of Marian Fathers. Joseph was only eight when he first felt the strong desire to become a priest. The son of a Lithuanian farmer and a shepherd boy', he would walk seven kilometres to the nearest church to attend Mass with his godmother. Joseph's schooling was halted in 1936 because his father had no money and for two years he plotted to walk to a monastery 100kms away. Fortunately he was able to resume his schooling and by 1941 he had received sufficient education to enter the seminary. After one year he moved to a different seminary in Lithuania but before long he was forced to flee with his mother, sister and two brothers to a refugee camp in northern Germany. At the time most seminaries had been closed due to the war but on his third day at the camp a man approached him because of his collar and asked him if he was a priest. He told him he was studying to be a priest and so the man gave him directions to a seminary that was still open in Bavaria. The family remained at the refugee camp but later were transferred to another camp in Germany run by the Americans and were sponsored by an aunty living in America to join her in Brooklyn. After studying philosophy and German at the Bavarian seminary, Joseph and other Lithuanian seminarians were sent to Italy to complete their studies. It was here that Joseph joined the Marian Immaculate Conception order and in 1945 he took his religious vows and then joined his family in the United States of America. Joseph was ordained a priest in Joliet, near Chicago, on 22 May, 1952, after studying in four different countries. He spent 15 years in the USA, including six as provincial secretary, and in 1963 he was sent to Argentina where he was an assistant parish priest in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, and then parish priest for 17 years in Avellaneda. In July 1984 he was transferred to Adelaide and for the next 30 years he was the Lithuanian chaplain. During this period he spent seven years as the Spanish migrant chaplain, having learnt the language in Argentina. While in Chicago, Fr Petraitis was asked to work on the editing of the Lithuanian calendar, a job he did for 31 years until 2008. For 23 years he also edited the Lithuanian fortnightly bulletin. Even when he was in his nineties, Joseph would spend hours visiting his compatriots in hospital, aged care and in their own homes. He was devoted to the Virgin Mary since he was a child and his mother taught him the Rosary prayer which he would say in five languages � one decade in Lithuanian, the others in Latin, German, Spanish and English. He proudly told people how he was born on the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. Joseph died on Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast day which held a special place in his heart as demonstrated by his faithful wearing of the Divine Mercy medal. A Vigil Mass was offered in St Casimir's Lithuanian Catholic Church on April 11 followed by a funeral Mass on 12 April, celebrated by Archbishop Philip Wilson in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral. Concelebrating priests were the Vicar General Father Philip Marshall, Mgr Edmond Putrimas MIC from Toronto, Fr Dariusz Drzewiecki MIC from the Philippines, Fr Juozas Deveikis MIC (Lithuanian chaplain in SA) from Melbourne and priests of the Adelaide Archdiocese. Rest in peace Joseph.
3 Apr 2017	Rev Mgr Paul Simms Born 01/07/1926; Ordained 22/07/1951 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
3 Apr 2024	Rev Paul Jennings MSC Born 11/01/1944; Ordained 03/04/2024. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
4 Apr 1884	Rev Patrick Madden Ballarat, Geelong, Keilor, Vic
4 Apr 1886	Rev Edward Murphy SJ Richmond, Hawthorn, etc, Vic
4 Apr 1893	Rev Thomas McCormack Dungog, Quirindi, Newcastle, NSW
4 Apr 1902	Rev Thomas Joseph Cosgrave Willunga, etc, SA
4 Apr 1906	Rev James Hugh O'Gorman Newtown, Michelago, Cooma, etc, NSW
4 Apr 1916	Rev Aloysius Bolger OSA Diocese of Cairns.
4 Apr 1921	Rev James Hegarty CSsR Ballarat, Vic; etc. Perth
4 Apr 1929	Rev James O'Dwyer Melbourne dioc
4 Apr 1930	Rev Peter O'Hare Inglewood, Ararat, etc, Vic
4 Apr 1931	Rev R Malachy Headley OP Adelaide
4 Apr 1932	Rev Joseph Patrick Harrington Armidale dioc, NSW
4 Apr 1939	Rev Patrick William Ronan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
4 Apr 1943	Rev Denis O'Kennedy Cowra, etc, NSW
4 Apr 1943	Rev Daniel Joseph O'Sullivan SMA Cygnet, Zeehan, Hobart, Tas
4 Apr 1951	James Andrew (Jimmy) Carlton MSC Carlton,VIC
4 Apr 1977	Rev Ambrose Benneworth Hobart, Cygnet, Devonport, etc, Tas
4 Apr 1982	Rev James Healy Armidale dioc, NSW
4 Apr 1982	Rev James Murphy Toowoomba dioc, Qld
4 Apr 1985	Rev Hugh Goerke OMI Lendrum, Qld; Lesmurdie, WA
4 Apr 1986	Rev Vincent H Hollands Naremburn, etc, NSW
4 Apr 1992	Rev Brian Buxton SJ Sydney, Young, NSW; Toowong, Qld; Adelaide; Canberra; Perth
4 Apr 2008	Rev Terence Cahill OCD Brisbane; Morley, WA
4 Apr 2010	Rev Daniel Magill CSsR Read more Born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1924. Redemptorist Fathers. Dan who was born in County Antrim in Ireland in 1924 spent more than half his years of priesthood working in WA. He was a great storyteller and a very popular preacher who travelled the length and breadth of Australia and New Zealand preaching parish missions. In his younger days, Dan had a struggle with alcohol which he was able to control by joining Alcoholics Anonymous. His contact with AA opened for him a huge, lifelong apostolate and because of Dan, eight AA Groups hold their weekly meetings at the North Perth Monastery. Dan loved everything to do with horse racing and had both a horse and a race named after him! He also never lost his taste for magic, and in his latter years he loved to do tricks for young and old alike. The large crowd at his funeral attested to the love and esteem of so many people for this gentle, humourous and loving priest. Rest now in peace dear Dan.
4 Apr 2012	Rev John Ayers SDB
4 Apr 2015	Rev Raymond Wells Born 05/01/1930; Ordained 26/07/1957 Archdiocese of Hobart
4 Apr 2016	Rev Tiziano Bogoni Born 18/06/1964; Ordained 09/10/1998 Archdiocese of Perth
4 Apr 2016	Most Rev Ronald A Mulkearns DD DCL Read more Born 11/11/1930; Ordained 22/07/1956 Diocese of Ballarat Born in Caulfield Vic, 11/11/1930. Ordained Priest for Melbourne 22/7/1956. Consecrated 4/12/1968. Titular Bishop of Cululi and Coadjutor Bishop of Ballarat. Succeeded to the See 1/5/1971. Retired 30/5/1997.
5 Apr 1917	Rev Patrick O'Brien Sale dioc, Vic
5 Apr 1920	Rev Patrick Tighe SJ Sydney, etc
5 Apr 1941	Rev Michael John Barry Gympie, Blackall, Charleville, Ipswich, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
5 Apr 1948	Rev James F Madden OSA Cairns
5 Apr 1953	Rev Edward De La Peza SJ Melbourne, etc
5 Apr 1962	Bishop Alfred Joseph Gummer Geraldton, WA
5 Apr 1988	Rev Francis Gleisner CSsR Melbourne, Ballarat, Vic, etc
5 Apr 1991	Rev Thomas James Linane Read more Born 30/09/1910; Ordained 25/11/1934 - Diocese of Ballarat.
5 Apr 2000	Rev Joseph O'Shaughnessy OMI Fremantle, WA; Sorrento, Camberwell, Vic; Tea Tree Gully, SA
5 Apr 2003	Rev Michael John Foster Revesby, Springwood, Enfield, Mt. Druitt, Cabramatta, Homebush, NSW
5 Apr 2010	Rev Nicholas Warne OFM Born 16/08/1921; Ordained 22/07/1945.
5 Apr 2010	Rev Terrence Anthony Hammond SSS Read more Born 02/03/1927; Ordained 18/01/1956 - Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Terry (as he was usually known) was born at Maffra, Victoria and completed his secondary eduation at St Patrick's College, Sale in the mid 1940s. On 2 February 1949, aged 21, he became an aspirant with the Blessed Sacrament Congregation at St Francis' Church in Melbourne and after moving to the Congregation's novitiate Mount Eymard' at Bowral, NSW, he was accepted as a postulant on 11 February 1949. His final profession of permanent vows as a member of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation was made at St Francis' Church on 19 March 1954 and on 18 January 1956 he was ordained to the priesthood by Coadjutor Archbishop Justin Simonds at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. Terry's first superior described him as a dedicated and selfless priest who was faithful to his adoration and religious commitments. It was also noted that, while kind and generous', he could be resolute and determined in his opinions.' Of all the ministries that Terry had experienced as a member of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation to that time, giving talks on the spirituality of the Eucharist was what he liked most. Terry died peacefully after 59 years of religious profession and 54 years of priesthood in the Blessed Sacrament Congregation. Rest now in peace dear Terry.
5 Apr 2014	Rev Desmond Grayem Byrne PE Read more Born 11/12/1926; Ordained 27/07/1952- Archdiocese of Melbourne. Following his education at Our Lady of Victories, Camberwell and St Kevin's College, Toorak, Desmond commenced his studies for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College in 1945 and was ordained by Archbishop Mannix on 27 July 1952. He served as Assistant Priest at Healesville (1952), West Brunswick (1953-1955), Geelong North (1955-1956), Ormond (1956), and as Catholic Chaplain to the Repatriation Hospital Heidelberg (1956-1969), finally becoming Parish Priest of Oak Park in 1970 until his retirement as Pastor Emeritus in 2002. Desmond was a dedicated, determined and devoted priest. He had strong convictions concerning catechesis and was committed to the formation of young Catholics through his establishment of the St Michael the Archangel Youth Group Oak Park. He was always keen to remind others, that he saw the potential of engaging young Catholics with the phenomena of World Youth Day, long before it became a feature of diocesan and international Catholic life. Desmond was a man of deep faith, who expressed little doubt about the place of the Church, the sacraments, Our Lady and prayer in the lives of those he served. In his retirement he became a student at John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family, continued to supply Mass and to enjoy the company of his loyal lay and priest friends in whom he found great support and spiritual comfort. He was among many people badly affected by the Melbourne January heat. After time spent in Epworth Hospital, he came to the realisation that his fierce independence would need to give way to care at St Catherine's, where the staff cared for him with great dignity and where died peacefully in the sixty second year of his priesthood. May he rest in peace.
5 Apr 2018	Rev Archimandrite George Branch MIC OAM Born 08/06/1919; Ordained 30/07/1944 Archdiocese of Melbourne
5 Apr 2020	Rev Deacon Peter Olsen Born 12/11/1936; Ordained 01/03/2005. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
5 Apr 2022	Rev Reginald Callinan Born 07/03/1931; Ordained 21/07/1956. Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
6 Apr 1864	Rev Maurice Lencioni CP Moreton Bay, Qld; Adelaide
6 Apr 1918	Rev Edward J Madden Tatura, Kerang, Yarrawonga, Nagambie, Pyramid Hill, etc, Vic
6 Apr 1919	Rev Francis O'Loughlin Sydney
6 Apr 1945	Rev Arthur Bambridge Parramatta, etc, NSW
6 Apr 1947	Rev John Patrick Walsh Stawell, St Arnaud etc Victoria - Diocese of Ballarat
6 Apr 1965	Rev Ernest J Roderick Lynch Toowoomba dioc, Qld
6 Apr 1981	Rev Martin Strong SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
6 Apr 1984	Rev John Clancy MSC Sydney, etc
6 Apr 1990	Rev Gerard Nichol Archdiocese of Brisbane
6 Apr 1992	Rev James Slyney Gympie, Maryborough, Ipswich, Brisbane, Enoggera, Holland Park, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
6 Apr 1997	Rev Michael Joseph Guinea SM Sydney
6 Apr 2001	Rev Timothy Scott Sandhurst dioc, Vic
6 Apr 2004	Rev John H Smith SJ Kew, Vic, etc
6 Apr 2006	Rev Peter Sheridan Canberra/Goulburn dioc
6 Apr 2010	Rev Gerard Joseph Fitzgerald PE Read more Born 30/01/1932; Ordained Dublin Ireland 14/06/1959;. Gerard died at Corpus Christi Aged-Care Facility, Clayton,Victoria. He was ordained a priest at All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland, on 14 June 1959. After serving as assistant priest at the parishes of West Preston, Castlemaine, Coburg, Frankston, Bell Park, St Kilda East and Newport, Gerard was appointed parish priest of Laverton and then South Caulfield. He was appointed Pastor Emeritus on his retirement from South Caulfield in 2006. Gerard served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for more than 50 years. Rest now in peace dear Gerard.
6 Apr 2017	Rev James Michael Kierce PE Read more Born - 14/2/1926 Ordained - 27/7/1952 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Jim was ordained a priest at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 27 July 1952. After a temporary appointment at Dalyston, he was appointed Assistant Priest at the parishes of West Preston and St Patrick's Cathedral. He was then appointed the first Parish Priest of Altona North in 1965. In 1971 he was appointed Parish Priest of St Mary's Greensborough until his retirement as Pastor Emeritus in 2003. He retired to Our Lady of the Way, Kingsbury where he continued to enjoy his priestly ministry and participation in parish life. Jim was proud to be a son of Garfield and Iona in Gippsland and a priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Among Jim's many gifts was a deep a commitment to the people and parishes where he was appointed. He knew how to build parish communities literally and spiritually. He identified the gifts and goodness in others and encouraged them to offer these generously in developing strong bonds of friendship focused on service, prayer and mission. In his early ministry he found in the YCW a method which engaged the young people of his generation in a Gospel reflection on the context of their lives, the care of others and a deep understanding of communion at the heart of the Church. He enjoyed the company of parishioners, allowed them to care for him as friends in faith and enjoyed the banter which true friends enjoy. He was a conservative man by nature, he struggled with change, yet as he aged he began to see the world, the complexity of people's lives and the Church with renewed grace and gentleness. One Irish priest recently said of Jim, He's more Irish than the Irish.' It is true he enjoyed a deep connection with his many relatives in Ireland. His regular holidays to Ireland allowed him to uncover a vast family tree of cousins whose company he treasured. He loved their stories which he retold with great hilarity. He was a humble and simple man. He had few worldly possessions. He was a man of prayer whose Divine Office was never far from his side. His silent witness of daily prayer in the Church bore witness of his friendship with Jesus. He modelled to the nineteen assistant priests who had ministered with him a deep commitment to place, so much so, you may have wondered whether he had taken a vow of stability. He loved the company of his priest friends and ensured his home was always a place of fraternal welcome. Upon his retirement Jim lived with Fr Terry Bergin at Our Lady of the Way, Kingsbury. Terry's warm welcome allowed Jim to continue the rhythm of prayer, Mass, friendship and hospitality. Fr Steven Rigo honoured Jim by ensuring him he was always welcome back at St Mary's. In the last few years when his health was in decline and he faced major hurdles the kindness of others was always there. He had been anam cara to many members of his family, parishioners and fellow priests and they journeyed with him. He was grateful for the kindness of his niece Bernadette, the Clergy Care Team, Sisters at Justin Villa and many whose prayers and presence reassured him along the way. Knowing his death was soon to approach, Jim desired to die at the Little Sisters of the Poor. It seemed upon his arrival three weeks ago he had begun to glimpse the promise of God for him. He was grateful. He thanked people. He expressed his love and desired to see God face to face. He had the death he prayed for; accompanied by the Sisters' presence and prayers, his niece and the prayer of the Church led by Fr Tony Guelen PE. St Mary MacKillop said that �gratitude is the memory of the heart.� It is with gratitude that we thank God for the gift of Fr Jim's priestly service and enduring friendship. May he rest in peace and rise in glory!
7 Apr 1857	Rev William W Parsons Melbourne, Geelong, etc, Vic
7 Apr 1865	Rev John Fitzgerald Campbell Town, Tas
7 Apr 1893	Rev Bernard Delaney Albany, Subiaco, etc, WA
7 Apr 1894	Rev Santos Salvado OSB New Norcia, WA
7 Apr 1923	Rev Michael C Gough Ararat, Daylesford, Elsternwick, etc, Vic; Maitland, NSW
7 Apr 1931	Bishop Joseph Shiel Ballarat, Vic; Rockhampton, Qld
7 Apr 1933	Rev Edmund Downing SJ Sydney, etc
7 Apr 1947	Rev John Henry CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
7 Apr 1950	Rev Agostino Galanti OCD Melbourne
7 Apr 1960	Rev Albert Aufinger SVD Hobart, Launceston, Tas
7 Apr 1962	Rev Patrick Callaghan Ararat, Coleraine, etc, Vic
7 Apr 1967	Rev Louis Schwer SM Sydney
7 Apr 1969	Rev Joseph Craig SJ Melbourne, etc
7 Apr 1974	Rev John Hogan Sydney dioc
7 Apr 1977	Rev Demetrius Kaczmar Archdiocese of Adelaide
7 Apr 1986	Rev Francis Bouchier Jindabyne, West Wyalong, North Goulburn, NSW; Narrabundah, ACT
7 Apr 1988	Rev Francis Michael Unwins CSsR Sydney, etc
7 Apr 1993	Rev George Lahiffe CSSp Dorrington, Pine Rivers, Qld
7 Apr 1999	Rev Graham Patrick Elliott Esk, Ekibin, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
7 Apr 2006	Rev Philip Kurts SJ Sydney, etc
7 Apr 2006	Rev Phillip Kurts SJ Born 02/09/1921; Ordained 31/12/1952.
7 Apr 2007	Rev Joseph Vincent Howe Born 08/10/1920; Ordained 29/07/1944; Hobart, Queenstown, Burnie, Launceston, Ulverstone, Tas etc.
7 Apr 2008	Archbishop Francis Little Melbourne
7 Apr 2012	Rev James Moore MSC Read more Born 22/07/1930 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Nearly all Jim's life as a priest was spent in Milne Bay, PNG - over 30 years at Budoya on Fergusson Island, 9 years at Kurada on Normanby Island and 12 years on the mainland on either side of Milne Bay proper. While at Ladava he had two terms as MSC Superior. Jim had been living at Daio on the south side of the Bay, but when Hagita, only 6 kilometres from Ladava, was set up with 290 pupils and staff and Alotau had been declared the new Province capital in 1968, Jim decided to move to reside in Ladava on the north side of the Bay near Alotau where there would be a big population growth. Jim was very ecumenical and when he celebrated his Golden Jubilee of priesthood at Budoya in 2005 the Methodist Church members insisted on contributing gifts and providing entertainment for the celebrations. The PNG Government also acknowledged Jim's ecumenism by bestowing on him the award of Logohai or Bird of Paradise for services rendered to the country. His friendship and care were open to everybody. Rest in peace Jim.
7 Apr 2017	Rev John Watherston Read more Ordained 08/12/1978 Diocese of Port Pirie Port Pirie priest John Watherston died at John Paul II Residential Care Village, Adelaide. He was ordained by Auxiliary Bishop Phillip Kennedy in Port Lincoln on 8 December 1978. In his thirty-eight years as priest he ministered in most areas of the Port Pirie Diocese and more recently three years in Adelaide in the Northern Light Parish. He had appointments in the Iron Triangle, Far North, Far West Coast, Eastern & Central Eyre Peninsula, the Riverland and his last Parish was Snowtown in the Mid North. Bishop O'Kelly led his Mass of Christian Burial in the Cathedral on 19 April. The following day in his home Parish of Port Lincoln another Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated. His classmate Paul Quirk was Principal Celebrant. Paul Bourke and John Folkman, two other natives of the Lincoln Parish celebrated along with priests from the Western Vicariate. John was buried alongside his father in the Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln. May he rest in peace.
7 Apr 2021	Rev Michael McCarthy Born 23/10/1932; Ordained 18/07/1964. Archdiocese of Sydney.
7 Apr 2021	Rev Phillip Crotty SJ Read more Ordained 21/03/1964 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus Phillip Crotty (generally known as Phil) embodies much of the history of the Australian Province's long and beneficial association with India and its mission in Hazaribag (begun in 1951). Born in regional Victoria and educated by the Marist Brothers, he knew as a schoolboy that he wanted to be a missionary. He belonged to the first generation of scholastics to make the long (and, it was assumed, one-way) journey on the SS Multan to India in December 1952. Based there for 48 years, he became a pillar of the Hazaribag mission, enabling it to grow into a Region, then a Province. He continues to be held in high esteem there. After studying Hindi, he entered the philosophate in Pune and did regency in Maheshmunda and Ranchi, working with younger and older students with equal facility, before studying theology in Kurseong. His theologate was exactly contemporaneous with Vatican II and the new ideas being explored in Rome stimulated a generation of students coming to grips with what inculturation meant for them. The theologate at Kurseong was renowned for its staff and students and their delight and intellectual rigour in taking advantage of the Council's opening to the world. The lessons were not lost on Phillip, who went on to apply them in practical ways in his work among the tribal people in Hazaribag. Having done advanced studies in Hindi and learnt Kurukh (also known as Oraon), he ministered faithfully to people of all walks of life and backgrounds, from steelworkers to residents in remote villages. A man of great spiritual depth and a wonderful pastor who touched many lives, he maintained throughout his life a keen but gentle sense of humour and the eye of a curious observer of the human condition, a warm gaze which included his own foibles and weaknesses. This deep and sympathetic understanding of the human condition and his ability to contextualise it in the light of the love of God served him well as regional superior and made him well loved by subjects and colleagues alike. He became a noted spiritual father and director, serving as Director of Hazaribag's regional theologate from 1987-1989 and of the Region's pre-novitiate in Daltonganj in 1998. In 2001 he returned to Australia. With his wealth of contacts at home and abroad, he served firstly as Deputy Director (based in Melbourne) and then Director (based in Sydney) of Jesuit Mission Australia at a challenging time for the organisation. His final years were spent as assistant priest in the parish of Our Lady of the Way, North Sydney. A wise and genial companion with a big heart and a gift for putting people at their ease, he continued to inspire benefactors and those who worked with Jesuit Mission and to keep its story alive. A member of the Hazaribag Province to the end, he was always abreast of the latest developments there. He died at home peacefully, aged 89, as a much-loved member of the Lavender Bay Jesuit community.
7 Apr 2024	Rev Marty Larsen Born 10/07/1975; Ordained 27/06/2014. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
8 Apr 1852	Rev Edgar McSweeney OFMCap Armidale, NSW
8 Apr 1877	Rev Philippe Calinon SM Sydney
8 Apr 1898	Rev Julius Herden SJ Norwood, Sevenhill, SA, etc
8 Apr 1903	Rev Patrick Hallinan Manly, Windsor, etc, NSW
8 Apr 1907	Rev Alfred Deniau SM Hunters Hill, NSW
8 Apr 1915	Rev Nicholas Emo OC Beagle Bay, WA
8 Apr 1920	Rev Michael O'Dowd Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
8 Apr 1924	Rev Denis B Nelan Essendon, Shepparton, Kyneton, Keilor, etc, Vic
8 Apr 1926	Rev Patrick J Donovan Gundagai, etc, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
8 Apr 1927	Rev Peter Paul Power Rydalmere, Windsor, Rokewood, Redfern, Pyrmont, Bungendore, NSW
8 Apr 1939	Rev Patrick Martin Heffernan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
8 Apr 1943	Rev Dominic John Curran OP
8 Apr 1953	Rev Eugene Courtais SM Sydney
8 Apr 1969	Rev Francis Andrew Molan Alphington, etc, Vic
8 Apr 1976	Rev John Scanlan Orange, Coolah, Gulgong, etc, NSW
8 Apr 1983	Rev Bruce Alexander Macpherson Armidale, Inverell, etc, NSW
8 Apr 1984	Rev John Francis Clancy MSC Melbourne, etc
8 Apr 1984	Rev Kevin P Quinlan Melbourne dioc
8 Apr 1988	Rev John Mikula Sydney dioc
8 Apr 1998	Rev Francis Cornelius Costello Salisbury, Ipswich, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
8 Apr 2002	Rev James Mates OFM Sydney, etc
8 Apr 2002	Rev James Meatus OFM East Melbourne, Mt. Eliza, Vic; Wahroonga, NSW
8 Apr 2007	Rev Kevin Cronin Willetton/Brentwood, Mirrabooka, Southern Cross, Kondinin/Kulin, Beverley, Maylands, WA
8 Apr 2008	Most Rev Thomas Francis Little DD KBE Born i30/11/1925; Ordained 03/10/1950; Consecrated Titular Bishop of Temuniana and Auxiliary Bishop to Archbishop of Melbourne 21/2/1973; Promoted to See of Melbourne 1/7/1974; Retired 16/7/1996.
9 Apr 1887	Rev Bartholomew Callinan Bathurst, NSW; Launceston, Tas
9 Apr 1887	Rev Christopher Morris Launceston, Tas, etc
9 Apr 1898	Rev Thomas Moriarty Warrnambool, Koroit, Ararat, etc, Vic
9 Apr 1924	Rev Patrick Bonaventure Kennedy OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
9 Apr 1927	Rev Augustine Murua OSB New Norcia, WA
9 Apr 1936	Bishop Charles Cox OMI Fremantle, Glendalough, WA
9 Apr 1986	Rev Gerard Kelly Hobart, Rosebery, Cygnet, Latrobe, etc, Tas
9 Apr 2000	Rev William Cagney OMI Camberwell, Sorrento, Vic; Eagle Junction, Qld; Lesmurdie, WA
9 Apr 2002	Rev Dennis Redmond Whelan Coonabarabran, Orange, Bathurst, Kandos, Cowra, Cumnock/Yeoval, North Dubbo, NSW.
9 Apr 2003	Rev Bernard Reed Hobart, St. Mary�s, St. Leonard�s, etc, Tas
9 Apr 2009	Rev Thomas O'Reilly CM
9 Apr 2010	Rev Mgr Vincent Casey Read more Born 25/11/1907; Ordained 29/11/1931; An excerpt from the Manly, October 1943, speaks of Vincent Casey as being quiet, unassuming and very competent. At Springwood and at Manly until his ordination in 1931 he was noted as having that rare combination of being a keen student and a champion athlete. It was to his credit that he took to his studies with the same keenness as he took to his games and apparently with the same success. The combination has served him well. When Vincent Casey entered the priesthood Australia lost an all round athlete but the church gained a noble son.' His sermons, no longer than seven minutes, always involved for all present a practical and challenging message, which was well loved by his parishioners. He somehow managed to lighten the sermon with a humorous story while now and then the congregation was treated to a wonderful recitation from CJ Denis or another of his favourite poets. He always said that if you don't get your message through in seven minutes you never will � and perhaps that is a message we should all heed! His wisdom, sense of humour, sincerity, approachability and kindness won him a place in the hearts of many as these qualities were always evident in his dealings with those he encountered during his ministry. He has a special regard for the religious of the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese and he was ever ready to be of assistance to them. We thank him for his lifelong commitment and fidelity to the church and to the people to whom he has ministered during his life. Rest in peace dear Vincent.
9 Apr 2012	Rev Donal Lane SJ
9 Apr 2017	Rev Francis James Pidgeon CSsR Read more Redemptorist Fathers Frank Pidgeon was a native of the Mallee Region of Victoria. He joined the Redemptorist as a young teenager and was ordained to the priesthood in July 1962. Very soon after his ordination, Frank was appointed to the Philippine Mission. He adapted quickly and professionally. He soon became very proficient in the languages of Bicol and Tagalog. He laboured in missions to the Barrios. He cheerfully endured the hardships and stresses of barrio life. Frank was soon assigned to the national shrine to Our Mother of Perpetual Succour in Baclaran � a shrine of international importance and arguably one of the busiest churches in the northern hemisphere. He was appointed superior of the community there before being elected superior of the Vice Province of Manila. His term of leadership marked a critical time in the Vice Province's development. He supervised a transition of authority and missionary direction and placed it firmly in the hands of native Filipinos. When Frank's term of leadership ended, Frank embarked on The Happy Wanderer' stage of his career. It was a one man missionary tour de force' on the world stage. He went to Iraq to provide pastoral care for the Overseas Pastoral Workers. Then, off to New York's Fordham University to study. From there, he moved to Singapore where he ministered to the Filipino domestic workers. He accepted an invitation to join the new Redemptorist missionary outreach to China and was based in Hong Kong where, once again, he conducted chaplaincy to the Filipino domestic workers before moving to Beijing in mainland China. In 2004, Frank returned to Australia but his heart was in Asia. He returned to Manila and before long was once again appointed superior of the Baclaran community at the national shrine to Our Mother of Perpetual Succour. It was around this time that the fatal Lewy Body disease began to manifest its symptoms. He returned to Australia in 2011 and sometime later was admitted to the Our Lady of Peace Home at Rooty Hill where he remained in care until claimed by the Lord on the 9th April 2017. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
9 Apr 2023	Rev John Conroy MSC Born 22/04/1934. Ordained 16/07/1966. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
10 Apr 1876	Rev Michael Joseph Murray Ravenswood, Bowen, etc, Qld
10 Apr 1882	Rev John J Roche Adelaide dioc
10 Apr 1898	Rev Jean Andre Vidil SM Sydney
10 Apr 1910	Rev Mgr Patrick Hand West Maitland, etc, NSW
10 Apr 1915	Rev Mgr James Joseph O'Brien Sydney dioc
10 Apr 1919	Rev Phillip Joseph Walsh Sydney, Wollongong, NSW; Geelong, Vic (1904?)
10 Apr 1951	Rev Benedict Donegan CP Glen Osmond, SA
10 Apr 1951	Rev Vincent Foley OSA Rochester, Echuca, Kyabram, Vic
10 Apr 1951	Rev Daniel Gleeson McMahon Cowwarr, Warragul, Bairnsdale, Yarram, etc, Vic
10 Apr 1965	Archbishop James Duhig Rockhampton, Brisbane, Qld
10 Apr 1973	Rev Jose Iban Pertejo OSA North Queensland
10 Apr 1973	Rev Leonard Pultanevitch CP Sydney; Hobart, etc
10 Apr 1985	Rev John H Cleary Elsternwick, etc, Vic
10 Apr 1985	Rev Thomas Pierse Haymarket, Clifton Gardens, etc, NSW
10 Apr 1989	Rev Peter Nicholas Kerwick Ingham, Mundingburra, Mount Isa, Garbutt, Cranbrook, Currajong, Cathedral - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
10 Apr 1994	Rev John Joseph Dekker MHM Newman, WA
10 Apr 2005	Rev Bernard Macken Melbourne dioc
10 Apr 2007	Rev Edward (Jim) Fallon
10 Apr 2011	Rev Ronald Merrick PE Born 22/12/1924; Healesville, Gordon, Clifton Hill, Brunswick West, Seaford, Avondale Heights, Williamstown, Wattle Park - Archdiocese of Melbourne.
10 Apr 2021	His Eminence Idris E Cardinal Cassidy DD AC Read more Born 5/7/1924; Ordained 23/07/1949. Archdiocese of Sydney Born in Sydney NSW 05/07/1924. Ordained Priest for Wagga Wagga 23/07/1949. Consecrated 15/11/1970 Titular Archbishop of Amantia and Apostolic Nuncio. Appointed President Pontifical Council for Christian Unity 12/12/1989. Retired 03/03/2001. Created Cardinal Deacon of the Holy Roman Church by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on 28/06/1991 of the title of Santa Maria in Via Lata. Promoted Cardinal Priest of the same title 26/02/2002.
11 Apr 1893	Rev Eugene Roussel MSC Sydney
11 Apr 1933	Rev Francis Lyons SJ Brisbane, Adelaide, etc
11 Apr 1933	Rev Patrick John Sheehy Sydney dioc
11 Apr 1941	Rev Michael O'Sullivan Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
11 Apr 1949	Rev Stanislaus Henry McGee OFM Bathurst, Forbes, Sydney, NSW
11 Apr 1957	Rev Patrick Donovan MSC Randwick, Kensington, NSW
11 Apr 1974	Rev Mgr Augustus Ambrose Lacey Albury, Culcairn, etc, NSW
11 Apr 1977	Rev Patrick Flanagan Sydney Diocese
11 Apr 1977	Rev Charles J Keane Mackay, Rockhampton, Cloncurry Sarina, Barcaldine, Clerond, Qld
11 Apr 1978	Rev James Arthur Conroy Barraba, etc, NSW
11 Apr 1978	Rev John Joseph Dougherty Casino, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads, Lismore, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Smithtown, Kempsey, Wauchope, Mallanganee, MacLean, NSW
11 Apr 1979	Rev Colin Miller South Caulfield, Ferntree Gully, Mornington, etc, Vic
11 Apr 1980	Rev George Cranney MacLean, Casino, Grafton, Kyogle, etc, NSW
11 Apr 1985	Rev Leo Kirkham George Town, Brighton, Campbell Town, etc, Tas
11 Apr 1988	Rev Louis McDonnell OFM Sandhurst dioc, Vic; Sydney
11 Apr 1988	Rev Maurice Mulcahy SM Sydney
11 Apr 1992	Rev Mgr Leslie Schuhkraft Toowoomba, Cunnamulla, Jandowae, Millmerran, Clifton, Qld
11 Apr 1994	Rev John Stanislaus Cross Melbourne dioc
11 Apr 1995	Rev George Richard (Anselm) Stoner OFM Sydney; Hobart; Brisbane
11 Apr 2002	Rev Mgr Alexander (Lex) Johnson Brighton-le-Sands, Pennant Hills, Elizabeth Bay, Waitara, Mt. Druitt, Forest Lodge, Earlwood, Mascot, Sydney, Lane Cove, NSW
11 Apr 2005	Clement Arthur William Gally Frestville, Sydney and Parramatta diocs, NSW
11 Apr 2012	Rev Kevin Castles Born 28/07/1920.
11 Apr 2018	Rev Brian Cunneen MSC Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
12 Apr 1905	Rev Timothy Harnett Bega, etc, NSW
12 Apr 1910	Rev John O'Dwyer Tumut, Crookwell, Gunning, Carcoar, etc, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
12 Apr 1912	Rev John Donovan Sydney, Mudgee, etc, NSW
12 Apr 1916	Rev John M Magnier CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
12 Apr 1916	Rev Michael Nelan Mt. Moriac, Colac, etc, Vic
12 Apr 1951	Rev Frederick Charles O'Connor Kerang, etc, Vic
12 Apr 1955	Rev Edward James Bradley Sydney dioc
12 Apr 1955	Rev Mgr Maurice Tobin Glen Innes, etc, NSW
12 Apr 1956	Rev Edward Gallagher CM Bathurst, NSW, etc
12 Apr 1968	Rev John N Michael Warwick, etc, Qld
12 Apr 1971	Rev Denis Lawrence Dobson OFM Sydney, etc
12 Apr 1986	Rev Francis Doolan East Melbourne, etc, Vic
12 Apr 1996	Rev Karol F Szojda SDS Exton, Shark Bay, Carnarvon, Greenmount, Subiaco, Geraldton dioc, WA
12 Apr 2002	Rev Thomas Moore Adelaide, Largs Bay, Mt. Gambier, Pinnaroo, Parkside, Kilburn, Birdwood, Balaklava, Kapunda, SA
12 Apr 2003	Rev Lester (Les) Cashen Pyrmont/Forest Lodge, Sydney dioc
12 Apr 2003	Rev Francis Lovatin CS Unanderra, North Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle, Liverpool, Surry Hills, North Lismore, Mascot, NSW; Brisbane, Qld; Fitzroy, Vic; Seton, SA
12 Apr 2006	Rev Benjamin M Hartridge Born 24/01/1929.
12 Apr 2006	Rev Austin Hayes
12 Apr 2011	Rev Leslie Troy CM Read more Born 14/01/1925; Ordained 25/05/1952 - Vincentian Fathers. Les Troy CM died peacefully on 12 April 2011 in Melbourne, after a prolonged illness. He was 86 years of age. Les joined the Vincentians in 1945 and was ordained a priest in 1952. His early priestly ministry was divided between the Parishes of Wandal (Rockhampton), Southport (Queensland), Ashfield (NSW) and Malvern (Victoria). He also worked for a number of years at St Vincent's College, Bendigo, Victoria, and at Natovi Mission Station in Fiji. Les was the Chaplain at De La Salle College in Malvern for twenty-five years. It was a ministry at which he excelled and he is fondly remembered by the De La Salle Brothers and the former students of the College as a man whose pastoral care, kindness and friendship were second to none. Rest now in peace Les.
13 Apr 1868	Rev Thomas Hyland Kapunda, SA
13 Apr 1885	Rev Francis Xavier Kaercher Brisbane, Rockhampton, Toowoomba diocs, Qld
13 Apr 1892	Rev Thomas Lynch Fremantle, Kalgoorlie, Perth, WA
13 Apr 1945	Rev Charles Joseph Cullen Ballina, etc, NSW
13 Apr 1962	Rev George Emmett Sharry Geraldton, WA
13 Apr 1968	Rev Mgr John Vincent McCooe Sydney dioc, NSW
13 Apr 1969	Rev Arthur A Pegrem Moss Vale, Boolaroo, Flemington, NSW
13 Apr 1969	Rev Wilfred Alexander Pooley Sale dioc, Melbourne dioc, Vic
13 Apr 1972	Rev Daniel Galvin Ashbury, etc, NSW
13 Apr 1983	Rev Marius McAuliffe OFM
13 Apr 1986	Rev Francis Arthurs Boonah, etc, Qld
13 Apr 1987	Rev Leo Daniel Driscoll New Lambton, Maitland, NSW
13 Apr 1992	Rev William Flanagan Adelaide dioc
13 Apr 1992	Rev Francis Joseph Gorman SJ
13 Apr 1994	Rev Kevin Bagley Rockhampton dioc, Qld
13 Apr 1995	Rev Mgr Leo Stanislaus Fiscalini Ballarat dioc, Vic
13 Apr 1995	Rev Peter Richard Hill Wollongong, Kiama, Campbelltown, Helensburgh, NSW
13 Apr 1995	Rev Phillip Mel Roach Leeton, Cowra, Narrandera, Wagga Wagga, Urana, South Wagga Wagga, Lockhart, NSW
13 Apr 1998	Rev Laurence Malcolm Moffat OCarm Port Melbourne, Middle Park, Vic; Hilton, WA; Pennington, SA; Wentworthville, NSW
13 Apr 2000	Rev Joseph Johnson SJ Sydney; Melbourne, etc
13 Apr 2001	Rev Neville Gawler Cronulla, Forest Lodge, Earlwood, NSW
13 Apr 2004	Rev Lex Herzig Toowoomba, Dalby, Charleville, Goondiwindi, Chinchilla, Tara, Cambooya/Greenmount, Qld
13 Apr 2013	Rev Thomas Cruice CSsR Ordained 05/03/1939
13 Apr 2016	Rev Patrick McAtamney Diocese of Broome
14 Apr 1900	Rev Fulgentius Dominguez OSB New Norcia, WA
14 Apr 1903	Rev James V Grant Melbourne dioc; Hobart dioc; Newcastle, Coonamble, Tamworth, NSW
14 Apr 1912	Rev Matthias Patrick Walche Oberon, Bangalow. NSW
14 Apr 1919	Rev James A Kenny Melbourne dioc
14 Apr 1928	Rev Ignatius John Sugrue OSA Cooktown, Etheridge, Palmer, Croydon, Mareeba, Cairns, Qld; Echuca, Vic
14 Apr 1931	Rev James Tobin Clancy Armidale dioc, NSW
14 Apr 1939	Rev Michael Patrick Tansey Croydon, etc, NSW
14 Apr 1961	Rev Kieran J Luby Brisbane dioc
14 Apr 1968	Rev Mgr John English Brisbane dioc
14 Apr 1968	Rev Richard Lyng Northbridge, etc, NSW
14 Apr 1975	Rev Mgr Denis Brendan O'Sullivan Adelaide dioc
14 Apr 1976	Rev Anastase (Alfred) Paoletti OFMCap Halifax, Qld
14 Apr 1985	Rev Kevin Lynch SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
14 Apr 1987	Rev Michael Cuddigan SSC Melbourne, etc
14 Apr 1993	Rev Peter Butkus Lewisham, etc, NSW
14 Apr 1993	Rev Vincent Sheil Port Pirie and Sydney diocs
14 Apr 1997	Rev James Hooper OSA Babinda, Herberton, Cairns, Qld
14 Apr 2016	Rev Dominik Sobala SChr
14 Apr 2023	Rev Laurence Mooney OSA Born 03/07/1941; Ordained 29/10/1965. Augustinians - Order of St Augustine.
15 Apr 1880	Rev James Quinlan Willunga, etc, SA
15 Apr 1882	Rev James J McGurr Sydney, Bathurst, Forbes, NSW
15 Apr 1884	Rev John M Dwyer OSB St. Mary's, Five Docks, etc, NSW
15 Apr 1910	Rev Daniel Horan Sale, Bacchus Marsh, etc, Vic
15 Apr 1933	Rev Henry Van der Aa MSC Sydney, etc
15 Apr 1946	Rev James Horgan Ballarat, etc, Vic
15 Apr 1948	Rev Thomas English South Yarra, Yarraville, etc, Vic
15 Apr 1949	Rev Thomas (Francis Regis) Courbon MSC Sydney, etc
15 Apr 1955	Rev John Graham MSC Mangana, Campbelltown, St. Mary�s, Tas
15 Apr 1957	Rev Patrick O'Brien SJ Sydney, etc
15 Apr 1958	Rev John Healey Bardon, etc, Qld
15 Apr 1974	Rev James Nicholas Breen OSA Herberton, Cooktown, etc, Qld
15 Apr 1979	Rev John O'Herlihy Bathurst dioc, NSW
15 Apr 1983	Rev John (David) Buist CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
15 Apr 1985	Rev Thomas Victor Tomich Spearwood, etc, WA
15 Apr 1986	Rev Patrick Gleeson Bordertown, Penola, Manoora, Tailem Bend, Kingston, SA
15 Apr 1989	Rev Anthony Cleary CP Sydney, etc
15 Apr 1989	Rev Richard Patrick Walsh Wooloowin, etc, Qld
15 Apr 1995	Rev Mgr Paul Jatulis Adelaide dioc
15 Apr 1998	Rev William Kelly Adelaide dioc
15 Apr 2001	Rev John Francis Daly SVD
15 Apr 2007	Rev Anthony O'Keefe Born 08/02/1958; Ordained 28/10/1988; Diocese of Toowoomba, QLD.
15 Apr 2008	Rev Timothy Tolan Born 12/08/1954; Ordained 16/07/1996; Hastings, Endeavour Hills, East Bentleigh, Frankston, Healesville, Hampton, Wantirna - Archdiocese of Melbourne.
15 Apr 2011	Rev Alan Commins CM Read more Born 11/12/1924; Ordained 27/05/1948 - Vincentian Fathers. After ordination in May 1948, he pursued further studies at Santo Tomas University, Manila and was awarded a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1950 for his thesis on St Thomas' Fourth Way. On his return to Australia he taught for a few months at St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst (NSW) before transferring to St Charles' Seminary at Guildford in Western Australia where he remained until the end of 1963 serving as Rector from 1958 to 1963. In 1964 he went as Rector to St Francis Xavier Seminary at Rostrevor (SA) where he remained for the next eleven years. His years spent in these two Seminaries during the changes brought about by the Second Vatican Council were for Alan the most important years of his ministry as a Priest. He returned to the Seminary apostolate in 1990, taking up a teaching position at Pacific Regional Seminary at Suva, where he remained until the end of 1992. In total, Alan spent twenty seven years in the Seminary apostolate, sixteen years in the parishes of Wandal (Rockhampton), Southport (Queensland) and Marsfield (NSW) and two years on the Vincentian Parish Renewal Team when it first began in 1979. The last 14 years of Alan's ministry were spent in supply work in the Archdiocese of Adelaide (1997-2001), in the Diocese of Bathurst (2002-2009) and in chaplaincy at Cardinal Freeman Village, Ashfield. Alan will be remembered as a scholar and a mentor, a man of wisdom, of compassion and joie de vivre. Rest in peace Alan.
15 Apr 2023	Rev William Ryder SM Born 24/11/1936; Ordained 08/07/1961. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
16 Apr 1931	Rev Peter O'Reilly Rokewood, Parramatta, Gosford, Bondi, etc, NSW
16 Apr 1939	Rev William O'Leary SJ Sydney, etc
16 Apr 1948	Rev Michael Daly Nihil, Maryborough, Camperdown, etc, Vic
16 Apr 1952	Rev William J Kett Port Pirie dioc, SA; Melbourne
16 Apr 1959	Rev Francis Bartley SM Melbourne
16 Apr 1965	Rev Richard Van de Wouwer MSC Sydney, etc
16 Apr 1969	Rev Michael J Noonan Lismore dioc, NSW
16 Apr 1976	Rev Patrick Mollaghan Cowra, etc, NSW
16 Apr 1978	Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill Bendigo, Vic; Cairns, Qld; Canberra, ACT; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
16 Apr 1985	Rev Roderick Lynch Toowoomba, Roma, Dalby, Stanthorpe, Taroom, Tannymorel, Killarney, Scarborough, Qld
16 Apr 1986	Rev William Rovira Melbourne dioc
16 Apr 1987	Rev Harry Laing Norman Park, etc, Qld
16 Apr 1988	Rev James Michael Brosnahan SM Sydney; Brisbane
16 Apr 1993	Rev Leo Francis Leonard Parkes, Broken Hill, Warren, etc, NSW
16 Apr 1998	Rev Arthur Bridgewater CM
16 Apr 2000	Rev Neale Wilson South Camberwell, Balaclava, Bulleen, East Frankston, Kew, Alphington, Vic
16 Apr 2005	Rev Mgr Joseph Matthew Keady CM Bathurst, NSW
16 Apr 2006	Rev Henricus (Harry) Verbruggen Traralgon, Warragul, Vic
16 Apr 2006	Rev Harry Verbruggen SSC Diocese of Sale, Victoria
16 Apr 2012	Rev Walter Fingleton SM Read more Born 01/02/1915; Ordained 22/07/1944 - Marist Fathers. Wally, Australia's senior Marist priest at 97 years of age, passed away in Townsville after suffering a fall. He grew up in Sydney and in 1936 entered the new Marist Seminary at Toongabbie. After studies in Australia and New Zealand he was ordained on 22 July 1944. The first 25 years of Wally's priestly life were spent in Bougainville and the Shortland Islands where he did a great deal to help local people prepare for independence and self government. Because of a serious eye problem Wally had to return to Australia in 1974 and for a number of years worked in Marist parishes. From 1982 Wally worked in rural parishes on the Southern Tablelands and in the Riverina area of NSW. Rest in peace Wally.
16 Apr 2016	Rev Cyril Blake PE Read more Born:05/02/1931 Ordained: 27/07/1958 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne Cyril entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee in 1951 and was ordained in 1958 by Archbishop Simonds. He was appointed Assistant Priest to Castlemaine (1959), and West Preston (1962). In 1966 Cyril wrote to Bishop Fox, May I also, My Lord, bring again to your notice my request earlier this year to be released for some time for the missions. I would like to think that I could do this with your blessing and approval. I am not sure that God wants me there, but at least I could try.' Cyril was persistent and later wrote to Archbishop Knox seeking selection for missionary work having visited New Guinea. On 11 December, 1968 Archbishop Knox wrote approving Cyril's selection to serve overseas. He remained in Papua New Guinea from 1969 until 1981 serving with the Melbourne Overseas Mission (MOM). He worked tirelessly with others in establishing schools where there were no schools, dispensed medical help where none existed, visited the isolated communities of the Highlands, supported agricultural education and the education to prevent the spread of disease. He was passionate to ensure the Archdiocese of Melbourne sustained its care, awareness and engagement through MOM. In acknowledging Cyril's contribution, we honour his family, who to this present day continue that missionary legacy through the outreach of Melbourne Overseas Mission. Upon his return to the Archdiocese in 1981, Cyril undertook a period of renewal before being appointed Administrator of East Geelong (1982), Parish Priest, Ringwood East (1982), Assistant Priest, Blackburn (1983) and Parish Priest of Highett (1986) retiring in 2011 as Pastor Emeritus to Holy Trinity Parish, Bentleigh. Cyril was a proud member of the Class of 58'. A man inspired by the Beatitudes, passionate in his care of others and one who was never afraid to share his opinion. He had survived serious accidents and illness which gave him a deep empathy for others. He was dedicated pastor, loyal friend and proud member of the Blake family. Rest in peace dear Cyril.
16 Apr 2017	Rev Wendelin Lorenz SAC Read more Born 25/01/1930 Ordained in Germany 20/07/1958 The Pallottine Community and friends mourn the death of Wendelin Lorenz. Wendelin was ordained in Vallendar, Germany on 20/07/1958 and arrived in Australia 1959. He faithfully served in the Broome Diocese at Balgo, Kununurra, Derby and was Vicar-General of the Diocese before retiring to Perth. May he now rest in peace.
16 Apr 2022	Rev Raymond Weaver Born 14/12/1937; Ordained 21/07/1962. Archdiocese of Sydney.
16 Apr 2023	Rev Brian Vincent Johnstone CSsR Born 05/12/1938. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
17 Apr 1895	Rev Andrew Monaghan Caboolture, Bundaberg, etc, Qld
17 Apr 1907	David (Richard) John Darcy Wellington, etc, NSW; Toowoomba, Qld
17 Apr 1911	Rev Edward J Luby Brunswick, etc, Vic
17 Apr 1928	Rev Michael Quinn Woodend, Drysdale, St. Kilda, Surrey Hills, Elsternwick, Essendon, Vic
17 Apr 1944	Rev Denis Richardson Howell Colac, Maryborough, Horsham, etc, Vic
17 Apr 1947	Rev William Weddell SM Sydney
17 Apr 1949	Rev William O'Sullivan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
17 Apr 1957	Rev Mgr Martin Jordan Brisbane dioc
17 Apr 1963	Rev Laurence Cosgrove Armidale dioc, NSW
17 Apr 1964	Rev Robert W Frizzell OCarm Melbourne, etc
17 Apr 1966	Rev Patrick J Morris Sydney dioc
17 Apr 1974	Rev John Brosnan Subiaco, Wembley, etc, WA
17 Apr 1975	Rev Bartholomew Joseph McDermott Read more Ballarat, Coleraine, Timboon, Quambatook etc, Victoria - Diocese of Ballarat.
17 Apr 1976	Rev Martin Crean Lawson, Ryde, North Ryde, Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
17 Apr 1987	Rev John Anthony Connellan Melbourne dioc
17 Apr 1987	Rev Valentino Selvo SSP Sydney
17 Apr 2001	Rev P Joseph O'Farrell OSA Innisfail, Mareeba, Cairns, Mossman, Qld
17 Apr 2001	Rev Leo Stevens Wollongong, Unanderra, Bulli, NSW
17 Apr 2002	Rev Thomas Jones Cairns dioc, Qld
17 Apr 2004	Rev David John Brimson OSA Brisbane, Qld; Rochester, Vic; Manly Vale, Brookvale, Sydney, NSW
17 Apr 2010	Rev Gaetano Crocetti Read more Born 14/11/1925; Date of Ordination: 28/07/1951 - Diocese of Bunbury. Gaetano, one of the founding fathers of the Bunbury Diocese, was a priest whose motto in life could well have been: "Thy will be done�. He was a wonderful companion, gentle confessor, great joke teller (especially on the golf course in the endeavour to put you off your game) and a generous host at his presbytery when his mother was cooking! Born in Penne, Italy the family came to Australia when Gaetano was nine and he entered St.Charles' Seminary at the age of 16. After completing his philosophy course at Guildford, he studied theology at Manly, was ordained in 1951 and spent the next 49 years ministering throughout the diocese. Gaetano's sisters, Sr Immaculata, Sr Maria and Sr Emmanuel who lovingly cared for him were with him when was called to eternal life. Well done, good and faithful servant�
17 Apr 2020	Rev Deacon Chris Coleman Diocese of Bunbury.
17 Apr 2020	Rev Deacon Chris Colman Date of Ordination: 16/06/2012 Diocese of Bunbury
18 Apr 1880	Rev William Mason Finn Ballarat, Heidelberg, Geelong, etc, Vic
18 Apr 1894	Rev James Darcy CSsR Waratah, NSW; Ballarat, Vic
18 Apr 1918	Rev Thaddeus Hogan Warwick, Qld
18 Apr 1934	Rev John Considine Adelaide dioc
18 Apr 1934	Rev James Joseph Walsh Sydney dioc
18 Apr 1937	Rev Terence Browne CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
18 Apr 1938	Rev John Thomas Dowling Holland Park, etc, Qld
18 Apr 1946	Rev Richard Buckley Sale dioc, Vic
18 Apr 1947	Rev Aloysius Berclaz MSC Sydney
18 Apr 1947	Rev Joseph Lowe CM Bathurst, NSW; Malvern, Sale, Vic
18 Apr 1948	Rev Gabriel Henry O'Farrell OP Adelaide; Melbourne, etc
18 Apr 1956	Rev John McCann Brisbane dioc
18 Apr 1959	Rev Patrick Casey Carcoar, etc, NSW
18 Apr 1959	Rev James Walsh Morpeth, etc, NSW
18 Apr 1963	Rev Raymond Ouvrier CP Melbourne; Marrickville, NSW
18 Apr 1970	Rev Patrick J Gearon OCarm Melbourne, etc
18 Apr 1976	Rev Andrew McCusker OMI Sorrento, Vic; Penshurst, NSW; Eagle Junction, Qld, etc
18 Apr 1988	Rev Roderick Hoult SSC Sydney
18 Apr 2000	Rev Gerrard Daniel Briglia Moreland, Aspendale, Bundoora, Vic
18 Apr 2000	Rev Joseph Johnston SJ Sydney; Melbourne
18 Apr 2012	Rev John Bonato SM Read more Born 11/02/1942 - Marist Fathers. John, from Katanning WA, passed away in Fiji. John was only 70 years but diabetes and other complaints had seriously damaged his health over recent years. After ordination in 1965 John taught at Bellambi (Wollongong) for seven years. He fulfilled his dream of working in the mission and was appointed to Tonga for four years in 1973. John then became a lecturer in the Science faculty of the University of the South Pacific and was appointed the Catholic chaplain to the University by the Archbishop. For 35 years John worked among the students and staff of USP. He was an incredibly simple and gentle man. His funeral was a huge affair with colleagues, students, and alumni of the university, Catholic and non-Catholic, coming to say farewell. Rest in peace John.
18 Apr 2014	Rev Maurice Bernard (Lou) Heriot PE Read more Born 22/03/1927; Ordained 22/07/1951 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. In the early hours of Good Friday, Maurice �Lou� Bernard Heriot, in the sixty third year of his priesthood, died peacefully at his home surrounded by those who had cared and watched with him until his final breath. Lou was educated at St Mary's Ascot Vale and Christian Brothers College, North Melbourne and St Bernard's, Essendon. He entered Corpus Christi College on 1 March 1944 and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Mannix on 22 July 1951. Following his ordination, Lou served temporarily as Assistant Priest at Healesville (1951), Sunshine (1952-1957), St Patrick's Cathedral (1957), Footscray (1959-1962), Collingwood and the Marriage Guidance Centre (1962-1964), Administrator of Daylesford (1964), and then as Parish Priest at Blackburn North (1966-1969), Melbourne South (1969-1973), Bentleigh East (1973-1993), Brighton East (1993-2009) retiring as Pastor Emeritus in 2009. Lou saw life and priesthood as a pure and utter gift from God. Every pastoral encounter was an opportunity to engage with life and became for him a window to the Divine. He was a dedicated pastor who worked tirelessly with others to build the Kingdom of God. He was proud of his achievements in building strong, vibrant and active parishes. He allowed others to bring their gifts to the service of parish life and the proclamation of the Gospel. He loved to travel and to meet people from all walks of life. He ensured that all were made welcome, felt valued and were made to feel at home by his warm presence. Lou knew he was loved by many. Throughout his illness and suffering, he was accompanied by faithful friends. Trusted lay, religious and priest friends knew how much he appreciated their care and support. He loved his wider family and was able to celebrate their joys, achievements and sorrows. Among Lou's many gifts was his ability to reminisce and to discover the presence of a faithful companion, Jesus the Christ. In his book, And Then There Will Be Another Horizon, Lou recalls his life as one of immense blessing and celebrates the gift of being a priest. On the day of his death, at the most sacred time of the Paschal Triduum, Lou was remembered as one who served the Lord which great devotion. May he now enjoy the eternal horizon of life with God. Rest in peace dear Lou.
18 Apr 2018	Rev Kevin O'Shea CSsR Read more Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeeme With the death of Redemptorist Father Kevin O'Shea a great light has gone out, for our Congregation, for the Australian Church, and many more. Our provincial, Edmond Nixon CSsR, in a moving homily during the Requiem mass, noted the singularly luminous effect of Kevin's life in his ability to shed light on the mysteries of faith and the deepest reaches of the universe itself: not only was Kevin a classically trained theologian but also he possessed and continued to cultivate an expert knowledge of philosophy of science and mathematics, not to mention his lifelong interest in the deep things of the human mind itself. As a young man Kevin contributed to any number of international theological journals and published his thesis on a profound aspect of the Incarnation. Subsequently, he did not write a great number of books, possibly because his mind was so endlessly restless and creative and he had little patience with footnotes and lists of authorities, and the demands of writing. He was, however, endlessly productive in his research and his willingness to share it, and enjoy the new resources of the computer and the Internet. The clarity, comprehensiveness and creativity of his exposition brought him many invitations to lecture, both in Australia and overseas. He was a regular visitor for a number of years to the Jesuit University of Fordham, New York, where his lectures and courses were deeply appreciated by faculty and students alike. Redemptorists and the wider Australian church were singularly blessed with the presence of a remarkable intelligence at work amongst us. Kevin has gone into the vision of God, after a long and fruitful witness to faith and to the things of God. His legacy will be cherished by those of us who, however far behind, follow after this man of luminous mind and generous heart in its service of the Word of God and the promise of plentiful redemption.
18 Apr 2019	Rev Francis Crane Born 30/06/1926; Ordained 29/06/1955 Diocese of Cairns
19 Apr 1908	Rev Thomas Cahill SJ Melbourne, etc
19 Apr 1949	Rev Mgr Patrick Haydon Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
19 Apr 1954	Rev Edwin Victor Dowd Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
19 Apr 1955	Rev John Lee MSC Sydney; Hobart dioc, Tas, etc
19 Apr 1968	Rev Paul Fleming MSC Sydney; Moonah, Tas, etc
19 Apr 1974	Rev Michael Gregory Hayes Molong, etc, NSW
19 Apr 1976	Rev Paul James Forrest OP Melbourne, etc
19 Apr 1976	Rev Thomas Hayes Kendall, Branxton, Maitland, Taree, Morpeth, Adamstown, etc. NSW
19 Apr 1979	Rev Stanislaus Kelly SJ Werribee, Melbourne, Vic; Sydney
19 Apr 1980	Rev Mgr John Wallace Highgate, Mt. Lawley, Nedlands, etc, WA
19 Apr 1981	Rev Sylvester O'Brien OFM Kew, Vic; Waverley, NSW, etc
19 Apr 1987	Rev John Redcliffe, Gayndah, Bulimba, Murgon, etc, Qld
19 Apr 1987	Rev Peter Murphy Launceston, Cygnet, Burnie, Invermay, Longford, St. Mary�s, New Norfolk, Tas
19 Apr 1990	Rev Mgr Edward Cyril Favier Born 01/12/1907; Ordained 01/12/1935; Yarralumla, Braddon, Red Hill, ACT; Goulburn, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT.
19 Apr 2002	Rev Francis Richards Melbourne dioc
19 Apr 2003	Rev Peter Edward Coyte Trangie, etc, Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW.
19 Apr 2006	Rev Edward Kennedy Archdiocese of Sydney.
19 Apr 2008	Rev Harold William Campbell Maitland-Newcastle dioc
19 Apr 2013	Rev Thomas Patrick Furey PE Read more Born 12/03/1931; Ordained 27/07/1964 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Tom served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 48 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. He was appointed Assistant Priest at the parishes of Doveton, Ascot Vale and Parkville, where he was involved with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and then to Geelong, before being Administrator at South Yarra and then at Camberwell parish as Assistant Priest. Tom gave a year of important work at the Corpus Christi Seminary and was Parish Priest at West Heidelberg, Kealba and Meredith until his appointment as Chaplain to Mercy Place Rice Village, Marshall, Geelong. He was appointed Pastor Emeritus upon his retirement in 2005. The Pontifical Funeral Mass was celebrated at St Mary of the Angels Basilica, Geelong on Friday, 26 April 2013 followed by burial in the priests' section at Geelong Cemetery. May Tom rest in peace.
19 Apr 2023	Rev Robert John Thomas Maguire AM PE RFD Born 14/09/1934; Ordained 24/07/1960. Archdiocese of Melbourne.
20 Apr 1854	Rev Charles Clarke Kilmore, Vic
20 Apr 1866	Rev Patrick Magennis East Maitland, Yass, Appin, etc, NSW
20 Apr 1882	Rev Thomas Slattery Bathurst, NSW, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Vic
20 Apr 1898	Rev Francis Murphy SJ Melbourne, etc
20 Apr 1909	Rev Richard Murray Wollongong dioc, NSW
20 Apr 1918	Rev Michael J O'Brien Melbourne dioc
20 Apr 1926	Rev William Quilter Melbourne dioc
20 Apr 1929	Rev Joseph Blake Collier Koroit, St. Arnaud, Vic; Adelaide dioc
20 Apr 1932	Rev Albert (Jeremias) Fagan OCarm South Melbourne, Vic, etc
20 Apr 1937	Rev Terence Brown CSsR
20 Apr 1959	Rev Stanley O'Donnell Moruya, etc, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
20 Apr 1967	Rev Ambrose Patrick Browne OSA Innisfail, Cairns, Herberton, Babinda, Qld
20 Apr 1978	Rev Martin Francis Toal Jamestown, Burra, Adelaide, SA; Melbourne
20 Apr 1980	Rev Sylvester Francis Keane Springvale, Fawkner, Preston, etc, Vic
20 Apr 1987	Rev John Cummins CP Sydney, Goulburn, NSW, Oxley, Qld
20 Apr 2001	Rev Bertus van der Geest MHM Geelong, Vic; Meekathara, Perenjori and Morawa, Mount Magnet & Three Springs WA
20 Apr 2001	Rev Patrick McCormick Brisbane dioc
20 Apr 2007	Rev Kevin O'Leary SDB Glenorchy, Tas; Perth, WA; Melbourne, etc
20 Apr 2013	Rev Richard J Rafter OAM PE Born 24/10/1914; Ordained 24/07/1938. Archdiocese of Melbourne
20 Apr 2015	Rev Adrian Horgan Born 27/12/1941; Ordained 16/07/1966 Diocese of Bathurst
20 Apr 2017	Rev James Francis (Frank) Madden Read more Born 15/11/1926; Ordained 27/07/1963 Diocese of Ballarat Frank Madden, senior priest of the Diocese of Ballarat, died on April 20, 2017 at St John of God Hospital in Warrnambool. Frank was ordained in Ballarat on July 27, 1963. Born in Koroit on November 9, 1926 he was educated at St Columba's School Illowa and Good Samaritan College Koroit. After years of employment at what was then the Camperdown Butter Factory during which he obtained a Diploma in Accountancy, Frank commenced studies for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College Werribee in 1957 (age 31) and was ordained in Ballarat on July 27, 1963. He was appointed Assistant Priest at St Joseph's Warrnambool in January 1964 and served there until May 1968 when he was appointed Assistant Priest at St Patrick's Cathedral Ballarat where he served until May 1971. Frank was then appointed Administrator of St Aloysius' Redan from May 1971 until April 1976. During this time Frank also served as Vicar General. Following six months sabbatical in India and the United States, Frank served briefly as Administrator of the Parish of Inglewood (October 1976 - January 1977). In January 1977, Frank was appointed to St Patrick's Cathedral Parish Ballarat to lead the ministry team which he did until his appointment as Parish Priest of Horsham where he served from June 1982 - April 1997. It was during this time that the award winning Church of Ss Michael and John was built. Frank's final appointment was to Penshurst where he served as Parish Priest from April 5, 1997- September 22, 2011 when Frank retired to Koroit. He continued to offer sacramental ministry to the parish of Mortlake (Caramut) and as a supply priest to the parishes of the southern region. Throughout his ministry as a priest of the Diocese, in addition to his parish ministry, Frank made an outstanding contribution in many areas and was a wise mentor to many and a source of sound advice. May he rest in peace.
20 Apr 2018	Rev José-Maria Ened�guila SJ Read more Born 08/12/1934; Ordained 09/07/1966 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus A very active, zealous priest, Jos�-Maria Ened�guila died peacefully at Residential Gardens for Spanish Speaking Frail Aged in Western Sydney, aged 83, having been a Jesuit for 64 years and a priest for 51. Born in the Basque country of Spain, he entered the Preparatory Military Academy in Burgos after his schooling with a view to joining the army. There he met a Jesuit chaplain who was a pilot and who impressed him greatly. That led to a retreat, after which he joined the Castilla Province of the Society of Jesus (1953). All his formation was done in Spain. After ordination in 1966, he worked in a school, gave preached retreats and assisted the Master of Novices. He made his Solemn Profession in 1971. In 1974, at the age of 39, Jos�-Maria moved to Australia to become Catholic chaplain to Spanish-speaking migrants in Sydney. This was the major apostolate of his life, one that he exercised with great efficiency for 43 years until his retirement at the end of 2017. The people he ministered to were diverse � from Spain, Central and South America, the Philippines � and scattered over a wide geographical area. Beginning with very few resources, he organised the first Spanish school in Villawood (1980) and eventually established a Misi�n Cat�lica Hispana Centre at Fairfield, which became his base. He drew on the support of a dedicated, enthusiastic group of lay people, whom he trained through the Cursillos de Cristianad (Christianity courses) that he introduced. He gave thirty such courses in Western Sydney, ten in Melbourne and one in Canberra. These courses have since spread to all Hispanic communities in Australia. In 1983 he began publishing a weekly bulletin for the information and formation of the Spanish-speaking community. It has continued to the present day. His pastoral ministry continued unabated until he required surgery for a brain tumour in 2017. Fortunately, he was able to attend a rousing farewell on 16 December at St Gertrude's, Smithfield, where his funeral also took place on 27 April. Thousands benefited from Jos�-Maria's deep spirituality and devotion to his people. They had a great affection for him. Thoroughly committed to lay formation and collaboration, he gave his all and triumphed over many difficulties. He accepted his terminal illness with moving serenity.
20 Apr 2021	Rev Johnny Carpenter Born: 13-3-1938; Ordained: 17-2-1993
20 Apr 2023	Rev Theodore Gillian OFM Born 12/12/1931; Ordained 23/12/1967. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor.
21 Apr	Rev Raimondo Vaccari OFM (CP) Stradbroke Island, Qld
21 Apr 1921	Rev Patrick Cullen Gresford, Lambton, Mayfield, etc, NSW
21 Apr 1933	Rev Robert Little SJ Brisbane, etc
21 Apr 1949	Rev Thomas Gilroy Boulder, Collie, Albany, WA
21 Apr 1951	Rev Joseph Cullen Hobart, Zeehan, etc, Tas
21 Apr 1954	Rev Patrick Shannon CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
21 Apr 1961	Rev John Kerin Horsham, Hamilton, Cororooke, etc, Vic
21 Apr 1973	Rev Timothy McCarthy Ferntree Gully, etc, Vic
21 Apr 1976	Rev John Purcell SJ Melbourne; Sydney; Perth
21 Apr 1980	Rev Raymond Francis Beare Werribee, Alexandra, Trentham, etc, Vic
21 Apr 1982	Rev Mgr Bernard Canice Rogers Zeehan, Cygnet, Kingston, Hobart, Lindisfarne, Tas
21 Apr 1984	Rev Patrick Lynch Ouyen, Portland, Horsham, Vic
21 Apr 1996	Rev Jeremy Flynn Newtown, etc, NSW
21 Apr 1996	Rev Edward William O'Halloran Wangan Hills, Southern Cross, Goomalling, Glendalough, WA
21 Apr 2001	Rev Philip Brosnan CP Marrickville, NSW, etc
21 Apr 2004	Rev Mgr Gerald Cudmore Melbourne dioc
21 Apr 2005	Rev John Prat Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
21 Apr 2006	Rev Marcus Crowe Born 08/10/1916; Ordained 15/07/1941; Boorowa, Crookwell, Ardlethan, Goulburn, Captains Flat, Jindabyne, Gooloogong, Koorawatha, Taralga, Bega, Michelago, Campbell, ACT/NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT.
21 Apr 2013	Most Rev William Edward Murray DD DScSoc Read more Born in Leichhardt NSW 16/2/1920; Ordained Priest for Sydney 21/7/1945; Consecrated Bishop of Wollongong 21/7/1975; Retired 12/4/1996. Bishop William Edward Murray, Emeritus Bishop of Wollongong, died peacefully at the Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Home, Randwick. Bishop Peter Ingham of Wollongong spoke of Bishop William (Bill) as a dedicated priest and bishop who served the Wollongong diocese for 22 years. Between 1975 and 1996 when he served was a time of great change and development for the Church. He made provisions for the vast expanding Macarthur area with the establishment of new parishes, to provide for the growing needs of the community. He had a sharp sense of humour, and cared for the people of the Diocese. His final years were difficult for him having suffered a stroke which crippled his body and impaired his ability to speak.' Bishop Murray was born in Leichhardt, New South Wales. He entered St Columba's Seminary at Springwood following high school at De La Salle College in Marrickville, and was ordained by Cardinal Normal Gilroy on 21 July, 1945 at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. He was appointed Bishop of Wollongong on 5 June 1975, and ordained to the episcopate at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong, by Cardinal James Freeman on 21 July, 1975. Bishop Murray had a doctorate from the Gregorian University in Rome in International Law; and a doctorate in Social Science from the University of Sydney. He was awarded an Order of Australia (AM) in 1988. Archbishop Denis Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said the following: On behalf of the Australian Bishops I recognise the generous pastoral service of Bishop William Murray in Wollongong as a bishop for over 20 years and as a priest for 37 years. We remember him with affection and prayer.' Rest now in peace William.
21 Apr 2016	Rev Terence James Hogan Born 22-6-1931; Ordained 17-7-1964 Diocese of Parramatta
22 Apr 1880	Rev Patrick Dunne Moore Warrnambool, Ballarat, Carisbrook, Linton, Smythesdale, Vic
22 Apr 1896	Rev John Tierney Newcastle, Lambton, Dugog, Hamilton, Branxton, NSW
22 Apr 1913	Rev Richard Butler Cootamundra, Tumut, etc, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
22 Apr 1920	Rev Henry Berghemann CSsR Ballarat, Vic; Singleton, Waratah, NSW
22 Apr 1921	Rev Michael M Hallinan Sale, Vic; Perth
22 Apr 1929	Rev William Doyle Jamestown, etc, SA
22 Apr 1961	Rev James Cremin Sandhurst dioc, Vic
22 Apr 1965	Rev Walter Koenig SJ Sydney, etc
22 Apr 1976	Rev Joseph Patrick Croal Greenacre, Riverstone, etc, NSW
22 Apr 1977	Rev Edmund McEntee CSsR Terang, Vic, etc
22 Apr 1983	Rev Gerard Grogan CSsR Perth; Hobart, etc
22 Apr 1992	Rev Thomas Lynam Maitland dioc, NSW
22 Apr 1993	Rev Ailbe James Conway Crookwell, Goulburn, West Goulburn, Canberra Cathedral, Jindabyne, Pearce, ACT; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
22 Apr 1996	Rev John Kerrisk Sydney, Armidale diocs, NSW; Cygnet, Hobart, Tas
22 Apr 2005	Rev Kevin Joseph Manning Hobart dioc, Tas
22 Apr 2006	Rev John Michael O'Brien Ballarat East, Colac, Koroit, Inglewood, Charlton, Terang, Warrnambool, Sea Lake, Vic
22 Apr 2012	Rev Matthias Conway OFM
22 Apr 2015	Rev Ronald Pickin Read more Born 31/05/1933; Ordained 18/07/1654 for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. Ronald James Pickin was born in New Lambton on 31st May, 1933, son of Jim Pickin and Irene nee Hawkins. He attended Mayfield Public school and then Newcastle Technical High, then located at Tighes Hill, for his secondary schooling. He left school after passing the Intermediate Certificate and joined the Postmaster General's Department in Newcastle. He learned Morse code and became a telegraphist. Then a little later, knowing he wanted to be a priest, he studied and passed the Leaving Certificate at Hamilton Evening College, before joining the class at Springwood in 1958. He was ordained in Hamilton in July 1964, and served as assistant priest in Adamstown, Wallsend, Muswellbrook and Singleton, Chaplain to the Army and Police, Parish Priest in Wingham, Merewether and Beresfield � as well as a spell as music teacher at St Pius X College Adamstown. In the homily at Ron's funeral retired Bishop Michael Malone, a classmate, said: Ron Pickin was a great story-teller with a wonderful sense of humour. He had the ability of being able to tell a funny story while maintaining an innocent face, but he gave himself away by having a knowing look in the eye. Ron would keep us entertained almost daily with his endless fund of stories and his musical ability on the piano. Last year the class of 1958 celebrated 50 years of priesthood. Ron was unable to join us for the occasion since he was pretty immobile by that time, living, as he was at Amaroo Aged Care Facility Charlestown. This generous and warm-hearted man has served the Lord with fidelity and commitment. Wherever he served, people were drawn to him by his affable personality, his obvious people-skills and easy rapport. Ron died on 22nd April 2015 and is buried in the priests' section at Sandgate.
22 Apr 2016	Rev Geoffrey Francis Dickinson Born 9/07/1932; Ordained 30/07/1955 Diocese of Parramatta
22 Apr 2019	Rev Phillip John Soulsby SM Born 13/10/1931; Ordained 26/04/1969 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
23 Apr 1874	Rev Thomas Keatinge Brisbane, Ipswich, Qld; Bathurst, Sydney, NSW
23 Apr 1874	Rev James A Norris Melbourne
23 Apr 1943	Rev Sheridan Porter CM Bathurst, NSW
23 Apr 1951	Rev John P Kelly Bulahdelah, etc, NSW
23 Apr 1955	Rev Colman William Kean OP Adelaide, etc
23 Apr 1959	Rev William Connors MSC Sydney, etc
23 Apr 1964	Rev Hubert Vijgen CSsR Perth, etc
23 Apr 1998	Bishop Francis Peter de Campo Port Pirie dioc
23 Apr 2001	Rev Kevin Clancy Collinsville, Garbutt, Julia Creek, Cloncurry, Charters Towers, South Townsville, Mundingburra, Cathedral - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
23 Apr 2001	Rev Kevin Claney Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
23 Apr 2002	Rev Thomas A (Joseph) O'Shea Berowra, Peakhurst, etc, NSW
23 Apr 2005	Rev Donald Smith MSC Sydney; Kings Meadows, Tas, etc
23 Apr 2015	Rev James Joseph Saunders Read more Born 10/03/1936; Ordained 22/05/1963 for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. James was born in Raymond Terrace on 10 March 1936, eldest child of James and Edith Saunders. His sisters, Mary, Bernadette, Edith and Therese, followed. The family moved from Nelsons Plains to Morpeth in 1950. Jim commenced his primary education in 1941 at St Brigid's Raymond Terrace, won a bursary and went on to Maitland Marist Brothers where he completed the Leaving Certificate in 1953 In his youth Jim was very much involved in the Young Christian Workers' Movement (YCW) under the leadership of Father Bernard Kennedy who later became Jim's mentor for his vocation. On leaving school he joined the clerical staff of the Hunter District Water Board in Newcastle for 12 months before entering St Columba's College at Springwood and later St Patrick's College, Manly where his studies for the priesthood were completed and he was ordained on 22 May 1963. He also graduated as a high school teacher, and, following a period of teaching at St Pius X, Adamstown, his parish work commenced at Belmont followed by periods at Rutherford, Cessnock, Branxton, Bulahdelah /Tea Gardens and finally Swansea where in retirement he was still very active in ministry. Jim was a keen reader and possessed a deep knowledge and love of Shakespeare from whom he would often quote when delivering a homily. His participation and interest in all forms of sport is well known and he himself enjoyed a good game of golf � a passion he shared with others, especially his fellow priests. He died on 23rd April, 2015 and is buried in the priests' section of Sandgate cemetery. His sister commented �When Jim became ill and hospitalised we as a family have been overwhelmed with the number of phone calls and cards which he received. Jim made it his business to read every card and personal message - he valued them all as they were a source of comfort to him. One message read: Fr Jim, you are much loved and respected in our community ��, of all the priests I have known you are one of very few that I have never heard an adverse comment about from members of the community they served. To me that speaks of you as a priest and a person who is in touch with the God within and strives to be the very best they can be to bring and live the Gospel among God's people.
23 Apr 2016	Most Rev John S Satterthwaite DD BE Born in Sydney NSW 11/8/1928. Ordained Priest for Armidale 16/3/1957. Consecrated 1/5/1969. Titular Bishop of Tignica and Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore. Succeeded to the See 1/9/1971. Retired 1/12/2001.
23 Apr 2016	Rev Terrance Southerwood OAM Read more Born 11/08/1938; Ordained 20/07/1962 for the Archdiocese of Hobart. William Terrance Southerwood was born in Launceston, Tasmania at 28 weeks. The doctor declared that this child won't live! But live he did and, gifted in many ways, went on to become a faithful priest of the Archdiocese of Hobart for nearly 54 years. Terry ministered in the Tasmanian parishes of Lower Sandy Bay/Taroona, Glenorchy, Kingston, George Town, Sandy Bay, Bellerive and Launceston. Along with all the usual demands of parish life, Terry also managed to write 27 books and countless articles mostly chronicling the history of the Church in Tasmania. For almost 30 years he was involved in the work of the Tasmanian Council of Churches. At various stages he was assistant editor and editor of The Catholic Standard, Tasmania's, at times, weekly Catholic publication. He was honoured with an OAM in 2014 but this accolade did not go anywhere near that of being invited to carry the Olympic Torch for part of its relay around Australia in preparation for the Sydney Games. Terry was a wonderfully kind man and many of his brother priests have benefitted from his generous hospitality, especially when they were sick or in need. He compiled The Prayer Calendar of Deceased Priests, some editions of which were published by the NCP. He has now gone to join the ranks of those for whom he encouraged us to pray on a daily basis. He was buried from the Church of the Apostles, Launceston � the place where he was baptized, made his First Communion, was Confirmed and Ordained to the Priesthood. Rest now in peace Terry.
23 Apr 2017	Rev Deacon Ivan Sands Born 12/06/1942; Ordained 29/06/2006 Archdiocese of Perth
23 Apr 2021	Rev Felice Vaggioli OSB
23 Apr 2022	Rev Ian Howells SJ Read more Born 14/02/1931; Ordained 09/12/1967. Jesuits - The Society of Jesus. Born in Melbourne in 1931, Ian Howells was in some ways the embodiment of the academic Jesuit. Coming from a highly academic family, he was dux of Xavier College and the top student in the State in 1948 and went on to obtain a doctorate in Applied Mathematics from Cambridge University before entering the Society of Jesus in 1960. Nonetheless, he wore his learning lightly. While highly knowledgeable, Ian was modest in the extreme. A very spiritual, introverted, gentle person, he would, however, always be welcoming. He had a great love of music and a fine baritone voice and conducted the choir at Loyola, Watsonia for five years of his formation. Ordained on 9 December 1967, Ian devoted the whole of his priestly life to the tertiary apostolate, lecturing and researching in Mathematics at the Universities of Melbourne, Adelaide and Queensland. He was Catholic chaplain at the last two, where he was very much at home working as part of an ecumenical team, especially in Brisbane. He resided in the Jesuit University Colleges in Melbourne (Newman, 1969-71), Adelaide (Aquinas, 1974-82) and Brisbane (St Leo's, 1983-2003 except for 1989) and was Rector at Aquinas for 6�years. The last 40 years of his life were largely spent in Brisbane, where he was a much-revered member of a remarkable group of senior Jesuits, all of whom he outlived. After the Jesuits withdrew from St Leo's, he lived in the Jesuit parish at Toowong for twelve years, while continuing his chaplaincy work at the university, and then at St John's Aged Care, Toowong for his last six years. He died with Covid-19. Ian's combination of intellectual brilliance and strong faith was salutary for his university colleagues, while his pastoral commitments also included being chaplain of the St Luke's Guild in Adelaide and director of the St Vincent de Paul's conference in Brisbane. In 1989-90 Ian was engaged in a very comprehensive study of Faith in Australia, which he compiled with two other Jesuits at the behest of the Provincial, Fr Peter Steele SJ. The result was a two-volume workbook for community, personal and pastoral use by Jesuits and their co-workers.
24 Apr 1845	Rev Edmund Mahoney Maitland, NSW; Adelaide
24 Apr 1873	Rev Stefano Pasinetti OFM
24 Apr 1893	Rev Stephano Pasinetti OFM Franciscan Friars Melbourne
24 Apr 1895	Rev John Gavigan St. Kilda, Castlemaine, etc, Vic
24 Apr 1912	Rev Mgr John O'Donovan Mudgee, etc, NSW
24 Apr 1922	Rev Thomas Hurley Trafalgar, Bairnsdale, Bruthen, Sale, Morwell, etc, Vic
24 Apr 1928	Rev Christopher Logan Colac, etc, Vic
24 Apr 1931	Rev Michael MacMaklin Sydney dioc
24 Apr 1931	Rev Thomas Walsh CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
24 Apr 1965	Rev Andrew Davoren Adelaide dioc
24 Apr 1970	Rev Frederick A Hayes Port Pirie dioc, SA
24 Apr 1978	Rev John Patrick McGillicuddy Perth, Victoria Park, Armadale, Palmyra, Perth dioc, WA
24 Apr 1981	Rev Daniel Stanislaus Daly Hampton, Pascoe Vale South, etc, Vic
24 Apr 1983	Rev Patrick T O'Gorman Melbourne dioc
24 Apr 1996	Rev Ambrose Byrne SJ Adelaide; Hawthorn, Richmond, Vic
24 Apr 2015	Rev Peter Murphy Born 17/03/1936; Ordained 16/071966. Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
24 Apr 2020	Rev Patrick McAuliffe Read more Born 24/10/1930; Ordained 21/07/1956. Archdiocese of Sydney. Pat was educated at the Patrician Brothers School at Waterloo, and Marist Brothers schools at Darlinghurst and Church Hill.� He studied for the priesthood at St Columba's College, Springwood and St Patrick's College, Manly and was ordained on the 21 July 1956 at St Mary's Cathedral by Cardinal Gilroy.� He served as an Assistant Priest at Surry Hills, Eastwood, (1962), Pagewood (1965), Lane Cove (1967) and Kingsgrove (1972). In 1974 Pat was appointed Parish Priest of Sacred Heart Parish, Cabramatta and he remained there until his retirement in 2016.� He became a legendary figure in Cabramatta during the years in which it became the vibrant centre of Vietnamese life in Sydney and even in retirement, Pat continued to visit schools and to provide supplies in his old parish. Pat's funeral was led by Archbishop Anthony Fisher at Cabramatta on Thursday 29 April. May Pat now enjoy the fullness of life in the Christ he served so faithfully for so many decades. Rest in Peace.
25 Apr 1854	Rev Thomas O'Neil Fremantle, Perth, WA
25 Apr 1887	Rev Eugene Hurley Newtown, Petersham, NSW
25 Apr 1910	Rev Thomas D'Arcy CM Maitland, Dungog, Coonamble, Cowper, NSW; Longreach Qld
25 Apr 1910	Rev Denis English Sandhurst dioc, Vic; Gunnedah, NSW
25 Apr 1910	Rev James McGough Maitland, Katoomba, etc, NSW
25 Apr 1921	Rev Walter Curran Warren, etc, NSW
25 Apr 1930	Rev Maurice Hoyne Sale, Vic; Junee, NSW; New Norcia, WA; Brisbane dioc, etc
25 Apr 1941	Rev Peter Klein SVD Sydney, etc
25 Apr 1946	Rev Patrick McCarthy SJ Hawthorn, Vic, etc
25 Apr 1960	Rev Edward Teehan Mascot, etc, NSW
25 Apr 1965	Rev Edward Drohan MSC Kensington, NSW, etc
25 Apr 1970	Rev Peter Schwer SM Sydney
25 Apr 1976	Rev Mgr Jeremiah Galvin Albury, Narrandera, Leeton, Tocumwal, Lockhart, Yass, Gundagai, etc, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
25 Apr 1977	Rev Joseph Dudley Dyson-Smith Griffith, Albury, South Wagga, Ganmain, etc, NSW
25 Apr 1981	Rev John Tresidder North Fitzroy, Heidelberg, Geelong, Vic
25 Apr 1987	Rev John Fitzgerald Bunbury dioc
25 Apr 1993	Rev Urban Reid OFM Sydney, etc
25 Apr 1994	Rev Mgr Lawrie Jennings Bathurst, Mudgee, Orange, Wellington, Cowra, NSW
25 Apr 2005	Rev William Henry Wooloowin, Rosalie, Greenslopes, Laidley, Clontarf, Qld
25 Apr 2017	Rev Mgr Eugene Joseph Harley OAM Read more Born 01/04/1930; Ordained 18/07/1953 Archdiocese of Sydney Eugene was born at Lithgow, NSW and completed his school education at Marist College, Parramatta before his Priestly Training at Springwood and Manly. Following his ordinations at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 18 July, 1953, Eugene's first appointment was as Assistant Priest at Forest Lodge, and later to Cronulla before his appointment as Army Chaplain in 1959, becoming Principal Chaplain ( Brigadier) to the Australian Defence Forces from 1982-1985. Eugene served in 2RAR, Malaysia, Borneo and Vietnam. While in his Military role he spent time in the Parish of St Thomas More, Campbell, ACT before being appointed Parish Priest of Sacred Heart, Mosman, from 1985 until 2001. He was Administrator of St Joseph's Parish, Neutral Bay. Eugene retired to lesser duties in March, 2004. Pope John Paul II appointed him Prelate of Honour in 1982 and he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) on Australia Day 2015. Eugene served several terms on the Executive of the Council of Priests and Dean of the Northern Deanery, Archdiocese of Sydney. He died on ANZAC day 2017. May he rest in peace.
26 Apr 1858	Bishop Francis Murphy Sydney; Adelaide
26 Apr 1911	Rev James Joseph Bannon OP Adelaide, etc
26 Apr 1922	Rev Michael Dooley SJ Adelaide, etc
26 Apr 1934	Rev Thomas Kane Sydney dioc
26 Apr 1937	Rev Timothy Joseph O'Farrell OFM Sydney dioc
26 Apr 1940	Rev John James Manning Creswick, Sea Lake, etc, Vic
26 Apr 1956	Rev Mgr Edmund O'Donnell Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
26 Apr 1959	Rev Michael Augustine Vaughan Thornbury, etc, Vic
26 Apr 1961	Rev John Leo O'Donoghue Millmerran, etc, Qld
26 Apr 1971	Rev Mgr David Henry Hiscox Bundarra, Wee Waa, etc, NSW.
26 Apr 1976	Rev Francis Cahill CSsR North Perth, WA
26 Apr 1976	Rev Charles Taylor CSsR Perth, WA, etc
26 Apr 1981	Rev Mgr Martin O'Keefe Watchem, St. Arnaud, Swan Hill, Terang, Port Fairy, Koroit, Vic
26 Apr 1983	Rev Bertram Richard Adderley Bunbury, Narrogin, Manjimup, Waroona, etc, WA
26 Apr 1983	Rev George O'Connor Armidale dioc, NSW
26 Apr 2015	Rev Desmond McQuaid Born 10/08/1929; Ordained 29/06/1961 Archdiocese of Brisbane
26 Apr 2017	Rev Patrick Creed PE
26 Apr 2022	Rev Patrick Cassidy Born 21/12/1940; Ordained 01/07/1967. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
26 Apr 2022	Rev Michael Mulcahy PE Read more Born 22/06/1941; Ordained 31/05/1969. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Michael served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 52 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. After his ordination at St Patrick's Cathedral on 31 May 1969, Michael was appointed temporarily as Chaplain to the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg before going to Bell Park Parish (1970) and then to Melbourne Overseas Mission in Venezuela in 1974. On his return in 1980, Michael served as Assistant Priest at South Melbourne Parish (1980) and Flemington Parish (1981) before becoming Parish Priest of Lilydale (1983) followed as Administrator of Hadfield Parish (1989). He undertook work as Chaplain to Community Services Victoria from 1990 and in 1993 was appointed Parish Priest of Kensington. Due to ill health, Michael moved to Preston East Parish in 2000 as priest in residence, undertaking supply work and in 2005 was appointed Pastor Emeritus. Michael died at Justin Villa, Balwyn, where he had been lovingly cared for by the Sisters and his family.
26 Apr 2024	Most Rev Peter W Ingham DD
27 Apr 1883	Rev John Aloysius Norbert Quirk OSB Sydney, etc
27 Apr 1911	Rev Thomas Vincent Hayes Goodna, etc, Qld
27 Apr 1917	Rev John? Washington Lismore dioc, NSW
27 Apr 1938	Rev Edmund Phelan Adelaide dioc, SA; New Norcia, WA
27 Apr 1939	Rev Thomas Fay SJ Adelaide, etc
27 Apr 1940	Rev Francis Joseph McSweeney Valley, etc, Qld
27 Apr 1942	Rev Charles P James Adelaide
27 Apr 1956	Rev Mgr James H Hyland Warracknabeal, Bungaree, Swan Hill, etc, Vic
27 Apr 1970	Rev Mgr James Denis Kelly Brisbane dioc
27 Apr 1979	Rev Edward Fahey Armidale dioc, NSW
27 Apr 1988	Rev Emmanuel Stettmayer SDB Glenorchy, Tas, etc
27 Apr 1989	Rev Robert Duggan CM Eastwood, NSW, Adelaide, SA
27 Apr 2002	Rev John Gerald Butz Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
27 Apr 2013	Most Rev Joseph Peter O'Connell DD DCL Read more Born 10/12/1931; Ordained 28/07/1957 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Bishop Joseph O'Connell, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne died at Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew. In 1949 Bishop O'Connell commenced studies for teaching, but at the beginning of 1950 he entered Corpus Christi College Werribee to study for the priesthood and was ordained by Archbishop Justin Simonds in St Patrick's Cathedral on 28 July 1957. Bishop O'Connell obtained a doctorate in Canon Law in July 1961 from the Gregorian University, and lived at St Peter's College in Rome while studying. He worked in the parishes of West Melbourne and Yarraville, combining this with work in the Archdiocesan Tribunal, becoming Vice Officialis on 13 November 1968. He was named Auxiliary bishop by Pope Paul VI on 12 February 1976, being consecrated by Archbishop Frank Little on 31 March of that year. Archbishop Denis Hart, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said that Bishop O'Connell's contribution to Canon Law and a care for migrants will be among the things he will be remembered for. His contribution to jurisprudence and tribunal practice has long been esteemed. As Episcopal Vicar for Religious from 17 March 1969 he provided much assistance. Bishops, priests and people will remember his wise, mature counsel, his common sense and his love of migrants, and the pastoral care he gave to the people of the Archdiocese, where he was loved for his ready engagement with all. The Bishops will especially remember his close involvement with the committees for Canon Law and the Bishops Committee for Justice and Peace, his involvement with many projects relating to the functioning of Conference and many other activities. He bore significant ill-health with great fortitude and patience, and is regarded as a great luminary by us all. With similar generosity he gave of his great abilities to assist in the revision of the Code of Canon Law. He recently confided in me his great desire simply to bring people closer to God and to serve them. May his gifted and generous soul rest in the peace which he always sought to bring to others.' The Pontifical Requiem Mass for Bishop Joe O'Connell was celebrated at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. May he rest in peace.
28 Apr 1876	Rev William Lyons Parramatta, Araluen, etc, NSW. (or 1875?)
28 Apr 1881	Rev Thomas Frawley Ballarat, Inglewood, etc, Vic
28 Apr 1897	Rev Michael O'Sullivan Adelaide, Kapunda, SA; Armidale, NSW
28 Apr 1911	Rev Gregory Callaghan CP Marrickville, etc, NSW
28 Apr 1937	Rev John T Concannon Toowoomba, etc, Qld
28 Apr 1954	Rev Edmond Kenny OMI Fremantle, WA
28 Apr 1957	Rev Esmonde White SJ Sydney, etc
28 Apr 1959	Rev John Fahey Cottesloe etc, WA
28 Apr 1962	Rev Reginald Prior Cunnamulla, etc, Qld
28 Apr 1973	Rev Thomas McManus CSsR Ballarat, Melbourne, Vic; Hobart
28 Apr 1978	Rev John McMahon CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
28 Apr 1983	Rev Mgr Maurice Alphonsus Giles Bunbury, Collie, Narrogin, Dardanup, etc, WA
28 Apr 1987	Rev Desmond Scanlon SM Sydney; Norfolk Island, etc
28 Apr 1988	Rev John Edward Quinn Muswellbrook, Raymond Terrace, Hamilton, Scone, Bulahdelah, Tighes Hill, NSW
28 Apr 1997	Rev Laurence Joseph Cruickshank Sutherland, Gladesville, Penrith, Waitara, Asquith, NSW
28 Apr 2006	Rev Deacon John Ford Adelaide
28 Apr 2007	Rev Lawrence Drake SJ Born 29/10/1931; Ordained 02/01/1964.
28 Apr 2011	Rev John Maher OMI Read more Born 12/04/1949; Ordained 18/12/1976 - Oblate Fathers. From the homily of Vincent Ryan OMI. The suddenness of John's Illness and departure is a tremendous loss to this family, his brothers Tony and Michael, and sisters Anne and Maurine, the parish community, his friends and the Church in Melbourne. His own Oblate community will keenly miss him and the parish community will miss his guidance. We don't grieve so much for John as for ourselves. He was very much at peace at the end. He was ready of meet God and he lived a good and full life. We celebrate his entry into the communion of the saints and his resurrection and fuller entry into the life of Christ. Today, we grieve for us who are left behind and all those who loved him and miss him. It is not easy letting go of someone we love. We will miss the wisdom and guidance of a philosopher. But what we will miss even more is a good friend - someone who was always there for those in need. John' great gift was not so much his doing but being there for others, all those in need. John's identity was unmistakably that of a missionary priest. He loved being a priest and serving people. On this day let us remember a remarkable priest who will live on in our memories � one who was focused, not on his own achievements but on what God had done for him.' Rest in peace dear John.
28 Apr 2018	Rev Brian Cooper Born 10/12/1936: Ordained 29/06/1966 Archdiocese of Brisbane
28 Apr 2020	Rev Peter V Morrissey Born 14/08/1928; Ordained 30/07/1955 Archdiocese of Sydney
28 Apr 2023	Rev Edward Welling Born 01/09/1938; Ordained 27/06/1964. Archdiocese of Adelaide.
28 Apr 2024	Rev Thomas P Brophy Born 27/01/1940. Ordained 20/05/1972. Diocese of Ballarat.
29 Apr 1858	Rev Timothy Lucas Launceston, Tas; Bathurst, NSW
29 Apr 1871	Rev William P Nagle East Melbourne, Castlemaine, Vic
29 Apr 1908	Rev James J Flynn Lambton, etc, NSW
29 Apr 1944	Rev Patrick John Beasley CM Malvern, Vic
29 Apr 1947	Rev Timothy O'Brien Sale dioc, Vic
29 Apr 1967	Rev Carthage Neil Sharkey OFM Sydney, etc
29 Apr 1972	Rev Mgr Adrian Martin Elwood, Camberwell, etc, Vic
29 Apr 1978	Rev Mgr John Joseph Mulheren Pymble, Neutral Bay, Lewisham, West Wollongong, etc, NSW
29 Apr 1981	Rev William P Nagle Melbourne dioc
29 Apr 1982	Rev Honoratus Galea SSP Melbourne
29 Apr 1987	Rev George Cullen Stanley, Invermay, Ulverstone, Latrobe, Devonport, Tas
29 Apr 1995	Rev Kevin John Smith East Brunswick, Footscray, East Melbourne, Kyneton, Williamstown, Vic (April 30?)
29 Apr 2002	Rev Daniel Ormonde OSA Cairns, Innisfail, Gordonvale, Qld; Manly Vale, NSW
29 Apr 2005	Rev Brooks Patterson Townsville, Ayr, Cranbrook, Charters Towers, Ingham, Mt. Isa, Hughenden, Winton, Whitsunday, Mundingburra, Qld
29 Apr 2014	Rev Deacon Peter Brogan Read more Ordained for Diocese of Darwin. Peter Brogan was born at Papungala near Port Keats in 1929 and grew up there until he was about 5 years old. From there he was taken to the Alice Springs Bungalow and this is where he went to school. He was then taken to Kahlin Compound in Darwin. In 1941, when he turned 12, he was taken to Garden Point Mission on Melville Island. When Peter completed his schooling on the mission, his first job was working with Fr John Flynn as a mechanic. Later on he worked in the market garden with Br John Barrett. He also worked on the tobacco plantation. Peter was also the skipper of the Quail, a boat left by the Americans as a gift to the Mission. Peter met Thecla on the Mission at Garden Point. They married in 1950 at the old church and established a village called St Anne's where other married couples lived. Peter was ordained Deacon by Bishop Ted Collins MSC on Saturday July 7 1990 at Our Lady of Victories Church at Garden Point. He was the first person from the Tiwi Islands to be ordained by the Catholic Church. That day was significant for Peter but also for his wife and family, the Tiwi Islands Communities, and indeed for the Catholic Church. Thecla was very much part of the liturgy, clothing him with his Dalmatic, symbolizing her vital role in his journey and ministry. Peter would go on to be a faithful Catholic Aboriginal leader, representing the Church on many occasions and at different events. Peter developed a real pastoral heart. He visited many people especially the sick, providing them with Holy Communion and the support of his prayers. He instructed many parents as they prepared for their children's baptisms. He prepared a number of couples for marriage too. His love, care and responsibility for the Church was constant. He took seriously his vocation to care for the people and for God's house. When Peter was around you could be confident that things would get done. He also had a strong devotion to Mary, carrying his Rosary beads with him and often praying the Rosary. In his last days back at the Hospice he was surrounded by his loving family and friends. After one of the prayer times he calmly and confidently said �I think it's my time.� Peter was as rock solid in his faith, hope and love during his final days of suffering and death as he was during his whole life. Well done good and faithful servant, come and share your master's happiness!
30 Apr 1900	Rev Patrick Brady OMI Fremantle, WA; Sydney
30 Apr 1938	Rev Michael Fitzpatrick Rose Bay, Bondi, etc, NSW
30 Apr 1938	Rev Alexis Gonnet SM Sydney
30 Apr 1941	Rev Mgr Jerome Hennessy Albury, Young, etc, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
30 Apr 1946	Rev Francis Lyons MSC Sydney, etc
30 Apr 1952	Rev Albert John Fogarty OP Adelaide, etc
30 Apr 1959	Rev Richard Bertram McGee Moruya, etc, NSW; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn, ACT
30 Apr 1961	Rev Timothy Long OMI Lindum, Qld, etc
30 Apr 1981	Rev Hilary O'Neill OP
30 Apr 1982	Rev William Joseph McAlister Marian, Mackay, Rockhampton dioc, Qld
30 Apr 1994	Rev Joseph Hanahoe Hobart, Sandy Bay, Launceston, Invermay, Queenstown, New Norfolk, Derby, Latrobe, Tas
30 Apr 1996	Rev James Tuohy Adelaide dioc
30 Apr 1998	Rev John Bernard Roche Wollongong, Campsie, Broadway, Darlinghurst, Matraville, Homebush, NSW
30 Apr 2002	Rev Thomas Brady OMI Fremantle, WA; Eagle Junction, Qld; Sydney, NSW
30 Apr 2005	Rev Kevin (Matthew) Kelly SSS Melbourne, etc
30 Apr 2006	Rev John Gabriel Madden Broadway, Manly, Guildford, Liverpool, Lidcombe, Golden Grove, Revesby, Warragamba Dam, Cronulla, NSW
30 Apr 2009	Rev Paschal O'Halloran Born 17/09/1928; Ordained 26/07/1956.
30 Apr 2017	Rev John F G Murphy SDB Read more Born 15/ 05/1924; Ordained 02/07/1950 Salesians of Don Bosco With the passing of Fr John F G Murphy at Mercy Place Warrnambool (Vic) on 30 April 2017, the Salesians of Don Bosco farewelled into fullness of life one of the last pioneers of their province of Australia/New Zealand/Pacific. Born in Middle Park (Vic) on 15 May 1924 and educated by the Christian Brothers at CBC Middle and Parade, John scored a number of firsts in the fledging Salesian presence in Australia, and in his Salesian journey. Quiet and unassuming for those who knew him, he was a member of the first group of Australian Salesian novices in 1941, a member of the first group who brought Don Bosco's presence in Adelaide in 1947 and one of the first Australian Salesians to be ordained to the priesthood in 1950. Following his ordination to the priesthood in Turin, the hub if the Salesian story, youthful and enthusiastic, John fully lived the Salesian charism at Sunbury, Victoria, becoming the mainstay and the energy in the mission on behalf of that fringe of youth most in need of care, compassion, and hope for the future. The active experience of those early years became the blueprint for the next generation of Salesians to whom he passed on his profound sense of Salesian identity and mission through his dedicated leadership and mentoring. These were the years of great energy and vision, when John combined together a multiplicity of roles: Novice Master, Rector and Delegate for Education, Youth Ministry and a precocious vision and understanding of the collaborative place of the laity together with religious in the ministry and the work of education according to the charism of Don Bosco. It was this broad vision of Church that led him to spend the last 40 years of dedicated service to the Church in the Western District of Victoria, and to give Salesian expression to the care and support to those most in need, young and adults alike. For the last forty years of his life, Fr John Murphy's name will always be synonymous with the quiet but much beloved priest of ready pastoral availability to the people of Crossley and neighbourhood, and for his love of the poor, the wounded and the destitute. Shamrock House, Crossley (down the road from Koroit in the Diocese of Ballarat) which John set up was not only a centre for Salesian Co-operators' activity and 12 Star Camps for young people, but also as a place of peace and refuge for the marginalised, those in our society who, in John's own words, were �those who nobody wants�. Eventually, the ravages of time took their toll weakening on his bodily energies, but they never dulled his vision and his authentic love of people. Since 2010, at Warrnambool Mercy Place Fr John Murphy continued to be the quiet gentle priest exuding inner peace and gratefulness, as he accepted in return the care and support he had lavished so unconditionally on so many others. John carried that peace and gentleness into eternal life on 30 April 2017. Rest now in peace John.
30 Apr 2020	Rev William Creede CSsR Born 11/04/1927; Ordained 1952 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
May	Rev William Hall Sandhurst dioc, Vic
1 May 1869	Rev Jeremiah Skehan Geelong, Vic
1 May 1883	Rev James Ambrose Cotham OSB Hobart, Richmond, Launceston, Tas
1 May 1885	Rev Richard Gardiner Melbourne dioc
1 May 1909	Rev Martin A McDonnell CSsR Ballarat, Vic; North Perth, WA
1 May 1922	Rev Fernando Saavedra CP Marrickville, NSW
1 May 1940	Rev John J Scanlon OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic
1 May 1948	Rev Patrick White SAC Broome dioc, WA
1 May 1957	Rev Alphonsus Keane Moranong, etc, Vic
1 May 1959	Rev Christopher Joseph Ryan Balranald, etc, NSW
1 May 1970	Rev Roderick Dunne CM Melbourne; Rockhampton, Southport, Qld
1 May 1974	Rev Donald Roset SJ Sydney, etc
1 May 1974	Rev Gustave Triffle CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
1 May 1979	Rev Richard Docherty MSC Darwin, Port Keats, NT, etc
1 May 1983	Rev Gerald James Walsh Eastwood, etc, NSW
1 May 1989	Rev John Coakley OMI Sorrento, North Melbourne, Vic; Fremantle, Dernancourt, WA; Sefton, Campbelltown, Claymore, NSW; Hill Crest, SA; Ferntree Gully, V
1 May 2002	Rev Joseph O'Dea Sandhurst dioc, Vic
1 May 2006	Very Rev Vasil Ivanco Born 01/02/1926.
1 May 2006	Rev John Moore Diocese of Bathurst
1 May 2007	Rev Dan Conquest PE
1 May 2009	Rev Robert McNeil
1 May 2009	Rev Gerard Neagle CSsR Born 13/09/1941; Ordained 16/03/1969.
1 May 2009	Rev Vincent Warren CSsR
1 May 2009	Rev Robert Mutlow OP Ordained 19/12/1959.
1 May 2015	Rev Edward Crowley Born 15/05/1927; Ordained 03/06/1951 Diocese of Lismore Father Edward (Ned) Crowley has died at Vincent Court, Kempsey on May 1st Father Ned was born 15 May, 1927 in Co. Kilkenny Ireland. He was ordained to the priesthood on 3 June 1951 at St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, and came to the Diocese of Lismore shortly thereafter. Over the 64 years of his priesthood, Father Ned served in the parishes of Coraki, Lismore, Murwillumbah, Cowper, Bowraville, South Grafton, Tweed Heads, Ballina, Dorrigo,
1 May 2023	Rev Francisco Mascarenhas Born 01/02/1954; Ordained 01/05/1980. Archdiocese of Perth
2 May 1889	Rev Richard Louis Guinane OP Adelaide, etc
2 May 1890	Rev James Campbell Thompson CSsR Waratah, NSW, etc
2 May 1936	Rev Thomas Finbarr Cahill OSA Cairns, Innisfail, etc, Qld
2 May 1958	Rev Joseph Aloysius Quinn CM Rockhampton, Qld
2 May 1969	Rev Bernard Bree Brisbane dioc
2 May 1969	Rev James Kearney Sydney dioc
2 May 1971	Rev Francis Meagher Parkes, Brewarrina, etc, NSW; Ballarat, Vic
2 May 1974	Rev Thomas Martin Brophy Ballarat dioc, Vic
2 May 1974	Rev Thomas Leen Manly, Liverpool, etc, NSW
2 May 1977	Rev John Joseph Cleary OSCam Carlisle, Subiaco, Forrestfield, Perth,WA
2 May 1977	Rev Mgr John Joseph Peoples Five Dock, etc, NSW
2 May 1987	Rev Mannes Gerard Cussen OP
2 May 2004	Rev Augustine Patrick Heron OPraem York, Maddington, Bentley, WA
2 May 2005	Rev Dudley Anthony Jones Adelaide dioc
2 May 2006	Rev Edmund Wehrmaker SAC Born 24/08/1926.
2 May 2007	Rev Raymond Murray MSC Born 15/08/1933.
2 May 2012	Rev Brian Harris Born 19/05/1930; Ordained 25/07/1953. Archdiocese of Perth.
2 May 2016	Rev Edmund Barry Born 24/10/1924; Ordained 18/07/1959 Archdiocese of Sydney
2 May 2016	Most Rev Myles McKeon DD Read more Born in Westport, Co Mayo, Eire 3/4/1919. Ordained Priest for Perth 22/6/1947. Consecrated Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos and Auxiliary Bishop to Archbishop of Perth 12/9/1962. Appointed Bishop of Bunbury 25/3/1969. Retired 18/2/1982.
3 May 1906	Rev Michael O'Connor Penola, SA; Chiltern, Vic
3 May 1917	Rev John F O'Donnell Melbourne dioc
3 May 1919	Rev Thomas Lee Warwick, Qld, etc
3 May 1925	Rev Leonard Brereton CP Goulburn, NSW; Glen Osmond, SA, etc
3 May 1933	Rev Pierre Chauvel SM Sydney
3 May 1944	Rev Jacob James Bieronski Carrieton, Port Augusta, Kooringal, Peterborough, Hawker, etc, SA
3 May 1946	Rev Terence Dunleavy Sydney, etc
3 May 1950	Rev Daniel Brazil Colac, Sea Lake, Swan Hill, etc, Vic
3 May 1983	Rev Vincent Foster Carew Rockhampton dioc, Qld
3 May 1987	Rev Joseph Car OSB New Norcia, WA
3 May 1993	Rev John Fallon MSC Sydney; Darwin, etc
3 May 2012	Rev Louis Durell Born 14/02/1920. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
3 May 2018	Rev James Dekker SSS Born 03/07/1923; Ordained 25/07/1962 Blessed Sacrament Fathers - Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
4 May 1876	Rev James Martin Brighton, etc, Vic
4 May 1907	Rev Peter Capra Roma, Ipswich, St. Georges, etc, Qld
4 May 1914	Rev Edward Fisher OFM Sydney, etc
4 May 1915	Rev Mgr John O'Dowd Port Fairy, Warrnambool, etc, Vic
4 May 1919	Rev Augustine Aubry SM Sydney, etc
4 May 1950	Rev Maurice J Kennedy Redfern, etc, NSW
4 May 1959	Rev Reginald O'Connell CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
4 May 1974	Rev Robert Cormican OMI Lesmurdie, WA; Mulgrave, Vic, etc
4 May 1975	Rev Stephen Krajewski OFMConv Adelaide, etc
4 May 1976	Rev John Depiazzi Perth dioc
4 May 1979	Rev Denis John Quinn Burnie, Launceston, Sandy Bay, Taroona, New Town, Lutana, Bellerive, Tas
4 May 1983	Rev William Maurice Murphy Toowoomba, Charleville, Quilpie, Warwick, Texas, Chinchilla, Qld
4 May 1992	Rev Leslie J Seary OSA Coorparoo, Cairns, Qld
4 May 1994	Vincent Nguyen Tien Hai OP
4 May 2008	Rev John Joseph O'Connor Gundagai, Boorowa, Queanbeyan, HMAS Harman, Bungendore, Cootamundra, Jugiong, Laggan, Narrabundah, Bombala, Koorawatha, Holder, NSW and ACT
4 May 2011	Rev Cyril Hatton Born 10/02/1923. Broken Bay Diocese.
4 May 2015	Rev Mgr Serge Ouzounian Archdiocese of Melbourne
4 May 2021	Rev Cormac Nagle OFM Read more Born 04/12/1932. Ordained 29/06/1957. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor. Brisbane-born Cormac Nagle completed his secondary education at the Franciscan juniorate (Robertson NSW) before joining the 1950 novitiate. After ordination in 1957, he taught Year Six boys at Padua College, Kedron. His appointment to Rome in 1961 to gain a doctorate in Canon Law with graduate studies in Moral Theology was the beginning of a lifelong service to the Franciscan Order, the Church and people in general. Upon return to Australia, Cormac taught Moral Theology to Franciscan seminarians, but Canon Law was never far from his practice. He was a founding member of the Canon Law Society in Australia (1967) and the last active surviving founder. His understanding and practice of Church Law were marked by clarity and precision. His well-considered canonical opinions and implementation of the law were noted for being sensible and helpful, pastoral and compassionate, practical and human. From 1971, Cormac's teaching at Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne, paralleled a long association with Catholic hospitals, notably Mercy Hospital for Women as its ethicist from 1995. Catholic Health Australia awarded him in 2015 the Maria Cunningham Lifetime Contribution Award, recognising decades of teaching and advocacy for a holistic approach to hospital treatment particularly for women and families in need. One line in his acceptance speech sums up his character: �The most rewarding aspect of my work is being able to help people�. He was still working for Mercy Health on the day he died suddenly, aged 88 years. Cormac contributed articles to journals regarding canon law, moral theology and medical ethics, and was awarded Associate Professor status by the University of Divinity in 2013 for his theological and pastoral education of laity including seminarians. For the Franciscan friars, Cormac was a highly respected formator and leader. Twenty-five years over three separate appointments saw him guiding new brothers along the Franciscan path: a humble and kind mentor who taught by example. He was a popular choice when twice elected as Provincial Minister (1977-1983, 1983-1985). The second term was curtailed by his election to the Order's General Council in Rome, with specific responsibility for Asia/Oceania (1985-1991). From 1995 to 2002, he was the Pontifical commissioner for the Confraternity of Christ the Priest. Cormac's memorable blend of personal humility, religious commitment, academic excellence, pastoral sensitivity and loyal friendship was celebrated at his funeral in St Paschal Chapel, Box Hill, Melbourne, after which he was buried in the adjacent Franciscan cemetery.
4 May 2023	Rev Paul Carey SSC Born 27/05/1935; Ordained 29/06/1963. Missionary Society of St Columban.
5 May 1865	Rev Bonaventure Geoghan Kimberleys, WA
5 May 1902	Rev Terence Stronge Kalgoorlie, Geraldton, WA
5 May 1914	Rev Patrick Joseph O'Hanlon Armidale dioc, NSW
5 May 1928	Rev James Murphy New Norfolk, etc, Tas
5 May 1932	Rev John Campbell Holbrook, etc, NSW
5 May 1933	Rev Patrick Michael Parker Kyneton, Powlett River, Heidelberg, etc, Vic
5 May 1933	Rev Robert Francis Power OCarm Melbourne, etc
5 May 1940	Rev William Morrissey Kurri Kurri, etc, NSW
5 May 1942	Rev Edward Lemaitre CP Sydney, etc.
5 May 1945	Rev Patrick Joseph O'Reilly Wagga dioc, NSW
5 May 1950	Rev Matthew Joyce CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
5 May 1957	Rev James Thomas Downey OSA Vicaruate of Cooktown; Sandhurst Diocese
5 May 1971	Rev Lionel Marsden SM Sydney, etc
5 May 1982	Rev Anthony Omasmier SAC Riverton, Tardun, Silverwater, NSW; Beagle Bay, WA; Bonegilla, Vic
5 May 1987	Rev Peter Dignam MSC Sydney, etc
5 May 1990	Rev Patrick Stephenson SJ Melbourne, etc
5 May 2000	Rev Timothy O'Carroll Sydney dioc
5 May 2019	Rev John Pearce CP Born 06/07/1950; Ordained 28/02/1976 Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ
5 May 2023	Rev John Chambers Born:12/05/1938 Ordained: 01/07/1961 Archdiocese of Adelaide
6 May 1891	Rev Charles Church Salisbury, Maitland, Yorketown, SA
6 May 1917	Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr Melbourne
6 May 1919	Rev Charles Murphy Gunning, NSW, etc
6 May 1925	Rev James Laurence Hegarty Meredith, Sale, Kyneton, Carlton, etc, Vic
6 May 1938	Rev Philip McIntyre Lidcombe, Prospect, etc, NSW
6 May 1941	Rev Thomas O'Regan Taree, etc, NSW
6 May 1948	Rev Francois Laurent SM Sydney
6 May 1952	Rev John H O'Halloran Ormond, etc, Vic
6 May 1965	Rev Patrick John Lynch Hobart, Oatlands, etc, Tas
6 May 1965	Rev August Spangenberg SAC Broome dioc, WA
6 May 1967	Rev William P Power Lane Cove, etc, NSW
6 May 1977	Rev Michael Philbin Maryborough, Linton, Camperdown, Hopetoun, Colac, Nihil, Hamilton, Stawell, Vic
6 May 1985	Rev William Fleming SVD Sydney
6 May 1986	Rev William Desmond Fleming SDB Chadstone, Sunbury, Oakleigh, Vic; Engadine, NSW
6 May 1992	Rev James O'Meara OFM Sydney, etc
6 May 2005	Rev Edward Dakin SSC Essendon, Vic
6 May 2018	Archbishop Leonard A Faulkner DD Read more Born 05/12/1926: Ordained 01/01/1950 Archdiocese of Adelaide Emeritus Archbishop Leonard Faulkner died peacefully on Sunday 6 May 2018, in the presence of family, friends and clergy. The eldest of ten children, he was born in Booleroo Centre in the southern Flinders Ranges on December 5 1926 and after entering the seminary at Rostrevor was ordained a priest in January 1 1950 in Rome. He was appointed Bishop of Townsville on November 28 1967 and on June 19 1985 he was installed as the seventh Archbishop of Adelaide where he continued his commitment to, and support of, the lay people as a critical part of the life of the Church. Archbishop Faulkner established the Diocesan Pastoral Team which gave lay women a role in governance, and pioneered a unique model of neighbourhood communities based on the Second Vatican Council's challenge that the Church be one that looks outward to the community. He was passionately involved in ecumenical and interfaith initiatives, support for migrants and refugees, Aboriginal communities and the Young Christian Workers movement. During the AIDS epidemic he demonstrated his bold and compassionate leadership by establishing the Diocesan AIDS Council and an extensive volunteer program to support those affected. After Archbishop Faulkner's retirement in 2001 he continued to serve the people - sitting on various committees, saying Mass regularly and visiting the sick. He also used his retirement to catch up with his large family which includes more than 60 first cousins. Last November he became only the third bishop in the history of the Australian Catholic Church to reach his 50-year milestone as a bishop. Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson extended his deepest sympathy to Archbishop Faulkner's family and friends and asked the clergy, religious and people of the Archdiocese to pray for the repose of his soul. We grieve his death deeply, but we also give thanks for his life and his outstanding service to the gospel and to all whom he led,' he said. May He Rest in Peace.
7 May 1908	Rev Adolph Joseph Lacaille Perth, Bunbury, Geraldton, Busselton, Subiaco, etc, WA
7 May 1915	Rev Michael Joseph Keenan Brisbane dioc; Tenterfield, Dungog, NSW
7 May 1926	Archbishop Patrick Delany Ballarat, Vic; Hobart
7 May 1931	Rev Timothy O'Brien Perth dioc
7 May 1935	Rev Paul Zundolovich Wentworth, etc, NSW
7 May 1942	Rev Bernard Farrell Bathurst dioc, NSW
7 May 1944	Rev Aeneas Francis Hennessy Wagga Wagga Diocese
7 May 1944	Rev Aeneas Francis Hennessey Narrandera, Tumbarumba, Urana, Culcairn NSW
7 May 1947	Rev James Massey Gosford, etc, NSW
7 May 1953	Rev Laurence McHenry CSsR Mayfield, NSW; Ballarat, Vic
7 May 1972	Rev Bernard Daly CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
7 May 1991	Rev Vincent Sproules Ballarat dioc, Vic
7 May 1992	Rev Phillip John Dean Ryde, etc, NSW
7 May 1992	Rev Corrado Martellozzo CS Hobart, etc
7 May 1993	Rev Donal O'Mahoney SSC Melbourne
7 May 1993	Rev Mgr Henry B Skehan Adelaide dioc
7 May 1997	Rev Brian Anthony Moran Toowoomba, Warwick, Dalby, Quilpie, Charleville, St George, Cunnamulla, Mitchell, Miles, Qld
7 May 2000	Jeremiah Augustine (Dermot) O'Rourke Lismore dioc
7 May 2000	Rev Basil Thomas Sandhurst dioc
7 May 2010	Rev Ken H Ilott Born 14/07/1932; Ordained 29/06/1967; South Bundaberg, Longreach, West Mackay, Biloela, South Mackay, Clermont QLD.
7 May 2010	Rev Jack Robinson Read more Born 11/10/1925; Ordained in July 1969. Jack was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Following his ordination in July 1969, at Yule Island, PNG, Jack served in the jungle of Papua for some twenty five years, returning to Australia when non-PNG clergy were asked to leave. For the rest of his life he worked in various remote parishes (mostly in New South Wales), the last eighteen months in Barham, a small town on the Murray River. He was an outstanding priest and a great friend. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him. Rest in peace dear Jack.
7 May 2012	Rev Daniel Foley Born 28/08/1930; Archdiocese of Perth.
7 May 2012	Rev Daniel McMahon Born 04/05/1937; Archdiocese of Hobart.
7 May 2012	Rev Peter Williams
7 May 2014	Rev Romuald Murphy Read more Born 09/05/1931; Ordained 12/12/1957 - Archdiocese of Melbourne Romuald Rom' Murphy PE died at Catholic Homes John R Hannah Mulgrave, two days short of his eighty third birthday and in the fifty sixth year of his priesthood. Rom was educated at St Mary's Malvern East and De La Salle College Malvern. He entered Corpus Christi College in 1950 and was ordained by Archbishop Simonds on 12 December 1957. Following his ordination, Rom was appointed as Assistant Priest at Preston (1958), St Kilda East (1962), Moonee Ponds (1966), Frankston (1967), Kilmore (1968), Noble Park (1970), then as Parish Priest to Kensington (1971), Macleod (1978) and Braybrook (1980). In 1991 he undertook missionary work in the Philippines and Thailand with sponsorship from Melbourne Overseas Mission returning in 1992 as Parish Priest of Bennetswood retiring as Pastor Emeritus in 2004. Being a somewhat reluctant retiree in 2005 he had a short period as Administrator of Hampton East and from there on enjoyed assisting priests with supply work both near and far. In retirement he was made welcome at St Anthony's Alphington, later at George Maher House, Justin Villa and finally to the John R Hannah Home. There is no doubt Rom could never have taken a vow of stability! For him life and priesthood was an adventure. He loved meeting new people, travelling and being engaged with priestly ministry. Rom seemed to live life in a different time zone and his friends were never quite sure when he would pop in! Not one to be tied down, Rom was rather more free spirited in his approach to life. He could have been a writer for Lonely Planet given his many exotic places of interest and experiences. He enjoyed the chance to meet people from all walks of life and in doing so he would share freely his priesthood, his faith and kindness. As a pastor he was a kind and generous man. He wanted his priesthood to be down to earth and truly wanted to identify with the poor and to find ways of opening opportunities for people. He believed the Church should be clearly visible and present to asylum seekers and refugees hence, his service with the Jesuit Refugee Service. Across the parishes where he served he will be remembered as a kind priest, willing to speak freely and to support his people in very practical ways. In retirement, Rom chose to assist priests and bishops in other dioceses across Australia in order to allow others to have a holiday or sabbatical. He found it hard to surrender to the realities of aging, health and loss of independence. He gave the CCI claims department plenty of work and members of the PRF were scratching their heads at some of Rom's rather miraculous survivals! He was a great character. He was appreciative of the kindness of family and friends who shared his joys and struggles. He often told the story of his last minute hesitancy before his priestly ordination and how he learned that God's grace was ultimately more abundantly generous than his own limitations. Rom was one of the great characters of the Melbourne presbyterate whose priesthood brought blessings to so many. May he rest in peace.
7 May 2015	Rev Geoffrey King SJ Read more Born 08/06/1943; Ordained 08/12/1973 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus Geoff, who had been a Jesuit for 54 years and a priest for 41years, died peacefully at Mercy Place, East Melbourne. Born in Sydney, he was educated by the De La Salle Brothers at Ashfield. In 1960 he entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia, at the age of 16, and was ordained a priest in 1973. A reserved, erudite man of formidable intellect and keen pastoral sensitivity, Geoff was above all a brilliant academic and teacher. After completing a doctorate at the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, he spent the next ten years professing Canon Law and Church History at the United Faculty of Theology and Yarra Theological Union in Melbourne. He also served a term as Rector at Jesuit Theological College, Parkville. Then followed a period as director of the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila and editor of the East Asian Pastoral Review, in which roles he helped form pastors for the churches of East Asia. After returning to Australia in 1997, Geoff spent the remainder of his life teaching Canon Law, Church History and Moral Theology, while also serving as a canonical consultant, occasional Church spokesperson on various issues, academic principal at Jesuit Theological College, superior at St Ignatius', Richmond, and provincial delegate for professional standards. He enabled the Sisters of Mercy to amalgamate their various branches and the Society of Jesus to update its law at General Congregation 34. For many years he supplied weekend Masses in Gisborne and Werribee parishes, even after developing motor neurone disease. His courage and constancy in the face of adversity touched many.
8 May 1905	Rev Patrick A Francis Gisborne, etc, Vic
8 May 1912	Rev Augustin Ginisty SM Sydney, Rockhampton dioc, Qld
8 May 1921	Rev Daniel O'Reilly Pyrmont, Haymarket, Petersham, Surry Hills, etc, NSW
8 May 1922	Rev Charles Morrogh SJ Sevenhill, SA; Sydney; Melbourne
8 May 1933	Rev Card Bonaventura Cerretti North Sydney
8 May 1949	Bishop John Joseph Carroll Lismore, NSW; Brisbane
8 May 1954	Rev Patrick McKenna Bathurst dioc. NSW
8 May 1955	Rev Thomas Van Prooyen SJ Sydney
8 May 1967	Rev Michael Bernard Coffey Kogarah, etc, NSW
8 May 1973	Rev William James Gilby Wagga dioc, NSW
8 May 1979	Rev Vincent R Maher Toowoomba, Dalby, Chinchilla, Stanthorpe, Inglewood, Texas, Cambooya, etc, Qld
8 May 1982	Rev Patrick McEvoy SJ
8 May 1989	Francis Joseph John Muldoon Sadleir-Miller, etc, NSW
8 May 1994	Rev Denis Leo Mullins Murwillumbah, Coffs Harbour, etc, NSW
8 May 2011	Rev Edward A Shepherd Born 08/06/1920. Diocese of Broken Bay.
9 May 1864	Bishop Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan OFM Melbourne; Adelaide
9 May 1898	Rev Rene Marie Launuzel Brisbane, etc, Qld
9 May 1933	Rev John Francis Sayers Sydney, Kiama, NSW
9 May 1935	Rev Peter Treacy Nyngan, Wilcannia, Gundagai, etc, NSW
9 May 1936	Rev Eugene Walsh OSA Cairns, etc, Qld
9 May 1937	Rev Thomas Alphonsus William O'Brien OSA Cooktown, Qld; Armidale, Tamworth, Werris Creek, NSW
9 May 1938	Rev Andrew (Michael) O'Grady OCarm Adelaide; Port Melbourne, etc
9 May 1959	Rev Reginald O'Connell CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
9 May 1962	Rev Mgr Thomas Murphy Heathcote, etc, NSW
9 May 1964	Rev Edmund P McElligott Birdwood, etc, SA
9 May 1971	Rev Stephen Sweeney CP Goulburn, NSW
9 May 1973	Rev Leo Curran Melbourne dioc
9 May 1981	Rev William Constable MSC Sydney
9 May 1981	Rev John Larkin SJ Milson's Point, NSW; Kew, Vic
9 May 1982	Rev Mgr George Clifford Galen Springwood, Manly, Rose Bay, etc, NSW
9 May 1982	Rev Charles McDonald SJ Sydney, etc
9 May 1983	Rev Linus Hennessy OFM
9 May 1990	Rev Francis Cahill CM Bathurst, NSW; Rostrevor, SA
9 May 1994	Rev John Bell MSC Sydney, Toowoomba, Qld, etc
9 May 1995	Rev Denis McCarthy Ballarat dioc, Vic
9 May 1996	Rev Michael Andrew McCann CSsR
9 May 1999	Rev Mgr Patrick McMorrow Hamilton, Vic; Toowoomba, Stanthorpe, Warwick, Qld
9 May 2000	Rev John McGrath Bunbury dioc, WA
9 May 2003	Rev Basil Noseda OSB New Norcia, Kalumburu, Moora, WA
9 May 2005	Rev Joseph Scanagatta SDB
9 May 2009	Rev Norbert Olsen SJ
9 May 2011	Rev Anthony Robin Hally PE Read more Born 09/12/1937; Date of Ordination: 21/07/1962 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Tony served the Church in the Archdiocese of Melbourne for over 48 years as Assistant Priest at Glen Waverley (temporary), Belmont, Doveton, Heidelberg, Glenroy and Carlton and Parish Priest of Bell Park, Doncaster East, Donvale and Woodend. He was appointed Pastor Emeritus on 11 March 2011. Rest in peace dear Tony.
9 May 2014	Rev Sean Conroy Born 07/03/1919; Ordained 24/08/1977 - Diocese of Wagga Wagga
9 May 2015	Rev Vincent Noel Kierce OCarm Read more Born 21/10/1935; Ordained 06/01/1961 Carmelites - Order of Brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt Carmel. Noel died unexpectedly but peacefully on 09 May 2015. He was home at the Carmelite community house next door to Whitefriars College in Donvale, Vic. This was very fitting as Noel is chiefly remembered for his devotion to Whitefriars over more than 40 years. At 79 years of age Noel was in his 60th year as a Carmelite and 54th year of priesthood and active chaplain at the College. Noel grew up in Healesville, Victoria. He joined the Carmelites as a novice on 10/02/1954 at Wahroonga in Sydney and was ordained to priesthood on 06/01/1961. Noel lived at the Carmelite parishes of Middle Park, Melbourne and Coorparoo, Brisbane while gaining teaching qualifications and was appointed as a teacher to the then Carmelite school, Simon Stock High at Pendle Hill, NSW in 1965. After three years there he arrived at the Carmelite College, Whitefriars, in Donvale, Victoria on 01/02/1968. It was there he was to remain for most of his life. Noel loved the College and served as teacher, Principal and chaplain. In 1996 the Carmelites convinced him to become parish priest of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Pennington, South Australia. But basically Noel was homesick and three years later he was back at his beloved Whitefriars. Noel is fondly remembered by generations of students, families and staff at the College. The College's tribute in the newspapers stated: Much loved companion, teacher and friend to students, staff and families at Whitefriars College Donvale for more than 40 years. A warm, faithful, gentle and caring man whose presence in our community and at the College will be greatly missed. Carmelite, Laurie Timms, preached at Noel's requiem using the text, When Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him, he said of him: Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no guile!' (Jn 1:47)
9 May 2017	Most Rev Brian Barnes OFM Born 23/03/1933; Ordained 12/07/1958 Archbishop Emeritus of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
9 May 2018	Rev John Williams Read more Born 18/01/1938; Ordained 20/07/1962 Archdiocese of Hobart John Williams was born in Launceston, Tasmania and grew up in the working-class parish of St Finn Barr's, Invermay. He was educated by the Presentation Sisters at Invermay and later by the Christian Brothers at St Patrick's College, Launceston. He was Head Prefect and Dux of the College in 1954. One of his responsibilities during this year was to give the speech of welcome to the newly arrived Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart, Guilford Young. On 1 March 1955, John joined fellow Tasmanians Graeme Howard, Adrian Doyle and Terry Southerwood as well as many others from around Victorian in making the journey to Corpus Christi College, Werribee to commence his seminary studies. These students were among the first group to continue their studies at Glen Waverley. John was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Hobart at the Church of the Apostles in Launceston on 20 July 1962. John was appointed temporarily to the Cathedral in Hobart, then spent a few years as an assistant at Stanley (Circular Head). This was followed by a stint at Devonport until in 1967 when he was called to Hobart to be involved more closely in the Church's administration, firstly at the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau (now CatholicCare) and then in Catholic Education, where he served as Director from 1972 - 1994. Towards the end of his time in Catholic Education, John took on the administration of the parish of Lenah Valley. He resigned a Director in 1994 and continued his ministry in the parishes of Lindisfarne and New Town. John Williams made an inestimable contribution to Catholic Education in Australia. As an inaugural member and then as Chair of the National Catholic Education Commission (1979 -1985) he was heavily involved in the debate over State Aid. Friend and foe alike respected him because of his sharpness of mind, his integrity and his profound sense of justice. When preaching in characteristic style at the Hobart Jubilarians' Mass in 1987, Archbishop Guilford Young described John Williams in these words: He has been gifted with a mind like a razor, who feels deeply but hates to show it. He detests injustice and has been and is so often a corrective irritant to minds like mine. That this man of these qualities could have given me, a man so different, a loyalty and obedience so true across 25 years, is a measure of the strength of his faith. It has been his lot to play a part in one of the most complex, demanding, exhausting and highest of the Church's services to humanity. Fr Williams possesses an intellectual grasp and comprehension allied to more than ordinary capacity to negotiate and manoeuvre, albeit with an appreciation of the good and the true in the position of an opponent, arising from his keen sense of justice and honesty. John's only desire was to give his all as a priest. He has done this for nearly 56 years. He was a deeply loved and admired brother, uncle, cousin and friend whose life as a priest made a difference to countless people around Tasmania and across the nation.
9 May 2019	Rev Cornelius Croese Read more Born: 07/01/1929: Ordained 17/07/1961 for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga. Cornelius Con' Croese was a dedicated and devoted priest for over 50 Years. Born in Newcastle, NSW, Con spent his childhood years at Moss Vale, NSW and was educated at the Robertson Public School, the Dominican Convent Moss Vale, and the Marist Brothers in Campbelltown, NSW. Before joining the Priesthood, Con completed an apprenticeship as a Fitter & Turner at Southern Portland Cement Works at Berrima where many of his immediate family members worked. Con maintained the friendships he made during his childhood and his years at the cement works and often met up with those friends on his visits back to Moss Vale. Con also worked for an engineering firm in Wagga Wagga before entering St Columba's Springwood and St Patrick's Manly to train for the priesthood in 1954. Con was ordained a priest on 17 July 1961 at the Dominican Convent in Moss Vale by Most Rev T McCabe of Wollongong. The Chalice used by Con during all his years as a priest was a treasured possession, presented to him by his family on the occasion of his Ordination. Con achieved things in a quiet manner and was regarded highly within the Diocese where he worked. He served in the Parishes of South Wagga, Leeton, Albury, Tocumwal, Tarcutta, Urana, Howlong, and Lockhart. He also spent time in the Diocese of Port Pirie in 1997. Con was appointed Rector of Vianney College Seminary from 2001 until 2004 and also served as a Diocesan Consultor. He retired to Lockhart in December 2006. A Requiem Mass was held at St Paul's Catholic Church Moss Vale on 20th May 2019 and Con is buried at St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Sutton Forest. May he rest in peace.
9 May 2021	Rev Dino Torresan CS
9 May 2021	Rev Peter Liu Read more Born 09/06/1924. Ordained 29/06/1955. Diocese of Armidale. Peter was born in the village of Kongliuba, Renxian County, Hebe Province, China, the third in a family of seven siblings. He was talented and intelligent and received a good education. At the age of nine, Peter went to the Temple of God in Julu County, Shun de Diocese where he was praised by priests and teachers for his talent and the fact he could memorise as he read. In 1938 at age 14 he was admitted to the local Minor Seminary then to Gunsheng Middle School in Beijing in 1944. In April he was admitted to the St Vincent Seminary in Genoa, Italy and was ordained there on 29 June 1955. The same year he attended the Pontifical Urbanian University and obtained a degree in Canon Law. Unable to return to China, Peter arrived in Australia and was incardinated into the Diocese of Armidale where he faithfully served in the parishes of Tenterfield, Narrabri, Gunnedah, Quirindi and Glen Innes. Peter retired to Nazareth House, Tamworth and died after a short illness. May he rest in peace.
9 May 2024	Rev Mgr Francis P Hickey Born 14/02/1927; Ordained 22/07/1951. Diocese of Sandhurst.
10 May 1890	Rev Peter Chaix SM Sydney
10 May 1899	Rev Edmund John Corcoran CM Balmain, NSW, etc
10 May 1902	Rev Vincent A Landy OSA Croydon, Qld; Sandhurst dioc, Vic, etc
10 May 1905	Rev Michael Kennedy Adelaide; Beechworth, Benalla, Shepparton, Vic
10 May 1907	Rev John O'Neill Sydney, etc
10 May 1913	Rev Eugene Englert SM Sydney; Rockhampton dioc, Qld
10 May 1918	Rev Pierre Le Pretre SM Sydney
10 May 1925	Rev Frederick J Adamson Kadina, Strathalbyn, etc, SA
10 May 1927	Rev Michael Kearns Merriwa, Newcastle, etc, NSW
10 May 1933	Rev Thomas Mary Stokes Brewarrina, Hillston, Moama, NSW
10 May 1938	Rev William John Power Lismore dioc, NSW
10 May 1947	Rev David Gleeson Surrey Hills, etc, Vic
10 May 1954	Rev William J Stevens Epping, etc, NSW
10 May 1960	Rev L M Gerhard OCarm
10 May 1971	Rev Charles John Smith Kyogle etc, NSW
10 May 1973	Rev Laurence Gelinas SSS Melbourne
10 May 1973	Rev Augustin Fuertes Gonzalez OSA Cairns, Qld
10 May 1986	Rev John McNamara East Kew, etc, Vic
10 May 1989	Rev Thomas James (Antoninus) Hingston OP North Adelaide, SA, etc
10 May 1992	Rev Norman Thomas Isaac Millmerran, etc, Qld
10 May 1993	Rev Peter John Kavanagh SSC Wahroonga, Turramurra, NSW; North Essendon, Vic
10 May 2002	Rev Maurice O'Connor OSA Cairns, Mareeba, Redland Bay, Qld; Kyabram, Vic; Manly Vale, NSW; Brisbane, Qld
10 May 2002	Rev Thomas Patrick O'Prey Shenton Park, Kensington, Leederville, Northam, Bencubbin, Gosnells, Wembley, Glendalough, WA
10 May 2004	Rev William Dalton SJ Sydney, etc
10 May 2011	Rev Gordon Herbert Bennett Read more Born 12/11/1920; Date of Ordination: 29/06/1975 - Archdiocese of Perth. Gordon was born in Christchurch, Dorset, England. He worked as an Anglican lay missionary in the Bahamas with Fr John Lisle from 1945-51 who later became a Catholic priest in Perth. Gordon was ordained an Anglican priest in England but chose to become a Catholic in 1970. After undertaking seminary studies at the Beda College in Rome and with the White Fathers in London, he was ordained a Catholic priest in the Leeds Cathedral on 29 June 1974. He served in Curacao, followed by Kensington, London and Newhaven, Sussex, before moving to WA in September 1985 where he was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Perth. He then worked briefly as chaplain to the Little Sisters of the Poor in Glendalough before being appointed Assistant Priest at Northam to work once again with John Lisle. His next appointment was as Chaplain at Hollywood Repatriation Hospital, after which he served as Chaplain for retired priests at the St. John of God Villas in Subiaco where he also retired. Rest in peace dear Gordon.
10 May 2014	Br Joseph McArdle OCSO Cistercian Monks
10 May 2014	Rev John O'Ryan SM Read more Born 06/02/1926; Ordained 29/07/1950 - Marist Fathers. John, who was born at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Nundah, Queensland was an only child and sadly his mother passed away when he was seven. Following his secondary education at St John's College, Lismore (NSW), he entered the Marist novitiate in 1943 and made his first profession 2 February 1944 and was ordained on 29 July 1950. John ministered in Lismore (NSW) and Burnie (TAS) as a priest-teacher for 16 years. His other ministry was in parishes: in Sydney at St Patrick's, Church Hill, in Brisbane at St John's Wood - The Gap, and finally he served at St Paul's Parish in West Sunshine in Melbourne for 28 years. He was a school chaplain for two years, and had two years on the Marist seminary staff at Toongabbie and Hunters Hill. Johnno developed an interest in bushwalking. Later, with fellow priests and others, he tramped over much of Gippsland and Tasmania. He retired in 2004 to Hunters Hill where he maintained contact with countless people from wherever he worked or travelled. May he rest in peace.
10 May 2014	Rev Miah Thomas McSweeny Read more Born 5/03/1930; Ordained 26/06/1954 - Diocese of Cairns. In the early 1950s when Bishop Cahill, with the consent of Archbishop Duhig, asked for Brisbane students at Banyo Seminary to work in the Cairns diocese, 15 volunteered - and Miah McSweeny was one. This was a most generous offer of the Brisbane Archdiocese. Most probably these 15 were among the cream of the missionary minded students at Banyo Seminary at that time. Miah certainly had missionary dreams. Within months of being appointed to Gordonvale parish in January 1956, he dreamed of visiting the aboriginal community over the mountain range to the east. The only access to Yarrabah at that time was by boat. But not for Miah! With cane knife in hand he cut his way over the Range and innocently walked into the Yarrabah community without the permission of the Chairman, or of the Government administrators, or of the Anglican Church!! Whenever Miah related this story he would shake his head at how wet behind the ears he was! He must have quickly got over this embarrassment because, over the next 8 years that he was in Gordonvale, he was very much involved with the Yarrabah Community and was caught up with a team of people organising housing for families on the fringe of Yarrabah. During this time and for the rest of his life he grew into a strong advocate for justice and fairness for the indigenous and migrant people of Far North Queensland. After a one year appointment to the Cathedral parish as assistant priest, he was subsequently appointed as parish priest of Gordonvale (8 years), South Johnstone (2 years), Thursday island (15 years), Weipa (11 years), Earlville (10 years), Northern Beaches (12 years) and Cooktown/Weipa (4 years). While Miah presented a tough front he always had a warm heart for people. People from all walks of life were welcome in his presbyteries. The presbytery often became a meeting place for many. He was a genuine catalyst for bringing people together. What about that peculiar gait that was his? When walking he seemed to put his toes to the ground first! If you teased about it he would simply laugh it off without comment. Throughout his priestly life he suffered from infections in his legs and feet. This gave him continual discomfort and, at times, pain. His gait was one way of easing that discomfort. He had a simple spirituality: God loves us, no matter what. It was a driving force in the life and ministry of Fr Miah McSweeny, the man and the priest. May you rest now in the love of your God.
11 May 1880	Rev George Vincent Barry Melbourne, Victoria
11 May 1880	Rev Joseph Thurse CSSp Albany, WA
11 May 1891	Rev Angelo Ambrosoli Pime, Rydalmere, Sydney, NSW
11 May 1914	Rev James Bergin Beaudesert, Nanango, etc, Qld
11 May 1914	Rev Patrick Ignatius Carr OCarm Gawler, SA; Melbourne
11 May 1932	Rev Lawrence Laffan CM Ashfield, NSW
11 May 1934	Rev John Roche Sydney dioc
11 May 1939	Rev Patrick David Hennessy Franklin, Launceston, Tas
11 May 1961	Rev James O'Neill CM Mossgiel, Bathurst, NSW, etc
11 May 1970	Rev Bonaventure Cyril Buckley OFM Sydney, etc
11 May 1974	Rev Francis Fitzgerald OSM Wanneroo, WA
11 May 1976	Rev Denis P Murphy Melbourne dioc
11 May 1980	Rev Jeremiah Golden SJ Melbourne; Sydney, etc
11 May 1981	Rev George Baggio CS Dee Why, Surrey Hills, NSW; North Fitzroy, Lalor, Silkwood, Fitzroy, Vic
11 May 1983	Rev Esmond Kilmeck OP
11 May 1985	Rev Vincent Conway SJ Sydney
11 May 1997	Rev Ignatius Willy CP Hobart, Tas
11 May 2000	Rev Leo Mahon Woy Woy, etc, Broken Bay dioc, NSW
11 May 2007	Rev Kevin Willis Hay Adelaide, Brighton, Salisbury, Mt. Gambier, Manoora, Penola, Barossa Valley, Willunga, Maitland, Mt. Barker, Hamley Bridge, SA
11 May 2012	Rev Ross Aldag SSC
11 May 2015	Rev John Cranley OMI Born 20/09/1933 The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
11 May 2018	Rev Keith Teefey CSsR Born 25/08/1932; Ordained 11/07/1965 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
12 May 1876	Rev Martin Keohan Oatlands, Tas
12 May 1883	Rev Eugene Luckie Sydney, Goulburn, Bathurst, etc, NSW
12 May 1920	Rev Jeremiah Brosnam Perth, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, etc, WA
12 May 1938	Rev John O'Reilly Perth dioc
12 May 1939	Bishop Victor Doucere SM Sydney
12 May 1941	Rev Bernard A Comaskey Maitland dioc, NSW
12 May 1980	Rev Roger Doherty SSC Essendon, Vic
12 May 1987	Rev Hubert (Herbert) Steele Melbourne dioc
12 May 1988	Rev Augustine McCarthy CP Sydney, etc
12 May 1989	Rev Charles McCarthy CSsR Sydney, etc
12 May 1994	Rev Aidan O'Meara OFM Paddington, Waverley, NSW; Kedron, Qld; Kew, Vic; Midland, Collie, WA
12 May 2017	Rev Peter Morgan Ryan CSsR Ordained 16/03/1969 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
12 May 2018	Rev Daniel Neylon OFM Born 18/07/1925; Ordained 23/07/1950 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
13 May 1795	Rev Louis Ventenat Kingston, Cygnet, Tas
13 May 1876	Rev Michael P Barron Maitland dioc, NSW
13 May 1909	Rev Michael J Maher CM Malvern, Vic, etc
13 May 1964	Rev Nicholas McNally Launceston, Tas; Sydney
13 May 1977	Rev Thomas J Wisely Cowra, Carcoar, etc, NSW
13 May 1978	Rev Maurice McPhillamy MSC Sydney, etc
13 May 1986	Rev Malachy Mara OCSO Tarrawarra, Vic
13 May 1989	Rev James O'Mara Sale dioc, Vic
13 May 1992	Archbishop Launcelot Goody Spearwood, Upper Swan, Kalgoorlie, North Perth, Bunbury, Perth, WA
13 May 1993	Rev Michael Hogan CSsR Sydney, etc
13 May 2002	Rev Dirk Tolboom MHM Mount Magnet, Three Springs, Perth, WA
13 May 2006	Rev Patrick James Carroll Cloncurry, Parkside, Ayr, Mount Isa - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
13 May 2010	Rev Cyril Hally SSC Born 09/02/1920; Ordained 22/07/1945.
13 May 2011	Rev Arthur Braithwaite MSC Born 16/12/1932; Ordained 26/07/1959; Sydney etc
14 May 1875	Rev James Luke Levermore OC Hobart, Port Arthur, Ross, Tas
14 May 1913	Rev Patrick Keating SJ Sydney, etc
14 May 1915	Rev Anselm Lenerge (Lenagre) Beagle Bay, WA
14 May 1926	Rev Peter Marie Treand MSC Randwick, NSW; Hobart dioc, Tas, etc
14 May 1933	Rev Romaeus (Patrick) MacCafrey OCarm Melbourne
14 May 1940	Rev John Corcoran SJ Melbourne, etc
14 May 1943	Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo North Sydney, NSW
14 May 1954	Rev Dolse Garcia Gonzalez OSA Cairns, etc, Qld
14 May 1957	Rev Daniel McDonald SJ Sydney, etc
14 May 1978	Rev Thomas O'Byrne Mullumbimby, etc, NSW
14 May 1989	Rev Ronald Leslie Murray Campbell, Asquith, Meadowbank, Guildford, Sydney, Mascot, NSW.
14 May 1991	Rev John Gaffney Panania, Merrylands, Penrith, Mascot, Gladesville, Revesby, North Parramatta, Redfern, Rozelle, Balmain, Gymea, NSW
14 May 1994	Rev John McCristal OFM Robertson, NSW; Box Hill, Vic, etc
14 May 2000	Rev Leo McMahon Sydney, etc
14 May 2012	Rev Deacon Angel Portas Read more Date of Birth: 31/08/1943 Date of Ordination: 15/07/2000 - Archdiocese of Sydney. Angel, who died after a long battle with cancer, was ordained as a permanent deacon for the Sydney Archdiocese on 15 July 2000. Most of his ministry was within the context of the Spanish speaking communities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Originally born in Spain, Angel migrated to Australia from Uruguay in 1972 with his wife Teresa and their family. His introduction to the diaconate came through the encouragement of the Scalabrini fathers and through his family's participation in the life of the Spanish speaking community in Sydney, especially the Cursillo movement. After ordination, his ministry within the Spanish speaking community developed and deepened through his sacramental ministry and talks on Spanish community radio. He often stressed the fundamental importance of solidarity and humble witness to the presence of Christ. Angel was often self conscious about what he described as his Spanish English'. His life and ministry however spoke clearly and eloquently about his love of God and his love of the Church. As he put it: Following Jesus is one of the most fantastic things because we discover ourselves by walking with him and we discover the richness and hope our life has by living with God.' Rest in peace Angel.
14 May 2016	Rev Brian Healy MSC Born 21/09/1936; Ordained 21/07/1962 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
15 May 1886	Rev John Meade Ballarat, Ararat, etc, Vic
15 May 1940	Rev Angelus (John) Scanlon OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic
15 May 1945	Rev Joseph A Brennan SJ Riverview, NSW; Kew, Vic
15 May 1964	Rev William AlIen SJ North Sydney, etc
15 May 1964	Rev Ildephonsus Garcia OSB New Norcia, WA
15 May 1965	Rev Francis Henry Kent Cygnet, Westbury, etc, Tas
15 May 1966	Rev Mgr Thomas Ahen Mosman Park, etc, WA
15 May 1970	Rev John O'Connell Archdiocese of Brisbane
15 May 1970	Rev Michael Herbert Goondiwindi, etc, Qld
15 May 1972	Rev Mgr Austin O'Connor Murrumburrah, etc, NSW
15 May 1985	Rev Gregory John Butler OP
15 May 1987	Rev Michael Francis Kehoe Canowindra, Lithgow, Oberon, Bathurst dioc, etc, NSW
15 May 1989	Rev Thomas Mogan CSsR Newcastle, NSW; Perth, WA, etc
15 May 1990	Rev John Delaney Tighes Hill, Mayfield, Maitland, Lochinvar, Muswellbrook, Wickham, Denman, Merriwa, Morpeth, NSW
15 May 1992	Rev Thomas Joseph Murray Melbourne dioc
15 May 1998	Rev Francis Joseph Le Fevre Glen Innes, Inverell, South Tamworth, Moree, Tenterfield, NSW
15 May 2006	Rev John Askew MSC
15 May 2008	Rev Peter Youngberry PE Born 03/06/1924; Diocese of Sandhurst.
15 May 2010	Rev James Carroll SDB Read more Born 12/06/1924; Ordained 01/07/1954 - Salesian Fathers. In January 1943 Jim entered the Salesian novitiate and made his first religious profession on 31 January 1944. In 1950 Jim went to Turin, Italy, to further his theological studies. He was awarded a Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1954 and ordained a priest in Turin in July the same year. He remained in Turin another 3 years to undertake a further Licentiate in Canon Law. Jim's final appointment in 1994 was as business manager to St Joseph's College Ferntree Gully. Jim would say that all of his years as a Salesian were happy, but he delighted in his time at Ferntree Gully. Failing health forced Jim to retire in 2009 after an amazing 55 years of priestly ministry. Rest in peace dear Jim.
15 May 2011	Rev Philip David Hosking SJ Read more Born 16/08/1927; Ordained 07/01/1959 - Jesuit Fathers. Philip Hosking was an utterly dedicated school teacher and administrator throughout his active Jesuit life. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1927 and completed his schooling with the Jesuits at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne. He joined the Society of Jesus at Loyola College, Watsonia, in 1945, completed a Bachelor of Arts through the University of Melbourne in 1952, was ordained a priest on 7 January 1959, did Tertianship at Sevenhill, SA, in 1961 and took final vows in 1964 as a Spiritual Coadjutor and in 1985 as a Professed Father. In all, Philip devoted 20 years in Australia and 24 years in India to working in the educational apostolate. In Australia he worked in four Jesuit schools, where he fulfilled leadership roles in two of them and was always an energetic, forceful presence, a great teacher and an inspiring mentor. A perfectionist, he set very high standards and demanded much of himself. At the age of 50 he was able to realize his long held desire to be a missionary in India, though not before returning to Australia after a few months to found Thomas More College, Salisbury Downs, for the Catholic Education Office in Adelaide. A year after the school opened he returned to India, where he lived austerely and spent every day teaching a full range of classes in two Jesuit colleges until his retirement at the age of 75. At that point he returned to Australia, and in his old age his compassion made him a much appreciated chaplain to the elderly. Many of his former students and colleagues remember him with great respect and gratitude. Rest in peace Philip.
15 May 2017	Rev Mark Andrew McGuinness MSC Born 31/05/1959; Ordained 01/07/1994 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
15 May 2017	Rev Mgr Francis Joseph Cresp Read more Born 05/03/1931; Ordained 03/08/1955 Diocese of Port Pirie Francis Cresp was born in Berri, the youngest of 11 children to Mary and Michael Cresp. His early schooling was by the Sisters of St Joseph at Berri and so began his life-long association with the Sisters of St Joseph, and his love and devotion to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. After study at St Francis Xavier's Seminary in Adelaide and St Patrick's at Manly he was ordained by Bishop Gallagher in St Theresa's Church, Renmark, on 3 Sept 1955. Frank served as Curate at the Cathedral Parish, Crystal Brook, Peterborough, Port Lincoln and then in 1964 he was appointed to the Inland Mission, residing in Leigh Creek until he could get a caravan to live in at Coober Pedy. As the first Parish Priest of Coober Pedy, Frank set about, with the help of local miners, digging out the beautiful jewel of an underground church, St Peter and St Paul. �God built it, we only had to find it�, he always said. The years in the outback endeared Frank to all whom he met, Station families, stockmen and women, drovers, navvies, fencers, teachers, medical staff, road workers, etc; he was always made so welcome at their kitchen tables, smoko breaks, staffrooms and campfires. In an effort to connect the Station people with the township people, he and his good friend, the late Ian Rankin of Mable Creek Station, established the Coober Pedy Races, using a grader to mark out the track. They still hold the annual race day, bringing outlying people into the township to add valuable funds for the RFDS. Following Coober Pedy Frank went to Cummins/Tumby Bay, then to Woomera, Snowtown and finally back to his beloved Peterborough. It was here that he found time among his duties to collect, catalogue and restore the historical collections of the Diocese. With a grant he was able to commission Sr Margaret Press RSJ, to research and write up the life of Bishop John Norton �Bishop of the Railways�. As Vicar General of the Diocese under Bishop Eugene Hurley he set about finding, restoring and photographing all the graves of the deceased priests of the diocese and this led to the publication of the book Good and Faithful Servants (now in its 2nd edition) giving a short biography of each of these priests. It was during this time that the title of Monsignor was bestowed on him. After 19 years in Peterborough, he was able to oversee the setting up of the archives for the diocese in Port Pirie, a requirement that Frank notes, was 130 years late! Upon retiring Frank went to Barmera, but after a few years his health and eyesight deteriorated and he eventually took up residence in St Joseph's House in Port Pirie. He died peacefully on Monday 15 May 2017 after having suffered a stroke. Rest in peace Good and Faithful Servant'.
15 May 2020	Rev Joseph Kearney SAC Born 30/08/1921; Ordained 28/07/1946 Pallottines - Society of the Catholic Apostolate.
16 May 1908	Rev Thomas Joseph Carroll Crookwell, Albury, Tumut, Goulburn, Wilcannia, Narrandera, Wagga, NSW
16 May 1917	Rev Timothy Delaney Cleary Boorowa, Henty, Goulburn, Gunning, etc, NSW
16 May 1918	Rev Patrick J O'Shea Murrumburrah, etc, NSW
16 May 1923	Rev Mgr Daniel F X Beechinor Richmond, Hobart, Launceston, Tas
16 May 1949	Rev Mgr Peter J Murphy Clifton Gardens, etc, NSW
16 May 1949	Rev Alphonsus James O'Reilly OP Adelaide; Melbourne
16 May 1950	Rev James Kirwan SJ Richmond, Vic; Adelaide etc
16 May 1950	Rev Mgr Thomas Nolan Dalby, Qld, etc
16 May 1956	Rev Thomas Bourke Colac, etc, Vic
16 May 1956	Rev John Rausch SM Sydney
16 May 1960	Rev Joseph Cusack Sydney dioc
16 May 1961	Rev John Leyden Werrimull, Ararat, Birchip, Linton, etc, Vic
16 May 1962	Rev Francis J Cosgrave CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
16 May 1966	Rev Bernard Dennehy CSsR Ballarat, etc, Vic
16 May 1968	Rev Nicholas Rossiter CM Mosgiel,NZ; Eastwood, NSW; Perth, WA
16 May 1969	Rev Donat O'Brien OFM
16 May 1975	Rev Vincent Cochrane Cohuna, etc, Vic
16 May 1978	Rev Timothy Fitzpatrick Melbourne dioc
16 May 1987	Rev Peter Guiren SM Brisbane; Geelong, Vic; Burnie, Tas; Lismore, Sydney, NSW; Perth, etc
16 May 1994	Rev Bruce Greeley SSS Melbourne, etc
16 May 2001	Rev Francis Meek Sydney, Broken Bay dioc, NSW
16 May 2016	Rev Ross McKenney PE Read more Born: 28/02/1945 Ordained: 24/08/1974 Died: 16/05/2016 Ross entered St Paul's National Seminary, Kensington NSW in 1971. He was at that time a late vocation,' achieving at Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne and working as a solicitor before entering the seminary. Following his ordination to the priesthood on 24 August 1974, Ross served a summer appointment at Castlemaine (1975), Assistant Priest at St Bede's, North Balwyn (1975-1978) and Murrumbeena (1978). In 1978 he undertook a Master of Church Administration at Catholic University of America. Upon his return he was appointed to the Tribunal, residing as priest in residence at Preston (1979-1987). In 1987 he briefly served as Administrator of St Patrick's, Mentone, later being appointed Assistant Priest to Mt Waverley. In 1989 he was appointed Parish Priest of Oakleigh East, Templestowe (1998), Burwood (2002) and Elsternwick in 2006 until his retirement due to illness in 2015. Ross retired to Justin Villa and and then transferred to Villa Maria Catholic Homes in Bundoora. Throughout his priesthood, Ross was able to bring his many gifts to the service of the Church. His knowledge in civil law and canon law allowed him to use both disciplines in addressing the pastoral concerns of individuals and the application of judicial process. As a priest appointed to special duties, he was able to dedicate himself to the many tasks required of him, but he appreciated the deep connection with parishioners which he formed whether as a priest in residence or on appointment. Sadly, in recent years and in particular the last few months, Ross endured a period of suffering. This was not easy for him. His loss of physical independence did not mean his intellectual capacity was diminished and so he slowly abandoned his trust into the hands of God. A few days before his death he said, To have been a priest has been the greatest gift�I have nothing to fear.' We give thanks for the priestly service, dedication and fidelity of Fr Ross McKenney, for 41 years of faithful service as a priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Now that his suffering is over, we pray that he may rest in peace and rise in glory. May he rest in peace.
16 May 2019	Rev Deacon James Caulfield Read more Born 23/07/1949; Ordained 16/04/2004 for the Diocese of Broken Bay. Jim, the youngest of three children of Richard and Joyce Caulfield, was educated by the De La Salle Brothers in Lakemba and Marist Brothers in Penshurst. Jim was a loving husband to Gail, for 46 years and loving father to his four children and grandfather to his 15 grandchildren. Jim, one of the first four Permanent Deacons for the Diocese of Broken Bay, was ordained as a Permanent Deacon on the 16 April 2004 by Bishop David Walker in Corpus Christi Cathedral St Ives. Following his Ordination Jim was appointed to the Parish of Mary Mackillop at Warnervale, where he remained for the whole of his diaconal ministry. Deacon Paul Simmons, who was a classmate of Jim's and ordained with him, said, In reflecting on Jim's 15 years of diaconal ministry, Jim was a man of great faith, who thanked God for the vocation he had received and lived out his vocation of ministry of service in an exemplary manner'. Jim had a tremendous love and care for the sick which he showed by his dedication and loyalty to their care. He also ministered for many years, coordinating the priests of the Diocese of Broken Bay in attending to urgent sick calls to the various hospitals across the Diocese. Jim took on the role of Manager for the 1300 PRIEST service, and was later appointed as the Chaplaincy Support Officer for the NSW Central Coast Hospitals. Unfortunately, in the last couple of years, Jim's health deteriorated and he retired in March 2018 from the ministry he loved so much. We thank God for the gift of Jim's ministry of service and for his tremendous love and generosity to those to whom he ministered. May he be welcomed, by our loving and compassionate Lord, into the place prepared for him in Heaven.
17 May 1854	Bishop Charles Henry Davis Sydney
17 May 1895	Bishop John Cuthbert Downey OSB Sydney
17 May 1899	Rev Denis Paul Long Fremantle, Busselton, Coolgardie, Kanowna, etc, WA
17 May 1903	Rev Jean Baptiste Perpezat SM Sydney
17 May 1909	Rev Guiseppe Gregori OFM Sydney
17 May 1943	Rev John Forrest MSC Hindmarsh, SA, Camp Hill, Qld
17 May 1955	Rev Jeremiah Murphy SJ Melbourne, etc
17 May 1958	Rev Walter L Bridger OCarm Middle Park, Vic, etc
17 May 1961	Rev Patrick Brennan Canberra and Goulburn dioc
17 May 1962	Rev Michael Garrett Murphy Toowoomba Diocese, Qld
17 May 1968	Rev Mgr John Cahir Essendon, Chadstone, etc, Vic
17 May 1973	Rev Patrick Fennessy Brighton, Sunshine, etc, Vic
17 May 1977	Rev Timothy Edward McGrath MSC Croydon, Vic; Sydney
17 May 1981	Rev Vince McSherry SM Brisbane, etc
17 May 1982	Rev John Robinson CM Collinsvale, Qld, etc
17 May 1983	Rev Francis Steel OFM Melbourne, etc
17 May 1987	Rev Edward Anthony Concannon Toowoomba, Stanthorpe, Dalby, Qld
17 May 1988	Rev Thomas Whitty MSC Sydney; Moonah, Tas, etc.
17 May 2000	Rev Joseph Noonan Box Hill, Thornbury, Clifton Hill, Fawkner, Vic
17 May 2000	Rev Maurice Joseph Walsh SM Sydney; Queensland; Burnie, Claremont, Scottsdale, Tas
17 May 2002	Rev Vivian Thomas Morrison Weethall, Barellan, Ungarie, Crookwell, Tumut, Young, Jugiong, Canberra, ACT
17 May 2005	Edward Philip (Ted) Kennedy Born 27/01/1931; Redfern etc Archdiocese of Sydney.
17 May 2006	Rev William Gerrard Moroney Broken Hill, Forbes, Parkes, Deniliquin, Braham, Hillston, Brewarrina, Trundle, South Broken Hill, NSW
17 May 2007	Rev Gerard Beeson Kellerberrin, Mirrabooka, Hilton, WA
17 May 2009	Rev Desmond G Jenkins PE Born 11/10/1928.
17 May 2012	Rev Carmelo Micallef Born 29/01/1930; Archdiocese of Brisbane.
17 May 2015	Rev Carlo M Marchetti OSM Ordained 31/10/1959 Servite Friars - Order of Servants of Mary
18 May 1858	Rev John Bernard Cronin OFM Port Fairy, Hamilton, etc, Vic
18 May 1918	Rev James O'Carroll Marong, Bendigo, etc, Vic
18 May 1935	Rev Thomas Barrett OP Adelaide, etc
18 May 1946	Rev Maurice Byrne Shepparton, Benalla, Yarrawonga, Wangaratta, Vic
18 May 1947	Rev Patrick Lyng Perth dioc
18 May 1949	Rev Accursio Rasi OFMCap Halifax, Qld
18 May 1951	Rev Patrick Brennan CSsR Perth, etc
18 May 1961	Rev Anthony Bergin SM Sydney
18 May 1968	Rev John Francis Duffy CM Southport, Rockhampton, Qld
18 May 1977	Rev John Laurence Gorry Flemington, Black Rock, Newport, West St. Kilda. etc, Vic
18 May 1977	Rev John Joseph Murphy Brighton, Ashby, Woodend, Thornbury, etc, Vic
18 May 1978	Rev Andrew Tuite Bordertown, Penola, Yorketown, SA
18 May 1997	Rev Edward Brill Kolijo, Cloncurry, Giru, Richmond, South Townsville, Railway Estate, Cathedral - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
18 May 1997	Rev Hugh O'Sullivan Adelaide dioc
18 May 2005	Rev John Van Doren Canberra-Goulburn dioc
18 May 2006	Rev Dominic Nguyen Van Doi Sydney, Lakemba, NSW
18 May 2010	Rev Denis Ward OFMCap Hawthorn, VIC etc
18 May 2013	Rev Edward (Con) Cornelius Jordan MSC Read more Born 24/05/1913; Ordained 30/11/1938 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Con was the senior priest and religious of the MSC Congregation when he died at St Joseph's Nursing Home, a few weeks short of his one hundredth birthday. Con was born in Newcastle NSW and entered the Apostolic School at Douglas Park for his secondary education. His older brother, Harry, had already joined the MSC. Con made his first profession in 1933 and was ordained in Sydney on 30 November 1938. After ordination, he commenced his life's work as a teacher, first in the Apostolic School and later at Downlands, Monivae and Chevalier Colleges where he proved himself a natural and very capable educator of the young. Sadly, his increasing deafness made it impossible for him to keep on teaching and he transferred to the Monastery at Kensington in 1974 where he took up the responsibility of Mission Procurator. He also assisted at the Catholic Inquiry Centre at Maroubra, writing letters in response to inquirers, something for which his deafness proved to be no impediment. Con was buried at Douglas Park, alongside his brother. May he rest in peace.
18 May 2014	Rev James Cornelius Bishop SM Read more Born 11/02/1925; Ordained 09/07/1960 - Marist Fathers. Jim was born in Toowoomba and was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers. He finished school in 1941 and then enlisted in the Navy where he remained until mid-1946. Jim then joined the Commonwealth Bank. It was then that Jim was stationed in Gladstone (Qld) and he came into contact with the Marist Fathers. He did his novitiate in Armidale (NSW) in 1954 and was ordained at St Patrick's, Church Hill, Sydney on 9 July 1950.Jim's ministry was varied. He spent his first 10 years as a priest-teacher at Marist College, Burnie (Tas); he was then a year at St John's college, Lismore (NSW) and then to Sydney University, and then back to St John's college at Lismore. After some time of renewal he was appointed to Holy Spirit College, Bellambi (NSW) and served three years as principal. Jim then moved into parish ministry and was parish priest both in Burnie, and Gladstone, Queensland. He was a senior Police Chaplain in Brisbane for a number of years until 2001.Jim then did supply work in Brisbane based at Ekibin and later at Herston. He moved to Hunters Hill in 2007. For some years Jim's dementia condition deteriorated and he spent his last years in nursing homes. May he rest in peace.
18 May 2015	Rev Peter Quilty Born 21/10/1936; Ordained 15/07/1961 Archdiocese of Sydney
19 May 1879	Rev John Nelan Melbourne dioc
19 May 1904	Rev Robert Meade Kilmore, Geelong, Ballarat, Port Fairy, Gippsland, Inglewood, Ararat, Vic
19 May 1937	Rev Mgr Denis Hogan Chiltern, Shepparton, etc, Vic
19 May 1953	Rev John Hall CM Bathurst, Ashfield, NSW, etc
19 May 1953	Rev John Upton Waratah, etc, NSW
19 May 1955	Rev Rudolph Lopez MSC Randwick, etc, NSW; Hobart dioc
19 May 1958	Rev Michael S O'Sullivan Epping, etc, Vic
19 May 1961	Rev Constantius Francis Gallagher OP Adelaide; Melbourne
19 May 1964	Rev Joseph A Morley Charters Towers, Ingham, etc - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
19 May 1966	Rev Austin J Bradstreet Picton, etc, NSW
19 May 1969	Rev Boniface Gomez OSB New Norcia, WA
19 May 1974	Rev Charles Joseph Thompson West Terrace, etc, SA
19 May 1981	Rev Maurice Tully Armidale dioc, NSW
19 May 1985	Rev John Dougherty Lane Cove, Bass Hill, etc, NSW
19 May 1987	Rev Francis Lewis Bendigo, Euroa, Myrtleford, Golden Square, etc, Vic
19 May 1990	Rev Kevin Fahey OFM Sydney, etc
19 May 1990	Rev William Clarke Thomas Willoughby, etc, NSW; Port Pirie, SA
19 May 1997	Rev Michael Kevin Holohan Bunbury dioc
19 May 1998	Rev Robert Thomas (Damian) Barker OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic; Hilton, WA; Wentworthville, Bateau Bay, NSW
19 May 2001	Rev John Anthony McGrath Wagga dioc, NSW
19 May 2001	Rev Timothy Quinlan SJ Pymble, NSW; Perth, WA, etc
19 May 2004	Rev John Hay Mundingburra, Currajong, Collinsvale, Townsville, Home Hill, Ingham, Charters Towers, Ayr - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
19 May 2022	Rev Michael Gatt Read more Born 13/02/1938; Ordained 30/03/1968. Archdiocese of Perth. Nazzareno Michael Gatt, (known as Michael) was born in Zebbug, Malta, to Philip and Michelina - the sixth child of nine children, five boys and four girls. Two of his sisters are religious.� Before entering the seminary Michael served in the RAF from 1957 - 1959. After studies at the Maltese General Seminary Michael was ordained to by the late Archbishop of Malta, Sir Michael Gonzi, on the 30 March 1968, at St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta.� He did his pastoral training in London from June-August 1970 and arrived in Perth on 29th July 1971.�Michael became an Australian Citizen on 14 January 1982. His appointments included - Maltese Migrant Chaplain since 1971�and RAAF Chaplain since 1984.�� He was also Chaplain of Hollywood Repatriation Hospital from 1971-1982. Michael served as Parish Priest at Swanbourne (1974-1979), Victoria Park (1979-1982), Moora (1982-1984), Gingin-Chittering (1984-1990),� Manning (1990 -2000) and Osborne Park from 2000-2015. For three decades Michael ran a 24/7 Christmas help-line during the month of December, known as the Gattline'.� Sadly, his retirement in 2015 was hastened by a nasty presbytery invasion and burglary.��
20 May 1880	Rev John Ryan Bathurst dioc, NSW
20 May 1882	Rev William J Taylor Sydney dioc
20 May 1884	Rev Maurice O'Brien St. Kilda, etc, Vic
20 May 1916	Rev Patrick S Cussen CSsR Goulburn, NSW; Belfast, Ballarat, Vic; Brisbane, etc
20 May 1922	Rev James Falconer Brisbane dioc, Qld
20 May 1931	Rev Michael Martin Clancy OSA Cairns, Innisfail, Tully, Qld; Geraldton, WA.
20 May 1938	Rev Mgr Michael J Treacy Deniliquin, etc, NSW
20 May 1939	Rev Patrick Sheridan Perth dioc
20 May 1940	Rev William Morrisey Maitland dioc, NSW
20 May 1942	Rev Richard Henry Williams Mullumbimby, etc, NSW
20 May 1944	Rev Patrick Leo CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
20 May 1968	Rev Mgr Patrick J Dullard Bendigo, etc, Vic
20 May 1968	Rev Mgr Thomas P Hussey Warrnambool, Mildura, Terang, etc, Vic
20 May 1971	Rev Thomas Ashe North Essendon, etc, Vic
20 May 1974	Rev James Nicholas McFaden OSA Atherton, Cooktown, etc, Qld
20 May 1990	Rev Augustine Dzida OFMConv
20 May 1992	Rev Thomas Francis Fitzgerald Born 1 October 1922 in Ireland. Ordained 22 June 1947, All Hallows College, Dublin. Served in Geraldton, Port Hedland, Three Springs, Bluff Point, Northampton, Dongara, WA - Archdiocese of Perth
20 May 2001	Rev Peter Durning OP
20 May 2014	Rev Julian Slatterie SJ Read more Born 10/03/1935; Ordained 13/12/1966 - Jesuit Fathers. Julian died in Melbourne of a heart attack, aged 79, having been a Jesuit for 60 years and a priest for over 47 years. Wanting to be a priest from an early age, he was educated by the Jesuits at Burke Hall and Xavier College. During his training, he completed a Commerce degree at Melbourne University and taught in three schools. After ordination and tertianship, he became prefect of studies at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, before moving to Melbourne, where he spent the rest of his life. He devoted 38 years to serving the staff, students, parents and alumni of Xavier College, including terms as principal at both Burke Hall and Kostka Hall. He was also a very astute province treasurer for 22 years and sat on a variety of boards, where his business acumen, prudence and common sense proved invaluable. Playing an important role in the development of new ministries, he was a founding board member of Jesuit Communications (1989), Jesuit Social Services (1996) and Church Resources, which owes its existence to his involvement as adviser and initial investor. The Council of St Ignatius' College, Adelaide, and Board of Sevenhill Cellars also benefited from his wisdom. A self-deprecating, courteous, realistic man noted for his bonhomie, Julian underwent a series of operations in his last 18 months to counter the effect of two falls. The accumulated stress took its toll. His love of Xavier College was reciprocated by the students who formed a guard-of-honour at the end of his funeral Mass. May he rest in peace.
20 May 2017	Rev Keith Alexander Turnbull CM Read more Born 04/10/1928; Ordained 26/11/1952 Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission Keith who was born in country Victoria was raised an only child by his mother and completed his secondary education at Kilmore. Even at an early age, Keith's life was full of surprises. His initial attempts to study for the diocesan priesthood came to nothing but as Keith himself would have probably said, providence led him to the Vincentian community. After years of formation, Keith was ordained a priest on 26 November 1952. Keith knew that his life in ministry was not going to be in academia. He worked as a missioner and in parish ministry until unusual circumstances saw him appointed Visitor (Provincial) of the Vincentians in 1973. No-one was more surprised than Keith but for the next nine years he led the Province through challenging times. He returned mainly to parish ministry after he completed his term as Visitor. Even though he had been born and raised in Victoria, Keith �became� a Queenslander and he served the Church mainly in Queensland in the parishes of Southport and Wandal in Rockhampton. Keith was affectionately known as �the Chief�, a tag he never lost. He was always willing to embrace new challenges which included a stint on the Vincentian Parish Renewal Team and for several years, Provincial Bursar. In his latter years, he was for a time National Spiritual Director to the St Vincent De Paul Society and a foundational and tireless Board Member of Ozcare (Qld). In everything, Keith was loyal, dedicated, enthusiastic and committed. He was a faith-filled man of prayer. His confreres and many other people held Keith in the highest esteem. Even as his body started to deteriorate, his spirit remained strong and determined. He lived his last years at Ozcare, Labrador where he was cared for in an exemplary manner. His legacy in many areas will continue to outlive him for years to come.
20 May 2017	Rev John Hill SM Read more Born 05/06/1923; Ordained 28/07/1947 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary John was born in Adelaide on 5 June 1923, to William and Hilda Hill. His Primary education was with the Josephites at Mt Carmel School, Alberton, followed by five years of Secondary Schooling with the Marist Brothers - Alberton for one year and Glenelg for four years. John entered the Society of Mary at Toongabbie in February 1941 and lived there for the next eight years until he was Ordained in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral Adelaide, on 28th July 1948. John's first two years of ministry were spent teaching at St John's College, Lismore (NSW), during which time he completed a year's study at the University of Queensland. He left for the Japanese mission in April 1951. Following his course in the Language School, John was appointed to join the three Marists who were already working in the Nara prefecture, Kyoto Diocese. At the end of 1956 John came back to Australia where he was to spend the next eight years. During this period John spent a year each at Burnie and St Patrick's, Church Hill (Sydney) doing parish work and this was followed teaching in schools of the Marist Province, notably Taralgon and Geelong. In 1965 John returned to Japan and worked there until 2013, being involved in all aspects of parish work, prison chaplaincy, and working with disabled children in sheltered workshops. On his return to Australia in 2013 John was a member of the �Montbel� community at Hunters Hill, prior to transferring to St Catherine's Aged Care, Eastwood, in Sydney. May he now rest in peace.
20 May 2019	Rev Christopher Austin SM Born 18/08/1936; Ordained 01/07/1967 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
21 May 1868	John Joseph Hyland Kennedy Beechworth, Ballarat, etc, Vic
21 May 1892	Rev Patrick Lynch Bourke, Walgett, Tamworth, NSW
21 May 1898	Rev Henry M Finnegan Goulburn, Yass, Grenfell Young, Tumut, Gundagai, NSW
21 May 1903	Rev Joseph Bunbury Sydney dioc
21 May 1926	Rev Martin A Roche Warragul, etc, Vic
21 May 1940	Rev Albert Finch MSC Sydney, Hobart dioc, Tas; Brisbane; Melbourne, etc
21 May 1940	Rev Patrick Rafferty Brunswick, Kew, etc, Vic
21 May 1951	Rev Thomas Flynn Cooranbong, etc, NSW
21 May 1953	Rev Kevin Middleton CSsR Perth; Hobart, etc
21 May 1955	Rev Francis Smyth Thebarton, etc, SA
21 May 1963	Rev Casimire Maguire CP Sydney, etc
21 May 1965	Rev Mgr James Patrick Murtagh Mt. Morgan, etc, Qld
21 May 1978	Rev Patrick Coffey Cooma, etc, NSW
21 May 1981	Rev Cornelius Healy Edenhope, Charlton, Quambatook, Coleraine, etc, Vic
21 May 1981	Rev John Williams SJ Perth; Sydney, etc
21 May 1983	Rev Cornelius Nolan Waroona, Yarloop, Pinjarra, North Beach, etc, WA
21 May 1986	Rev Robert Kennedy Launceston, Brighton, South Hobart, Bellerive, etc, Tas
21 May 1989	Rev Patrick Joseph Frost Sydney, Warragamba, Tempe, Concord West, etc, NSW
21 May 1989	Rev John Livesey Adelaide, etc
21 May 1992	Rev Patrick Flanagan OFM Sydney, etc
21 May 1999	Rev Joseph Patrick Gillis Wollongong dioc, NSW.
21 May 2008	Rev Matthew Darby OFM Born 18/09/1914; Ordained 21/12/1940.
21 May 2008	Bishop Aloysius Morgan Melbourne, Canberra
21 May 2008	Most Rev John Aloysius Morgan DD AO RFD ED Born 9/10/1909; ordained Priest for Melbourne 15/7/1934; consecrated Titular Bishop of Membressa and Auxiliary Bishop to Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn 28/4/1969; appointed first Military Vicar 29/5/1969; retired 02/01/1985.
21 May 2015	Rev Barry Stickland Born 19/06/1942; Ordained 23/08/1985 Diocese of Ballarat
22 May 1880	Rev Patrick N Moore Ballarat dioc, Vic; Adelaide dioc
22 May 1905	Rev James John Horan Warwick, Qld, etc
22 May 1921	Rev Michael Heaney Daylesford, Brunswick, Werribee, etc, Vic
22 May 1922	Rev Timothy McEvoy Port Pirie dioc, SA
22 May 1926	Rev Francis A Merner Mansfield, Dandenong, etc, Vic
22 May 1929	Rev Edward Pigot SJ Sydney, etc
22 May 1940	Rev Berchmans (John) O'Beirne OCarm Melbourne
22 May 1943	Bishop Joseph Bach MSC Kensington, Bowral, NSW
22 May 1960	Rev Clarence Paul Lehane Gundagai etc, NSW
22 May 1981	Rev Maurice (Phillip) Malone OFM Waverley, Paddington, Robertson, NSW; Fantome Island, Qld; Box Hill, Mt. Eliza, Vic
22 May 1988	Rev Martin Brennan Bunbury dioc, WA
22 May 1988	Rev Cornelius Crowley CP Sydney, etc
22 May 1989	Rev Francis Joseph Dillon Kalgoorlie, Merredin, Campbell Barracks, Scarborough, Perth dioc
22 May 1990	Rev Bernard Payne East Brighton, Moreland, Ascot Vale, Geelong, Heidelberg, Hampton, Beaumaris, Black Rock, North Brighton, Vic
22 May 1998	Bishop Eric Gerard Perkins Melbourne dioc
22 May 2008	Rev Eugene Ozog SJ
22 May 2013	Rev Francis Joseph Quirk MSC Read more Born 01/04/1918; Ordained July 1944 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Frank was born in Tamworth NSW in 1918, and attended Downlands College, Toowoomba, for his secondary education. He made his first profession in February 1938. After ordination in Melbourne in July 1944, he was appointed to Rabaul to help re-build the mission devastated by the Pacific War. In 1951 he was among the first group of Australian MSC who opened the new mission in Nagoya, Japan. Frank spent most of his active life in Japan, serving as parish priest in various areas, and acquired excellent facility with the Japanese language. In 1977 he was appointed the regional superior. He energetically encouraged local vocations as well as a group of lay MSC Associates. In 1979 Frank was elected provincial of the Australian Province. He faced the new challenge with his usual enthusiasm, and was delighted to attend, as provincial, the ordination of the first two Japanese MSC. At the end of his time as provincial he took sabbatical leave in Boston before returning to his beloved Japan. He returned to Australia for good in 2005. Frank died at St Joseph's Nursing Home and is buried with his confreres at Douglas Park. May he rest in peace.
22 May 2014	Rev Patrick McAnany Read more Born 26/04/1934; Ordained 20/07/1962 - Archdiocese of Hobart. Patrick John McAnany, well-loved priest of the Archdiocese of Adelaide died at Mt Esk Aged Care Facility, St Leonards. Pat lovingly served the people of Tasmania as a pastor in ten parishes for 52 years and was affectionately known as Father Pat' to everyone he met. Pat was born in Queensland and grew up in Ipswich. Following studies for the priesthood in Brisbane and Melbourne, he was ordained a priest in Brisbane on 20 July 1962. Pat served in the Tasmanian parishes of New Town, St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, Bridgewater-Brighton, Franklin, Oatlands, Devonport, Deloraine, Queenstown, Circular Head and Launceston before retiring eight years ago to live at Mt Esk. Emeritus Archbishop Adrian Doyle was chief celebrant at Pat's Mass which was held in St Basil's Chapel, Mt Esk. Priests, family and friends from Queensland, South Australia and all parts of Tasmania gathered to respectfully farewell this good-hearted man who endeared himself to so many people during his years of faithful service. Rest in peace Pat.
22 May 2019	Rev Reginald Ahearn CSsR Born 15/02/1931; Ordained 10/03/1957 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
23 May 1884	Rev J Ottavio Barsanti OFM Sydney
23 May 1895	Rev Richard J Carr Chiltern, etc, NSW; Sandhurst dioc, Vic
23 May 1898	Rev William McCormack Dookie, etc, Vic
23 May 1918	Rev Alexander Cochet MSC Sydney
23 May 1919	Rev John Walsh Lismore, MacLean, etc, NSW
23 May 1920	Rev John Masterson Toodyay, etc, WA
23 May 1927	Rev Thomas McGrath SJ Sydney, etc
23 May 1931	Rev Thomas Considine Meredith, Seymour, Sunbury, etc, Vic
23 May 1954	Rev George (James) Henschke MSC Kensington, NSW, etc
23 May 1958	Rev Frederick McKenna Melbourne dioc
23 May 1979	Rev Henry Wilkins SJ Melbourne; Sydney
23 May 1980	Rev Bruno Kupke SAC Perth dioc
23 May 1984	Rev Gerard Bourke CSsR Aitkenvale, Qld, etc
23 May 1987	Rev Mark Patrick Horan OCD Melbourne; Hobart, etc
23 May 1989	Rev Stanislav Studinski Whyalla, SA
23 May 1990	Rev Matthew Ignatius O'Donovan OSA Cairns, Innisfail, Atherton, Qld; Rochester, Echuca, Vic; Manly Vale, NSW
23 May 1996	Rev Kevin Barry Murphy MSC Toowoomba, Qld; Kensington, NSW; Burradoo, Canberra and Goulburn dioc
23 May 2011	Rev James Wood CP Read more Date of Birth - 16/02/1919; Ordained for Passionist Fathers. James joined the Passionist Juniorate at St Ives in its first year of formation. He was a superior, vice-master, master of novices, parish missions and retreats all over Australia. He read seriously in theology, spirituality, poetry and literature. He was a homespun scholar. He served two terms in Papua New Guinea, and was loved by the people, and his wisdom named him lapun tru'. He settled back into Oxley where he lived for 17 years. He was a great community man; he was a truly contemplative man; he lived a spirituality of incarnation, with something of the mystic that enabled him to glory in the beauty of creation and the earth. James the gardener loved to beautify his surroundings. He was a shy and reserved man, and when his advice was sought it was full of wisdom and knowledge, garnered from many years of prayer and reading of which he was a constant practioner. In his later life he moved beyond rules � a sign of his deepening relationship with God and moved to a place of peace and freedom. He is buried at Rookwood, Sydney, NSW. Rest in peace dear James.
23 May 2024	Rev James Smith Born 18/02/1946; Ordained 09/08/1973. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
24 May 1856	Rev Charles Mathieu Sydney
24 May 1889	Rev Denis McCarthy Echuca, Chiltern, etc, Vic
24 May 1921	Rev James Enright Beaudesert, etc, Qld
24 May 1935	Archbishop Patrick Joseph Clune CSsR Goulburn, Cootamundra, NSW; Perth
24 May 1945	Rev Charles O'Gallagher Grafton, Barcaldine, etc, NSW
24 May 1953	Rev Mgr William P Clark Earlwood, etc, NSW
24 May 1953	Rev Thomas O'Gorman Perth dioc
24 May 1959	Rev Percival Edward McVeigh Henty, etc, NSW
24 May 1962	Rev John Carr CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
24 May 2002	Rev John Watts Doonside, etc, Parramatta dioc, NSW
24 May 2020	Rev Mgr Arthur J Hackett Read more Born 09/08/1931. Ordained 07/12/1954. Diocese of Port Pirie Arthur, who was ordained in Rome on 7 December 1954 for the Diocese of Port Pirie, ministered in the parishes of Port Lincoln, Hawker, Quorn, Cleve, Jamestown, Loxton, Inland Mission, Whyalla West, Kadina, and Gladstone. From the time of his ordination until his peaceful passing, Arthur was a loyal priest to his God and to his people. He remained faithful to the gifts he received. (Pastores Dabo Vobis) Sr Bernadette Corby remembered this much loved priest of the Diocese of Port Pirie. Arthur was ahead of his time in his openness and large-heartedness in his ministry, as a priest and a parish leader. He was able to work closely with women and men who made up his community of faithful followers, using the gifts they were willing to offer.� He was a good listener, able to be flexible, adaptable, a compassionate and generous pastor. His humour and capacity for enjoyment in the company of others was infectious. Above all, Arthur was a man of prayer � who had a relationship with his God and Mary that enabled all of the above qualities to be lived out.' May he rest in peace.
24 May 2023	Rev John Burke SM Born 28/01/1934; Ordained 08/07/1961. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
25 May 1864	Rev John Joseph Therry Sydney, Balmain Campbell Town, etc, NSW; Hobart, Tas
25 May 1875	Rev Joseph O'Donoghue Kilmore, Vic
25 May 1888	Rev William Peter Bond Hobart, Port Arthur, New Norfolk, Tas
25 May 1894	Rev A B Cranfield Toowoomba dioc, Qld
25 May 1912	Rev Ambrose Janny OC Beagle Bay, WA
25 May 1919	Rev John Donegan Walsh MacLean, etc, NSW
25 May 1923	Rev Alphonsus (Norbert) Schevenels OFMCap Grafton, Lismore, Broadway, NSW
25 May 1928	Rev William Ryan Sale dioc, Vic
25 May 1932	Rev Edward J Colman Sale dioc, Vic
25 May 1932	Rev Patrick Finn Hamilton, etc, NSW
25 May 1937	Rev John J Tierney Adelaide dioc
25 May 1939	Rev James Gleeson Maitland dioc, NSW
25 May 1941	Rev James J Cogan Adelaide dioc
25 May 1942	Rev Thomas Francis Harrington Armidale, Tamworth, Quirindi, NSW
25 May 1949	Rev Ernest A Robertson CP Edwardstown, Glen Osmond, SA; Goulburn, NSW
25 May 1953	Rev Richard Macken CM Ashfield, NSW
25 May 1958	Rev Patrick R Loughnan Glen Iris, etc, Vic
25 May 1974	Bishop Patrick Joseph Farrelly Lismore, NSW
25 May 1976	Rev Edward Jeremiah O'Leary OP Melbourne; Sydney; Adelaide; Brisbane
25 May 1980	Rev Charles McMahon Sandhurst dioc, Vic
25 May 1985	Rev Thomas Francis Daly Bordertown, Adelaide, Croydon, Riverton, etc, SA
25 May 1993	Rev Michael Carew Mt. Perry, Nambour, Biggenden Esk, Stafford, Gordon Park, Graceville, Qld
25 May 1997	Rev Patrick J Byrne Willoughby, Kogarah, Rydalmere, Pymble, Port Kembla, Manly, Greenacre, La Perouse, Naremburn, Pennant Hills, Baulkham Hills, NSW
25 May 1999	Rev Francis Reginald Hall Toowoomba Cathedral, Charleville, Toowoomba, Dalby, Jandowae, Texas, Qld
25 May 2001	Rev Arnold Vaneman OCarm
25 May 2014	Rev Francis Merlino OFMCap Born 03/08/1932; Ordained 29/06/1961 - Capuchin Franciscan Friars
25 May 2014	Rev John Sturgeon CSsR Born: 26/10/1936; Ordained 30/06/1963 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
25 May 2019	Rev Jordan Perry OP Born 22/07/1936 Dominicans - Order of Preachers
25 May 2022	Rev John Readman Read more Born 23/09/1926; Ordained 22/07/1956. Diocese of Sale. John Readman made a significant contribution to the Catholic Diocese of Sale in his lifetime particularly by fostering Catholic Education. Ordained in 1956, he served in a variety of parishes over the journey. He founded the parish of Our Lady Help of Christians in Narre Warren in 1980 and the first parish school was named Don Bosco, after the founder of the Salesians. Born in the Mallee, then living near Berwick, John moved to Brunswick aged 14 and lived in a Salesian hostel. He became life long friends with the Salesians but after completing his high school studies Bishop Ryan accepted him for priestly studies for the Diocese of Sale. He attended Corpus Christi College, Werribee. His work in education is his greatest legacy - as Inspector of Schools (appointed 1959) and later as Diocesan Director of Education (from 1969). From 1977 he was a member of the Diocesan Education Advisory Council and Director of Religious Education from 1987 to 1993. When he was director, the education office was a collection of manila folders in a box in the boot of his car. As times changed the Whitlam government started to give significant funding to Catholic schools. John saw the need to employ people with vision, professionalism and a deep faith. That led to the appointment of Terry Synan, who played a huge role in the development of Catholic education in the diocese. In order to take on the role of inspector of schools John studied education and qualified as a teacher. He arranged faith development programs and many teachers, parishioners and priests benefitted. He encouraged many with his gentle humour and his appreciation of their efforts. When retirement came in 1997, John went to live in a converted cowshed at the Salesian property at Lysterfield, later to Narre Warren, and finally to Shanagolden Village, Pakenham. In retirement he visited people he knew, mowed lawns, took people shopping or to medical appointments and made himself available for supply work.
25 May 2022	Rev Eric Hodgens PE Read more Born 23/12/1935; Ordained 24/07/1960. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Eric Hodgens, a regular contributor to The Swag, grew up in Gardenvale, VIC and was ordained priest on 24 July 1960. He was assistant priest at Burwood and Seymour, where he was also part-time Army chaplain. Eric then attended Melbourne University full-time, where he completed an Arts Degree and Diploma of Criminology, then obtained an MA in 1972, the title of his thesis being The Discipline of Priestly Life . Having completed his university studies, Eric was a mobile curate, being moved from West Preston to Elwood to East Melbourne, in short time, prior to being appointed the founding parish priest of Holy Saviour Parish, North Glen Waverley, in January 1974. He was given the task of building a parish community, with 9 acres of vacant land. He then planned for a primary school, then presbytery and parish facilities with Mass centre. The parish centre was opened officially in November 1977. During that time, Eric was also appointed as Director of Pastoral Formation for Priests in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, a task he took to with energy, flair and determination. From 1977 to 1983, he co-ordinated in-service training for priests, engaging the top scripture scholars from around the English- speaking world. Meanwhile, he engaged and delegated his parishioners all the way through his parish life. In particular, he encouraged capable women to step up in their roles in parish ministry. In January 1993, after nearly 20 years of building the parish community at Holy Saviour, Eric accepted a move to St Bede's Parish, North Balwyn, where he continued parish pastoral ministry until his retirement in 2007. Following this, he continued to read widely and write regularly on contemporary issues relating to faith, life, and the Catholic Church and its place in the modern world. He was always thoughtful and challenging, speaking truth to power, as they say, without fear or favour. Eric was a great long-term friend and mentor to so many, in addition to being a loving brother, brother-in-law, uncle and great uncle in his own family. Farewell, Eric, faithful servant of God, as priest, pastor and friend.
26 May 1863	Rev Francis Hayden Ballarat, St. Kilda, etc, Vic
26 May 1894	Rev Richard Bernard Cranfield OP Brisbane, Roma, Qld, etc
26 May 1897	Rev William P Madden Bungendore, etc, NSW
26 May 1897	Rev Reginald McGee CP Glen Osmond, SA, etc
26 May 1927	Rev Peter Kilduff Sale dioc, Vic
26 May 1962	Rev Patrick O'Carroll Tumut, etc, NSW; ACT
26 May 1963	Rev John O'Callaghan Brisbane dioc
26 May 1970	Rev Mgr Michael K Irish Kiama, etc, NSW
26 May 1971	Rev Mgr Cornelius Lynch Moss Vale, etc, NSW
26 May 1974	Rev Norman Aldelte SSS Melbourne
26 May 1981	Rev Arthur D'Orsa Hunter Melbourne dioc
26 May 1986	Rev Brian McCormack Melbourne dioc
26 May 1993	Rev John Francis McMahon MSC Sydney; Canberra, etc
26 May 2000	Rev Emil Cernaj SVD Epping, NSW
26 May 2000	Rev William Doran Cowra, Mudgee, Molong, South Bathurst, Bathurst dioc, NSW
26 May 2005	Rev Bernardine Ernest Bradbury OFM Sydney, Edgecliff, NSW; Melbourne, etc
26 May 2009	Rev Robert Mitchell MSC Ordained 25/07/1959.
26 May 2016	Rev John Doggett MSC Date of Ordination 18/07/1959 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
26 May 2016	Rev Peter Flynn MSC Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
27 May 1867	Rev Antoine Freydier Dubreul SM Sydney
27 May 1883	Rev Michael Dwyer St Arnaud, etc, Vic
27 May 1890	Rev David Lee Sydney dioc
27 May 1902	Rev Ferdinand Guilloux SM Sydney
27 May 1909	Rev James Michael Kissane Ballarat dioc, Vic
27 May 1912	Rev Edward Joseph Fallon Boorowa, NSW; Geraldton, WA; Goulburn, Tumut, Temora, etc, NSW
27 May 1921	Rev James Aloysius T A Fitzgerald OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
27 May 1932	Rev Benedict Abel CP Marrickville, Goulburn, NSW; New Town, Tas
27 May 1932	Rev William Bannon CSsR Maitland, NSW, etc
27 May 1955	David Joseph Griffin Read more Born: 03/04/1899 at Fourhane, Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Ordained: 12/06/1921, Carlow, Ireland. Bribbaree, etc, NSW; Queanbeyan and Bega, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
27 May 1969	Rev Maxwell W Irvine North Ipswich, etc, Qld
27 May 1981	Rev John Morgan Melbourne dioc
27 May 1985	Rev Karl Heesh SM Lismore, Hunters Hill, NSW
27 May 1995	Rev Michael John Delahunty Bruce Rock, Brentwood, East Fremantle, WA
27 May 2001	Rev John Brendan Rogers OFM Edgecliff, Paddington, NSW; Townsville, Kedron, Qld; Eaglehawk, Vic
27 May 2003	Rev Phillip Kehoe OSA Echuca, Vic; Mareeba, Qld; Kyabram, Vic; Coorparoo, Qld
27 May 2004	Rev Lawrence Gallagher Ballarat dioc, Vic
27 May 2010	Rev John Drury SJ Read more Born 17/10/1919; Date of Ordination: 4/01/1951 - Jesuit Fathers. John, who was educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, was a member of the Society of Jesus for 73 years, a priest for 59 years and the last Rector of St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, before its closure in 1968. After many years as a priest-teacher in Jesuit schools, John began a new period in his life in 1974, when he commenced studies in Jesuit spirituality and became the director of the Canisius Centre of Ignatian Spirituality at Pymble, Sydney. John will long be remembered with affection, particularly in Brisbane and throughout Queensland where he spent the last 27 years of his life, and the team of lay leaders, whom he formed in the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius now continue the work of this humble and faith filled man. Rest now in peace John.
28 May 1902	Rev William J Riordan Sydney; Perth, Geraldton, WA
28 May 1911	Rev James O'Neill Melbourne dioc
28 May 1919	Rev George Pacificus Birch OFM Woollahra, Paddington, Waverley, NSW
28 May 1933	Rev John Parker Bathurst dioc, NSW
28 May 1936	Rev Adrian Hughes Melbourne dioc
28 May 1946	Rev Cornelius Crowley Kadina, etc, SA
28 May 1963	Rev Brian Francis McGinley Leichhardt, etc, NSW
28 May 1966	Rev Jeremiah O'Sullivan Sydney dioc
28 May 1972	Rev Andrew Murphy Sydney, etc
28 May 1975	Rev Victor F Roberts Indooroopilly, etc, Qld
28 May 1982	Rev Stanislaus Cross CP Sydney, etc
28 May 1987	Rev John Dillon Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
28 May 1999	Rev Arthur Andrew Daley Lismore, Casino, Grafton, Bellingen, Coffs Harbour, Ballina, Mallanganee, Kempsey, Bangalow, NSW
28 May 2007	Rev Michael Jerome Cryan SSC Essendon, Vic; Turramurra, NSW; Riverdale, Guildford, WA
28 May 2016	Rev Vincent Batchelor SSC Read more Born: 24/09/1920 Ordained: 21/12/1944 Society of St Columban. Vincent Batchelor, of the Society of St Columban, died at the Box Hill Hospital, aged 95 years. Vincent was originally from Cohuna, one of five boys and four girls. Three of the boys were ordained priests. John joined the Jesuits, William, the Diocese of Sandhurst, and Vin, the Columbans. Two of Vin's sisters, Jessie and Mary, became OLSH Sisters and worked in places like the Philippines, the Sudan and Darwin. After ordination in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, in 1944, Vin returned to Australia and worked in parishes in Melbourne and also in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was chaplain to Asian Students in Sydney for some years and was on the formation staff for the Columbans. Finally in 1967 he received an appointment to Fiji where he happily worked in various parishes and positions for 40 years. A very committed priest and Columban missionary. May Vin rest in peace.
28 May 2021	Rev Paul O'Neill Read more Born 02/05/1952. Ordained 20/08/1976. Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. Paul Bernard O'Neill was born in Waratah, NSW, son of Esther O'Neill (nee Coulson) and James O'Neill and brother to Sharyn, brother-in-law to William, loving uncle to Simone and Brendan, and caring and loving great-uncle to their children. Paul attended the seminaries of St Columba's, Springwood and St Patrick's, Manly. He was ordained priest by Bishop Leo Clarke on 9 October 1976 at Our Lady of Victories, Shortland. Paul served in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle as Assistant Priest to the communities of Cessnock, Mayfield and Raymond Terrace. Paul served as Parish Priest to the communities of Raymond Terrace, Rutherford, Stockton, Taree and Wingham, and the Chisholm Pastoral Region parishes of East Maitland, Maitland, Morpeth, Lochinvar, Beresfield and Rutherford. Paul was also a Moderator of the Chisholm Pastoral Region. Paul held Diocesan appointments of Diocesan Director of Vocations, Chairman of Diocesan Vocations Board, Diocesan Director of Australian Catholic Relief, Chaplain of San Clemente High School, Member of the Bishop's Council of Priests, Diocesan Consultor, Trustee, and Dean of Myall and Hunter Deaneries. Paul was a deeply spiritual person. This was especially manifest in the way he accepted the diagnosis of his illness and how he prepared to meet his maker. Two of Paul's strengths were his gracious, positive manner and his ongoing commitment to his priestly formation. He was a great supporter of NCP and a regular participant at NCP Conventions over the past forty years. Paul died on Friday 28 May 2021, aged 69, as the Parish Priest of East Maitland, Maitland, Morpeth, Lochinvar, Beresfield and Rutherford parishes. His Funeral Mass was celebrated at St Joseph's Church, East Maitland on 7 June 2021. Rest now in peace dear Paul.
29 May 1865	Rev Michael Joseph Driscoll Melbourne, Ballarat, Vic, etc
29 May 1905	Rev Henry Thomas Bradbee Talbot, VIC. Diocese of Sale.
29 May 1909	Rev Daniel Aherne Maitland dioc, NSW
29 May 1909	Rev Joseph Tuite SJ Sydney, etc
29 May 1912	Bishop James Francis Corbett St. Kilda, Sale, Vic
29 May 1919	Rev Pacificus Birch OFM
29 May 1939	Rev Daniel M O'Reilly Bathurst dioc, NSW
29 May 1941	Rev Mgr John Francis McCarthy Red Hill, Southport, etc, Qld
29 May 1946	Rev Emmanuel Manassero SDB Sunbury, Vic
29 May 1961	Rev William Leonard Manly, etc, NSW
29 May 1967	Rev Edmund McQuinn OMI Fremantle, WA; Sorrento, Vic
29 May 1973	Rev Jan Gajowski Morley, etc, WA
29 May 1975	Rev John T Corcoran Dubbo, Wellington, Dunedoo, Cumnock, etc, NSW
29 May 1976	Rev Owen McDermott MSC Sydney, etc
29 May 1987	Rev Arnold Melvin Morralee Rose Bay, Bondi, etc, NSW
29 May 1991	Rev Peter James McGuigan Sale, Leongatha, Toora/Fish Creek, Iona/Maryknoll, Cranbourne, etc Vic
29 May 1994	Rev George Matthew Maher Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
29 May 2003	Rev Lawrence Peter Fitzgerald OP Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, Vic
29 May 2004	Rev Thomas McCarthy North Rockhampton, Marian, Farleigh, Capella, Springsure, West Rockhampton, Mt. Morgan, Qld
29 May 2009	Rev Roderick Cameron OSA Born 10/03/1924; Archdiocese of Brisbane; Dicoese of Cairns; Archdiocese of Sydney.
29 May 2011	Rev Basil Meaney Born 27/04/1930; Brighton, Tewantin, QLD.
30 May 1911	Rev James O'Neill Yea, Castlemaine, West Melbourne, Seymour, etc, Vic
30 May 1950	Rev Charles Gressin MSC Campbelltown, Tas; Bowraville, Bellingen, NSW
30 May 1964	Rev William (Jeremiah) Hogan SJ Kew, Vic; Sydney, etc
30 May 1983	Rev Mgr James Edward T Bourke Adelaide, Perth, Mount Lawley, Sydney
30 May 1987	Rev John Timothy Cullen Perth dioc
30 May 1989	Rev Donal Paul Connolly SMA Bicton, WA
30 May 1990	Rev Michael James Grady Ballarat dioc, Vic
30 May 1995	Rev Mgr Penn Jones West Geelong, South Yarra, Melbourne Cathedral, Vic
30 May 2001	Rev John Noonan Maroubra, etc, NSW
30 May 2012	Rev Valentine Patterson MSC Read more Born 02/12/1931 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Val was a man of tremendous, even restless energy whose ministry was restricted mainly to education in Eastern Australia. He was a born teacher - a good teacher - capable of working with both young people and adults. Val served as Headmaster of Chevalier College, Bowral, and Downlands College, Toowoomba, and later became Religious Education Coordinator at Daramalan College, Canberra, a position he held for seven years. He was chaplain to several groups of the Teams of Our Lady in Canberra, as well as principal chaplain for the whole region. Val's interest in staff development led to him accepting a position in the Catholic Education Office of the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn where much of his work involved working with Diocesan school staff. Val's work was very much appreciated because he spoke from experience � he had �walked the talk�. He also became the Vicar for Education for the Archdiocese. Val died at St Joseph's, Kensington, after a very long illness and was buried at St Mary's Towers, Douglas Park. Rest in peace Val.
30 May 2018	Rt Rev Lawrence Ayoub BSO Born 24/12/1924; Ordained 17/02/1952 Melkite Eparchy
30 May 2022	Rev Gerald Dullard OSA Born 03/04/1932; Ordained 08/02/1958. Augustinians - Order of St Augustine.
30 May 2022	Rev Olexander Kenez Born 27/06/1952; Ordained 29/06/1983. Ukrainian Eparchy.
31 May 1898	Rev Henry Allen OSA Ararat, Geelong, Castlemaine, etc, Vic
31 May 1902	Rev John Leterrier SM Sydney
31 May 1905	Rev Austin Bohn Stanley, Burnie, Queenstown,Tas
31 May 1907	Rev Patrick J Murphy Maitland dioc, NSW
31 May 1910	Rev James Kelly Wellington, Orange, Carcoar, NSW
31 May 1925	Rev Francis Xavier Ryan Sydney, etc
31 May 1926	Rev William Quinlivan OMI Fremantle, WA
31 May 1931	Bishop Eberhard Limbrock SVD Drummoyne, NSW
31 May 1931	Rev John Roney SJ Sydney, etc
31 May 1933	Rev Finbar O'Hea OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
31 May 1940	Rev Phillip O'Malley Sydney
31 May 1941	Rev Michael O'Kelly Penshurst, etc, NSW
31 May 1951	Rev Martin O'Connor Wallsend, etc, NSW
31 May 1953	Rev John O'Connell MSC Sydney, etc
31 May 1954	Rev Cornelius Cremin Bairnsdale, etc, Vic
31 May 1958	Rev Raymond Campbell MSC Sydney
31 May 1958	Rev Honre Henry Herbert SM Sydney
31 May 1961	Rev Patrick J O'Rourke Rosewood, etc, Qld
31 May 1963	Rev Mgr Leonard Fitzroy McLaughlin Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
31 May 1969	Rev Gerard Harper CM Kwinana, WA; Marsfield, Goulburn, NSW
31 May 1972	Rev Myles Joseph Lyons Richmond, etc - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
31 May 1977	Rev Mgr John Patrick O'Connor Glen Innes, etc, NSW
31 May 1980	Rev Gregory William Madden Sans Souci, etc, NSW
31 May 1981	Rev Placid Sesma OSB New Norcia, WA
31 May 1985	Rev Joseph Eugene O'Shaughnessy Graceville, etc, Qld
31 May 1987	Rev Lawrence (Loris) Dimech Melbourne dioc
31 May 1988	Rev Timothy O'Sullivan Bentleigh, etc, Vic
31 May 1992	Rev Gerald Gartlan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
31 May 1992	Rev Egbert Paus OFM
31 May 1995	Rev Abbot Gregory Gomez OSB New Norcia, WA
31 May 2010	Rev John Shanahan Read more Born 03/09/1919; Date of Ordination: 20/07/1957 John, who had seven siblings, was born in Glebe and educated by the Sisters of St Joseph in Belmore, the Sisters of Mercy in Erskinville and the Patrician Brothers at Redfern. He volunteered to the Armed Forces before conscription and served most of the war in the Pacific Islands as a member of the Air Force ground staff. Upon his return he joined his parents, John and Mary, in their newsagency business. John was accepted as a candidate for priesthood in the Archdiocese of Sydney and began his ecclesiastical studies in 1950. He was ordained in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 20 July 1957. His parish appointments included Revesby (1957), Sutherland (1962), Malabar (1965) and Annandale (1968). He also spent 25 years as chaplain to the Lidcombe State Hospital. John retired to Walcha and spent the next 10 years assisting with supply ministry in the Armidale Diocese. In his final years he was lovingly cared for by the staff at the Riverview Retirement Village and Walcha Hospital. With a smile on his face John passed away peacefully on the 31 May 2010. Rest now in peace dear John.
31 May 2012	Rev Henry Finbarr Walsh Read more Born 05/03/1929; Ordained 21/06/1953 - Archdiocese of Perth. Henry had been a priest for nearly 59 years, 31 of which he served as the parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes Rockingham WA. Born in Cork, Henry was educated at Christian Brothers' College in Cork prior to entering All Hallows College in Dublin. While at All Hallows he was ordained on 21 June 1953 for the Archdiocese of Perth and arrived in November of that year. On the day of his arrival he was appointed assistant priest at West Perth and on 26 February1954 was appointed to the same position at Cottesloe. Three years later he was appointed assistant priest at St Mary's Cathedral and was made Secretary of the Church Office in 1964. He became Administrator at the Cathedral in July 1969 and also appointed a member of the Council of Priests at the same time. On Christmas Day 1972 he became Dean of St Mary's Cathedral and in the following year was the WA coordinator for the International Eucharistic Congress in Melbourne. From St Mary's he was posted to the rapidly growing parish of Rockingham where he built the new Our Lady of Lourdes Church, with a spacious presbytery and parish centre as well as the Star of the Sea parish school. He also had a hand in building Kolbe College regional high school. Finbarr continued to further the cause of Catholic education serving as a representative of the Council of Priests and on the Catholic Education Commission of WA. He retired from active parish ministry in 2007 and was honoured for his apostolic work in the local church in 2009 with the Papal Award Croce pro Ecclesia et Pontifice. May he rest in peace.
31 May 2019	Rev John McEnearney Born 28/08/1931: Ordained 28/11/1987 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
31 May 2020	Rev Theophane Rush OFM Read more Born 21/05/1929 Ordained 26/07/1953. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor A young Paul Rush from Melbourne entered the 1946 Franciscan novitiate at 17 years of age and was given the name Theophane. Ordained in 1953, he was sent to Rome for study at the Antonianum (1959-1962), earning a doctorate in Canon Law. He later gained an Australian degree in Jurisprudence. From 1963 to 1972, he taught canon law at St Paschal College, Box Hill, and Maryfields, Campbelltown; he was student master (1966-1968). Theo took a break from formation work, firstly as a chaplain to the aboriginal community on Palm and Fantome Islands, off Townsville (1972-1973) and then a sabbatical in the United States. There he engaged with the Charismatic Renewal which led to a 23-year residency with the Mother of God covenant community in Washington DC, as priest leader and spiritual advisor. He returned to Australia in 1996 and took up weekend parish work and lay/religious retreat work based at Campbelltown. He was also a spiritual companion to the Poor Clare Sisters. For 2003-2005, Theo was novice master for the Singapore/Malaysia novices while each group lived for a year at Campbelltown. From East Melbourne and Box Hill friaries (2008-2010, 2011-2019), he helped with Sunday Masses in Melbourne parishes and on King Island for Easter and Christmas. Since 2009, he was a chaplain at Mercy Place Aged Care, East Melbourne. He had high energy and mental alertness for his years and kept himself fit by regular swimming. He researched and wrote about Franciscan history in Australia. He was respected by his confreres for his zeal and Franciscan identity and was elected as a delegate to the 2019 Franciscan Provincial Chapter at 90 years of age. Diagnosed with a brain tumour while in Sydney on vacation in early 2020, Theo accepted the news with typical calmness, faith and optimism. He died in St Joseph's Aged Care, Kensington NSW, five months later, on Pentecost Sunday. He had just reached his 91st birthday and 70 years of solemn profession. The funeral Mass was held in Mary Immaculate Church, Waverley, near to where the young Paul Rush had attended the 1945 juniorate prior to joining the Order. It was the first Franciscan funeral to be restricted in attendance but live-streamed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Theo's body was later taken to Melbourne and, in the presence of his extended family, buried in St Paschal Cemetery, Box Hill. May he rest in peace.
31 May 2022	Rev Patrick O'Sullivan SJ Read more Born 19/03/1931; Ordained 03/01/1962. Jesuits - The Society of Jesus. Patrick O'Sullivan was one of the finest spiritual directors the Australian Jesuit Province has produced. His final book, I Call You Friends: Friendship with Jesus in Daily Life (2018), was described at its launch as �one of the finest spiritual guidance texts you are ever likely to have experienced�. Born in Brisbane and educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee, Pat moved to Melbourne in 1948 to reside at Newman College, Parkville and undertake an Arts degree at the university there. After graduating, he entered the Jesuits in 1951 and advanced through the usual program of formation until his priestly ordination on 3 January 1962. In subsequent years he worked at three Jesuit Residential University Colleges: Newman in Melbourne, St Thomas More in Perth and St Leo's in Brisbane, where he began a doctorate in philosophy at The University of Queensland (granted in 1973). Pat's perceptiveness and rapport with young adults equipped him well to be the superior of Jesuit students at Campion College, Kew during a time of ferment. His fresh, imaginative outlook served him well for his next role as Provincial (1973-78), when he became a torchbearer for the renewal of the Society of Jesus under Fr General Pedro Arrupe and in the aftermath of General Congregation 32. He encouraged Jesuits to experience the life of the poor and marginalised and promoted ministries that reached out to them. Pat greatly revered Servant of God Pedro Arrupe and was able to observe him at close quarters when he moved to the General Curia in Rome to be Secretary for Christian Life Communities (1979-86). Upon returning to Australia, he continued to animate CLC, edited the spiritual magazine Madonna, directed the retreat house at Campion in Melbourne, instructed Jesuits in the final stage of formation and served as Rector at Canisius College, Pymble. Once free of those commitments, he was able to work for some months at the Mwangaza Retreat Centre in Kenya (2006). Previously he had assisted Jesuit Refugee Service in Ethiopia (1995). In 2007-13 Pat was spiritual director at Corpus Christi Seminary, Carlton, where he also resided. Thereafter he retired to Campion House, Kew, but continued to serve as a spiritual father to seminarians and engage in the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises, which had been central to his life since 1989. A master of the striking quote and bon mot, Pat made an enduring impact on those he formed in the spiritual life. He endeared himself to all with his sense of humour, wonderful storytelling, approachability and deep humanity.
Jun	Rev John Counihan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Jun	Rev Denis? B Devlin OC Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Jun 1883	Rev Timothy Dilworth Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Jun 1891	Rev Michael O'Flynn Sandhurst, Melbourne, Vic; Brisbane diocs
Jun 1911	Rev Laurence Mary Ginisty SM Sydney
Jun 1934	Rev Ciernan Loughlan Bathurst dioc, NSW
Jun 1934	Rev Hugh? O'Reilly Townsville, Qld
1 Jun 1866	Rev Salvador Ribaya OSB New Norcia, WA
1 Jun 1891	Rev John Stokes CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
1 Jun 1910	Rev James P Redden Port Augusta, etc, SA
1 Jun 1912	Rev John Fitzpatrick Bondi, etc, NSW
1 Jun 1914	Bishop Matthew Gaughren OMI Fremantle, WA
1 Jun 1916	Rev Richard Kirby Port Augusta dioc, SA
1 Jun 1922	Rev Thomas Meagher Sydney dioc
1 Jun 1924	Rev Ambrose Patrick Keating OFM Adelaide dioc
1 Jun 1969	Rev Mgr Lawrence Gallagher Yass, etc, Canberra and Goulburn dioc
1 Jun 1982	Rev Joseph Simon McKey Stanthorpe, Chinchilla, Warwick, Qld
1 Jun 1988	Rev Thomas Hipwell OMI Fremantle, WA; Tea Tree Gully, SA; Sorrento, Vic
1 Jun 1989	Rev Englemund Van Barr SVD
1 Jun 1993	John Frederick Francis Bird Carlton, etc, NSW
1 Jun 2000	Stephen Thomas Reeves Picton, Campbelltown, Bowral, NSW
1 Jun 2000	Rev Terence Punzell Rockhampton dioc, Qld
1 Jun 2006	Rev William Bernard Connolly OSA Brisbane, Whinstanes, Coorparoo, Mareeba, Innisfail, Cairns, Qld; Brookvale, Manly Vale, NSW; Kyabram, Rochester, Vic
1 Jun 2006	Rev Dominic Van Doi Chau Archdiocese of Sydney.
1 Jun 2009	Rev William Nathan Berry CP
1 Jun 2011	Rev Fred Edwards Read more Born 11/02/1932; Date of Ordination: 26/03/1966 - Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Fred was a science teacher and Anglican deacon before converting to Catholicism and being ordained to the Catholic priesthood at the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls, Rome on 26 March 1966. His seminary studies were at the Beda College in Rome. He served in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn as an assistant priest at Goulburn, Queanbeyan, Tumut and Cootamundra and was PP at Grenfell, Braidwood and Gunning until his retirement in 2000. His earlier Anglican background saw him as very ecumenical in his Catholic ministry. For the past four years Fred had been a high care resident at Holy Spirit, Croydon, after moving to Sydney to be closer to family � his sister, June Fardouly and brother, Ron. Fred was farewelled at Sts Peter and Paul Old Cathedral, Goulburn and is buried in Woden cemetery, Canberra. Rest in peace dear Fred.
1 Jun 2015	Rev Mgr John P Flynn PE Read more Born: 01/04/1936. Ordained: 27/07/1963 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne John Flynn entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee, in 1956 and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Justin Simonds on 27 July 1963. He served as Assistant Priest in Healesville (1964), Reservoir East (1965), Melbourne East (1968), Brighton East (1971) and Parkville (1974). Archbishop Knox established the Melbourne Overseas Mission in 1975 in response to Pope Paul VI's call in Evangeli Nuntiandi that the Church was to be missionary in her zeal to bring the Good News to all the nations. John was missioned to Papua New Guinea in 1975, where he served until his return to Melbourne in 2007 when his health began to fail. As a member of the Melbourne Overseas Mission he was appointed to the Diocese of Kerema in the Gulf Province in the remote and landlocked region of the Kamea people. He was Parish Priest in Bema, Howabango and Kanabea. He also served as Vicar General with Bishop Paul Marx, MSC. In 2004 John's exemplary missionary service was acknowledged by Pope John Paul II, who appointed him Prelate of Honour. Upon his return to Melbourne he initially resided at George Maher House, Clifton Hill, and later he was priest in residence at All Saints, Fitzroy, with Father Thinh Nguyen, where he enjoyed assisting in the parish and supporting the hospital chaplains in their ministry to the sick at Saint Vincent's Health, Peter McCallum and the Freemasons. He became a chaplain also to the staff of each of the hospitals, who appreciated his kindness and evident priestly holiness. He continued this ministry until his death. He was a humble, prayerful and wise man whose priestly witness touched the lives of many. His unassuming presence allowed others to find in him a trusted friend, mentor and pastor. The Kamea people with whom he spent much of his priesthood will mourn the loss of the priest from Melbourne who served them with such care, devotion and fidelity. May he rest in peace.
2 Jun 1872	Rev Cornelius D Coghlan OP Dundalk, Brisbane Water, Port Macquarie, West Dapto NSW
2 Jun 1890	Rev John Evangelist Pallhuber SJ Jamestown, Terowie, etc, SA
2 Jun 1910	Rev Joseph Patrick Ryan Mt. Morgan, Sandstone, etc, WA
2 Jun 1924	Rev Mgr Nicholas Anselm Bourke Perth, etc, WA
2 Jun 1927	Rev Martin Aloysius O'Carroll Railton, Longford, etc, Tas
2 Jun 1933	Rev Patrick Macauley Melbourne dioc
2 Jun 1934	Rev Peter Paul McAlroy Goulburn dioc, NSW
2 Jun 1941	Rev Thomas Joseph Vaughan Croydon, etc, NSW
2 Jun 1950	Rev Michael J McArdle Bridgetown, Mosman Park, WA
2 Jun 1952	Rev Thomas Cook Maitland dioc, NSW
2 Jun 1954	Rev Mgr John (Daniel) O'Sullivan Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
2 Jun 1975	Rev John Durkan MSC Sydney, etc
2 Jun 1988	Rev Vincent Page CSsR Melbourne, Vic; Galong, NSW; Springsure, Qld; Sydney, etc, NSW
2 Jun 1996	Rev Mgr Edward Hynes Leongatha, Morwell, Warragul, Toora, Bairnsdale, Orbost, Omeo, Vic
2 Jun 1998	Rev Kevin O'Brien CSsR
2 Jun 2002	Rev Richard Lamaro Tarrawarra, Vic, Townsville, Charters Towers, Currajong, Ingham, Qld, Yarraville, Vic
2 Jun 2014	Rev Dennis Murphy MSC Read more Born 20/04/1927; Ordained 22/12/1951 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Dennis Murphy of the Indian Union died in Bangalore, aged 87. The funeral Mass was celebrated in Bangalore on 4 June and his body was sent to Australia for burial at the request of the family. Dennis, who was born in Maroubra, NSW, made his first vows as an MSC on 26 February, 1946 and was ordained a priest on 22 December, 1951. He had studied theology in Rome and received a licentiate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Dennis taught Sacred Scripture at the MSC scholasticate in Australia and later became rector of St Paul's National Seminary in Kensington, NSW. Dennis served as provincial of the Australian Province from 1974 to 1980 and then as Assistant General during the Administration of Kees Braun MSC from 1981-1993. Dennis lived and worked in India for the last twenty years of his life and became a member of the MSC Indian Union. During the course of his life he preached a number of retreats and gave conferences on our spirituality at Cor Novum in Issoudun and elsewhere. He published several articles and books on our spirituality and on Scripture. Because of his service as Assistant General, Dennis was known throughout the Congregation. He was admired for his ability to articulate the MSC spirituality and for his knowledge of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart throughout the world. It is almost an understatement to say that he lived a very simple life. The size of his suitcase when he travelled around the world became legendary and was a good sign that he was not attached to things. He had the humility and a good sense of humour along with his life of poverty. May he now rest in peace with his God.
2 Jun 2020	Very Rev Sir Bp Desmond Moore MSC Read more Born 12/05/1926. Ordained 27/07/1957. Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Desmond Charles Moore, MSC Priest and Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea, was born in Thebarton Adelaide on 12 May 1926. It was his desire to go to foreign missions', and the constant presence of MSCs throughout his childhood, that drew him to the MSC order. After ordination in 1957, he was posted to Douglas Park as assistant to the novice master and Bursar of the monastery. His first overseas posting in 1960, was to Post Moresby, PNG, where he worked with the Bishop and the parish priest for a year before becoming the Superior of the MSCs there. He was then posted to Milne Bay and in 1970, was appointed Bishop of Sideia diocese and there he ministered for the next 31 years. In 1996 Bishop Moore was knighted for his work in Papua New Guinea. � Bishop Moore was a man without any pretensions to be anything else but himself. A dedicated shepherd who cared personally for all his sheep, his house was always open to anyone in need and he was always available on the mission radio network. Quoting a priest in his fold, I have never met anyone so charitable and so witnessing to God's love in his life-style. He was a man of definite opinions, but he had a remarkable tolerance for those who disagreed with him'. Well done good and faithful servant of God.
3 Jun 1858	Rev James O'Sullivan Gundagai, etc, NSW
3 Jun 1867	Rev Francis McCarthy Geelong, St. Kilda, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Wangaratta, etc, Vic
3 Jun 1868	Rev James Bernard Hayes OSA Geelong, Bendigo, etc, Vic
3 Jun 1887	Rev Stephen Chaurain SM Sydney
3 Jun 1891	Rev Michael Kelly SJ Sydney, etc
3 Jun 1896	Rev John O'Carroll Dungog, etc, NSW
3 Jun 1906	Rev Leo Rogalski SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
3 Jun 1919	Rev Paul J Donnelly CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
3 Jun 1946	Rev John Conlin MSC Sydney, etc
3 Jun 1946	Rev Patrick A Doherty Forest Lodge, etc, NSW
3 Jun 1954	Rev Patrick Briody Kanowna, Kalgoorlie, Bunbury, Albany, etc, WA
3 Jun 1956	Rev Timothy Linehan Armidale dioc, NSW
3 Jun 1957	Rev Patrick Conway Lawson, etc, NSW
3 Jun 1960	Bishop Andrew Gerard Tynan Rockhampton, Qld
3 Jun 1961	Rev Joseph Ahearne OMI Sorrento, Vic, Fremantle, WA
3 Jun 1964	Rev John Fitzpatrick Mt. Carmel, etc, NSW
3 Jun 1965	Rev Thomas Bartholomew Hill Sydney, etc
3 Jun 1970	Rev Michael Lanigan Rockhampton dioc, Qld
3 Jun 1972	Rev Mgr Edward McBride Melbourne, etc, Vic; Perth dioc
3 Jun 1977	Rev Mgr Michael Joseph Bowman Sandhurst dioc, Vic
3 Jun 1979	Rev John Joseph Griffin Brighton, Devonport, Westbury, etc, Tas
3 Jun 1986	Rev Mgr Cornelius James Duffy Bathurst, Sydney, NSW
3 Jun 1994	Rev William Buckley Perth dioc, WA
3 Jun 1994	Rev Mgr Vincent Vandeleur Hyde Park, etc, Qld
3 Jun 1997	Rev Thomas Barden SJ Perth; Norwood, SA; Sydney.
3 Jun 1999	Rev Mgr Kevin Michael Toomey Brunswick, Ivanhoe, Clayton, Glen Huntly, North Balwyn, Vic
3 Jun 2001	Rev Dallas George Cox MSC Sydney; Moonah, Tas, etc
3 Jun 2004	Rev Ferdinand Marlow SJ Cottesloe, Claremont, Osborne Park, Highgate, WA.
3 Jun 2006	Rev Patrick Joseph Carroll Rockhampton dioc, Qld
3 Jun 2006	Most Rev Leo Morris Clarke Melbourne; Maitland/Newcastle dioc
3 Jun 2006	Rev Morgan Howe Indooroopilly, etc, Qld
3 Jun 2008	Rev Seraphim Sanz de Galdeano OSB Drysdale River, Kalumburu, Wyening, New Norcia, WA
3 Jun 2011	Rev John Chokolich Read more Born 26/03/1917; Date of Ordination: 22/03/1941 Croatian by birth and Austrian by citizenship (Croatia was under Austro-Hungarian rule) John arrived in WA on 1 April 1924 with his uncle Josip. His uncle Tony arrived in 1926 and his father Luka in 1932 but Luka returned to Croatia leaving John in the care of his uncles. John left school just before he turned 14 but had a strong desire to become a priest. Archbishop Clune arranged for him to board and complete his education. Just before he began his study, Fr Goody asked John why he wanted to be a priest. He replied that he wanted to say Mass, to lead the people in prayer, to bless the people and to save souls. John carried these ideals with him throughout his long life and continued to say Mass in English, Italian, Latin and Croatian into his old age. In 1988 he retired to Marangaroo and became Chaplain at Villa Terenzio where pastoral care was provided initially by the Cabrini Sisters and then by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate. After a long and eventful life John wrote his Memoirs. He was proud that he had been recognised as an Honorary Pioneer of Wanneroo. In the final words of his Memoir he wrote his farewell � Thank you all and may God love you.' Rest in peace dear John.
3 Jun 2013	Rev Barry Hanson Read more Born 1/02/1937; Ordained 23/08/1975 - Diocese of Darwin. Pope John Paul II wrote that, The priest is the living and transparent image of Christ, the priest.' In other words the man who is a priest is chosen and consecrated by God to make the love of Christ present in the world. St John says in the scriptures that God is love'. Barry Hanson was a priest who mirrored these elements of priesthood. He had a heart of love for his people, his family and all the people who came to be part of his pilgrimage of life�because of their relationship with Barry they would have a brush with the God of love. Over his 38 years of priesthood, Barry served in the Diocese of Port Moresby for over 25 years and 13 years ago was appointed by Bishop Ted Collins to the parish of Nhulunbuy and Alyangula. Since that time he devoted himself to the pastoral care of the people both Catholic and people of all faiths, or in fact no declared faith at all. He had a simple and yet profound understanding of God, and an equally simple and profound concept of who he was in the presence of God. Barry's care and concern for people was inclusive � he was a good friend to everyone, and particularly to people in some kind of need. He was a man who recognised the presence of God in all the people around him. In turn, so many people came to know the love of God through their encounter with Barry. Rest now in peace Barry for you good deeds have definitely gone before you!
4 Jun 1909	Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Doyle Casino, Lismore, NSW
4 Jun 1931	Rev William Power SJ Sydney, etc
4 Jun 1934	Rev Gregory Byrne CP Adelaide; Goulburn, NSW
4 Jun 1944	Rev Patrick O'Mahoney Lismore dioc, NSW
4 Jun 1964	Rev Gregory Dobson CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
4 Jun 1964	Rev Timothy A Eviston Gilgandra, etc, NSW
4 Jun 1975	Rev Hugh McDonald Melbourne dioc, Vic, etc
4 Jun 1976	Rev Frederick White SDB Brooklyn Park, SA; Engadine, NSW
4 Jun 1979	Rev Leo Ignatius Lacey Myrtleford, Nathalia, Wangaratta, Bright, etc, Vic
4 Jun 1984	Rev James Hogan CSsR Galong, NSW, etc
4 Jun 2010	Rev Kevin Noble Read more Born 08/10/1945; Date of Ordination: 8/8/1973 - DIocese of Toowoomba QLD, Kevin, much loved parish priest of Warwick, died peacefully after a short and courageous battle with oesophageal cancer. He was born in Warwick, the son of William and Honora and grew up on a Freestone farm with his three sisters, Margaret (Comerford), Lynette and Mary. Lynette and Mary still reside on the family farm. Kevin's education began at the Upper Freestone State School. He attended Nudgee College for two years, worked on the family farm for 12 months and then went to the Christian Brothers College in Warwick to complete his senior studies. Kevin then worked in the Warwick Commonwealth Bank for two years before entering Banyo Seminary in 1967. He was ordained by Bishop William Brennan in St Mary's Church, Warwick on 8th August 1973. His first diocesan appointment was to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Toowoomba. Subsequent appointments were to St Theresa's Parish Toowoomba, St Mary's Parish Warwick, Goondiwindi, Surat, Texas, Killarney and to Warwick again in April 2008. Kevin was a member of the Council of Priests, a Consultor to Bishop William Morris and Dean of the Southern Downs Deanery - positions he held until his death. He was also involved in the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese. 40 priests joined Bishop Morris and 1,000 people who had come from near and far to celebrate Kevin's entry into eternal life and to acknowledge the life of this quiet, sincere man, whose brilliant memory for names endeared him to people of all ages. Bishop Morris spoke of Kevin as being a man of the earth, a man of the soil, a man of creation � a man for all seasons.' He said that Fr Kevin had been the face of Jesus to many people � [and] as we gather to remember him as a brother, pastor and friend, we show our love and gratitude for a life well lived. Rest now in peace dear Kevin.
4 Jun 2012	Rev Brendan Smith Read more Born 05/12/1936; Diocese of Ballarat, Vic. Brendan was a priest of the Diocese of Ballarat and died just seven weeks short of his Golden Jubilee. For most of his priestly life he worked in parishes in the Mallee and along the Murray River. He was the first of a number of priests from the diocese to volunteer for work in Papua New Guinea, serving in the Diocese of Aitape for five years. In PNG he made contact with the Charismatic Renewal and on his return to the diocese worked tirelessly to promote and strengthen the movement. He had a particular charism for reaching out gently but effectively to those living on the margins. He was a great supporter of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, a strong advocate of Aboriginal Reconciliation, a member of Rural Australians for Refugees and towards the end of his life a devoted Palliative Care volunteer. He had no patience with pomp or ceremony and was a determined critic of what he saw as destructive clericalism. He was a prayerful, reflective man and a conscientious pastor who will be greatly missed. Rest in peace dear Brendan.
4 Jun 2013	Rev Paul Joseph Duffy SJ Read more Born 1931; Ordained 1973; Melbourne, Perth, Sydney - Jesuit Fathers. Paul, who died on his knees in the early hours of 4 June 2013, aged 82, had been a Jesuit for 62 years and a priest for 45. Born in Melbourne and educated by the Jesuits at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, he entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia, in 1951 after having worked with Bob Santamaria and The Movement. Upon completing Philosophy, he taught at St Louis School in Perth, then undertook a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) degree at the University of Melbourne. Theology followed at Canisius College, Pymble, during which time he also completed a Master of Arts degree in Political Science and History at Melbourne University. He made his solemn profession in 1973. A courteous, cultured, kind, meticulous and loquacious man, Paul contributed significantly to the intellectual apostolate, pastoral ministry, province administration and ecumenism. He lectured at the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney, the United Faculty of Theology and Signadou, researching and writing in the fields of Moral Theology, Political Science, Sociology of Religion and Social Communication, directing an Australian Centre for the Study of Social Issues and an American Center for the Study of Communication and Culture. He was much occupied in defending unborn human life and published a book on the politics of abortion. He also served the Australian Bishops in the area of Media and Social Communication and published Word of Life in Media and Gospel in 1991. As Provincial, Paul made some inspired appointments and took some courageous decisions, but at considerable personal cost. From 2001 he lived in Hawthorn parish, Melbourne, where he published a parish history, undertook research and writing on the history of the Institute of Social Order and composed Sunday Prayers of the Faithful that were widely used. For years he served on the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and on the Council of Christians and Jews, where he did much to foster Christian-Jewish relations. May he rest in peace.
4 Jun 2019	Rev Ian Abbott Born 06/03/1931; Ordained 24/07/1954 Diocese of Broken Bay
5 Jun 1911	Rev Laurence Ginaty SM Sydney
5 Jun 1935	Rev John Keating Collender Armidale, Tamworth, Wee Waa, Bingara, Manilla, etc, NSW
5 Jun 1935	Rev Monsignor Michael O'Brien OSA Croydon, Cooktown, etc, Qld
5 Jun 1936	Rev James Byrne Iona, Bunyip, Daylesford, St. Kilda West, etc, Vic
5 Jun 1937	Rev T Collins Rockhampton dioc, Qld
5 Jun 1942	Rev Mgr John Joseph O'Driscoll Balmain, Kogarah, etc, NSW
5 Jun 1951	Rev Mgr Michael Hourigan Mt. Gambier, Goodwood, etc, SA
5 Jun 1956	Rev James J Barry Campbelltown, South Hobart, Fingal, Tas, etc
5 Jun 1956	Rev John O'Reilly Auburn, etc, NSW
5 Jun 1958	Rev Anton Chol SM Sydney
5 Jun 1959	Rev Patrick Paul Murray CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
5 Jun 1962	Rev Gerard Sastre OSB New Norcia, WA
5 Jun 1969	Rev Mgr Michael Dunne Bathurst dioc, NSW
5 Jun 1988	Rev James Duncan CM Rockhampton, Qld; Guildford, etc, WA
5 Jun 1988	Rev Herbert M Massey SM Lismore, NSW
5 Jun 1988	Rev James Patrick O'Brien Perth dioc
5 Jun 1991	Rev Joseph Lattuca SDB Engadine, NSW, Ferntree Gully, Brunswick, North Brunswick, Vic
5 Jun 1996	Rev Monsignor Gerard Patrick Flatley Read more Born: 20 August 1915 Ordained: 21 September 1939 for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
5 Jun 1997	Rev Aloysius Ignatius English MSC Toowoomba, Qld; Randwick, Kensington, NSW; Moonah, Tas; Henley Beach, SA
5 Jun 2004	Rev John Vincent Glynn SM Hunters Hill, NSW, etc
5 Jun 2005	Rev William R Ainsworth SDB
5 Jun 2006	Rev James Carroll OMI Brisbane, etc
5 Jun 2006	Rev James Carroll OMI
5 Jun 2007	Rev Thomas Kennedy CSsR
5 Jun 2008	Rev Francis Thomas Harper Ordained 20/12/1942; Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, NSW.
5 Jun 2010	Rev William Edwards SDB Read more Born 24/02/1928; Ordained 21/07/1956 - Salesian Fathers. Bill was ordained by Cardinal Gilroy in his beloved Sydney in July 1956. His long and distinguished appointments began at Boys' Town, Engadine in 1956, and spanned the best part of 50 years of incredible service including serving as principal, rector, novice master, and formation director. Bill was also vice-provincial from 1977 � 1983. In the words of Salesian Provincial, Frank Moloney SDB: Rejoice in the life of this man whom I would regard as perhaps the Australian Salesian who most closely resembled Don Bosco himself.' Rest now in peace dear Bill.
5 Jun 2012	Rev John McGlone OSA Read more Born 05/06/1929; Ordained in Washington DC 7 June 1958 - Augustinian Fathers. John Anthony McGlone OSA of the Augustinian community at Villanova College, Coorparoo, was born at Miles, Queensland. John was a State School teacher for three years before entering the Augustinian Novitiate in Brisbane on 13 August 1952. Sent to the United States for his priestly studies, he was ordained in Washington DC on 7 June 1958. In 1960 John joined the staff of Villanova College, Coorparoo, Brisbane, and, except for the years 1973-1977, taught there until 1982. His next position was chaplain of the Villanova Primary School. 12 of John's Villanova pupils were later ordained to the priesthood. John became a chaplain at Princess Alexandra Hospital in South Brisbane and continued ministering there until he retired in 2003. Rest in peace John.
5 Jun 2013	Rev Stephen Gnjec Born 01/08/1936; Ordained 29/06/1963 Melbourne Archdiocese
5 Jun 2022	Rev Anthony Ryan SJ Jesuits - The Society of Jesus
6 Jun 1904	Rev Eugene A Cunningham Stanley, Launceston, etc, Tas
6 Jun 1911	Rev Francois Huault SM Sydney
6 Jun 1914	Rev Patrick Anthony Slattery OFM Woollahra, Edgecliff, etc, NSW
6 Jun 1919	Rev Simeon Doyle Sandhurst dioc, Vic
6 Jun 1923	Rev Timothy Keleher Toowoomba, Wynnum, etc, Qld
6 Jun 1924	Rev Francis Augustine Crowe Dubbo, Rockley, NSW.
6 Jun 1925	Rev Edward O'Brien Cooma, etc, NSW
6 Jun 1926	Rev John Fleming Berrigan, etc, NSW
6 Jun 1932	Rev William D Goggan Brisbane dioc
6 Jun 1936	Rev Phillip R Corrigan Charleville, Nanango, Brisbane, etc, Qld
6 Jun 1947	Rev John Ryan CM Malvern, Vic; Ashfield, NSW; Hobart, etc
6 Jun 1958	Rev John C Thomson CM Camperdown, etc, NSW
6 Jun 1958	Rev Ian Wedge Melbourne dioc
6 Jun 1960	Rev James Wigmore CM Bathurst, Eastwood, NSW
6 Jun 1962	Rev John Martin Gibbons Gisborne, etc, Vic
6 Jun 1968	Rev Thomas Bernard McCosker Maitland dioc, NSW
6 Jun 1969	Rev Michael Dunne Bathurst dioc, NSW
6 Jun 1972	Rev Thomas Haugh OMI Fremantle, WA; Sorrento, Vic
6 Jun 1979	Rev John Joseph Hogan OSA Mareeba, Atherton, Mossman, Tully, Brisbane, Qld; Sandhurst dioc, Vic
6 Jun 1982	Rev Edward Toohey MSC Sydney; Melbourne; Hobart
6 Jun 1990	Rev Joseph Francis Russell Perth dioc, WA
6 Jun 1997	Rev Francesco Bongiorno Broken Hill, Nyngan, Forbes, Brewarrina, Balranald, Trundle, Warren, Deniliquin, Parkes, NSW
6 Jun 2017	Rev Maurice Charles McNamara Read more Born 05/11/1933; Ordained 08/03/1958 Diocese of Parramatta Maurice, known familiarly as Mos and Blue, was educated at Christian Brothers, Rose Bay, before entering St Columba's, Springwood and proceeding to St Patrick's Manly. He was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Sydney on 5 March 1958. His first appointment as Assistant was at the inner Sydney parish of Surry Hills. He would tell some of the stories Ruth Park missed in her famous trilogy of the Hills in those days. As a young priest, Maurice visited his sister, Therese, a Religious of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, working in PNG. He was strongly drawn to the life of the missions and subsequently spent nearly ten years of his ministry over three separate spells in the Aitape diocese conducted by the Australian Franciscans. Back in Australia, Maurice joined the Parramatta Diocese, where he was Pastor at Toongabbie and Windsor. His priorities in pastoral care were ministry to young Catholics and marriage preparation. After retirement in 2008 he did long-term supplies in the Dioceses of Cairns, Toowoomba and Broome to enable local priests to take a break. Sadly, Maurice was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in June 2016. Whatever Maurice undertook was done with enthusiasm and determination. He was a faithful follower of the way of centring prayer and introduced many other to that practice. A large community of priests, Religious and laity gathered at Windsor on 13 June to farewell a much loved and compassionate priest and pastor. May he rest with the Lord in peace.
6 Jun 2020	Rev Noel Connolly SSC Born 24/01/1945; Ordained 08/07/1969 Missionary Society of St Columban
6 Jun 2024	Rev Brendan Dillon PE Born 14/05/1941. Ordained 23/07/1966. Archdiocese of Melbourne.
7 Jun 1868	Rev Thomas Dowling Blomberg, etc, SA
7 Jun 1874	Rev James McGirr Bathurst dioc, NSW
7 Jun 1888	Rev H Bonaventure Curr OSB Darlinghurst, Parramatta, etc, NSW
7 Jun 1929	Rev Patrick J Lynch Perth dioc
7 Jun 1933	Rev Michael Brodbin Bathurst dioc, NSW
7 Jun 1933	Rev Pierce J Phelan Coleraine, etc, Vic
7 Jun 1934	Rev Henry O'Reilly Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
7 Jun 1964	Rev Vincent Hogan Sydney, etc
7 Jun 1965	Rev Falannan O'Neill OFM
7 Jun 1967	Rev Mgr Bryan William Hayden Wagga dioc, NSW
7 Jun 1971	Rev James Murtagh Brunswick North, etc, Vic
7 Jun 1975	Rev Harold Bird CSsR Sydney; Ballarat, Vic, etc
7 Jun 1997	Rev James Boberg Berowra, Broken bay dioc, NSW
7 Jun 2002	Rev Walter Logue SJ Sydney; Melbourne, etc
7 Jun 2008	Rev Patrick Fitzpatrick Melbourne dioc
7 Jun 2018	Rev Stanley Hill PE Read more Born 01/02/1927 Ordained a member of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers on 15/12/1954 by Archbishop Justin Simonds, he later commenced ministry in the Archdiocese in 1976 and was incardinated in 1980. During his time in the Archdiocese he served as Assistant Priest in the Parishes of Holy Cross, Caulfield South (1976) and Clifton Hill (1981-2000), where he served with the famous Father Frank Harmon. In August 2000 he retired to live independently in Reservoir. One of Father Hill's primary concerns as a priest was care of the aged and infirm. When he commenced with the Archdiocese he had a desire to dedicate himself to an apostolate to senior citizens. He was mindful of those senior Catholics in transition whose loss of independence sometimes disconnected them from their former participation in parish life. He was concerned for their wellbeing and spiritual care; this marked his pastoral ministry and care of many in the parishes he served. In retirement he provided wonderful supply support to many priests and parishes. In recent times Father Hill has been wonderfully supported by family, the Clergy Care Team, Father Thang Vu, priests and friends who have assisted this fiercely independent man. In mid-May he transferred from his home to St Bernadette's, Sunshine West where every effort was made to care for him. May he now rest in peace and rise in glory.
7 Jun 2018	Rev Douglas Smith MSC Read more Born 16/11/1939: Ordained 22/07/1967 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Doug spent his secondary school years at Chevalier College in Bowral. He made his novitiate in 1958 with his older brother, Don and they were professed on February 26th 1959. Doug was ordained on 22 July 1967 and celebrated his Golden Jubilee last year. During his seminary studies, Doug completed a BA at the Australian National University. He had a varied ministry, in Education at Downlands College Toowoomba and in a number of parishes including Coogee in the past and Randwick in recent years, where he served as Community Leader of the Sydney MSC parishes. In the 1980s he went to Rome to study Moral Theology and returned to lecture and be Rector of St Paul's National Seminary. While there was justice in whatever he did, it became significant in his perspectives of moral theology and action. Doug had a special ministry in the parishes and beyond the parishes with the experience of Marriage Encounter, both in Australia and worldwide. As regards Hosea and loving tenderly (as read at his funeral), he expressed this not only with his MSC community, his family, but especially with all those he engaged with through Marriage Encounter. He certainly had the experience of loving tenderly! Doug spent a number of years in Fiji in formation as well as time at St Mary's Towers, Douglas Park. He moved to St Mary's Towers earlier this year for the local parish. Doug Smith was a good man, a straight up-and-down guileless man, but a man of justice and tenderness, who did walk humbly with his God. May he rest in peace.
7 Jun 2020	Rev Wilfred Plunkett Born 09/10/1927; Ordained 02/08/1955 Diocese of Wagga Wagga
7 Jun 2023	Rev John Harte SJ Born 04/10/1931; Ordained 02/01/1964. Jesuits - The Society of Jesus.
8 Jun 1880	Rev Patrick W Niall Melbourne dioc
8 Jun 1903	Rev William James Croke Barcaldine, etc, Qld
8 Jun 1909	Rev Frederick Chmelicek Jarrahdale, Kojonup, WA
8 Jun 1939	Rev Denis Mitchell CSsR Mayfield, NSW, etc
8 Jun 1941	Rev James Blake Willunga, Kadina, Victor Harbour, SA
8 Jun 1950	Rev Henry Bakker Coburg, Healesville, Ascot Vale, etc, Vic
8 Jun 1959	Rev Andrew Moynihan CM Eastwood, NSW
8 Jun 1965	Rev Richard Murawski OFMConv Broken Hill, Warrawong, NSW
8 Jun 1973	Rev Wilfred Willcock Brisbane dioc
8 Jun 1992	Rev John Smith Gordon, etc, Vic
8 Jun 1993	Rev William McCormack MSC Toowoomba, Qld; Hindmarsh, SA; Camp Hill, Qld; Randwick, Bowral, Douglas Park, NSW
8 Jun 2004	Rev Joseph Dullard Sandhurst dioc, Vic
8 Jun 2006	Rev Patrick Joseph Dunne Muswellbrook, Taree, Cessnock, Kendall, Hamilton, Denman, Stockton, NSW, etc
8 Jun 2013	Rev Keith Keegan OFM Born 03/12/1928; Ordained 21/07/1956
9 Jun 1848	Rev Angelo Confalonieri Perth, Port Victoria, WA
9 Jun 1870	Rev Michael Branigan Keilor, Kilmore, McIvor, etc, Vic
9 Jun 1870	Rev John Kelly Darlinghurst, etc, Sydney dioc
9 Jun 1903	Rev John Rigney Wollongong, Parramatta, Bathurst dioc, etc, NSW
9 Jun 1920	Rev Mgr Michael Buckley Albury, Junee, Wagga, etc, NSW
9 Jun 1929	Rev John Gallivan Gisborne, Sunbury, St. Kilda, Kilmore, Castlemaine, Northcote, Vic
9 Jun 1941	Rev Joseph Laveth Perth dioc
9 Jun 1943	Rev William Hawe Waitara, etc, NSW
9 Jun 1944	Rev Nicholas O'Ryan Archdiocese of Melbourne. Died in Ireland.
9 Jun 1953	Rev Mgr Joseph Brennan Deniliquin, etc, NSW
9 Jun 1977	Rev Raymond Cashmere SVD Marburg, Qld, etc
9 Jun 1978	Rev Francis Guerin Belmont, Armadale, Oakleigh, Flemington, Carlton, etc, Vic
9 Jun 1980	Rev Mgr Hugh Maguire Lane Cove, Elizabeth Bay, Lewisham, etc, NSW
9 Jun 1982	Rev Moises Andres Vara OSA North Queensland
9 Jun 1989	Rev Joseph Anthony Glynn Bowral, etc, NSW
9 Jun 1989	Rev John Stack Miranda, Chatswood, Tempe, Darlinghurst, Granville, Willoughby, North Leichhardt, Enmore, NSW
9 Jun 1993	Rev Francis Auburn SSC Melbourne
9 Jun 1995	Rev Martin Weatherall Shellharbour, etc, NSW
9 Jun 1996	Rev Paul Cleary SJ Melbourne; Clare, Norwood, SA
9 Jun 1996	Rev Owen Corr OMI Adelaide; Melbourne, Moe, Vic; Sefton, NSW
9 Jun 2006	Rev Laurence Allan Hoare Ulverstone, Circular Head, Glenorchy, Tas
9 Jun 2008	Rev Giovanni Fontana CRS, Spearwood, Hilton, WA
9 Jun 2010	Rev Desmond Effeney Born 28/11/1939; Manly QLD etc.
9 Jun 2011	Rev Gabriel Pedron OSB
9 Jun 2013	Rev John P Evans Born 31/10/1932; Ordained 03/12/1958 - Diocese of Parramatta
9 Jun 2018	Rev John Martin CSsR Born 19/04/1941; Ordained 04/09/1966 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
9 Jun 2021	Rev Larry Nemer SVD Born 24/11/1932; Ordained 02/04/1960. Divine Word Missionaries - Society of the Divine Word.
10 Jun 1918	Rev James Hassett SJ Sydney, etc
10 Jun 1930	Rev Charles F Casey Brisbane dioc
10 Jun 1930	Rev James Martin Walsh Gunnedah, Narrabri, Tamworth, etc, NSW
10 Jun 1941	Rev Richard Power Denny Glenelg, etc, SA
10 Jun 1944	Rev Michael G Farrelly Wingham, etc, NSW
10 Jun 1947	Rev Noel Hehir SJ Melbourne, etc
10 Jun 1955	Rev John Duggan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
10 Jun 1957	Rev Elie Bergeron SM Sydney
10 Jun 1961	Rev Patrick J Moloney MSC Ballarat, Croydon, Vic, etc
10 Jun 1962	Rev Michael Farrelly Maitland dioc, NSW
10 Jun 1965	Rev Bernard Joseph O'Farrell Sydney, etc
10 Jun 1973	Rev Francis William Coffey Maitland dioc, NSW
10 Jun 1975	Rev James Gallagher Bathurst dioc, NSW
10 Jun 1981	Rev Mgr John Joseph Harper Wagga, Leeton, Junee, Albury, Tumbarumba, Berrigan, Yenda, Coolamon, Griffith, NSW; Darwin, NT
10 Jun 1988	Rev Denis O'Brien Buckley Kolijo, Giru, Abergowrie, Currajong, Hyde Park, Hughenden, Julies Creek - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
10 Jun 1989	Rev Rex Donohoe Queenstown, Hobart, Kingston, Lenah Valley, Tas
10 Jun 2008	Rev Laurence O'Dwyer Born 21/01/1914; Ordained 15/06/1941; Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, NSW.
10 Jun 2008	Rev Laurence O'Dwyer Maitland-Newcastle dioc, NSW
10 Jun 2017	Rev Bernard Kenny Born 11/02/1931; Ordained 22/07/1956 Diocese of Lismore
10 Jun 2017	Rev Zenon Broniarczyk SChr Society of Christ
10 Jun 2017	Rev Francis Vincent Jones Read more Born 05/04/1938; Ordained 29/06/1962 Diocese of Sandhurst Francis Vincent Jones was born in Rutherglen, in the north-east of the Sandhurst Diocese, the eighth child of Jack and Madge Jones of North Boorhaman. His siblings were Sr Marie (Rita), Bill (dec), Sr Eileen, John (dec), Kath, Carmel, Brien, Les and Maureen. Frank's schooling was at North Boorhaman, then Assumption College, Kilmore. He studied for the priesthood at Adelaide Seminary for seven years before ordination by Bishop Stewart at St Patrick's Wangaratta on 29 June, 1962. His first Mass the following day was in St Mary's parish hall, Rutherglen. He was a curate at Shepparton and Myrtleford before appointments as a parish priest at Corryong in 1974, followed by Cohuna, Cobram, Wangaratta and Numurkah. Frank retired in June 2012 as Pastor Emeritus, after 50 years as a priest. In retirement he lived at Nagambie, followed by Banksia Lodge and Acacia House in Shepparton. Frank will be fondly remembered as a country priest. He loved sport, the Brisbane Lions, a bet, a smoke and a drink, but nothing was more dear to him than the privilege to say Mass. He held his family close to his heart, particularly his mother, and all family members from far and wide were welcomed, remembered, prayed for and looked after. Frank Jones entered Eternal Life on Saturday, 10 June, 2017. Vigil Prayers and Mass were offered at St John's Numurkah on Sunday 18 June. His funeral Mass was at St Brendan's Shepparton on 19 June, followed by burial at Numurkah. May he rest in peace.
10 Jun 2019	Rev Joseph Patrick Hall Read more Born 20/03/1931. Ordained 05/07/1955 for the Diocese of Toowoomba. Joe' to some, Pat' to many, was born in Toowoomba, the youngest of nine children to William and Mary (nee Gabbett) and grew up just a stone's throw from St Saviour's where he commenced his schooling and St Patrick's Cathedral where he was baptised and prayed daily as a young man. Together with life-long friend John (Jack) Clancy, Pat continued his primary and most of his secondary schooling at St Mary's College. Both Pat and Jack finished their secondary education at Banyo Seminary, following in the footsteps of many other young men who were neighbours growing up � Pat's older brothers Bill and Frank, John Bennett, Tom Isaac, Pat Kelly, Neville Grundy, Bernie Kane, John Bergin�; not only neighbours but also participants every morning in daily Mass at the Cathedral. The young Pat Hall, both at St Mary's and at the Seminary, was a bundle of energy. On the football field Pat was The General', playing and directing each game accordingly. At the Seminary he was a live-wire and a very fast sprinter. Being an athlete was, incidentally, a valuable asset given that the Rector, Monsignor Vincent Cleary, had a major interest in athletics. Pat was ordained in the Toowoomba Cathedral on 29 June 1955 and served in the parishes of Warwick, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dalby, Charleville, Wallangarra and Millmerran from where he retired to Vianney Village at Lourdes Home in 2007. It was during his time at Warwick that he became overwhelmed by a sense of unworthiness, lots of scruples, a feeling of insecurity as a person and as a priest and suffered a major breakdown. With the help of the St John of God Brothers and the fatherly accompaniment of Bill McCormack � together with the encouragement and support of family and fellow priests of the Diocese and his own courage in facing the truth of his life's journey � Pat recovered. What had been and what in many ways continued to be a dark cloud hanging over Pat, became somehow a wonderful gift which he shared generously. For the rest of his life among us he offered the hope and the way to recovery to hundreds and hundreds of other people; he gently challenged and inspired hundreds more to be more authentic in our lives; and regularly showed, through a witty, sharp, insightful remark, the leadership and spark of his younger days. He enjoys now, with our loving God, the fullness of the life for which he was created.
11 Jun 1886	Archbishop James Alipius Goold OSA Campbelltown, NSW; Melbourne
11 Jun 1903	Rev Richard Bourke Wilcannia, etc, NSW
11 Jun 1909	Rev John Dundon Sydney
11 Jun 1924	Rev (1906) Joseph Daly Sydney dioc
11 Jun 1924	Rev Patrick Hartigan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
11 Jun 1927	Rev Thomas Devoy SM Sydney
11 Jun 1942	Rev Patrick J Murphy Brisbane dioc
11 Jun 1944	Rev Patrick Raymond Mount OSA Cairns, Herberton, Cooktown, Mareeba, Innisfail, Qld
11 Jun 1946	Rev John Murray Melbourne dioc
11 Jun 1957	Rev Michael O'Connell Sydney dioc
11 Jun 1958	Rev Mgr Richard P A Collender Surry Hills, Woollahra, etc, NSW
11 Jun 1961	Rev Nicholas Francis Baldwin OP Adelaide
11 Jun 1969	Rev Bishop Thomas Wade SM Sydney
11 Jun 1970	Rev Francis John O'Farrell Hawker, etc, SA
11 Jun 1971	Rev John Perkins Melbourne dioc
11 Jun 1972	Rev Patrick Kennedy South Strathfield, etc, NSW
11 Jun 1974	Rev John Colleran Julia Creek, etc, Qld
11 Jun 1975	Rev Settimio Balo OFM
11 Jun 1976	Rev William O'Neill CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
11 Jun 1978	Rev Brian Carroll MSC Sydney, etc
11 Jun 1983	Rev Kevin Staunton SJ Sydney, etc
11 Jun 1997	Rev Gabriel Arthur Nolan Manly, Nundah, Qld
11 Jun 2004	Rev Charles Casey Beaudesert, Bulimba, Brisbane, West End, Annerley, Wishart, Gayndah, Esk, Surfers Paradise, Rosewood, Qld
11 Jun 2004	Rev Maur Enjuanes Latorre OSB New Norcia, Kalumburu, WA
11 Jun 2008	Jean-Marie Wodon OSB New Norcia, WA
11 Jun 2012	Rev John Bettridge SM
12 Jun 1878	Rev Thomas O'Brien Maryborough, Bundaberg, Qld
12 Jun 1893	Archbishop Christopher Augustine Reynolds Adelaide
12 Jun 1912	Rev Joseph Laughlin Ahearn Armidale, Lismore dioc, NSW
12 Jun 1928	Rev Patrick Hickey Corowa, Queanbeyan, Albury, Goulburn, NSW
12 Jun 1938	Rev Michael Joseph Hayes Melbourne dioc
12 Jun 1941	Rev James Blake Adelaide dioc
12 Jun 1948	Bishop John Heavey OSA Cairns, Qld
12 Jun 1950	Rev James E Cannon Milton, etc, NSW and ACT
12 Jun 1963	Rev Thomas McLoughlin SJ Sydney, etc
12 Jun 1970	Rev Patrick Dunne Perth dioc
12 Jun 1979	Rev Mgr Patrick Stanislaus Crowe Warragul, Bairnsdale, Omeo, Morwell, Maffra, etc, Vic
12 Jun 1981	Rev Mgr Justin McCarthy Rosalie, etc, Qld
12 Jun 1985	Rev Peter Van Mechelen SM Sydney, etc
12 Jun 1992	Rev Joseph Stephen Moran OSA Brisbane, Brookvale, NSW
12 Jun 1993	Rev Augustine Watson OFM Sydney, etc
12 Jun 1998	Rev Desmond Clifford CSsR NSW; Qld; Vic; North Perth, WA.
12 Jun 2021	Rev Alexander Levey Born 01/12/1927; Ordained 21/07/1962 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
13 Jun 1888	Rev James Campion Koroit, Vic, etc
13 Jun 1900	Bishop William Lanigan Goulburn, NSW
13 Jun 1929	Archbishop William Barry Chatswood, NSW; Hobart
13 Jun 1929	Rev Lawrence? J Smyth Perth, Bunbury, etc, WA
13 Jun 1931	Rev Michael Tierney MSC Randwick, NSW, etc
13 Jun 1946	Rev William McLoughlin Sale dioc, Vic
13 Jun 1958	Rev Vincent Ryan Clunes, etc, Vic
13 Jun 1965	Rev Joseph Patrick Cusack Bathurst dioc, NSW
13 Jun 1967	Rev Michael F Farrell Waitara, etc, Sydney dioc
13 Jun 1973	Rev Michael Gerard Moran OSA Echuca, Vic; Sydney; Brisbane
13 Jun 1976	Rev Leopoldo Farrugia OFM Adelaide, etc
13 Jun 1981	Rev Wilfred Speers CP Sydney, etc
13 Jun 1982	Rev Thomas Scanlon Ouyen, Donald, Maryborough, etc, Vic
13 Jun 1986	Rev Godfrey Arsuffi OFM
13 Jun 1987	Rev Joseph Loftus OSM Tuart Hill, WA
13 Jun 1989	Rev John Barry Hamilton, Taree, Wallsend, Krambach, Mayfield, Muswellbrook, Raymond Terrace, Waratah, Wingham, NSW
13 Jun 1992	Rev James Tough SSS Melbourne
13 Jun 1995	Rev Thomas Sweeney Warwick, Toowoomba, Banyo, Quilpie, Tarooma-Wandoan, Wallangarra, Qld; Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
13 Jun 2018	Rev John Egan Read more Born 22/09/1934; Ordained 29/06/1959 Archdiocese of Brisbane Whenever John celebrated the life of one of the residents at Holy Spirit Care Carseldine, he always made reference to their baptism and spoke of their parents' dream that their child, the now deceased, would grow up knowing that he or she was loved by God and in that knowledge, give love to others. I hope someone said that at John's funeral. For if anyone knew they were loved by God, it was John. John was such a wonderful example of love in action, words and attitude. Over the dozen or so years that I have worked with him, not once did I hear John criticise or speak negatively about anyone. He treated everyone with respect and dignity, acceptance and understanding. Being sensitive to others was always his number one priority in the way he dealt with people. He was a man rich in humility and simplicity and made those qualities part of every facet of his life. As a member of the pastoral care team, John was a team player - co-operative, obliging, never putting himself first, but consistently flexible in fitting in with everyone. He made it his business to know what people cared about. He never forgot a birthday, an anniversary. So many qualities to admire in John, but a lasting and inspiring one was his total faithfulness to his vocation in life. We've all heard of the �peoples' princess�, well now we have the �peoples' priest�. And while John was ever mindful of his sacramental role as priest always carried out with reverence, he was equally reverent and pastoral to people � us � staff and residents alike. On behalf of the pastoral care team, Holy Spirit Sisters, management, staff, residents and volunteers of Holy Spirit Home, I convey condolences to Colleen, Fr. John's cousin, and her family, and hope they will be comforted by our acknowledgement that we have lost a very great and holy man whose example of how to care and love people will live on long in our ministry. Carmel Costin, Pastoral Care, Holy Spirit Care Services (Carseldine)
13 Jun 2020	Rev Kenneth Petersen OCarm Read more Born 17/09/1938. Ordained 22/06/1968. Carmelites - Order of Brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt Carmel. After 58 years as a Carmelite and almost 52 years as a priest, Ken died peacefully in the early hours of 13 June. Ken served the Province and the People of God in the parishes of Coorparoo (QLD), Hilton (WA) and Middle Park (VIC), in formation ministry, as Lay Carmelite National Chaplain and as Prior Provincial before establishing the Sancta Sophia Meditation Community at Warburton (VIC) with Sr Kathleen Murphy OP in 1996. Sancta Sophia Meditation Community was founded to promote Inter Religious Dialogue, social justice and human dignity through the practice and teaching of meditation, days of prayer, retreats and spiritual counselling . In the words of Fr Paul Cahill, Prior Provincial, Fr Ken died in the same peaceful manner as he had lived his last days, completing a life dedicated to peace and justice.�Throughout his life, Ken both rejoiced in and generously shared his experience of God's spirit at work in his own life and helped others recognize it at work in theirs and others.�We commend him to the God of mercy, love and peace.� May Ken now flourish in the eternal embrace of God's love.' Rest in peace.
14 Jun 1892	Rev Pierre Trapenard SM Sydney
14 Jun 1924	Rev Sylvester Maddock Melbourne dioc
14 Jun 1932	Rev William McCallion OMI Fremantle, WA
14 Jun 1936	Rev Joseph Herring SM Sydney
14 Jun 1945	Rev John Gilmartin CM
14 Jun 1951	Rev Martin Dowling Ulverstone, etc, Tas
14 Jun 1962	Rev Mgr Patrick Carey Cowper, etc, NSW
14 Jun 1963	Rev Michael Dempsey Thebarton, etc, SA
14 Jun 1970	Rev Mgr James McCoy Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
14 Jun 1977	Rev Thomas McDermott OMI Sefton, NSW; Eagle Junction, Qld; Mulgrave, Vic
14 Jun 1978	Rev Bernard Joseph Dillon West Essendon, Burwood, Glen Huntly, etc, Vic
14 Jun 1978	Rev Hugh Lynch Lilydale, Yea, Coburg, Gordon, Castlemaine, etc, Vic
14 Jun 1989	Rev Aidan Breene MSC Kensington, Randwick, etc, NSW; Hindmarsh, Henley beach, SA
14 Jun 1998	Rev John Joseph McMahon MSC Wollongong, Kensington, NSW, Toowoomba, Qld; Croydon, Ballarat, Vic
14 Jun 1999	Rev Brendan Alphonsus Sykes MSC Wollongong; Toowoomba; Sydney, NSW; Canberra; Moonah, Tas; Red Hill, Pearce, ACT
14 Jun 2015	Rev Anthony Zahra OFMConv Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor Conventual
14 Jun 2017	Rev Rodney John Langsdale Williams Read more Born 19/03/1922; Ordained 01/10/1969 Diocese of Perth Rodney was born in Heswall on The Wirral in the county of Merseyside, England. He studied at Kingsmead School in Hoylake, Wirral and then at Denstone College in Staffordshire and developed many skills in sports, music and language, and a lifelong passion for poetry. He enlisted in the army and joined The Welsh Regiment as an officer and enjoyed his life there, often recounting stories to his children of his time in the army. Although he was in the army for 27 years, he remained unsettled. His son Mark recalled the response by his father when he asked him about why he became a priest. �The answer was that he heard a voice, calling him clearly to be one. The impact it made on him was profound. It was powerful enough that when he got to the station, he made his way to a phone and insisted on resigning his Commission then and there. He then applied to join a seminary in Wales, and within 48 hours, he was out of military uniform and starting on the seven years it takes to become an Anglican Priest. He never doubted his vocation,� Mark said. Ordained an Anglican Priest in 1955, Rodney re-joined the Armed Services as an RAF Chaplain Squadron Leader, which led the family to travel all over Germany as parts of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces. In the early 1960s, Rodney packed up his family and headed to Australia to join the Bunbury Diocese and was posted to the Parish of Carey Park and later Cranbrook. It was here that he met Fr Geoffrey Beyer, another Anglican (now Catholic) Priest whom he befriended. With a common goal in mind and having worked together for a number of years, Fr Williams and Fr Beyer, together with fellow Anglican priest Fr John Lisle, realised that they were drawn to the Catholic Church and its teachings. In March 1968, Fr Williams, together with Fr Beyer, was received into the Catholic Church and on 19 October 1969, the two men were ordained as among the first married Catholic Priests by then Archbishop Lancelot Goody. Fr John Lisle followed shortly after. �Becoming a Catholic Priest was the only the way he could be true to his vocation and thus began his journey with the Catholic Church,� recalled his son Mark. His first appointment as a Catholic priest was as Assistant Parish Priest at Applecross in 1969, became Acting Parish Priest in 1973 and then Parish Priest in 1974. In July 1978 he was appointed Chaplain to Mental Health Services and then in 1996 as Assistant Parish Priest. Never one to shy away from his obligations, Rodney was always out in the community, day or night. He would often be called out at night and it became his way of life, and that of his family. When his wife met with a serious accident, Rodney tirelessly cared for her till she passed in 2003. He lived at the house in Ardross street next to the presbytery until it was knocked down to make way for the new church. At that point he moved in with his son, Mark in Melville but still remained close to Applecross and the people and parish he loved. A man of great faith and love, he taught his children many life lessons which were shared at his funeral. He taught them love, he taught them about death and acceptance and mostly about his love and devotion to God. A wonderful father to his children, always encouraging, teaching, loving and supporting, he was a beautiful example to them and to so many parishioners. May he rest in peace.
14 Jun 2021	Rev Kevin Condon OP Read more Born 31/01/1932; Ordained 08/07/1956. Dominicans - Order of Preachers. Kevin Liam Condon was born in Glenroe, Co Limerick, in 1932. He had two brothers, one of whom, Sean, is a diocesan priest in California. His older brother Seamus predeceased Kevin, and his sister Mary is in Ireland. After completing his secondary schooling at Newbridge College, Co Kildare, Kevin joined the Dominicans in Cork, and was ordained in Tallaght, Dublin in 1956. After studies in Rome, he returned to Ireland only to be posted to Australia shortly afterwards. And he remained in Australia for most of the rest of his priestly life, making this country his home and its people his own. Kevin will always be remembered as a gifted parish priest, and he served in Dominican parishes in Canberra, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. He made it his business to know every one of his parishioners, carrying out parish visitation every year. Over the years he followed closely any one of the various movements aimed to renew parishes, and the one he eventually adopted was the New Image of Parish, developed by the Vatican II/Fr Lombardi-inspired Movement for a Better World � a program aimed to create communities within the parish. Aware that one has to work at one's own spiritual development, Kevin took advantage of a number of renewal programs himself, some overseas, always returning encouraged and enthusiastic about his parish work. He had a special gift with the sick and dying, and would pray with and for each person and their families. He liked to make frequent contact with the diocesan clergy, and relished occasions when they were together. Kevin loved following all sports but especially horse racing and football. He was an occasional, and according to his own admission a very average golfer, but he loved it just the same. After retiring from parish work, Kevin acted as chaplain to Nazareth House in Ballarat, then came to Nazareth House in Camberwell as a resident where he died on 14 June, 2021. May he rest in peace.
15 Jun 1897	Rev Benjamin Gaillard MSC Sydney, etc
15 Jun 1919	Rev John Moriarty Moruya, Bega, Westmead, Newtown, Leichhardt, Bulli, etc, NSW
15 Jun 1932	Rev Patrick Donleavy Sydney dioc
15 Jun 1934	Rev Patrick John Griffin Nathalia, Beechworth, etc, Vic
15 Jun 1936	Rev James Byrne Daylesford, St. Kilda West, etc, Vic
15 Jun 1954	Rev Mgr John McDermott Armidale dioc, NSW
15 Jun 1965	Rev Tarcisius J Previdello SC Unanderra, etc, NSW
15 Jun 1972	Rev Denis Ahern Windsor, etc, Qld
15 Jun 1978	Rev Edward John Smyth Pinnaroo, Willunga, etc, SA
15 Jun 1980	Rev Albert Christopher Gilhooley Essendon, Trentham, West Footscray, Maidstone, etc, Vic
15 Jun 1981	Rev James Goldfinch CM Adelaide; Mossgiel, etc, NSW
15 Jun 1987	Rev Mgr David John O'Meara Halifax, Cloncurry, Hughenden, Ingham, Charters Towers, Home Hill, Giru - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
15 Jun 1996	Rev Donald Dunne Ballarat dioc, Vic
15 Jun 1998	Rev William George Joiner Balmain, Manly, Springwood, Gosford, Terrigal, Strathfield South, NSW
15 Jun 2006	Rev F Max Grabau PE
15 Jun 2009	Rev Eamon Leonard Read more Born 02/09/1922; Date of Ordination: 30/11/1947 - Diocese of Lismore. Eamon, a priest of the Lismore Diocese NSW was born in 1922 at Ballina and there received his early schooling. He attended St John's College, Woodlawn and then commenced studies for the priesthood at St Columba's College, Springwood NSW. He studied Theology at St Patrick's College, Manly and was ordained by Bishop Farrelly in St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore in 1947. He served in several parishes in the Lismore Diocese and in 1960 was appointed first parish priest of Kingscliff. In 1973 he was appointed parish priest of South Murwillumbah where he remained until he retired in 1997. Eamon was loved by his parishioners and pastorally he contributed much to the diocese. In 1979 he became spiritual director of the Legion of Mary and also worked as editor of the diocesan newspaper Catholic Life for many years. Eamon also spent many years as a member of the diocesan Matrimonial Tribunal. It was with great joy that Eamon celebrated his 60th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood in November 2007 in the Sacred Heart Church, Murwillumbah. All were saddened when he died suddenly in Kingscliff, aged 86. Eamon was faithful to his bishop and a true brother to his fellow priests, which was evident by the number of priests from Northern NSW who attended the Requiem Mass celebrated by Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett. May this dear and gentle man rest in peace.
15 Jun 2012	Rev Eugene F Kenny Ordained 13/12/1950.
16 Jun 1886	Rev James Peter Hanrahan OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
16 Jun 1887	Rev Mgr Henry James Fynes OSB Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
16 Jun 1896	Rev Jeremiah Morrissey Muswellbrook, Gunnedah, Newcastle, etc, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld
16 Jun 1898	Rev Patrick J Aylward Collingwood, North Melbourne, etc, Vic
16 Jun 1917	Rev Edmund Riordan Creagh Pyrmont, NSW; Greenough, WA
16 Jun 1919	Rev William Cullen SJ Sydney, etc
16 Jun 1957	Bishop Richard Ryan CM Sale, Vic
16 Jun 1959	Rev John Kissane Golden Grove, etc, NSW
16 Jun 1965	Rev Patrick Duggan Denman, etc, NSW
16 Jun 1968	Rev Michael Leo Edwards Hamilton, Inglewood, etc, Vic
16 Jun 1973	Rev Charles Taylor CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
16 Jun 1976	Rev Brian Lawrence Jordan Snowtown, Christies Beach, etc, SA
16 Jun 1997	Rev Philip Astley SJ Melbourne
16 Jun 2004	Rev Michael Mullins Townsville, Ingham, Mundingburra, Qld
16 Jun 2005	Rev Philip Callaghan SM Sydney, etc
16 Jun 2010	Rev Carol Grew Born 28/01/1931; Broken Bay Diocese, NSW.
16 Jun 2012	Rev Andrew Fennessy OCSO Born in Dublin, Ireland on 13/04/1935; Ordained 01/05/1959; Solemn Profession 07/10/1957; Arrived at Tarrawarra Abbey, Yarra Glenn, Victoria on 31/08/1960 where he lived and worked until his death.
16 Jun 2012	Rev George Nugent Born 26/09/1930; Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, NSW.
16 Jun 2013	Rev Leonard Egan PE Read more Born 18/10/1918; Ordained 23/07/1944 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Len was ordained a priest at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne, on 23 July 1944 and served the Church in the Archdiocese of Melbourne for over 68 years. He began as Assistant Priest in the parishes of Deepdene (1945), Alphington and Kew (1954) and in 1957 was appointed Administrator of West Melbourne. He was appointed Parish Priest of Sunshine North (1958), Yarraville (1964), Bulleen (1973) and Ivanhoe (1985). In 1993 he retired happily before moving to Justin Villa and then to St Catherine's Aged Care. Few priests can boast of having a road named after them during their lifetime, however Len had the honour bestowed upon him when Egan Drive, Bulleen was established. He was one of the real characters of the Melbourne presbyterate. He had a quirky sense of humour, was a cryptic writer with many a surprise contained within parish newsletters, a delightful raconteur and a loyal friend to many priests and lay people. On the occasion of his 60th Anniversary Len said that he wished to thank, "... those thousands of lay people - all those people whom we have got to know over the years. All those who befriended us. No one could have more friends than a diocesan priest..." How true it was of Len. Len Egan was a dedicated priest, committed to the Gospel and to the people entrusted to his care. We give thanks for his priestly witness and the joy he brought to all who had the pleasure of knowing him. Rest now in peace Len.
16 Jun 2014	Rev Thomas Mullins Read more Born 14/10/1930; Ordained 28/06/1963 - Diocese of Cairns. Tom Mullins was a student at Pius XII Seminary Banyo and was ordained for the Diocese of Cairns on 28 June 1963 at St Clare of Montefalco, Tully. Tom served at the Cathedral form 1964-1970, was relieving Priest in the Diocese from 1970-1974, appointed to Edmonton 1975-1981, Thursday Island 1981-1993, Silkwood 1993-2003, Thursday Island 2003-2009 & in 2009 was Retired/Chaplain to Holy Spirit Bethlehem Home. Tom is remembered as a gentle man, greatly respected who lived an ascetical life, based on prayer and simplicity; wherever he served he left a legacy of goodness, he was much loved for his pastoral care and wisdom. Once he shared that he discerned his vocation while ploughing and at the same time praying the Rosary, on the family farm at Euramo. His appointments speak volumes about his obedience to the Bishop, always aware & trusting that the hand of God was at work in the Bishop. Tom loved football and prior to the Seminary played for Tully as five eighth alongside the likes of the legendary Danny Clifford. His other passion was fishing. Tom always remained close to his family and made himself available for many celebrations of the Sacraments. He had a special friendship with his brother Mick; they now rest beside each other in the Tully Cemetery. Rest now in peace Tom.
17 Jun 1875	Rev Thomas A O'Donnell Creswick, Ballarat, Geelong, Kyneton, etc, Vic
17 Jun 1876	Rev Daniel Fitzgibbon Mt. Gambier, etc, SA
17 Jun 1891	Rev Michael O'Flynn Melbourne dioc
17 Jun 1910	Rev Christopher Craig CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
17 Jun 1931	Rev Edmund Frost SJ Melbourne, etc
17 Jun 1939	Rev Peter Paul Murray CSsR Perth, etc
17 Jun 1948	Rev Mgr John F Leonard Goulburn, Yass, etc, NSW
17 Jun 1950	Rev Thomas J Fallon Strathalbyn, etc, SA
17 Jun 1954	Rev Patrick William Duggan Wardell, etc, NSW
17 Jun 1976	Rev Mgr Timothy Molony Gympie, Ipswich, etc, Qld
17 Jun 1985	Rev Thomas Patrick Russell Hamilton, Ballarat, Timboon, etc, Vic
17 Jun 1986	Rev John Bowden CSsR Melbourne, etc
17 Jun 1989	Rev John Francis Sinnot Warwick, Dalby, Stanthorpe, Allora, Taroom, Cambooya, Harlaxton, Millmerran, Qld
17 Jun 1990	Rev James Maurice Boland CSsR Sydney, Newcastle, etc
17 Jun 1990	Rev Thomas Cyril Murphy OCarm Middle Park, Port Melbourne, Vic; Port Adelaide, SA; Wentworth, NSW
17 Jun 1992	Rev Thomas Francis Curley Melbourne dioc
17 Jun 1995	Rev Brian Joseph White MSC Wollongong, NSW; Ballarat, Vic; Coogee, Randwick, Kensington, NSW; Henley, SA
17 Jun 1999	Rev Eris Tierney Forestville, etc, Broken Bay dioc, NSW
17 Jun 2001	Rev Patrick Joseph Downs Ballarat dioc, Vic
17 Jun 2002	Rev Owen Michael Ryan CSsR Galong, NSW; North Perth, Mirrabooka, Perth, WA
17 Jun 2003	Rev Cormac Fenton OCD Brisbane
17 Jun 2005	Rev Noel Geraghty OMI Sefton, Claymore, NSW; Hillcrest, SA; Springvale North, Camberwell, Vic; Fremantle, WA
17 Jun 2006	Rev Peter Ronald Cross South Yarra, East Malvern, Frankston, Brighton, etc, Vic
17 Jun 2006	Rev Peter Cross Archdiocese of Melbourne.
17 Jun 2011	Rev Joseph William Flannery Born 08/11/1919; Ordained 22/07/1945; Invermay, Tarraleah, Rosebery, Launceston, Tas; Sydney.
17 Jun 2014	Rev David Hume Born 01/04/1957; Ordained 29/11/2004 Cathedral Parish; Marayong; Winston Hills; Glenwood-Stanhope Gardens - Diocese of Parramatta
17 Jun 2015	Rev Michael Clarke OMI Born 03/06/1928; Ordained 24/08/1952. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
17 Jun 2016	Rev Brian Bailey Read more Born 13/09/1934; Ordained 16/071965 for the Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle. Brian, the eldest of the nine children of Jimmy Bailey and Mollie nee O'Brien, was born in Maitland on 13th September 1934. He was educated in Maitland until the Intermediate Certificate, and then attended the minor seminary at St Columba's in Springwood, where he did the Leaving Certificate. He left the seminary to discern his calling, and worked in several occupations, finally with a jeweller, Mal Woolford, in Newcastle. Encouraged to pursue his vocation, he returned to Springwood in 1959, and was ordained by bishop Toohey in Maitland in 1965. His appointments as assistant priest were at Belmont, Kurri Kurri, Gateshead, and Merewether. He was also an advisor on the diocesan Youth team. His first parish as Parish Priest was Wallsend, followed by Glendale, where he was also dean of the region, and his assistant was the recently-retired Mons Vince Casey. From there to Taree, and again he was the Dean, and finally Toronto and Booragul, from where he retired in 2005. His health caused the early retirement, and he bravely carried on. Determined to live again in his own place, and to hold a golf club once more, he did achieved both ambitions, though unable to boast about the golf club to Jim Saunders, with whom he had a bet, but who died fifteen months earlier. Brian was always a down-to-earth bloke', whose pastoral care was genuine, all-embracing, and at (most) times direct. He could challenge without being hurtful and caring without becoming sentimental. He was the inaugural chairman of the Maitland Clergy Central Fund, helping to direct it into the present position of financial strength and equity. Brian loved sports, especially golf, football and horseracing. As with the clergy fund, so with the golfing fraternity, Brian kept up the tradition of an annual dinner, and invited even the non-golfing clergy. He died on 17th June 2016; after the Requiem at the Cathedral he was buried in the family plot in Lochinvar Catholic cemetery.
17 Jun 2017	Rev Claude Borg MSSP Read more Born: 27/02/1926 Ordained: 22/12/1951 Missionary Society of St Paul - Pauline Fathers Claude was born in Malta and began his journey with the MSSP in 1938. He was in his 71st year of profession and 65th year of his missionary priesthood. Claude made his first profession in 1945 and perpetual vows in 1948. He studied both at the Malta Seminary and University and was ordained in Malta on the 22 December 1951. Claude's first assignment was at the Oratory in Birkirkara for four years after which he was sent to our fledgling Australian mission in Melbourne in 1956. He was assigned as a Maltese Chaplain at Parkville. He was the first MSSP (Missionary Society of St Paul) to be appointed Parish priest of Our Lady of Victories Parish, Horsley Park in 1965 where he cared for his people for six years before returning to Malta. In Malta he served the MSSP in different official roles and was available for supply in different places. Claude returned to Australia in 1980 once again with the Parkville community for three years after which he became assistant priest at St Joseph's Parish, Rozelle in Sydney, then under MSSP care. In 1990 he joined the MSSP community at St Francis Assisi Chapel at the La Valette Maltese Centre, Blacktown as a chaplain for the Maltese in the western suburbs of Sydney especially in the Diocese of Parramatta. Claude entered Aged care at St Dominic's, Blacktown in 2003 and at Uniting Mulluana Village, Blacktown in 2016 and continued to be involved in caring for the Maltese and others until quite recently. Over the many years of ministry Claude has also been involved with various groups in particular due to his love of liturgy and music the formation of Maltese and other choirs both in Melbourne and Sydney. Despite his deteriorating health over the past few years he remained as active as he could be and was a witness that we can embrace our journey of aging with vigor and trust in the Lord. He will be fondly remembered as an energetic, jovial and caring pastor by all who knew him and whose lives were touched by him. May he now rest in peace.
18 Jun 1902	Rev Constance Fontaigne Maitland dioc, NSW
18 Jun 1902	Rev Thomas John Meagher Merriwa, NSW
18 Jun 1930	Rev James Prendergast Bulli, Merriwa, etc, NSW
18 Jun 1931	Rev Patrick W Ahern Bowraville, Coraki, Stratford, etc, NSW
18 Jun 1932	Rev James B Rawlings Brisbane dioc
18 Jun 1933	Rev Mgr Terence O'Shaughnessy Cootamundra, etc, NSW
18 Jun 1939	Rev James Mullins CM Bathurst, NSW; Malvern, Vic
18 Jun 1943	Rev Robert Fitzgerald OSA Echuca, Vic
18 Jun 1948	Rev Nicholas Morrissey Werribee, etc, Vic
18 Jun 1959	Rev James L Green Colac, etc, Vic
18 Jun 1960	Rev Francis Clune CP Hamilton, Vic; Goulburn, Marrickville, NSW; Glen Osmond, SA
18 Jun 1961	Rev Edwin C Ludgate Sydney, etc
18 Jun 1966	Bishop Otto Raible Broome, WA
18 Jun 1966	Rev James (Bernard) Kiernan MSC Sydney, etc
18 Jun 1967	Rev Leo Vincent Quinn CM Malvern, Vic; Ashfield, NSW
18 Jun 1970	Rev Harold Norrie SJ Sydney; Glen Waverley, Vic, etc
18 Jun 1972	Rev John Magill CSsR Galong, NSW; Ballarat, Vic, etc
18 Jun 1976	Rev Antonine Magnani OFM
18 Jun 1976	Rev John Bernard McKeon Uralla, etc, NSW
18 Jun 1979	Rev Edward Meehan West Tamworth, etc, NSW
18 Jun 1996	Rev John Peter Kenny SJ Sydney; Melbourne, Glen Waverley, Vic; Perth
18 Jun 1996	Rev Wilfred Dynan Radford SM Toongabbie, Armidale, NSW
18 Jun 2001	Rev Gerard Dickinson Bassendean,Perth, WA
18 Jun 2007	Rev Robert Francis Cullinane Bundaberg, Marian, Blackall/Tambo, Brisbane, Mackay, North Mackay, Rockhampton, Neerkol, Mt. Morgan, Qld
18 Jun 2012	Rev William (John) Miles CM Read more Born 17/09/1918 - Vincentian Fathers. John, son of Francis and Phylis, was born at Kendall near Taree, NSW. He attended the local primary schools at Kew and Cundletown and after five years at St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, completed the Leaving Certificate in 1935. The following year he entered the Vincentian Seminary at St Joseph's, Eastwood, NSW, and was ordained at St Joseph's by Bishop Norton on 13 September 1942. After a short period in Bathurst John moved to St Joseph's, Malvern, the Vincentian parish and mission house in Melbourne, where, at The University of Melbourne, he completed a Bachelor of Science degree, and in 1947 a Diploma of Education. John taught at St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, and St Vincent's College, Bendigo, from 1955 to 1972. Moving to Ashfield, NSW, in 1973, John ministered in the parish as well as undertaking the role of Provincial Treasurer from 1975 to 1978. Apart from five years in Malvern (1979-1983) John spent the remainder of his life in Sydney, particularly as resident chaplain at Lourdes Village, Killara. John is also remembered as a supply priest' in the Diocese of Bathurst and beyond. He retired to Ashfield and moved to Our Lady of Consolation Home, Rooty Hill in 2007 Rest in peace John.
18 Jun 2016	Rev John Hennessy SAC Read more Born: 31/03/1921 Ordained: 14/07/1945 - Pallotine Fathers John, who was born in Brunswick, Victoria, was educated at St Pat's East Melbourne by the Jesuits. Inspired by the visit of a Pallottine Bishop, Otto Raible, he felt a calling to the Pallottines and to Mission work in the Kimberley in W.A. John spent one year at the Diocesan Seminary at Werribee, started his novitiate at the Pallottine College at Kew followed by his philosophical and theological studies at St Paschal's, Box Hill. He was later ordained in his home parish at St Ambrose's Brunswick by Bishop Raible, on 14 July 1945. John served in the Kimberley at Beagle Bay for almost three years, together with Frs Joe Kearney and Roger McGinley. In 1949 he was appointed chaplain to the Pallottine Younger Set who supported the German Pallottines in Melbourne during the difficult times of the war. When Fr Walter Silvester came to Kew in 1951 to develop apostolic groups, John was a key member of the team centred on the MTA Shrine which had just been built and 14 groups of young men and women gradually developed. In 1961 John was appointed parish priest of St Christopher's, Syndal. There was only a church - school on 3 acres built by Fr Kirley from the Mt Waverley parish. He acquired further land from the war service homes and set the parish on a good footing. He built a larger school and then the parish church in 1973. The tennis courts and club were built. John excelled in Liturgy and music, introduced the Pallottine charism, the collaboration of priest, lay people and religious. In 1975, after 14 years at Syndal, he was appointed to the parish of Warburton and Yarra Junction where he consolidated the parish church and school at Yarra Junction, exhibiting his great planning and pastoral skills. In 2001 John retired to Syndal. Illness took him to Mercy Place, Parkville, where in 2015 he celebrated his 70th Anniversary of Priesthood. He desired to return to his network of friends at Syndal and came to Waverley Valley Aged Care facility and celebrated his 95th Birthday. Soon after, he grew seriously ill and died on 18 June, 2016. John was buried from his beloved parish on June 27, surrounded by his Pallottine confreres and parishioners from the early days. Rest in peace John, for your good deeds go with you.
18 Jun 2019	Rev Ignacy Smaga SChr Society of Christ
18 Jun 2019	Rev Gregory James McCann MSC Read more Born 18/04/1917. Ordained 20/08/1983 for the MSC Fathers - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Greg, professed in 1945, devoted his first five years as a brother at Chevalier and Kensington. He constantly asked to go to the missions and finally got there. After completing teacher training, he taught at Sidea in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. In 1958, he went to the Trobriand Islands to establish a primary school which he headed until 1974. He then moved to teach at Hagita High School in Milne Bay, PNG for a couple of years before heading to teach at the English Academy in Nagoya Japan until 1979. In 1980, he entered St. Paul's National Seminary and in 1983 was ordained a priest, after which he went back to Hagita, Sideia Island, Fiji and Kiribati for pastoral work. He returned to Australia and was priest-in-charge of Douglas Park Parish. In 1997, he was appointed to the Provincial house at Coogee before retiring to Kensington Monastery and then to St Joseph's Nursing home. �� Greg's love for all people had touched and impacted so many lives, including his nephew's Greg McCann Jnr who, inspired by him, became a Missionary of the Sacred Heart. Well done good and faithful servant of God! May he rest in peace.
18 Jun 2021	Rev William Cunningham MSC Born 19/02/1925; Ordained 22/07/1951. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
19 Jun 1845	Rev Edmund Mahoney Adelaide dioc
19 Jun 1908	Rev Michael Nugent Maitland, etc, SA
19 Jun 1910	Rev Thomas Lee Marrabel, Brompton, etc, SA
19 Jun 1916	Rev John O'Connell Portland, Hamilton, Geelong, etc, Vic
19 Jun 1941	Rev Henry Moreno OSB New Norcia, WA
19 Jun 1943	Rev John Miller MSC Sydney; Hobart dioc, Tas, etc
19 Jun 1947	Rev Joseph Gates SJ Sydney, etc
19 Jun 1947	Rev Francis Moynihan Melbourne dioc
19 Jun 1949	Rev Michael Jones Ballarat dioc, Vic
19 Jun 1951	Rev Bertrand William Curran OP Melbourne, etc
19 Jun 1961	Rev Edwin Ludgate CSsR Mayfield, NSW; Ballarat, Vic, etc
19 Jun 1996	Rev Albert Colletta OFMCap
19 Jun 2015	Rev Paul Fitzgerald Read more Born 11/04/1927 in Ireland, Fr Fitzgerald was ordained on 03/06/1951 and arrived in Sydney 6 months after his ordination. His appointments included Tempe, Balmain, Bondi Beach, Camperdown, St Mary's Cathedral, Hurstville, Strathfield, Dundas Valley, Narraweena and Toukley where he served as Parish Priest for 20 years before retiring in 1993.
19 Jun 2020	Rev John O'Keefe CM Read more Born 09/04/1932. Ordained 19/10/1957. Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission. In his early education John found himself in Penshurst, Hurstville, Coolabah, Barmedman and Cowra. His secondary education took him to St Stanislaus College Bathurst. He joined the Vincentians in 1950 and was ordained in 1957 at St Stanislaus College Bathurst by Bishop Norton. He worked initially in the Vincentian's College in Bendigo, the last four years as President of the College and Superior of the Community. He then undertook the role of Spiritual Director in Seminaries, first at St Charles Seminary, Guilford in Western Australia, followed by St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide, South Australia. He then spent a decade at Holy Cross College Mosgiel, New Zealand. 1986 is a significant year for John. He took study leave and went to Nicaragua. The experience changed him. The compulsion to see something of the Third World had been growing within John, to see something of the poor: I was convinced that the Word of God was enfleshed in the poor, and needed to be heard'. What John saw and the people he met set John on a life time's quest to sift through the Faith he had inherited and to find its most authentic articulation. John spent his later years working among the poorer or struggling parishes both in Diocese of Geraldton, Western Australia, and in Western Queensland in Barcaldine. John retired in 2002. John died in the sixty-third year of Priesthood. He will be sadly missed by his family, friends, his Vincentian confreres and colleagues.
20 Jun 1858	Rev Charles Lovat Yass, Liverpool, NSW, etc
20 Jun 1890	Rev Daniel Placide Quirk OSB Sydney, Wollongong, etc, NSW
20 Jun 1902	Rev Patrick Thomas Russell Adelaide, SA, etc
20 Jun 1924	Rev Charles Conlan Melbourne dioc
20 Jun 1935	Rev James Lynam Rockhampton dioc, Qld
20 Jun 1936	Rev Matthew O'Sullivan SM Sydney, etc
20 Jun 1939	Rev Peter M F Doddy Perth dioc, WA
20 Jun 1939	Rev Richard O'Neill Cottesloe, etc, WA
20 Jun 1942	Rev Thomas Gartlan SJ North Sydney, NSW, etc
20 Jun 1961	Rev Lawrence Purcell CP Adelaide, etc
20 Jun 1963	Bishop John Francis Norton Bathurst, NSW
20 Jun 1965	Rev Michael Francis O'Shea Canberra and Goulburn dioc
20 Jun 1980	Rev Daniel Forde Raymond Terrace, Krambach, Hamilton, Waratah, Newcastle, etc, NSW
20 Jun 1989	Rev Mgr James Francis Delaney Rose Bay, Cronulla, Rockdale Springwood, Enfield, Broadway, Haberfield, Forest Lodge, Lakemba, Granville, Harbord, Manly, etc, NSW
20 Jun 1990	Rev Felix Wozniczak Bonegilla, Rushworth, Nathalia, Benalla, Vic
20 Jun 1997	Rev Ambrose Ian Loughnan OP Wahroonga, NSW
20 Jun 2007	Rev Kevin Garry Archdiocese of Melbourne
20 Jun 2009	Rev Bede Ronald Francis Dunn OSB
20 Jun 2014	Rev Peter Woodward Born 16/11/1955; Ordained 18/04/1997 Diocese of Parramatta
20 Jun 2016	Rev Dominic Ceresoli CS Born 25/01/1937; Ordained 14/03/1964 Scalabrinian Missionaries
20 Jun 2016	Rev Mgr John F Walsh Date of Birth:18/10/1926 Date of Ordination: 22/07/1950 Archdiocese of Sydney
20 Jun 2020	Rev Wayne Byron-Squire Read more Born 27/03/1951. Ordained 29/01/1994. Archdiocese of Adelaide. Wayne Squire was born in Adelaide. His parents Leslie and Ruth Squire had five children but sadly only Wayne and his sister Cerrie survived. He was raised as an Anglican but the age of 19 he was received into the Catholic Church on 3 July 1970. Wayne worked for some years with the Immigration Department in the passports section and because of his interest in cooking ran a catering business for some time. For a number of years Wayne expressed an interest in becoming a Catholic priest. He entered St Francis Xavier Seminary and was ordained priest in St Francis Xavier Cathedral on 29 January 1994. He served as Assistant Priest in the Cathedral parish where he remained for four years and was then appointed Parish Priest of Strathalbyn. Due to ill health he left Strathalbyn at the end of 2002, returned to live in the Cathedral parish until 2005 when took up residence in the Southern Cross Care where he remained for the rest of his life. At some stage while exploring his family background he discovered that on his mother's side he was a descendant of Lord Byron and as the last living relative he was entitled to adopt the title of 'Lord', and attach the 'Byron' to his name, which explains why on his Funeral booklet he had the title Rev Fr Lord Wayne Byron-Squire. Wayne died in St Andrew's hospital and his funeral Mass was celebrated in St Francis Xavier Cathedral on 1 July 2020. A good gathering of fellow priests joined in the concelebrated Mass and according to Wayne's wishes, the funeral Mass was followed by cremation. May he rest in peace.
21 Jun 1903	Rev Patrick Slattery Melbourne dioc
21 Jun 1911	Rev Frederick Wilfred Heffernan CP Marrickville, NSW, etc
21 Jun 1918	Rev George Tuckwell Manly, Redfern, NSW
21 Jun 1922	Rev Philip Brady Maryborough, Qld
21 Jun 1952	Rev George Butler MSC Sydney, etc
21 Jun 1953	Rev Thomas Daly Coragulac, etc, Vic
21 Jun 1954	Rev Samuel Burchell Armidale dioc, NSW
21 Jun 1954	Rev Joseph Healy SJ Riverview, NSW, etc
21 Jun 1956	Rev Mgr Walter J Hurley Sydney dioc
21 Jun 1963	Rev Mgr Thomas Grogan Ingham, etc, Qld
21 Jun 1972	Rev John Edward Garvey South Townsville, Julia Creek, Cathedral, Mount Isa, Ingham, Cathedral, Stuart - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
21 Jun 1979	Rev Austin Brennan CSsR Sydney; Ballarat, Vic, etc
21 Jun 1979	Rev Mgr Hugh Leonard Gooloogong, Bungendore, Bribbaree, Gundagai, Jugiong, Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn ACT
21 Jun 1994	Rev John Ryan SM Burnie, Tas; Sydney, etc
21 Jun 1996	Edward Galavan South Lismore, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, Murwillumbah, Grafton, Bellingen, Macksville, Nambucca Heads, NSW
21 Jun 2000	Rev Thomas Mahoney CSsR
21 Jun 2004	Bishop John Heaps Harris Park, Waitara, Guildford, Woollahra, Golden Grove, Malabar, Dover Heights, Sydney, NSW
21 Jun 2008	Rev Donal Paul Dempsey OSA Cairns; Brisbane; Melbourne; Sandhurst Diocese
21 Jun 2012	Rev Michael Fallon Born: 17/02/1944 Ordained: 29/06/1968 Archdiocese of Brisbane
22 Jun 1925	Bishop Matthew Gibney Perth, WA
22 Jun 1934	Rev Peter Mulereavy Sandhurst dioc, Vic
22 Jun 1956	Rev Philip de Bensted Brisbane dioc
22 Jun 1960	Rev Felix Arguabella OSB New Norcia, NSW
22 Jun 1961	Rev William? Morganti OCarm Melbourne, etc
22 Jun 1982	Rev George Thorley OMI Lesmurdie, WA; Dernancourt, SA
22 Jun 1985	Rev Claude Palmer SM Gladstone, Ashgrove, Qld; Burnie, Tas; Hunters Hill, NSW
22 Jun 1986	Rev Francis M Williams Pymble, Wyong, etc, NSW
22 Jun 1994	Rev John Vincent Ryan SM Sydney; Claremont, Burnie Tas
22 Jun 2006	Rev Donald Cave SSS Melbourne, Vic; Sydney, etc
22 Jun 2006	Rev Donald Cave SSS
22 Jun 2009	Rev Justin Bruce OSB New Norcia, Dalwallinu, Bencubbin, WA
22 Jun 2015	Rev Paul Campbell OFM Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
22 Jun 2016	Rev Brian Rosser MSC Born 20/02/1926; Ordained 26/07/1959 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
22 Jun 2022	Rev James Adayadiel SDB Read more Born 1932; Ordained 08/04/1964. Salesians of Don Bosco. James Adayadiel was a member of the Australian province of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He was a pioneering priest and missionary in Samoa, which was known as Western Samoa when he arrived there; and New Zealand known or Aotearoa in its M?ori name. As one comment on the St Mary's Parish Avondale Facebook page said, after news of his death, You, Fr James, were God's servant, chosen to spread his love and teachings amongst us, may he place you with joy in his kingdom of love and peace. Your words of wisdom and your preaching will last in our minds.' James was born in Poonjar-Changanac, Kerala, India in 1932. He made his first profession as a Salesian of Don Bosco on 24 May 1954 in the Bangalore Province. It is understood he was raised in the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church but was obliged to become a Latin Catholic when he joined the Salesians. James professed in perpetual vows on 24 May 1960 and was ordained a priest by Bishop David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat SDB on 8 April 1964 James worked for many years in education and in the area of formation, including a term as rector of a Salesian seminary. After applying to become a missionary, he came to Samoa in 1979 to start some works with young people. The Provincial of what is now called the Australia-Pacific Province (Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and Fiji) Fr Will Matthews called him a master builder who established some churches in Samoa.' James worked on the two main islands of Samoa, Upolu and Savai'i. Under the leadership of the late Cardinal Pio Taofinu'u SM, Archbishop of Apia-Samoa, James served as the Chancellor of the Archdiocese for five years. After that he came to the Diocese of Auckland in 2009, to establish a Salesian presence in New Zealand. Then on 31 January 2010 the feast day of St John Bosco he became the first Salesian parish priest at St Paul Parish Massey assisted by other Salesians. After working at St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Avondale for nearly eleven years James moved into a clergy retirement home at St John Vianney House in Ponsonby, Auckland in 2021. He entered eternal life at on 22 June 2022, aged 90 years of age. James was a professed Salesian of Don Bosco for 66 years, and a priest for 56 years.
22 Jun 2024	Rev Barry Ryan Born 08/09/1938. Ordained 21/07/1965. Diocese of Ballarat.
23 Jun 1889	Rev James Healy St. Kilda, Kyneton, etc, Vic
23 Jun 1953	Rev Mgr James Meany Drummoyne, etc, NSW
23 Jun 1955	Rev Henry D Morris MSC Melbourne, etc
23 Jun 1964	Rev Thomas Aloysius Hally Sydney, etc
23 Jun 1969	Rev James Gellie Castle Hill, etc, NSW
23 Jun 1972	Rev William Frean CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
23 Jun 1973	Rev Edward Power Harvey, etc, WA
23 Jun 1976	Rev Alfred James Hogan Ipswich, St. Lucia, etc, Qld
23 Jun 1983	Rev Denis P Ryan Home Hill, West Townsville, Mundingburra, Giru, Mount Isa, Halifax - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
23 Jun 1989	Rev Michael Doyle Koroit, Colac, Warracknabeal, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Ouyen, Red Cliffs, Coleraine, Mortlake, Cororooke, Vic
23 Jun 2006	Rev Barry Whitely Victoria Park, Boulder, West Perth, Hamersley, Spearwood, WA
23 Jun 2014	Rev Mgr John J White PE MBE Read more Born 27/12/1937; Ordained 21/07/1962 Sandhurst Diocese. John was born in Jerilderie, the youngest child of John and Margaret (nee Connell) White. In December 1942, during WWII, John White snr was seconded to work in the munitions factory in Mulwala. There, in 1943, young John started school at the Sacred Heart Convent. He obtained his Leaving Certificate, then attended Assumption College, Kilmore, for his matriculation year. When he turned 17, he entered the Corpus Christi seminary at Werribee to study for the priesthood, finishing his studies at the new seminary at Glen Waverley. On 21 July, 1962, John was ordained by Bishop Stewart in Yarrawonga. He then spent a month in Cobram before being appointed to St Kilian's, Bendigo, for four years. Then, much to his surprise, Bishop Stewart offered him an appointment as a RAAF Chaplain. His first posting was to the Laverton and Point Cook stations, where most of the personnel were training for deployment in Vietnam. Flight Lieutenant White was posted to Vung Tau where he ministered to both the Australian and the US forces. Whilst the Vietnamese experience would have had some horrendous moments, his role also enabled him to help the Vietnamese people. He helped build a Catholic orphanage and a school for the Baptist church. He also taught English to Vietnamese children. For his service in Vietnam, he was awarded the MBE. Returning to Australia, John was stationed at Laverton then Wagga Wagga. He was promoted to Squadron Leader White and posted to Butterworth in Malaysia. Upon his return to Australia be became Wing commander and was successively appointed to Richmond, Darwin, Glenbrook and Canberra. In 1983 he was promoted to the rank of Air Commodore and, as such, was the principal Catholic Chaplain to the RAAF. During this time, the Pope elevated him to the office of Monsignor. After 28 years' service, he retired from the Air Force and returned to Sandhurst where he was appointed parish priest of Euroa and then to St Patrick's Wangaratta, where he remained until his retirement in April, 2013, retiring with the title Pastor Emeritus. He lived quietly in Yarrawonga for the past year, until his death. Rest now in peace John.
23 Jun 2017	Rev Deacon Terrence Quinn Born 17/09/1922; Ordained 26/01/1991 Diocese of Bunbury
23 Jun 2020	Rev Norbert Pittorino OFM Read more Born 21/10/1931 Ordained 21/12/1963 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor Norbert (Ermanno) Pittorino grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs, close enough to hear the noise of the Japanese bombing in Sydney Harbour as a ten-year old boy in 1942. He joined the 1954 Franciscan novitiate and may have struggled a little with seminary studies before ordination in 1963, but his life can be summed up in two words: education and mission. He taught primary school grades at Padua College, Kedron (1963), then went to Oakhill Teachers College, Castle Hill, and subsequently returned to Padua (1966-1978). There, he wrote a primary school maths curriculum, adopted also by other Queensland schools. He enjoyed teaching but desired to go to the New Guinea mission. Norbert's wish was granted in 1979. He went firstly to Lumi parish in the Torricelli Mountains of Aitape diocese, then his preferred and enduring contribution was to formation of local candidates for the Order. He was a popular formator for the postulancy year and the Brothers' post-novitiate program at St Didacus friary, Aitape. He was appreciated too as a patient English language teacher and good cook. He read widely on Franciscan sources and spirituality and shared his knowledge for the benefit of the friars and Poor Clare Sisters. Norbert was an inquisitive researcher, prolific writer and confident teacher. He continued this commitment after returning to Australia: at Kedron friary (2002-2007), Maryfields friary, Campbelltown (2008) and Star of the Sea friary, Waverley (2009-2019). He wrote and printed Franciscan formation and spirituality programs for the Papua New Guinea friars and for the Secular Franciscans in Australia for whom he was a loyal, hard-working spiritual assistant. He was the Province animator for missionary evangelisation (2008-2016) and director of the Franciscan Missionary Union (2009-2019) whilst also editing a quarterly Franciscan Missions newsletter for friends, benefactors and former lay missionaries; he was an educator who never retired from the keyboard. Norbert died with respiratory and kidney issues after only four days' stay in Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, aged 88 years. His funeral was held in Mary Immaculate church, Waverley, where he had been ordained 56 years earlier. Norbert was buried in the friars' section at Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney. May he rest in peace.
23 Jun 2021	Rev Gregory Ferguson SM Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
24 Jun 1875	Rev Patrick Ryan Wollongong dioc, NSW
24 Jun 1909	Rev John Lane Grenfell, etc, NSW
24 Jun 1934	Rev George Kelly SJ Riverview, NSW; Hawthorn, Vic, etc
24 Jun 1941	Rev Mgr Robert Benson Geelong, Collingwood, South Yarra, etc, Vic
24 Jun 1961	Rev Joseph Sammon Wagga dioc, NSW
24 Jun 1973	Rev Leo Cicolini Maitland dioc, NSW
24 Jun 1976	Rev Roland Darmenia Sydney
24 Jun 1977	Rev Edward Joseph Littler Wilcannia, Condoblin, Warren, Broken Hill, Brewarrina, etc, NSW
24 Jun 1984	Rev Bernard Quirk OFM
24 Jun 1985	Rev Francis Joseph O'Regan Pakenham, Vic, etc
24 Jun 1987	Rev Eneas Noone Adelaide dioc
24 Jun 1992	Rev Francis Clare Carroll Traralgon, Sale, etc, Vic
24 Jun 1992	Rev Anthony (Anselm) Turner CP Sydney, etc
24 Jun 1999	Rev Anthony Eames Oakleigh Balaclava, Manifold, Ringwood, Yea, Aspendale, Winchelsea, Vic
24 Jun 2006	Rev Clive Kevin Nolan Armidale, NSW
24 Jun 2006	Rev Kevin Nolan Diocese of Armidale
24 Jun 2007	Rev Patrick John O'Neill CSsR Sydney, Brisbane, Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Rowena, Cumboran, Collarenebri, NSW, etc
24 Jun 2007	Rev Patrick John O'Neill CSsR Born 21/12/1932; Ordained 08/03/1959.
24 Jun 2015	Rev Jeffrey Scully Born 24/11/1941. Ordained 12/08/1969. Diocese of Toowoomba.
24 Jun 2021	Rev Geoffrey Allen Born 18/09/1940; Ordained 17/12/2011. Diocese of Wollongong.
24 Jun 2021	Rev Brian Maher OAM Born 12/09/1936; Ordained 16/07/1966. Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
25 Jun 1897	Rev Joseph Barry Brunswick, Seymour, etc, Vic
25 Jun 1903	Rev Timothy Murphy O'Callaghan Hobart dioc; Daylesford, Geelong, Castlemaine, South and West Melbourne, Vic
25 Jun 1925	Rev Daniel McCarthy CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
25 Jun 1926	Rev Mgr Joseph Collins Waterloo, etc, NSW
25 Jun 1928	Rev James Kennedy Goulburn, NSW; Perth, WA
25 Jun 1929	Rev Michael Ambrose O'Dwyer OSA Far North Queensland
25 Jun 1929	Rev Michael Rohan Balmain East, Moss Vale, Milton, Rydalmere, Surry Hills, NSW
25 Jun 1937	Rev Thomas Slattery Goulburn dioc, NSW
25 Jun 1939	Rev Cristy O'Flynn CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
25 Jun 1948	Rev Cornelius Hartnett SJ Sydney, etc
25 Jun 1952	Rev Richard Hugh O'Connor OFM Sydney, etc
25 Jun 1956	Rev Mgr John Hawes Greenough, Geraldton, etc, WA
25 Jun 1959	Rev Mgr John Aloysius Gatezmeyer Dulwich, etc, SA
25 Jun 1959	Rev Joseph Noel Timbs Sydney dioc
25 Jun 1964	Rev James O'Brien Condobolin, etc, NSW
25 Jun 1967	Rev Joseph Vincent Troy Kingaroy, etc, Qld
25 Jun 1968	Rev Simon Fox OFM Sydney, etc
25 Jun 1968	Rev Thomas J McCormack Roma, etc, Qld
25 Jun 1980	Rev Mgr Patrick Crowley Pymble, Manly, Sydney, etc, NSW
25 Jun 1981	Rev Francis Thorpe Melbourne Arch.
25 Jun 1991	Rev James Henry Brisbane dioc
25 Jun 2007	Rev Myles Byrne OMI Geelong, Camberwell, Vic; Fremantle, WA; Penshurst, NSW; Eagle Junction, Qld
25 Jun 2010	Rev Leo (Bon) Boniface Mannes CM Read more Born 25/05/1911; Vincentian Fathers. Bon was born in Victoria and spent the early part of his life around the Rochester and Bendigo area, close to vines, horses and a German/ Irish Catholicism, all of which left their mark on him in one way or another. He was a little man, physically, small enough to be useful around racing stables and fast enough to play Aussie Rules for Assumption College, Kilmore, for three successive and successful years. Music was in the family - his father had fiddled at country dances and Bon became a very talented violinist, who for many years joined his pianist sister, Gertrude, in classical duets. He first taught French with flair at Stannies in Bathurst, but his talents were best used during the many happy years he spent at Holy Cross Seminary in Mosgie, NZ. He was first Spiritual Director and then Rector, the latter role undertaken with a degree of panache. He fancied himself as a man of some taste and was a remarkable mimic, specialising in Archbishop Liston! He was also a born snob (of the nicest kind). He did not have one single schoolteacher in his whole extended family- they were all First Class Educators! Bon faithfully served in Bathurst (NSW), Bendigo (Vic), Malvern (Vic), Rostrevor Seminary (WA), Adelaide, Mosgiel (NZ), Marsfield (NSW) and Arncliffe (NSW). A legend in his day, the sun set on Bon's active life eight or nine years ago and his last years were spent with the Daughters of Charity at Marsfield, NSW, where he was cared for with great love. Bon will be lovingly remembered for his basic goodness and humanity. Rest in peace dear Bon.
25 Jun 2011	Rev Michael Morahan OSA Read more Ordained in 1978 - Augustinian Fathers. Michael died unexpectedly in Cairns at 58 years of age. He joined the Augustinians in Brisbane in 1971, studied philosophy at Banyo Seminary, and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In 1978 he was ordained a priest in Brisbane, and later completed a BSc degree in Brisbane and a MEd degree in Sydney. Michael taught at Villanova College in 1980-1990, then at St Augustine's College, Brookvale (Sydney), and from 1995-2009 was Principal of Villanova. Subsequently he was Assistant Executive Director for Faith & Religious Education in the Diocese of Cairns. Michael was also a member of the Order's international Commission for Education, and chairman of the Order's Asia-Pacific renewal project. Rest in peace Michael.
25 Jun 2013	Rev Valentine Leonid Shoolepoff Read more Born in China 09/01/1947; Ordained 11/11/1992 - Diocese of Rockhampton, Queensland. Val, who was born in China, grew up in Brisbane where he trained as a teacher at Mt Gravatt Teachers College. He completed a Degree in Arts at the University of Queensland, majoring in Russian, followed by a Diploma in Education. He taught in various places before going to St Brendan's College, Yeppoon. It was there that he felt drawn to the Catholic Church, and after some time he converted to the Catholic faith. He went on to achieve a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education from McAuley College, Brisbane. Val also completed a Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives at Curtin University. As a late vocation, Val's priestly studies were at St Paul's National Seminary, Kensington, Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Theology. He was ordained a priest in St Joseph's Cathedral on 11 November 1992. Val ministered at Blackwater, Rockhampton Cathedral, Walkerston, Moranbah, Blackall and Mount Morgan. His last appointment was as Diocesan Archivist, in Rockhampton. The ministry so close to his heart was in the Archives where the treasures of the Diocesan family are preserved. His attention to detail was scrupulous, his determination unwavering, his confidentiality unquestioning and his keenness of intellect and faith produced proud and lasting results. The records of the life story of this local portion of the whole People of God were in safe and caring hands. After a long and gallant battle with cancer, Valentine Leonid Shoolepoff died at Mater Hospital Rockhampton. Rest now in peace Val.
25 Jun 2014	Rev Thomas Vincent Daly SJ Read more Born 20/11/1924; Ordained 04/01/1956 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus Tom died peacefully at Mary MacKillop Aged Care, East Hawthorn, on 25 June, aged 89. He had been a Jesuit for 69 years and a priest for 58. Born in Melbourne, he was educated by the Jesuits at Beaumont College in London and Burke Hall and Xavier College in Melbourne. After obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, he entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia, in 1945. A man of diverse interests, Tom was above all a philosopher. In 1964, after two years at the Gregorian University, he returned to Australia as a Doctor of Philosophy and proceeded to spend 27 years teaching philosophy in seminaries in Melbourne and Papua New Guinea. He also pioneered the teaching of philosophy to 11-year-old boys at Burke Hall. In Rome he had come under the influence of Fr Bernard Lonergan SJ, whose method and philosophy became his lodestar. He promoted this approach in all his teaching and mentoring, patiently guiding tertiary students and interested adults through Lonergan's Insight, believing it would enable them to understand themselves, discover their creativity and heighten their sense of wonder. He had a gift for making apparently abstract philosophical ideas concrete, personally relevant and accessible. He advised the inaugural ethics committee of St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne on beginning and end of life issues and supported those who advocated Natural Family Planning via the Billings method. He was province archivist for twelve years and spent six years in university residential colleges in Adelaide and Hobart. Tom had a great love for the Church and wholeheartedly believed in the basic rightness of its teachings. An unassuming, gentle and respectful man, his face lit up whenever he witnessed others experiencing a moment of insight.
25 Jun 2015	Rev John Beaven Born 07/06/1933; Ordained 20/07/1963 Diocese of Bathurst
25 Jun 2022	Rev Norman Ford SDB Read more Born 31/07/1935; Ordained 09/02/1964. Salesians of Don Bosco. Norman Ford was a Salesian priest, scholar, lecturer, researcher, author and bioethicst. The Provincial of the Salesians in Australia, Rev William Matthews described him, �Being a highly academic and a simple consecrated person, Norm spent most of his life in tertiary education and research particularly in the fields of philosophy and ethics. He served as a Master of the Catholic Theological College in Melbourne, and continued to teach philosophy for many years.�He has won world-wide recognition for his scholarship in the field of bio-ethics, has an outstanding publications record, and is a regular participant and invited speaker at international conferences. Norm also was the Foundation Director of the Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics in East Melbourne.� Other honours in academia were: appointment as an Emeritus Professor of the University of Divinity in 2016; appointed a Senior Fellow of Catholic Theology College, East Melbourne in 2005; was President (1991�93) of the Melbourne College of Divinity; Master of Catholic Theological College (1986�91) and as an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash University. Norman was born in 1935 in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at De La Salle College, Malvern. He entered the Salesian novitiate in 1952 and professed temporary vows in 1953. At the time it was the practice of sending Salesian students in Australia for philosophical studies and post-novitiate formation to India. Norman along with numerous others from Australia studied at Salesian College Sonada in the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal state, at an elevation of about 1873 metres. He once said that given the chance he would have remained a missionary in India. Brother Norman returned home and taught at Salesian College Sunbury late 1955 to 1959. Then as was the practice he studied theology overseas at the Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum in Turin, Italy. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Giuseppe Cognata SDB on 9 February 1964 at Valdocco, Turin. Norman undertook further studies in philosophy and wrote his doctoral dissertation on the work of English philosopher Peter F Strawson. Norman's ethical thinking evolved, his writings were criticised by other scholars including Catholics, yet he remained faithful to the teachings of the Church and published articles explaining the Catholic approaches to human reproductive technology, embryonic stem cell research, and other areas of medical ethics. Norman contributed to the Salesian mission and community life as director of novices, principal, rector, bursar, and censor deputatus. He was a member of the Salesian Community in Brunswick, Victoria in recent�years, though spent the last few years at Mercy Place in East Melbourne. Paradoxically for one who used his mind and reason to think about moral issues, Norman experienced the loss of mind and memory towards the end of his life. He departed the world peacefully - a professed Salesian of Don Bosco for 69 years and a priest for 58 years.
26 Jun 1844	Rev Thomas McCarthy OFMCap Parramatta, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1870	Rev Richard Joseph Duigan Deniliquin, Yass, Wentworth, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1904	Bishop James Moore Melbourne, Keilor, Ballarat, Vic
26 Jun 1912	Rev James? Meagher Sydney dioc
26 Jun 1913	Rev John Barry Coonabarabran, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1932	Rev Jeremiah Reidy Perth dioc
26 Jun 1937	Rev Peter P Finnegan Perth dioc
26 Jun 1949	Rev John Souter CM Eastwood, Springwood, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1954	Rev Alexander Joseph Butler Brisbane dioc
26 Jun 1956	Rev Mgr Joseph F Giles Sydney dioc
26 Jun 1958	Rev George Vill SAC Kew, Vic; Broome, WA, etc
26 Jun 1961	Rev John P Gleeson Ordained 8 December 1925; Gayndah, etc, Qld
26 Jun 1967	Rev Terence Collins Barcaldine etc, Qld
26 Jun 1968	Rev Patrick James Brennan Neutral Bay, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1970	Rev Mgr Jeremiah O'Flaherty Pennant Hills, Mittagong, NSW, etc
26 Jun 1974	Rev David Kilmartin Numurkah, etc, Vic
26 Jun 1975	Rev Timothy O'Donoghue Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn ACT
26 Jun 1979	Rev Thomas Keogh Riverstone, Pennant Hills, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1981	Rev Patrick Kelly Bathurst, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1983	Cardinal James Robert Knox Melbourne.
26 Jun 1988	Rev John W Morrison Born 22/05/1904; Ordained 28/12/1930; Boorowa, Temora, Cobargo, Queanbeyan - Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn ACT
26 Jun 1993	Rev Basil Jansen Oatley, etc, NSW
26 Jun 1997	Rev Henry William Slattery Fivedock, Clovelly, Drummoyne, Belmore, NSW
26 Jun 1998	Rev Paul Dalton East Melbourne, Clayton, Melbourne Cathedral, East Reservoir, Belgrave, Altona, Dallas and Ormond, Vic
26 Jun 2000	Rev Deacon David O'Brien Perth
26 Jun 2010	Rev Brian Gibbons Read more Born in 1937. Brian had a great love of literature and music, with a wonderful turn of phrase and wit. He also experienced a discord between himself and the world which first manifested itself while he was at Manly. He was certainly was not alone - over the centuries Jung, St John of the Cross, Blake, Coleridge, John Keats, John Lennon, to name a few - also experienced this discord between themselves and the world. Brian was only seven when his mother died and in the Leaving Certificate class at St Columba's College, Springwood when his father died. There were two wonderful men, who, through God's grace, prepared him for his future role as an English teacher. The first was Br Gerard O'Donoghue, a classics teacher and one of those gifted Marist Brothers who happened to be in the right place at the right time for young men being formed in English studies. The second was Mgr Charles Dunn, Dean and then Rector of the Seminary, also a former English teacher, who gave so many of the students for the priesthood a love of the English language. Brian particularly remembered Charlie Dunn's love of Francis Thompson's poem The Hound of Heaven. Brian's first appointment was with Fr Roger Kennedy in Gateshead from 1965 to 1969. Roger and Brian were gifts to each other because they had a love of English and wordplay and a wonderful sense of hospitality. It was at St Pius X College, Adamstown, from 1969, that Brian shone. He was a brilliant English teacher whose wit and clever wordplay commanded the respect of his students. Brian moved to Scone in 1982 where he spent 11 very happy years. Photos of him at the piano signify the wonderful times shared with the Sisters of Mercy and the Scone parishioners who lovingly supported him. It was there in 1993 that he suffered his first heart attack and subsequently retired. In retirement once again the discord between himself and the world returned to haunt him and he became very much a recluse. It was into this world that special friends and the members of his family were able to come and be greeted with the words, You are very welcome, my friend.' I am sure our loving God greeted Brian with these very same words on 26 June 2010
26 Jun 2012	Rev Martin Durham Born 05/05/1930; Ordained 28/06/1953
26 Jun 2012	Rev Phillip Magni OFMCap Read more Born 11/01/1918 - Capuchian Franciscan Friars (Italy) and Diocese of Bunbury. Philip, the youngest of six children, was born in a small town near Milan, in Northern Italy, to a poor family. After completing five years at the local state school he joined a Capuchin Franciscan Seminary to start his apprenticeship' to the priesthood which lasted almost 15 years! Philip arrived in Sydney in January 1950 and after 12 months was sent to work as a chaplain in the Migrant Camp at Bonegilla, in Victoria, where he stayed for two years. After Bonegilla, Philip was asked to work as one of the Italian/English secretaries to Archbishop Carboni, the Apostolic Delegate to Australia at that time. He gave missions to Italians in towns all over the country as far as Broken Hill, Wollongong, Riverina and Myrtleford. In 1955 Philip was sent to care for Italian migrants in Harvey in WA, almost 2,500 kilometres from Adelaide and the nearest Capuchin House. He left Sydney with his Superior's blessing and assurance that he would find everything he needed in Harvey. In 1960 Philip commenced 25 years of loyal and pastoral ministry to the Diocese of Bunbury, serving Italian settlers in Harvey, Waroona, Boyup Brook and Brunswick Junction Parishes. When he retired to Villa Terenzio, Wanneroo, it ended the valued Capuchin presence in the Diocese of Bunbury. May you rest in peace Philip.
26 Jun 2012	Rev Thu Duc Nguyen SJ Read more Born 1934 - Jesuit Fathers. Nguyen Duc Thu Gus' had been a Jesuit for 44 years and a priest for 44� years. Born in Vietnam, his path to priesthood was through a diocesan seminary. Half a year after his ordination in Saigon he entered the Society of Jesus in Vietnam as a member of the China Province. He was studying Media and Communications in France when South Vietnam fell to the Communists in 1975. Unable to return, he ministered to Vietnamese refugees in Paris in the years immediately after the fall. In 1979 Thu moved to Adelaide to minister to the many Vietnamese refugees arriving there. He was their first Chaplain and had a great gift for making people feel welcome and at home. Altogether he spent a total of 20 years (divided into two periods) based in Adelaide, and was tireless in his efforts to reach Vietnamese Catholics and establish a community for them, initially in host parishes and then in a place of their own. He founded the Dac Lo Vietnamese Ethnic School in 1981 and was its inaugural Principal. In 1991 he finally succeeded in establishing an independent centre for the Vietnamese Catholic Community, based at Pooraka, which officially opened in 1995. Three weeks before his death he returned there to warm acclaim for the blessing of a new statue of Our Lady of the Boat People, patron of the Centre. This Centre will be his enduring legacy, together with the numerous vocations to the priesthood and Religious Life that he fostered. In 2009 Thu was awarded a Queen's Birthday Honour (AM) for service to the Vietnamese community of South Australia through cultural, social, welfare and educational projects. Thu visited Vietnam at least a couple of times in the latter part of his life, dreaming of being able to convert the Buddhists, but he was not permitted to remain there. His last years were spent as a Pastoral Associate at Richmond during which time he dealt with health issues with equanimity, assisted by his great trust in God and fervent devotion to Our Lady. Rest in peace dear Thu.
26 Jun 2015	Rev Peter John McIntyre Read more Born 31/10/1932; Ordained 21/07/1956 - Archdiocese of Adelaide. Peter was born in Salisbury, SA and attended Sacred Heart College, Somerton Park. In 1948 he entered St Francis Xavier's Seminary in Adelaide where he completed his secondary education and began studies for the priesthood, which he completed at St Patrick's College, Manly. On 21 July 1956, he was ordained at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral and served all his nearly 59 years as a priest in the Archdiocese of Adelaide. Peter was assistant priest in Kapunda, Parkside, and Woodville parishes for nearly a decade. In 1965 he served as parish priest in Kingston parish, from 1969 in Enfield-Greenacres, from 1982 in Goodwood, and from 1992 in Glenelg where he remained until he retired in 2008. He was named Pastor Emeritus in that year. Peter was committed to his priestly ministry, especially the celebration of Mass and he was a gifted preacher. His love for the liturgy prompted him to undertake a course in liturgy at Berkley University in USA. He had a great sense of humour and endeared himself to many people. He enjoyed the confidence of his fellow priests, who elected him twice to the Senate of Priests and also to the Priestly Life and Ministry Committee. He served as advisor to some of the younger priests, even beyond our Archdiocese. Following his retirement, Peter lived at Murphy Villa for three years, and he was finally admitted to Mary Potter Hospice in North Adelaide where he died on 26 June 2015. His funeral Mass was celebrated on 2 July 2015, in the parish church at Glenelg, his last parish. Although he never served as priest in Salisbury parish, Fr Peter never forgot his family connections with the parish and with the area. His body was returned to Salisbury to be buried beside his parents in the Pioneer Catholic Cemetery. Rest now in peace Peter.
27 Jun 1860	Rev Edmond O'Collins Kilmore, Vic, etc
27 Jun 1893	Rev Lawrence Bolger Bathurst dioc, NSW
27 Jun 1906	Rev Boniface Francis Goicoechea OSB New Norcia, WA
27 Jun 1919	Rev Denis J Moloney Perth dioc
27 Jun 1921	Rev Eugene O'Neill CSsR Singleton, Waratah, NSW, West Perth, WA
27 Jun 1932	Rev James Corboy SJ Sydney, etc
27 Jun 1951	Rev Henry Nollen MSC Sydney, etc
27 Jun 1956	Rev Michael Dwyer Sale dioc, Vic
27 Jun 1956	Rev Aloysius Tubau OSB New Norcia, WA
27 Jun 1966	Rev Patrick Power Castlemaine, etc, Vic
27 Jun 1971	Rev Edward Jerram Melbourne dioc
27 Jun 1974	Rev William Leslie Livingston Moorooka, etc, Qld
27 Jun 1978	Rev Gerald Fitzgerald Launceston, Derby, Westbury, Sandy Bay, etc, Tas; Bendigo, Vic
27 Jun 1985	Rev Henryk Teodor Josko Leeton, Wagga, Yenda, Finley, etc, NSW
27 Jun 1991	Rev Salator Dougherty OFM
27 Jun 1996	Rev Patrick Kelly OSB New Norcia, Kalumburu, WA
27 Jun 1996	Rev Walter N Quinn Bathurst, NSW, etc
27 Jun 2001	Rev Leo Murphy Windsor, Greenacre, Sydney dioc, etc, NSW
27 Jun 2012	Rev Peter Steele SJ Read more Born 1939 - Jesuit Fathers. Born in Perth and educated by the Christian Brothers, Peter entered the Society of Jesus in Melbourne in 1957. Always a voracious reader, his longstanding connection with The University of Melbourne began in 1962, when he embarked on a BA degree, majoring in English Literature. This led to a Masters degree, tutoring and after ordination in 1970 to a doctorate and lecturership in the English Department, where he made a great impact. Peter became Reader in English, a Professor with a Personal Chair in English Literature and finally a Professor Emeritus. When the General of the Jesuits appointed him Provincial in 1985, the university granted him leave for 6 years. His last 21 years were spent at Newman College, Parkville, where he was scholar-in-residence and celebrated for his finely crafted preaching and public lectures. On occasion a Visiting Professor in the USA, Canada and the UK, Peter was the confidant of many academics and poets. His understanding of the human condition was profound. He published well respected volumes of poetry, literary criticism and homilies. The Federal Government awarded him a Centenary Medal in 2001 and an AM in June 2012 for service to literature and higher education as a poet, author, scholar and teacher and to the Catholic Church. An eloquent witness to the God he found in all things, Peter exemplified a priestly vocation dedicated to the intellectual apostolate and provided courageous witness to Christian faith in a secular, often hostile environment. Rest in peace Peter.
27 Jun 2022	Rev Kevin O'Grady Born 02/06/1934; Ordained 18/07/1959. Archdiocese of Sydney.
27 Jun 2023	Rev Anthony King SM Born 05/04/1926; Ordained 09/07/1960. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
28 Jun 1869	Rev Joseph O'Carroll Murrurundi, etc, NSW
28 Jun 1884	Rev John Ignatius Bleasdale Melbourne, Vic; Broken Hill, NSW
28 Jun 1916	Rev Mgr Sylvester Barry Bendigo, etc, Vic
28 Jun 1916	Rev William O'Dowling SJ Port Augusta, Norwood, SA, etc
28 Jun 1931	Rev William H B Carrie Rockhampton dioc, Qld
28 Jun 1936	Rev John Field MSC Sydney, etc
28 Jun 1937	Rev Louis Feighery CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
28 Jun 1937	Rev Michael Forde Armidale, Murrurundi, Maitland, dioc, etc, NSW.
28 Jun 1939	Archbishop Andrew Killian Port Augusta, Adelaide, SA
28 Jun 1948	Rev Patrick Aylward Thirroul, etc, NSW
28 Jun 1949	Rev Thomas Tarpey Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn ACT
28 Jun 1951	Rev Mgr Michael Baldwin Ipswich, etc, Qld
28 Jun 1964	Rev Myles Doyle Adelaide dioc
28 Jun 1966	Rev John Morley Coyne Healesville, etc, Vic
28 Jun 1967	Rev Mgr William J Walsh Orbost, etc, Vic
28 Jun 1968	Archbishop Redmond Prendiville Perth, WA
28 Jun 1974	Rev John Hollis SJ Melbourne, etc
28 Jun 1987	Rev Daniel McCloskey CP Sydney, etc
28 Jun 1998	Rev John P Browne OSA Rochester, Vic
28 Jun 2002	Rev James B Kavanagh OSA Tully, Ravenshoe, Atherton, Innisfail, Qld, Kyabram, Rochester, South Yarra, Echuca, Vic, Manly Vale, NSW
28 Jun 2005	Rev Eric Corbin Leichhardt, Wollongong, Hurstville South, Arncliffe, Clemton Park, NSW
28 Jun 2007	Rev Andrew Pyka SDS Bellevue, Esperance, Lake Grace, Katanning, Greenmount, Balcatta, WA
28 Jun 2008	Rev Anthony Hoade Casino, Kempsey, Wauchope, Lismore, Tweed Heads, Mullumbimby, NSW
28 Jun 2009	Rev Roger Pryke Newtown, North Sydney, Sydney, Harbord, NSW
28 Jun 2012	Rev Ronald Poulsen PE Born 02/09/1920; North Fitzroy, Ormond, Carlton, Balaclava, Moonee Ponds, Geelong, Berwick, Glenroy, Hampton East - Archdiocese of Melbourne.
28 Jun 2016	Rev Peter Cronin Born 18/06/1934; Ordained 17/12/1993 Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
28 Jun 2016	Rev Bernard Michael (Mick) Fitzpatrick PE Read more Date of Birth: 4/10/1932 Date of Ordination: 27/07/1958 A respectful silence fell over the Clergy Conference as the assembly received the news of the death of Bernard Michael 'Mick' Fitzpatrick PE, who died yesterday, 28 June 2016, at St John of God Hospital, Geelong, surrounded by the prayers of the Church entrusting him to the God he served with such fidelity and devotion. Mick was aged 83 years and served as a priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne for 57 years. Mick, one of nine children, was hewn from the rocks of Maldon and was formed in the Catholic faith of the Fitzpatrick family. Of the eight children that reached adulthood, two became diocesan priests, two Sisters of Mercy and one a Marist Brother. Mick was educated at the local state school and then at Assumption College, Kilmore. Ordained a priest at St Mary's Church, Castlemaine on 27 July 1958, Mick served as Chaplain to the Orphanages in Geelong and Assistant Priest of Geelong and Camberwell parishes before being appointed Director of Vocations. He held various Archdiocesan appointments and was the inaugural Director of the Ministry to Priests program. He was appointed Parish Priest of Belmont. He spent time as Administrator at Macleod Parish before moving back to Geelong as Parish Priest of West Geelong and then Associate Pastor of the Pastoral Cluster which includes the Parish of Geelong West. Mick was appointed Pastor Emeritus in 2015. He was a thoroughly Christian man whose love of Jesus was evident in his preaching, pastoral care and accompaniment of others in search of Jesus the Good Shepherd. Pope John Paul in an address to priests said, �We need heralds of the Gospel who are experts in humanity, who have shared in the full joys and sorrows of our day but who at the same time are contemplatives in love with God.� In Mick we had such a herald. Mick loved the Scriptures, the Prayer of the Church and the Eucharist. When he presided over the Eucharist he did so with warmth and wit but always with the challenge to live the Gospel imperative in a way that linked faith and life together. Among the presbyterate Mick will be remembered for his accompaniment of men discerning their vocation and his support of his brother priests who found in him a fellow pilgrim of wise counsel and a generous friend. While Mick never formally 'retired', he will always be remembered with love and gratitude across the parishes of the Archdiocese and, in particular, the Pastoral Cluster. Vale Mick- a man who loved God, people and a good joke. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
28 Jun 2017	Rev Mgr Gregory Albert Weaver Born 21/06/1927; Ordained 21/07/1951 Archdiocese of Sydney
29 Jun 1851	Rev James O'Brian CSsR Waratah, NSW; Ballarat, Vic
29 Jun 1865	Michael Andrew Melitus Corish Sydney, Bathurst, etc, NSW
29 Jun 1881	Rev Edward Marum Colebrook, Brighton, etc, Tas
29 Jun 1895	Rev Horatio Geoghegan Kyneton, Vic, etc
29 Jun 1900	Rev Engelbert Van Dieren OFMCap Adelaide dioc
29 Jun 1910	Rev Archibald Aloysius McDonald Sydney dioc
29 Jun 1926	Rev Christopher Soulas SM Sydney
29 Jun 1927	Rev Richard Walsh Gatton, Wooloowin, etc, Qld
29 Jun 1928	Rev John Milne Curran Bathurst dioc, NSW
29 Jun 1936	Rev Matthew O'Sullivan Armidale dioc, NSW
29 Jun 1948	Rev Aemilian Gill (Planas) OSB New Norcia, WA
29 Jun 1950	Rev Anthony Rohan Brunswick West, etc, Vic
29 Jun 1951	Rev James O'Brien CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
29 Jun 1958	Rev Patrick Anthony Carmine Broken Hill, etc, NSW
29 Jun 1972	Rev John Clement Vawdrey OFM Sydney; Sandhurst, Vic
29 Jun 1999	Rev Peter Little SJ Pymble, North Sydney, etc, NSW; Glen Waverley, etc, Vic, Narooma, Bateman's Bay, Thirroul, Helensburgh, NSW; Toowoomba, Qld
29 Jun 2003	Rev Bernard Kenny CP Marrickville, NSW, etc
29 Jun 2006	Rev Robert Drake Sandhurst dioc, Vic
29 Jun 2016	Rev William John O'Regan Diocese of Sale, VIC.
29 Jun 2019	Rev Leonhard Kiesch SJ Read more Born 29/09/1943. Ordained 25/02/1973 for the Jesuits - The Society of Jesus. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief', Leonhard Kiesch, having trained as a turner, entered the Society's novitiate in Stara Wies, Poland in 1960. His philosophy studies in Cracow were interrupted by forced military service in Gdansk for two years from 1966-8. After a year at the Bobolanum in Warsaw, he came to Australia where he studied theology at the United Faculty of Theology in Parkville and was ordained priest by then Cardinal Karol Wojti?a on 25 February 1973 at St Ignatius, Richmond. That year marked a sadder landmark for Fr Kiesch as well. A few weeks after the ordination his father died unexpectedly and Leonhard went to Poland for his funeral and a few months of rest, so his last year of Theology was postponed a year. He was the first rector of the Polish shrine in Essendon and a dedicated servant of the Polish community there until 1982. More grief was to follow. In October 1974, while finalising his theology studies in Parkville post-Ordination, he suffered a traumatic motor vehicle accident which hospitalised him for almost four months. After a brief period of study in Rome, he was missioned to Germany to work in a variety of chaplaincy roles. At the request of the German Bishops' Conference he was assigned back to Melbourne in 2004 to serve as chaplain to the German-speaking community there. He served in this role in Camberwell and St. Albans. During these years of German chaplaincy he belonged to the Campion Community in Kew. From 2008-2018 he returned to chaplaincy roles in Germany (although spending a brief time as a parish priest in Austria). He was drawn particularly to the sick and the elderly, whose sufferings he knew only too well. He himself, while serving as chaplain to the residents of the Maria Frieden Nursing Home in Baden-Baden, was a patient there and experienced a great deal of physical pain in his last years. He refused all operations, however, and died there, at peace, on 29 June 2019. May he now rest in peace.
30 Jun 1846	Rev Peter O'Neill Sydney
30 Jun 1866	Bishop Robert William Willson Hobart
30 Jun 1870	Rev John Smyth Adelaide
30 Jun 1871	Rev Eugene O'Connell Bacchus Marsh, etc, Vic
30 Jun 1915	Rev Martin? Walch Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
30 Jun 1922	Rev Michael? Dwyer Sale dioc, Vic
30 Jun 1942	Rev David McCullagh MSC Sydney, etc
30 Jun 1967	Rev Desmond W McKenna Diocese of Rockhampton, Queensland
30 Jun 1967	Rev Patrick O'Keefe Camperdown, Colac, Cressy, etc, Vic
30 Jun 1988	Rev Michael Joseph Hayden Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, Parkes, Broken Hill, Narromine, Deniliquin, Brewarrina, Nyngan, Balranald, Peak Hill, NSW
30 Jun 1991	Rev Mgr John Francis Leonard Summer Hill, etc, NSW
30 Jun 1998	Rev Leslie Ross Collings OCD
30 Jun 1998	Rev Albert Patrick McKeogh OCD
30 Jun 2000	Rev Peter Joseph Kelly Cottesloe, Kalgoorlie, Northam, Bassendean, Subiaco, North Beach, Claremont, Cloverdale-Kewdale, WA
30 Jun 2004	Rev Stephen Sleeth CP Sydney, etc
30 Jun 2005	Rev Paul Rex Brown Lismore, Kyogle, Tweed Heads, NSW
30 Jun 2006	Rev J Lawrence O'Neill PE Born 19/01/1920. Archdiocese of Melbourne.
30 Jun 2008	Rev Mgr John Gallagher Sale, Maffra, Yarram, Omeo and Cowwarr, Berwick, Vic
30 Jun 2021	Rev John Vere O'Reilly Born 13/08/1927; Ordained 01/03/1958. Archdiocese of Perth.
Jul	Rev Patrick English Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Jul	Rev Michael Gilsenan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Jul	Rev Francis? Hackett Sandhurst dioc, Vic
1 Jul 1894	Rev John J Quinn Launceston, Tas
1 Jul 1918	Rev Edward M O'Callaghan Pyrmont, etc, NSW
1 Jul 1931	Rev Edward Laide Goulburn dioc, NSW
1 Jul 1949	Rev William Joseph Davis Sea Lake, Warrnambool, etc, Vic
1 Jul 1964	Rev John Ryan MSC Sydney, etc
1 Jul 1973	Rev Patrick Kerwick Strathfield, etc, NSW
1 Jul 1976	Rev Patrick McCarthy SM Lismore, NSW; Brisbane, Qld
1 Jul 1976	Rev Felipe Calle Revilla OSA Cairns, Gordonvale, Babinda, Qld
1 Jul 1980	Rev Leo Keenan CM Malvern, Vic; Bathurst, NSW; Maitland, Kapunda, SA; Wandal, Qld
1 Jul 1980	Rev Martin Thomas Walch Hillston, Bourke, Wilcannia, NSW
1 Jul 1993	Rev Thomas Gard Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
1 Jul 1993	Rev Cletus Joseph Heffernan Annandale, etc, NSW
1 Jul 1997	Rev Michael Fitzpatrick OFM
1 Jul 2005	Rev John Patrick O'Halloran Coorparoo, Caboolture, Banyo, Holland Park, Gympie, Murgon, Manly, Qld
1 Jul 2008	Rev Seraphim Sanz OSB New Norcia, WA
1 Jul 2017	Rev Aubrey Collins MSC Born 23/10/1924; Ordained 23-07-1950 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
1 Jul 2021	Rev Anthony Simari Born 10/01/1939; Ordained 18/07/1964. Archdiocese of Sydney.
2 Jul 1864	Rev William Bowe Brisbane dioc, Qld
2 Jul 1881	Rev William Meade Bathurst dioc, NSW
2 Jul 1899	Rev William Prendergast South Australia; Roebourne, Geraldton, Toodyay, Northam, Guildford, Southern Cross, Kanowna, Coolgardie, WA
2 Jul 1902	Rev Joseph Augustine Coleman OSA Echuca, Vic; Cooktown, Qld, etc
2 Jul 1931	Rev Michael J Watson SJ Kew, Richmond, Vic, etc
2 Jul 1934	Rev Patrick Charles Cregan Newtown, Springwood, Lismore, Manly, etc, NSW
2 Jul 1934	Rev Joseph Laffan Melbourne dioc
2 Jul 1939	Rev Thomas Pillstone SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
2 Jul 1968	Rev Kevin Martell Ingham, Townsville, etc, Qld
2 Jul 1970	Rev William Clune MSC Sydney; Moonah, Tas, etc
2 Jul 1972	Rev Laurence Carberry CSsR Yarraville, etc, Vic
2 Jul 1980	Rev Patrick Cryan Donnybrook, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Kojonup, Mt. Barker, Nannup, Boyup Brook, Wagin etc, WA
2 Jul 1983	Rev Julius Porcellini OSM Wanneroo, WA, etc
2 Jul 1984	Rev John Ridgway Roger Casino, Pt. Macquarie, Grafton, Lismore, Mullumbimby, NSW
2 Jul 1990	Rev Alexios Malouf Brisbane dioc
2 Jul 1993	Rev Denis Joseph Lenihan Myaree, Embleton, Chidlow, Perth dioc
2 Jul 1997	Rev Bruce William Wathen Parkes, Broken Hill, Cobar, Nyngan, Forbes, Hillston, NSW
2 Jul 2006	Rev Joseph John Rheinberger Ordained 20/07/1960; Canberra; Kensington, Sydney, Crookwell, NSW; Queanbeyan, ACT.
2 Jul 2011	Rev Leo Saleeba Read more Born 04/08/1931; Ordained 27/07/1962 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Leo served the Resurrection Catholic Parish Community at Keysborough as parish priest for 15 years from 1984 to 1999 and it was here that friends and family gathered to give thanks for his life. Leo also faithfully served the Melbourne Catholic Church in the parishes of Geelong, Dandenong, Collingwood, Wattle Park, Moorabbin, Bulleen, Bennettswood, Elwood, Kensington and East Geelong and Fitzroy. Throughout his ministry at Resurrection, Leo was actively involved in many community groups and activities. He was a great supporter of the Interfaith Network, Rotary and other local sporting clubs and organisations. He had a great love of the North Melbourne (Kangaroos) Football Club as well as the Melbourne Storm and was a member of the Moonee Valley Racing Club. Leo will be remembered for his strong commitment to social justice and particularly for humbly ministering to those who were struggling with life. Rest in peace Leo.
2 Jul 2014	Rev Peter Patrick McHugh OSA Read more Born 25/02/1932; Ordained 16/07/1961 - Order of St Augustine. Peter Patrick McHugh OSA who was still active in ministry, died in Mareeba, Far North Queensland at the age of eighty-two years. Born and educated in Far North Queensland, he worked for the Commonwealth Bank for six years before joining the Order of St Augustine in Brisbane in 1954. He was sent to Ireland and Rome for his priestly education and was ordained in Rome in 1961. In his fifty-two years of priesthood he was based in Augustinian communities in the Brisbane Archdiocese for twenty-five years, the Cairns Diocese for sixteen years, in the Diocese of Broken Bay at Sydney for five years and in the Sandhurst Diocese in Victoria for a year. Peter studied in Rome, Germany and Oxford during 1968 � 1971 to gain a doctorate in philosophy. His ministry involved parish work, teaching philosophy at Bayno Regional Seminary in Brisbane for a decade, full-time hospital chaplaincy, retreats in Papua New Guinea, Solomon islands and Australia, and honorary work in the charismatic movement, the Teams of Our Lady, as a Catholic spokesperson on Brisbane commercial radio, ecumenism, prison ministry and police chaplaincy. May he rest in peace.
2 Jul 2016	Rev Keith Shepherd SM Read more Born: 24 December 1923 Ordained: 04 January 1957 (Marist Fathers) Keith was born in Bowral to Leo and Alice (nee Dwyer). He was educated at St Theresa's, Lakemba for primary and at the Christian Brothers Colleges, Strathfield (3 years) and Waverley (2 years) for secondary. After leaving school Keith worked in the bank for a number of years. In 1941 he enlisted in the Army, transferring to the Air Force in 1942. He remained there until 1946 when he came back to civilian life and recommenced work in the bank. In 1950 Keith entered the Society of Mary and did his novitiate at Armidale (NSW). He was professed on 2 Feb 1951 and moved to Toongabbie (NSW) for his seminary studies. He was ordained at St Patrick's, Church Hill, on 4 Jan 1957. Keith's first appointment was to the new Chanel College at Geelong where he was both bursar and teacher. For the first twenty years of his priestly life Keith was to fill the role of bursar in three colleges and at the seminary at Toongabbie. He was at Geelong (5 years), Toongabbie (4 years), Lismore (4 years), Burnie (1 year), and back again to Woodlawn (5 years). In 1979 Keith was appointed assistant priest at Hunters Hill. After two years he moved to St Patrick's, Church Hill, where he worked for eight years, and was acting parish priest in 1987 following the sudden death on the incumbent, Fr Peter Guiren. In 1989 he moved as superior to the Maryvale Community at Hunters Hill and in 1992 to Hunters Hill presbytery where he helped out when needed in the parish and was available to take on supplies elsewhere. For many years Keith was the mainstay for priests in the Lismore diocese, using him for supply work while they took a break. In places like Port Macquarie and especially Wauchope, Keith was so regular that locals regarded him as belonging to their parish. In 2012 he retired to the Maryvale/Montbel Community at Hunters Hill, and in 2015 transferred to St Catherine's aged care at Eastwood (NSW). Rest now in peace Keith.
2 Jul 2018	Rev Brian Yates Born 10/06/1930: Ordained 08/03/1958 Archdiocese of Sydney
2 Jul 2018	Rev Brian Conaghan SM Read more Born 12/11/1931; Ordained 1956 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary Brian Conaghan was born at Rozelle near Hunters Hill on 12th November 1931. His father Patrick was the ninth of thirteen children of Irish immigrant parents. His mother Delma nee Donnelly was the third child of nine children again of immigrant parents from France and England. Patrick and Delma had five children, the eldest dying of whooping cough at the age of five. Brian was educated first by the Good Samaritan Sisters at Rozelle and then by the Christian Brothers at Lewisham. It was there that he obtained his Leaving Certificate in 1948. He joined the Society of Mary as a postulant at Toongabbie in 1949. After his Novitiate at Armidale in 1951 he returned to Toongabbie and was ordained from St Patrick's, Church Hill, in 1956. Brian's first appointment was as Curate in Redcliffe (1957-60) in West Australia and then to West Sunshine (Melbourne). A year teaching at Burnie College (1963) and two years as Chaplain at Royal North Shore Hospital (1982-84) would be his only time out of parish ministry in 44 years. He served as either Parish Priest or Assistant at St Patrick's, Hunters Hill, St John's Wood (Brisbane), and Burnie (Tas) from 1964-79. Brian then worked �On loan to the Archdiocese of Sydney�, being stationed in Liverpool, Panania (three separate occasions) and Bondi until 1996. From April 1996 until the end of 2000 he was priest-in-residence in Macquarie Fields, a part of the Diocese of Wollongong. In January 2001 he was appointed Superior of the Maryvale Community caring for the elderly members of the Society in the Australian Province. In 2015 Brian took up residence in the Maryvale/Montbel retirement community, Hunters Hill, where he lived until moving to Aged Care facilities at Marsfield, NSW, in 2018. He died at Ryde hospital, NSW, in the early hours of Jul 02, 2018. May he rest in peace.
2 Jul 2020	Rev Douglas Rheinberger Born 04/04/1934; Ordained 20/12/1958. Diocese of Wollongong.
2 Jul 2023	Rev Austin Cooper OMI Born 14/1/1931; Ordained 16/09/1956. Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
3 Jul 1910	Rev Pierre Castagnier SM Sydney
3 Jul 1915	Rev Daniel E O'Brien SJ Riverview, NSW; Norwood, SA, etc
3 Jul 1930	Rev Thomas Joseph Laffan OSA Echuca, Vic
3 Jul 1948	Rev Michael Fitzgibbon SDB Sunbury, Vic
3 Jul 1953	Rev Edward Murtagh Wonthaggi, etc, Vic
3 Jul 1956	Rev Edward Barry Brisbane dioc
3 Jul 1959	Rev Mgr John Moran Dookie, etc, Vic
3 Jul 1967	Rev Robert S Nowlan SM Claremont, Tas; Perth, WA, etc
3 Jul 1991	Rev Owen Cosgriff Born 21/12/1907; Ordained 01/12/1935; Ardlethan, Goulburn, Narellan, Red Hill, etc, Wagga dioc, NSW; St. Leonard's, Tas.
3 Jul 1994	Rev John Anthony Power OCD
3 Jul 1994	Rev Mgr John Purcell Leichhardt, Naremburn, Croydon, Ryde, Sutherland, Kensington, Mittagong, Nowra, NSW
3 Jul 1996	Rev Ernest Rayson SSS Melbourne; Sydney; Perth
3 Jul 2020	Rev Terence Kelly SJ Read more Born 1935. Ordained for the Jesuits. An alumnus of two Jesuit schools, St Louis in Perth and Xavier College in Melbourne, Terry Kelly joined the novitiate at Loyola College, Watsonia in 1954. He remained there for his philosophy studies. From 1959 to 1964, interspersed with teaching, he studied science at Melbourne University, before undertaking theology at Canisius College, Pymble in Sydney. He was ordained a priest in St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne, by Archbishop James Knox, on 9 December 1967. Terry's love of science, teaching, sport and priestly ministry grounded his Jesuit life. On the one hand, he was the quintessential �schools man�, teaching for nine years at Xavier College in Melbourne as a young priest, and then for over forty years at Saint Ignatius' College Senior School in Adelaide, where he became the longest-serving Jesuit member of staff in the College's history. On the other hand, he brought to these roles rare gifts of scientific knowledge and the ability to explain it and to relate it to the religious world in entertaining and practical ways. A voracious reader, Terry produced a number of books on science and religion, notably Reason and Religion in an Age of Science (used as a school textbook); Stars, Life and Intelligence: Being a Darwinian and a Believer; and The A-Z of People of Faith and Science. Terry had a great rapport with students and staff, who were touched by his kindness and compassion, responded to his humour and were taken by his topical, imaginative, thought-provoking homilies, which he took great care over. Indefatigable in making himself available for weekend Mass supplies around South Australia, he later became a mainstay of the Athelstone Eucharistic Community, where he is much missed. He reached out to Catholics away from the mainstream, enabling them to come together for worship and maintain their connection with the Church. On a lighter note, he had a playful, mischievous side, ever ready to devise limericks and mimic Jesuits past and present. Blessed with a prodigious memory, he delighted in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, whose lyrics he could perform at length well into old age. Growing ill health forced Terry to leave the schools ministry towards the end of 2018. He died peacefully in Melbourne at the age of 85. May he rest in peace.
4 Jul 1911	Rev Michael Kissane Ballarat, Vic; Sydney
4 Jul 1942	Rev James O'Connell Goulburn dioc, NSW
4 Jul 1946	Rev Michael Collins CSsR Brisbane, etc
4 Jul 1947	Rev Frederick Butler Perth dioc
4 Jul 1949	Rev Charles Delaney SJ Adelaide, etc
4 Jul 1956	Rev Mgr Edward Sarsfield Barry Bowen Heads etc, Qld
4 Jul 1956	Rev Mgr James Donovan Cronulla, etc, NSW
4 Jul 1957	Archbishop Terence Bernard McGuire Townsville, Qld; Canberra, ACT - First Bishop of Townsville, Queensland 1930-1938
4 Jul 1964	Rev Mgr Joseph McGovern Brighton-le-Sands, Parramatta, etc, NSW
4 Jul 1977	Rev Joseph O'Keefe Melbourne dioc
4 Jul 1984	Rev Thomas Drake MSC Sydney, etc
4 Jul 1991	Rev Francis Joseph McGovern Grafton, Casino, Port Macquarie, etc, NSW
4 Jul 1998	Rev Donald Brown SAC Kimberleys, WA; Forbes, Brewarrina, Deniliquin, Cobar, Barham, Parkes, NSW
4 Jul 2006	Rev Peter Green SJ Sydney; Sandy Bay, Tas; Townsville, Qld
4 Jul 2008	Rev Patrick Bohan Born 28/08/1921; Ordained 27/07/1947; Diocese of Ballarat.
4 Jul 2015	Rev John P Woods Read more Born 25/11/1935; Ordained 15/07/1961 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. John was born on 25th November, 1935, Son of Harold Woods and Ann nee Wilkinson. The family finally settled in Waratah, in Mons Daniel Forde's day. Ordained on 15th July 1961 by Bishop John Toohey, John was assistant pastor (then known as a curate') at Raymond Terrace, and Adamstown, where he was also on the teaching staff of St Pius X College, after teacher-training at Oakhill College. He was assistant at Lambton, and Cardiff. He was appointed Parish Priest of Denman in July '74, then of Beresfield in 1985, Merewether Beach in 1990 and Scone/Murrurundi in 1993. John was a connoisseur of good wine, and lover of good food, much of which he prepared himself. But it didn't show on his figure. He was always slim. John had a lifelong interest in Liturgy, and served several terms on the diocesan liturgy council, being made an Honorary Member and Consultant in 2013, after illness had forced his retirement. He designed the new churches in Denman and Aberdeen and had a hand in renovating others. John was fluent in Latin, and was a great resource for those charged with translating documents from the Roman curia. He prayed the Liturgy of the Hours in Latin, nor was it unknown for him to send emails in Latin. The booklet he prepared for his own funeral had the typical Woods touch, with directions for various participants and for the congregation clearly marked in blue. Diagnosed with a brain tumour, he retired in 2013. He survived the operation and lived for another three years. Fewer than five per-cent survive for as long as that. He died on 4th July, 2015 and was buried in Scone ten days later. The crowds that turned out for his Requiem Mass were a tribute to his pastoral zeal and concern for others
4 Jul 2017	Rev Paul Dryden CM Read more Born 25/01/1931; Ordained 19/10/1957 Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission Paul was born in Sydney the second youngest of seven children.�Sadly his mother died when he was two years of age. His Primary schooling was in Sydney but family circumstances saw his secondary education transferred to St Stanislaus' College Bathurst, NSW run by the Vincentians. �Impressed with the priests at the College, Paul entered St Joseph's Training College, Vincentian Seminary, Eastwood, Sydney in 1951, where he completed his studies. He was ordained on 19 October 1957 at St Vincent's Church, Ashfield. Paul spent his first year after Ordination as a curate St Joseph's Parish Malvern, Victoria, before being transferred out in the country to St Vincent's College Bendigo as Bursar. After five years here he was transferred back to his alma mater �Stannies� where he took up the role of Bursar for five years. In 1969 Paul was sent to the parish at Wandal, Queensland in the Rockhampton Diocese as Parish Priest. �It was during Paul's time at Wandal that the new Church of St Vincent was built. �There he was known as a very much �hands on� Pastor, ever ready to pitch in with hammer, saw or shovel in hand. �He was always readily available to his parishioners and a much loved Pastor. A variety of postings followed - Chaplain to Cabrini Hospital Malvern; resident Chaplain Lourdes Retirement Village Killara in Sydney. In the Diocese of Bathurst - Chaplain of St Vincent's Private Hospital and administrator at the parishes of Molong and Kandos. In retirement Paul was always most appreciative of the concern and support from the Vincentian Community and especially in Sydney from the Vincentian Community in Marsfield who cared for him with dedication, devotion and affection during his retirement. His final days were spent at Cardinal Freeman Aged Care, where in the 60th year of his Priesthood, he quietly slipped away to God on 4 July. Paul was a much loved priest by all who knew him, ever faithful to his Vincentian calling in the Congregation of the Mission and the charisms of its founder, St Vincent de Paul.
4 Jul 2023	Rev Allan Hartcher OFM Born 06/02/1933; Ordained 18/07/1959. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor.
5 Jul 1872	Rev Guiseppe Pompeii Nanango, Qld, etc
5 Jul 1900	Rev Gustave Marie MSC Sydney
5 Jul 1909	Rev J H Anselm Curtis OSB Sydney
5 Jul 1917	Rev Patrick M Ryan Lismore dioc, NSW
5 Jul 1919	Rev Paul Keating South Brisbane, etc, Qld
5 Jul 1919	Rev Mgr Thomas O'Reilly Balmain West, Parramatta, etc, NSW
5 Jul 1919	Rev George Augustus Robinson Gisborne, Camberwell, Vic, etc
5 Jul 1929	Rev Michael J Beechinor Campbelltown, Deloraine, Latrobe, Devonport, etc, Tas
5 Jul 1931	Rev Patrick McBride Perth dioc
5 Jul 1940	Rev Patrick Joseph Lynch CSsR North Perth, WA, etc
5 Jul 1944	Rev James Hennebry Leonora, etc, WA
5 Jul 1953	Rev Francis D Killgallin Maitland dioc, NSW
5 Jul 1958	Rev Oswald Bennett CP Sydney, etc
5 Jul 1961	Rev Mgr James McKenna Cootamundra, etc, NSW
5 Jul 1963	Rev Mgr William John O'Neill Wagga dioc, NSW
5 Jul 1973	Rev Mgr Michael O'Dea Sydney dioc
5 Jul 1979	Rev Gerard John Casey Coolangatta, Sandgate, Nudgee, Woodford, etc, Qld
5 Jul 1979	Rev Michael O'Dwyer Sydney dioc
5 Jul 1984	Rev Timothy O'Callaghan Melbourne dioc
5 Jul 1989	Rev Joseph Doherty Bendigo, Euroa, Wodonga, Wangaratta, Yarrawonga, Cobram, Mooroopna, Marong, Vic
5 Jul 2000	Rev Joseph Clare Maitland-Newcastle dioc, NSW
5 Jul 2000	Rev Edward (Frank) Hunter Columbia, Qld; Melbourne
5 Jul 2007	Rev Anthony Stace Broadmeadow, Booragul, Forster, Newcastle, Charlestown, Boolaroo, Cessnock, Krambach, NSW
5 Jul 2008	Rev Benedict (Barney) Lynch Goulburn, Crookwell, Curtin, Cobargo, NSW and ACT
5 Jul 2008	Rev Michael Anthony McMahon SAC Broome, La Grange, Beagle Bay, Riverton, WA
5 Jul 2014	Most Rev John Jobst SAC DD
5 Jul 2016	Rev Nevio Capra CS Scalabrinian Missionaries
5 Jul 2021	Rev Robert Stickland Born 10/10/1946; Ordained 25/03/2007. Ukrainian Eparchy
5 Jul 2022	Rev Bernard Maxwell OP KCHS Born 14/01/1930; Ordained 22/10/1960. Dominicans - Order of Preachers.
6 Jul 1891	Rev Laurence Borg OFMCap Gladstone, Qld; Armidale dioc, NSW
6 Jul 1891	Rev John L Heffernan South Melbourne, Warragul, etc, Vic
6 Jul 1915	Archbishop John O'Reilly Port Augusta, Adelaide, SA; Perth, Fremantle, WA
6 Jul 1923	Rev Matthew Horan Gympie, etc, Qld
6 Jul 1952	Rev Sophronius Khoury Waterloo South, NSW; Brisbane
6 Jul 1974	Rev Edward Patrick Hanlon Stanley, Sandy Bay, Bellerive, etc, Tas
6 Jul 1975	Rev Simon O'Dea Toowoomba dioc, Qld
6 Jul 1978	Rev G P Gery OCarm
6 Jul 1979	Rev William Cantwell CM Eastwood, Camperdown, NSW.
6 Jul 1979	Rev John Newton Lambton, Dungog, Kurri Kurri, Tighes Hill, Scone, Morisset, East Maitland, Merewether, Greta, NSW
6 Jul 1984	Rev Timothy Francis Flynn Melbourne dioc
6 Jul 1985	Rev Egbert Gossart CP Sydney
6 Jul 1988	Rev Vincent Green Westbury, Hobart, New Town, Tas
6 Jul 1988	Rev William Hannify Sale dioc, Vic
6 Jul 1994	Rev Bede Francis Parker Port Macquarie, South Murwillumbah, Bowraville, Kingscliff, NSW
6 Jul 1995	Rev Matthew White Traralgon, etc, Vic
6 Jul 1996	Rev Edward Fitzpatrick Melbourne
6 Jul 1997	Rev Maurice James Griffin MSC Croydon, Vic; Wollongong, Coogee, Kensington, Randwick, NSW
6 Jul 1998	Rev Francis X Dunne Forbes, Broken Hill, Hay, Hillston, Bourke, Narromine, NSW
6 Jul 1999	Rev Raymond Whitehouse East Bentleigh, Essendon, Dandenong, Bennetswood, Deepdene, Lilydale, Vic
6 Jul 2010	Rev Thomas Gregory Maloney SM Read more Born 31/05/1921; Date of Ordination: 12/09/1948 - Marist Fathers. After completing his schooling at Marist Brothers, Lismore, and Woodlawn College, Tom entered the Marist Seminary at Toongabbie in 1940 and was ordained at St Patrick's, Church Hill, on 12 Sept 1948. He spent many years travelling giving missions and retreats before being appointed PP of Redcliffe, Perth, followed by PP appointments in Claremont and Burnie, Tasmania. From 1971 Tom spent 18 years as chaplain to Marist College, Ashgrove and in 1989 moved to Lismore to become chaplain to the Base and St Vincent's Hospitals, Ozenam Villa and St Joseph's Nursing Home and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2006 for his wonderful chaplaincy work. Rest now in peace Tom.
6 Jul 2023	Rev Noel Molloy Born 08/01/1940; Ordained 07/12/1968. Archdiocese of Adelaide.
7 Jul 1872	Rev Timothy Henry McNamara Castlemaine, Mansfield, etc, Vic
7 Jul 1911	Rev Thomas Reiderer MSC Sydney
7 Jul 1914	Rev Patrick Birch Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Qld; Port Fairy, Bungador, Vic; Harley, Queanbeyan, Petersham, Moruya, Balmain, NSW
7 Jul 1944	Rev Jeremiah Tiemey MSC Sydney, etc
7 Jul 1947	Rev Jacob Schmitz MSC Sydney
7 Jul 1959	Rev Aloysius Brennan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
7 Jul 1961	Rev Francis Hogan Boggabri, etc, NSW
7 Jul 1962	Rev John Francis Byrne Enfield, etc, NSW
7 Jul 1962	Rev Anthony Miazzi CS Goolmangar, North Lismore, etc, NSW
7 Jul 1962	Cardinal Giovanni Panico North Sydney, NSW
7 Jul 1966	Rev Percy E Sowersby Melbourne dioc
7 Jul 1969	Rev Mgr Leslie Carroll Concord West, etc, NSW
7 Jul 1969	Rev James O'Connor Railton, Launceston, etc, Tas
7 Jul 1988	Rev Ralph Norman Underwood Rome, Charleville, Helidon, Toowoomba, Qld
7 Jul 1992	Rev Gerald M Doody MSC Sydney, etc
7 Jul 1995	Rev Terrence Leo Sullivan Ordained 1958 for Sydney Dicoese
7 Jul 2001	Rev Patrick O'Rourke Epping, NSW
7 Jul 2004	Rev Peter Paul Galligan Haberfield, Bondi, Lismore, Concord, Lidcombe, North Leichhardt, Beverley Hills, Pennant Hills, Belmont, Camperdown, Granville, Berala, Sans Souci, NSW
7 Jul 2006	Rev Reginald James Wilson Morwell, Bairnsdale, Cowwarr, Dalyston, Yallourn, Vic
7 Jul 2011	Rev Paul Ly Kuang-Yao PE Read more Born 06/01/1926; Date of Ordination: 21/12/1952 Paul was born in the Province of Yuhan, mainland China. He was ordained on 21 December 1952 from Propaganda College. Paul completed his DCL (Doctor of Canon Law) studies and worked during holidays in England as the communist takeover prevented his return to his homeland. Invited by Bishop Bernard Stewart, he commenced his ministry in Bendigo at St Kilian's on 11 December, 1957. Paul settled into Parish life, ending his 29 year ministry at Heathcote in April 2008. In later years, he was able to return to China � sometimes as a priest! Encouraged by his family to return, he wrote to the Bishop of Sandhurst that he could not � because he now called Australia home! He was actively engaged in the Melbourne Tribunal, regularly sat as a judge in those proceedings and was greatly loved for his warmth and genial pastoral approach. Rest in peace dear Paul - you will be dearly missed.
7 Jul 2011	Rev Kevin Manning PE Read more Born 13/11/1931; Date of Ordination: 26/07/1957 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. A priest for more than 53 years, Kevin served as assistant priest at Geelong, Moonee Ponds, East Kew and Camberwell; administrator of Brighton and parish priest at Mooroolbark, Macleod and Dromana. During the celebrations to mark his Golden Jubilee of Ordination in 2007, Kevin disclosed that it was his parents who had encouraged his vocation by raising him in a �wholesome Christian environment�. He also credited his schooling by the Christian Brothers at St Kilda for influencing his decision to enter the priesthood. We were ordained in a marvellous age. I often say that I have lived in the Golden Age of the Church in Australia, when there were so many vocations and large Mass attendances,' Kevin said. It was a very Christian age in which we lived and we didn't have the distractions that we have today. We have become too materialistic and society has lost its spiritual values.' Kevin cited the introduction of Mass in English as one of his greatest joys' as a priest. The expansion of the role of lay people and their involvement in parish life brought new life to the Church,' he said. Kevin was appointed Pastor Emeritus in July 1998 but continued to help out in parishes in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Rest in peace dear Kevin.
7 Jul 2014	Rev Gerald Gallagher Read more Born 19/12/1942; Ordained 10/08/1968 for the Diocese of Sandhurst. Gerry Gallagher, a well-known Priest of the Sandhurst Diocese passed away peacefully following a gradual decline in health over many years from Parkinson's Disease . Gerry was ordained on 10 August, 1968 and served in the parishes of Cohuna, St. Kilian's, Tatura, Beechworth, Wangaratta, Myrtleford and most recently as Parish Priest of Golden Square/Kangaroo Flat from where he retired in 2009 due to ill health. He was National Chaplain of Young Christian Students from 1981 to 1984, and the founding Director of CentaCare Sandhurst (now CatholicCare) in 1986, a position he held for 13 years. Gerry's brother, Brian Gallagher MSC was principal celebrant at the Funeral Mass celebrated at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, which was attended by 30 priests. Gerry was born in Bendigo in 1942 to Gerald and Eileen Gallagher (both deceased), and is survived by his family Brian MSC, Kevin, John, Peter and Ann Clancey. He was educated at St Monica's, Kangaroo Flat and the Marist Brothers College, Bendigo. Gerry studied for the Priesthood at Corpus Christi College, Werribee & Glen Waverley, and at Propaganda College, Rome. Rest now in peace Gerry.
7 Jul 2016	Rev Kevin Goode OFM
7 Jul 2020	Rev Joss Breen OP Born 08/07/1934; Ordained 03/07/1966 Dominicans - Order of Preachers (Province of Ireland)
7 Jul 2022	Rev Benjamin Lewis Born 27/11/1923; Ordained 01/07/1958. Diocese of Townsville.
8 Jul 1910	Rev William Francis Reade Inverell, Lismore dioc, NSW
8 Jul 1934	Rev Michael Hehir Trentham, Winchelsea, etc, Vic
8 Jul 1948	Rev Nicholas F Moynihan Caboolture, Townsville, etc, Qld
8 Jul 1962	Rev John Durkin Bentley, etc, Vic
8 Jul 1968	Rev Anthony Willems SAC Broome, Tardun, Wandering, Morawa, WA
8 Jul 1969	Rev James B Quirk Brisbane dioc
8 Jul 1973	Rev Christianus (Leo) Maas SVD Melbourne, etc
8 Jul 1975	Rev Mgr William Patrick McMahon Ballarat East, Manangatang, Portland, Camperdown, Cressy, Swan Hill, etc, Vic
8 Jul 1979	Rev John O'Carroll Northcote, etc, Vic
8 Jul 1987	Rev Joseph De Torrey SDB
8 Jul 1989	Rev Julian May OFM Sydney; Riverside, Tas; Beaudesert Qld
8 Jul 1993	Rev Joseph Alphonsus McDonnell Morgan, Waikerie, Renmark, Minnipa, Cummins, Port Pirie, etc, SA
8 Jul 1993	Rev Bernard Anthony O'Shea Annerley, South Brisbane, Dutton Park, Brisbane, Qld
8 Jul 2002	Rev John Webber SM Sydney, etc
8 Jul 2003	Rev Vincent Kiley Coorparoo, Beaudesert, Bowen Hills, Kingaroy, South Brisbane, Beenleigh, Banyo, Qld
8 Jul 2005	Rev Joseph Holder SSS Melbourne, Vic
8 Jul 2014	Most Rev Edmund J P Collins MSC AM DD Read more Born in Braidwood, NSW 23/3/1931; Ordained Priest for Missionaries of the Sacred Heart 20/7/1963; Appointed Bishop of Darwin; Consecrated Bishop 4/7/1986; Retired 3/7/2007. Former policeman turned Catholic priest Ted Collins, who was the popular Bishop of Darwin for 21 years and promoted playing didgeridoos during mass in a nursing home in Kensington in Sydney, surrounded by his older sister Madge and her children Gerard and Anne, and fellow priest Fr Pat Austin. He was 83. The fifth Bishop of Darwin from 1986 to 2007, lovingly known as Bishop Ted, was passionate about Aboriginal issues and, while working in the Northern Territory on Indigenous Catholic Missions, he encouraged didgeridoos and clap-sticks to be played during masses. He believed it was important that Aboriginal Catholics practice their faith in culturally appropriate ways. Darwin's current Bishop, Eugene Hurley, described Bishop Ted as a man of great kindness and pastoral gifts, much loved not only by members of his own faith, but by all who came into contact with him.' May he rest in peace.
8 Jul 2015	Rev John Clancy Born 31/12/1931; Ordained 29/06/1956. Diocese of Toowoomba
8 Jul 2022	Rev William Moran SSC Born 14/05/1936; Ordained 23/07/1961. Missionary Society of St Columban.
9 Jul 1886	Rev William O'Callaghan Lismore, Tenterfield, Casino, NSW; Melbourne, Bendigo, etc, Vic
9 Jul 1909	Bishop James Murray Sydney, Maitland, NSW
9 Jul 1924	Rev Daniel Manning SJ Sydney; Melbourne, etc
9 Jul 1929	St Clair Joseph Bridge Sydney, Cooma, Katoomba, NSW; Melbourne
9 Jul 1938	Rev Christian H Schmidt CSSp Ballarat, Vic
9 Jul 1941	Rev Matthew Egan SJ Hawthorn, Vic, etc
9 Jul 1954	Rev William Hackett SJ Melbourne, etc
9 Jul 1961	Rev Andrew Hickey Surry Hills, etc, NSW
9 Jul 1961	Rev Matthew Kenefick Coonabarabran, etc, NSW
9 Jul 1964	Rev Vincent Barry Port Lincoln, etc, SA
9 Jul 1969	Rev Thomas P E Little Dandenong, etc, Vic
9 Jul 1974	Rev Felix Gavin OMI Beaconsfield, WA; Springvale North, Vic; Sefton, NSW, etc
9 Jul 1974	Rev Ernest Gregory Paine Sydney dioc
9 Jul 1979	Rev Michael Thomas McCaul Bridgetown, Bassendean, Belmont, Brentwood, Mt. Lawley, WA
9 Jul 1985	Rev John Kelly Warragamba, Baulkham Hills South, etc, NSW
9 Jul 1987	Rev Mgr John Flannan McMahon Bathurst dioc, NSW
9 Jul 1989	Rev Joseph Connolly SJ Sydney, etc
9 Jul 1992	Rev Edmond John Crane OP
9 Jul 1997	Rev James Anthony Tung Hamilton, Nhill, Portland, Swan Hill - Ballarat Diocese
9 Jul 2003	Rev John McGowage MSC Sydney, etc
9 Jul 2005	Rev Neville John McKie Melbourne dioc
9 Jul 2009	Rev Kevin Dadswell Read more Born 24/01/1930; Date of Ordination: 23/08/1975 Diocese of Parramatta. Kevin Dadswell, the only son of Noel and Maree Dadswell, grew up on Sydney's lower North Shore. After leaving school he trained as a civil engineer and worked for many years in the Road and Airport Construction before making the decision to join the priesthood in his late 30s. Kevin was ordained at the age of 45 after completing his formation at St Paul's Seminary, Kensington, Sydney, a seminary for late vocations'. After ordination on 23 August 1975, he was appointed for a couple of months to Woy Woy parish and then for almost three years to St Patrick's, Parramatta, finishing there in late 1978. Two and a half years followed at Holy Name of Mary, Rydalmere, before being posted to St Mary's Cathedral for a similar period. His appointment to the Cathedral gave him the responsibility of looking after the residential area of the Cathedral Parish in Woolloomooloo with its own church. When Kevin arrived the attendance there wasn't overly great but during his time he built it up to a vibrant and family orientated community. He spent most of his afternoons visiting parishioners and playing cricket with the local children in the streets and little laneways. The name of the church in Woolloomooloo is St Columbkille. The locals affectionally dubbed it �St Comicals�. Kevin's ministry at the Cathedral though very rewarding, was a sad time for him as his father had developed a terminal cancer and necessitated care in a nursing home. He passed away whilst Kevin was still at the Cathedral. A longer spell at Seven Hills parish took Kevin through to January 1988 (again as assistant priest) and a short stint as administrator of St John Vianney, Doonside, preceded his appointment as parish priest of St Michael's, Blacktown South, in Sydney's outer western suburbs. It was a position he held for twenty years before ill health forced his retirement in October 2008. Kevin was an enormously popular pastor during his years at St Michael's and was known for the loving care he extended to all in the parish. He was known to most of those to whom he ministered as Fr Kev', Kev' or Rev Kev'. He was well-loved by all but was particularly popular with children, standing around the parish school playground each day and greeting the children who were invariably delighted to see him and would flock to him each time as though each visit was his last. He always had time to sit and talk to people who wanted a chat and was renowned for his generosity, never turning away anyone in need. He was known to remark that he couldn't refuse anyone who came to the presbytery because it was Christ himself standing on the doorstep. Kevin loved the Eucharist and his one great wish after he fell ill was to be well enough again to celebrate the Eucharist for his beloved parishioners of St Michael's. Alas, his wish was not to be granted. About 1200 people attended Kevin Dadswell's funeral on 15 July 2009. People stood wherever they could both inside and outside the church to pay their respects to Rev Kev'. Bishop Kevin Manning and nearly fifty priests of both Parramatta and Sydney dioceses concelebrated the funeral Mass. It was most certainly the biggest crowd the parish church of St Michael had ever accommodated in its thirty years of existence.
9 Jul 2013	Rev Andrew Hrdina OFMCap Read more Born 1919 in Czechoslovakia; Ordained 30/11/1941 - Capuchin Franciscan Friars. Andrew was born in Antlerka, Czechoslovakia. After completing his secondary education he entered the Capuchin Novitiate in Prague and made his first profession of vows in 1935. He was sent to the Capuchin province of Paris for three years to study philosophy and then returned to Czechoslovakia for theology. Andrew was ordained a priest for the Capuchin Order at Olmouc on 30 November 1941, the Feast of St Andrew. After his ordination Andrew was sent to the Porciuncu Friary in Prague, where he remained until the end of World War II. He was then sent to the Friary of St Joseph in the same city and had a later posting at the Friary at Susice in Czechoslovakia. Needing to escape the oppressive communist regime, Andrew escaped Prague via train and travelled to France, where he remained for a few months before travelling to Australia. Andrew celebrated 75 years of Religious Profession and 70 years of Priestly Ordination in 2011. May he rest now in peace.
9 Jul 2019	Rev Peter Toohey SSC Read more Born 21/11/1940. Ordained 21/07/1963 for the Columban Fathers - Missionary Society of St Columban. Peter was born in Sydney, the fourth of six children. After high school, he entered the Columban seminary and was ordained in July 1963 in St Mary's Cathedral by Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy. The following year, he travelled to Korea where he began language studies, then worked as an assistant in a number of parishes in Kwangju Archdiocese and took on the role of pastor in Yeongkwang parish in 1969. In the seminary, Peter quietly went about whatever interested him. He spent many hours in the garden, enjoyed classical music and always signed on for a bushwalk on free days. He was a gentleman who, with a lot of searching, found ways to follow his missionary calling. He returned to Australia in 1970. The Columban mission in Korea was not his way. He then worked at the Matthew Talbot Hostel for homeless men that was run by the St Vincent de Paul Society in Sydney. He was also chaplain to the Gladesville psychiatric hospital in Sydney. Later, he travelled to Canada to get in touch with Jean Vanier's L'Arche communities and subsequently helped establish a community in Burwood, a suburb of Sydney. He also worked in the Columban mission in Chile from 1986 to 1989. On returning to Australia for home leave, he spent some time at the Aboriginal Spiritual Centre, located at Turkey Creek in the Kimberley Region, a remote north-west part of Australia. In 1990, Peter took up an appointment in the Archdiocese of Perth as Chaplain in Aboriginal Ministry, first in Kalgoorlie and then in Perth itself. From the late 90s to 2014, he became the chaplain to three separate prisons in Perth. Peter is always remembered as a person who really loved and cared for everybody but certainly from the viewpoint of the poor and marginalised. Peter was small in stature but huge in the eyes of those who knew him � huge in a searching faith, in courage, in humility and compassion for all.
9 Jul 2021	Rev John H Ware PE Born 25/12/1930; Ordained 07/12/1954. Diocese of Sandhurst.
9 Jul 2023	Rev Stephen Cooney OPraem Born 28/02/1929; Ordained 02/07/1955. Norbertine Canons - Canons Regular of Premontre (OPraem).
10 Jul 1884	Rev Francois Victor Poupinel SM Sydney
10 Jul 1915	Rev Patrick Joseph Gibney Perth, York, etc, WA
10 Jul 1926	Rev Patrick Briody Hurstville, Granville, Pymble etc, NSW
10 Jul 1939	Rev Mark O'Leary SM Sydney, etc
10 Jul 1942	Rev Lawrence Kinsella CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
10 Jul 1956	Rev John P Duggan Nagambie, etc, Vic
10 Jul 1967	Bishop Thomas Martin Fox Broken Hill, etc, NSW
10 Jul 1971	Rev Herbert Martin Shumack OFM Sydney, etc
10 Jul 1977	Rev John Bolger Melbourne dioc
10 Jul 1977	Rev Leonard John Monk Apollo Bay, Linton, Melbourne, Vic
10 Jul 1979	Rev Adrian P Curran Lismore dioc, NSW
10 Jul 1982	Rev Alfonso Panciroli OFMCap Sydney; Melbourne
10 Jul 1983	Rev Thomas Kelly Sydney dioc
10 Jul 1986	Rev Wallace Leon Cornell SDB Sunbury, Oakleigh, Chadstone, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA; Lysterfield, NSW
10 Jul 1992	Rev Bernard Van Stokkom SVD
10 Jul 1999	Rev Kenneth McDonald SS Melbourne; Sydney; Toowoomba, Qld
10 Jul 2000	Rev Thomas Anthony Hegerty Moorooka, Sunnybank, Qld
10 Jul 2001	Rev Robert Dowd OCarm Wentworthville, NSW; Hilton, WA; Port Melbourne, Northcote, Vic
10 Jul 2008	Rev Timothy Elliott OFM
10 Jul 2008	Rev J Coley McKenzie Born 18/05/1914; Ordained 22/07/1944; Ballarat Diocese, Victoria; Beachmere, Qld.
10 Jul 2008	Rev James Briglia PE Born 02/02/1930; Ordained 27/06/1957; Archdiocese of Melbourne.
10 Jul 2010	Rev Robert Duncan McGregor OMI Read more Born 29/06/1929; Ordained 16/09/1956 in Kilkenny, Ireland. Oblate Fathers. Ordained in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1956, Robert was highly-respected throughout the Australian Oblate Province as an energetic and talented preacher, a former MAMI Director, Provincial Bursar and a deeply-committed prison chaplain in Western Australia. Born in New South Wales, Robert completed his secondary schooling at Holy Cross in Ryde and worked for several years in the printing and advertising industry. In March 1950 he entered the Novitiate at Sorrento in Victoria and was sent to the Irish seminary at Piltown, Co. Kilkenny the following year to begin his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained on September 16, 1956 and returned to Australia the following year to join the Mission staff at Eagle Junction in Brisbane where he gave many missions and retreats throughout Queensland and New South Wales. Blessed with a magnificent speaking voice and beautiful bass baritone singing voice, he was an immediate success! These talents, combined with his business acumen and rare talent as a fundraiser, brought him to the attention of the Provincial who was at the time planning to build a new Oblate seminary in Melbourne and Robert's efforts directly contributed to the establishment of St Mary's Oblate Seminary (Mulgrave,Vic). In the mid-1960s he was appointed MAMI Director and in 1969 he became Parish Priest at Immaculate Heart of Mary (Sefton, NSW). He also served as provincial bursar, parish priest of Rosebud (Vic), assistant priest at St Michael's North Melbourne and on the Mission and Retreat team at Eagle Junction, Brisbane. Based in Fremantle, Robert spent 12 years as a senior prison chaplain working at various jails throughout WA. He was highly regarded for his strong sense of justice and courage and was not afraid to stand up for prisoners against prison authorities when he felt they were being treated unjustly. Prior to retiring in 2004, Robert had been chaplain to Mazenod College in Victoria. Robert was a much loved and respected member of the Camberwell Oblate Community and will be sadly missed. Rest now in peace dear Robert.
10 Jul 2023	Rev Michael Mullins SM Born 25/11/1940; Ordained 10/07/1965. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
11 Jul 1905	Rev A Benedict Tickell OP
11 Jul 1957	Rev Michael O'Connell Sydney dioc
11 Jul 1968	Rev Thomas Mahon Casino, etc, NSW
11 Jul 1975	Rev Thomas Healy Bathurst dioc, NSW
11 Jul 1979	Rev Claude Okorn OFM Migrant Chaplain for Slovenian Migrants to Australia 1951-1953
11 Jul 1984	Rev Mgr Timothy Francis Toal Jamestown, Whyalla, Streaky Bay, SA
11 Jul 1985	Rev Bernard Denis Callachor Sydney dioc
11 Jul 1986	Rev Mgr Patrick Gerard Jude O'Reilly Perth, Como, Nedlands, etc, WA
11 Jul 1988	Rev William John Neilson Fairy Meadow, Thirroul, etc, NSW
11 Jul 2000	Rev Joseph L McMahon Hobart dioc
11 Jul 2006	Rev Mgr John Maurice Hoare Canberra-Goulburn dioc
11 Jul 2008	Rev William J Delaney Born 15/08/1922; Ordained 20/07/1946; Daceyville, Clovelly, Rozelle, Stanmore, Concord, NSW - Archdiocese of Sydney.
11 Jul 2013	Rev Desmond Murphy Born 22/04/1936; Ordained 26/06/1962
11 Jul 2015	Rev Julian Carrasco Born 20/12/1930; Ordained 06/01/1954 Archdiocese of Perth
11 Jul 2022	Rev Francis Arnold PE Read more Born 06/11/1928; Ordained 24/07/1960. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Frank found his vocation to the priesthood during his time in the Movement, the organisation set up under the direction of BA Santamaria to fight against the spread of Communism within the trade union movement and elsewhere. Frank entered the seminary after qualifying and working as an actuary. In the seminary, the story went he enjoyed analysing how to place bets on the horse races to ensure you would come home with a rattle in your pocket. Such was the continuing sharpness of his actuarial mind. Ordained a priest by Archbishop Justin Simmonds on July 24, 1960, after the usual eight years of formation at Corpus Christi College Werribee & Glen Waverley, Frank served as assistant in the parishes of Caulfield South, Dandenong and Bennetswood, then as administrator in the parishes of Box Hill and Essendon West, until finally, in 1975, he was appointed Parish Priest at Blackburn North, where he served happily and devotedly, with a lot of flare and pastoral nous, until his retirement in 2011. Frank was one of the many good priests of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Upon his retirement, he moved into his patents' home in Moreland, which, as their only child, he had inherited. In his youth Frank used to rise early to ride his bike down to Flemington racecourse to watch the horses being put through their hoops. In retirement, he resumed that practise, though more comfortably in his car. Frank enjoyed for nearly the whole of his life extremely good health - until his late eighties he did not even have a GP - so much so that those who knew him well thought he would live to be 100. May God, whom Frank served, fill him with joy unending.
11 Jul 2023	Rev Anton Bulla SVD Born 28/07/1934; Ordained 29/01/1961. Divine Word Missionaries - Society of the Divine Word.
12 Jul 1909	Rev James McManammy Ballarat etc - Diocese of Ballarat.
12 Jul 1936	Rev Patrick Deenihan Goulburn dioc, NSW
12 Jul 1937	Rev George Williams MSC Sydney, etc
12 Jul 1941	Rev John Brady Adelaide dioc
12 Jul 1946	Rev Maurice Ronayne Gunnedah, Narrabri, NSW
12 Jul 1950	Rev Peter Maurice Horgan Adelaide
12 Jul 1951	Rev Francis Connell SJ Sydney, etc
12 Jul 1952	Rev Thomas Morrissey CSsR Mayfield, NSW, etc
12 Jul 1953	Rev Patrick McDermott Bundarra, Mungindi, Walcha, Werris Creek, NSW
12 Jul 1960	Bishop Francis Xavier Gsell MSC Darwin, Bathurst Island, NT
12 Jul 1960	Rev Francis King CM Bathurst, Ashfield, NSW
12 Jul 1967	Rev Mgr Michael? Melnick Sydney dioc
12 Jul 1976	Rev Michael Higgins Wentworth, etc, NSW
12 Jul 1977	Rev Joseph Edward O'Keefe Melbourne dioc
12 Jul 1981	Rev Mgr Thomas Alphonsus Leahy Armidale dioc, NSW
12 Jul 1994	Francois Jean Alain Roesch Sydney dioc
12 Jul 1995	Rev Douglas Boyd SJ
12 Jul 1995	Rev Leo James Purcell Maroubra Bay, Earlwood, South Coogee, etc, NSW
12 Jul 1999	Rev Michael Goonan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
12 Jul 2000	Rev Alexius Morahan West Perth, Shenton Park, Perth, Cottesloe, Claremont, Pinjarra, Toodyay, Corrigin, Bassendean, WA
12 Jul 2013	Rev John D Allen Read more Born 8/11/1952; Ordained 18/08/1978 - Diocese of Sale. John, priest of the Diocese of Sale, died peacefully at Cabrini Hospital, Malvern. We join our prayers with John's family and friends, the presbyterate of Sale, religious men and women, and laity in thanking God for John's life and priesthood which was sadly all too short, but abundantly rich. Former staff and students of Corpus Christ College, Clayton will remember John for his dedication, encouragement, spiritual care, good humour, delightful laughter, wonderful preaching and his love of the Diocese of Sale, especially, Lakes Entrance. He came among seminarians as a pastor and modelled a diocesan spirituality centred on people, commitment to place and his deep love of God. My he rest in peace.
12 Jul 2023	Rev Kevin O'Loughlin PE Born 23/06/1935; Ordained 09/07/1966. Archdiocese of Adelaide.
13 Jul 1861	Rev Joseph Snell CP Carisbrook, Vic; Moreton Bay, Qld; Adelaide
13 Jul 1903	Rev Jean Baptiste Rolland SM Sydney
13 Jul 1920	Rev John K O'Brien Warwick, Boonah, etc, Qld
13 Jul 1925	Rev Patrick J Doran Cowra, Canowindra, etc, NSW
13 Jul 1927	Rev Patrick McDonnell Archdiocese of Sydney & Diocese of Sale.
13 Jul 1932	Rev Patrick Regan Bungaree, etc, Vic
13 Jul 1935	Rev Patrick? J Roche Lochinvar, etc, NSW
13 Jul 1937	Rev Gerald Byrne Castlemaine, Healesville, Clifton Hill, Yea, Lilydale, Carlton, Vic
13 Jul 1938	Bishop John J Lonergan Melbourne dioc; Port Augusta, SA
13 Jul 1942	Rev Mgr Richard P Collins South Melbourne, Clifton Hill, Vic
13 Jul 1948	Rev Vincent William Chandler OP Prospect, SA, etc
13 Jul 1951	Rev Horace Joseph Whibberly West Maitland, etc, NSW
13 Jul 1955	Rev Archibald J Mills Brisbane dioc
13 Jul 1959	Rev Francis Girke SAC
13 Jul 1959	Rev Roy Jerome Woodhouse OFM Sydney, etc
13 Jul 1975	Rev Denis Stanislaus O'Rourke Brisbane dioc
13 Jul 1979	Rev Richard Bede Coughlan Manly, Gladesville, etc, NSW
13 Jul 1979	Rev John Lyons CSsR Ballarat, Vic; Brisbane, Qld, etc
13 Jul 1981	Rev Gregor Hagemann Canberra, ACT; Inverloch, Vic; Spring Valley, NSW
13 Jul 1985	Rev Stanislaus Menner OFM Sydney, etc
13 Jul 2000	Rev Peter Quinn Parramatta, NSW
13 Jul 2001	Rev Patrick O'Rourke The Entrance, Pymble, Epping, NSW
13 Jul 2004	Rev James Flannan Foley OC Southern Cross, Carlisle, Palmyra, Perth dioc, WA
13 Jul 2010	Rev Stephen Durkin Born 28/07/1956; Ordained 15/02/1992.
13 Jul 2012	Rev Joseph Kelly OCD Born 09/01/1929; Ordained 18/12/1954
13 Jul 2013	Rev John Bernard Cunningham PE Read more Born 17/04/1934; Ordained 15/06/1958 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. John was born in Derry, Ireland and studied for the priesthood as a student for the Archdiocese of Melbourne at St John's College, Waterford. He was ordained on 14 June 1959 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Waterford and arrived in in Melbourne in November 1959. John served as an assistant priest at South Melbourne (1960-1965), Oakleigh (1965-1969), Kingsville (1969-1973) and as parish priest at Mulgrave (1973-1980). He joined the parish team at Airport West (1980-1985), assisted at West St. Albans/Kings Park (1985-1989),was as parish administrator of S Newport (1989), parish priest of the new parish of Keilor Downs (1989-2001) and parish priest of the Ivanhoe Cluster 2001 until his retirement as pastor emeritus in 2011. John will be well remembered as a thoughtful, encouraging, humble and faithful priest. Throughout his 54 years of priesthood, he was always prepared to engage with new pastoral projects, to place his trust in his co-workers and lay people. He empowered others by allowing them to embrace the gift of baptism and to bring their gifts to the service of others. He loved to read, to listen attentively, to share ideas, to gently form and to reflect deeply upon the Church. He did not accept thanks or praise easily, but chose the pathway of humility. John understood human frailty and was attuned to the action of God's grace witnessed in the gift of friends and those with whom he had shared his pilgrim way. We give thanks for the young man, John Cunningham, who chose to leave his homeland and to be ordained for the Archdiocese of Melbourne enriching others by his kindness, trust, generosity, friendship and priestly witness. Rest now in peace John.
13 Jul 2016	Rev Michael Cantwell MSC Born 30/03/1932; Ordained 17/07/1957 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
13 Jul 2021	Rev Colin Mason Born 19/01/1944; Ordained 08/12/1970. Archdiocese of Sydney.
13 Jul 2023	Rev Carl Ashton Born 23/05/1937; Ordained 21/07/1962. Diocese of Parramatta.
14 Jul 1880	Rev Michael McAlroy Yass, Goulburn, Albury, etc, NSW
14 Jul 1891	Rev Maurice J Tressallet SM Hunters Hill
14 Jul 1922	Rev John Ryan SJ Bathurst, NSW; Melbourne, etc
14 Jul 1935	Rev Peter J Roche Muswellbrook, etc, NSW
14 Jul 1942	Rev Leonard Gallagher SJ Sydney, etc
14 Jul 1949	Rev James Ryan Wodonga, Enmore, Myrtleford, Chiltern, Beechworth, etc, Vic
14 Jul 1964	Rev Arthur Hugh Percy Holbrook, etc, NSW
14 Jul 1965	Rev Mgr Charles S Dunne Springwood, etc, NSW
14 Jul 1969	Rev Harold Lalor SJ Melbourne; Adelaide; Hobart, etc
14 Jul 1971	Rev Harold A Bridgewood MSC Moonah, Tas; Sydney, etc
14 Jul 1975	Rev Denis O'Rourke Hamilton, etc, Qld
14 Jul 1987	Rev Ludwig Muenz SAC Perth, etc
14 Jul 1992	Rev Vincent de Couesnongle OP
14 Jul 1997	Rev Stephen Patrick Campbell Toowoomba, St. George, Roma, Surat, Dalby, Crows Nest, Q
14 Jul 2015	Rev Peter Michael Greene Born 07/11/1927; Ordained 28/06/1955 Diocese of Rockhampton
14 Jul 2016	Rev John Michael Moroney Read more Date of Birth: 08/07/1934 Date of Ordination in Rome: 23/11/1958 Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes Jack, born in Cardiff, NSW, and a priest of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, was the second son of Bill and Rose Moroney. His elder brother, Bill, was also a priest of the same diocese. Jack was educated by the Sisters of Mercy in Parkes and Broken Hill as well as the Marist Brothers in Forbes and Broken Hill. In 1951 Jack entered the Springwood Seminary and then spent two years at Manly Seminary, where he was approached by Bishop Fox to study in Rome. In 1955, he arrived at Propaganda College, Rome and was ordained on 23 November, 1958 by Cardinal Agagianian. He completed his Licentiate in 1959. Jack served in many parishes throughout the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes � Broken Hill, Bourke, Brewarrina, Deniliquin, Wentworth, Warren, Cobar and Parkes. He was Vicar General for several years. He was an inspirational leader of his parish communities, believing the laity, religious and clergy have equal value in the Church. He had a special passion for ecumenism and worked with the indigenous throughout the diocese. He was a great story teller with an infectious laugh. As young curate he edited a magazine The Curate's Quarterly which he sent to every curate in Australia. There were four or five editions and copies are at the Sydney Diocesan Library, as an example of a periodical commenting on the Vatican Council. After suffering a stroke in 2000, Jack retired to Parkes to live with his brother Bill. Jack had a serious fall in 2015 and was unable to return to his home in Parkes. He moved to an Aged Care Facility in Ballarat to be close to his two sisters, Rosalie and Mary and his extended family. Jack died peacefully at St John of God Hospital, Ballarat on 14th July, 2016. Rest now in peace dear Jack.
15 Jul 1845	Rev P James Dunphy Hartley, Bathurst, etc, NSW; Ballarat, Vic
15 Jul 1870	Rev Patrick Kenyon Melbourne dioc
15 Jul 1896	Rev Peter Kernan Melbourne dioc
15 Jul 1929	Rev Mgr John Felix Marshall Maryborough, Casterton, etc, Vic
15 Jul 1932	Bishop Patrick Joseph O'Connor Armidale, NSW
15 Jul 1941	Rev John P Hyland Rockdale, etc, NSW
15 Jul 1965	Rev Vincent John Ryan Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, etc, NSW
15 Jul 1967	Rev Henry Price SVD Mackay, Qld
15 Jul 1969	Rev John De Courcy CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
15 Jul 1976	Rev David Hawe Rockhampton dioc, Qld
15 Jul 1989	Rev Mgr James Cameron Perth dioc
15 Jul 1993	Rev Stephen Brennan Glen Innes, etc, NSW
15 Jul 1998	Rev Joseph Cyprian Fitzsimons OSA Cairns, Gordonvale, Innisfail, Coorparoo, Qld; Manly Vale, NSW; Rochester, Vic
15 Jul 2005	Rev Brian Leonard Melbourne dioc
15 Jul 2024	Most Rev Kevin M Manning DD Born in Coolah NSW 02/11/1933. Ordained Priest for Bathurst 20/12/1961. Consecrated Bishop of Armidale 10/07/1991. Appointed Bishop of Parramatta 10/07/1997. Retired 08/01/2012.
16 Jul 1873	Rev Patrick J Sheehan Port Macquarie, NSW; Brisbane, etc
16 Jul 1895	Rev F Leonard Borcia Sydney dioc
16 Jul 1895	Rev William Thomas Keating Sydney dioc
16 Jul 1900	Rev William Bermingham Albury, Wagga, Tumut, Goulburn, Boorowa, etc, NSW
16 Jul 1902	Rev Patrick Joseph McCambridge Queanbeyan, Petersham, Kempsey, etc, NSW
16 Jul 1919	Rev Walter Barry CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
16 Jul 1919	Rev Anton Reshauer SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
16 Jul 1927	Rev Jean de Mazan SM Sydney
16 Jul 1937	Rev Mgr Edward Alphonsus Mulchahy Georgetown, etc, SA
16 Jul 1938	Rev Patrick McCurtin SJ Melbourne, etc.
16 Jul 1948	Rev James J Malone Daylesford, Clifton Hill, Ashby, etc, Vic
16 Jul 1951	Rev Lewis Loughnan SJ Sydney; Melbourne
16 Jul 1957	Rev Henry Ward Lochinvar, etc, NSW
16 Jul 1960	Rev Edward J Bourke Emerald, etc, Qld
16 Jul 1964	Rev Leon Chaize SM Sydney
16 Jul 1964	Rev Daniel Celestine Moriarty OFM Sydney, etc
16 Jul 1966	Rev John Lynch Bridgetown, etc, WA
16 Jul 1967	Rev Leo Joseph Perry Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
16 Jul 1972	Rev James Maron Armidale dioc, NSW
16 Jul 1977	Rev Vladimir Ondrasek SDB Engadine, NSW, etc
16 Jul 1980	Rev Callistus Connolly CP
16 Jul 1980	Rev Gregory (Henry) Eccles OFM Robertson, NSW; Kew, Eaglehawk, Vic; Riverside, Tas
16 Jul 1981	Rev John Cletus Moverly Balgowlah, etc, NSW
16 Jul 1990	Rev Bonaventure Cornelius Leahy OP
16 Jul 1997	Rev William Gilbo O'Connell Ballarat dioc, Vic
16 Jul 1999	Rev Gerard Remie SDB Engadine, NSW; Glenorchy, Tas; Sunbury, Vic; Port Pirie, SA; Katharine, Palmerston, NT
16 Jul 2001	Rev Terence Wall Dulwich, Kangaroo Island, Pinnaroo, Strathalbyn, Para Hills, Mount Barker, SA
16 Jul 2005	Rev Neville McKay Melbourne dioc
16 Jul 2011	Rev Gerald Paul Ryan PE Read more Born 27/01/1915; Date of Ordination: 23/07/1939 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Paul, as he was known, was ordained in 1939 and served as assistant priest at Armadale, Clifton Hill (1942) and South Melbourne (1946), before being made the first parish priest of Blackburn in January 1954. In 1975 he moved to Ormond and then to Greythorn in 1984 until his retirement in 2008. In his homily, Archbishop Hart said Paul was a pioneer of the liturgical movement, a gifted pastor, esteemed as being comfortable with children, teenagers, young marrieds, families and senior citizens'. He paid tribute to Paul's gifts � his humility, experience and unparalleled willingness to engage with people. His legacy to the Church in Melbourne will be his gifted work as pastor, his pioneering work in the liturgical movement and his breadth of mind and heart,' Archbishop Hart said. Rest now in peace dear Paul.
16 Jul 2016	Rev Kevin Spillane Born 07/01/1929; Ordained 19/07/1952 Archdiocese of Sydney
17 Jul 1866	Rev William Hall Hobart
17 Jul 1900	Rev Felix Schurr Casino, Lismore, etc, NSW
17 Jul 1917	Rev Patrick O'Reilly Bacchus Marsh, Yea, Castlemaine, etc, Vic
17 Jul 1918	Rev James O'Carroll Sandhurst dioc, Vic
17 Jul 1930	Rev Francis O'Looney Wagga dioc, NSW
17 Jul 1961	Rev Joseph Thibault SSS Melbourne; Bowral, NSW, etc
17 Jul 1973	Rev James Francis Bowman Sydney; Hobart
17 Jul 1977	Rev John McNamara SJ Melbourne, etc
17 Jul 1979	Rev Neville Grundy Warwick, Toowoomba, Allora, Roma, Augathella, etc, Qld
17 Jul 1986	Rev Mgr Daniel Hannan Watsons Bay, Clovelly, etc, NSW
17 Jul 1993	Rev Peter R Elder Terang, etc, Ballarat dioc, Vic
17 Jul 1995	Rev Desmond John Walker SJ Hawthorn, Vic, etc
17 Jul 2004	Rev Michael Byrnes MSSP Kew, Vic; Strathfield, NSW
17 Jul 2006	Rev John Stanislaus McCaffrey Enfield, Concord West, Penrith, North Ryde, Rosebery, Woollahra, Rydalmere, Gymea, Hunters Hill, NSW
17 Jul 2017	Rev Aquinas McComb OP 1931-2017 Dominicans - Order of Preachers
17 Jul 2017	Rev Emile Konsol Born 09/11/1941; Ordained 01/09/1996 Eparchy of Saint Michael, the Archangel of Sydney for Melkite Greek Catholics.
17 Jul 2017	Rev Romuald Joseph Barry CM Read more Born 16/01/1935; Ordained 18/07/1959 Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission Rom was born in Hobart, Tasmania. Following secondary schooling at St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst NSW, he joined the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians). Ordained in July 1959, he was asked to study the Scriptures, initially in Washington DC then in Rome. This was a defining step. The Word of God became his preoccupation in those studies and in the life of teaching which followed. He taught in the diocesan seminaries in Perth, Adelaide (where he was Rector 1982-89) and Mosgiel (NZ), also at Hunters Hill NSW (Marists), Eastwood NSW (Vincentians) and for a brief time in Addis Ababa; he taught for ten years at Catholic Theological College, Melbourne. There were brief, parish appointments and he spent five years at St Stanislaus' College. People still talk about the tours he organised to the Holy Land. Rom made a deep impression on his students with his easy smile and gift for friendship. His enthusiasm for The Word was contagious and they recognised that what he taught was also what he was living. He specialised in the Old Testament with interest in the Wisdom Literature and, especially, in the Prophetic Literature where he pursued further studies in Jeremiah. His final years were difficult as he moved into dementia. He died at St Mary's Concord where he had lived for four years. May he rest in peace.
17 Jul 2018	Rev John Jago SM Read more Born 01/09/1932; Ordained 19/08/1967 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary John Jago was born in Grafton, NSW, on 1 September 1932, the first of five children. After completing his schooling at St John's College, Lismore, he studied law at the University of Adelaide, practising in Sydney for five years. In 1961 he entered St Peter Chanel Scholasticate, Toongabbie, where his studies in philosophy and theology took place. His novitiate was at the Marist Novitiate, Armidale, where he was professed on 2 February 1964. His ordination to the priesthood took place at St Patrick's, Church Hill, on 19th August 1967. For three years from 1968 he studied Moral Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where in 1975 he was awarded an S.T.D. for his dissertation on J.H. Newman, Freedom of Conscience and Vatican II. He joined the staff of Marist College, Burnie, in 1971 and was the principal there from 1973-78. In 1979 he lectured in moral theology at the Catholic Theological College, Sydney. He was appointed provincial superior of Australia and Japan for six years from 1979. From 1985-93 he served as superior general of the Society of Mary, based in Rome. In 1994 he joined the community at St Patrick's, Church Hill, where he remained until 1999. The following year he joined the Herston community in Brisbane where he undertook retreat, reconciliation and moral advice work. John was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2005. Because of the side effects from the cancer treatment and increasing hearing and balance problems, he retired from active ministry in 2006. In 2011 he joined the �Montbel� retirement community at Hunters Hill and in April 2018 transferred to Southern Cross Aged Care at Marsfield. John brought dignity and graciousness to his ministry and leadership, including throughout the years of his retirement and final illness.
17 Jul 2020	Rev Leo (Patrick) Harney OCarm Read more Born 26/03/1921. Ordained 13/01/1952. Carmelites - Order of Brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt Carmel. The Carmelites of Australia & Timor-Leste are mourning the loss of Fr Leo (Pat) Harney who died peacefully in the early hours of 17 July. He was 99 years old and had been a Carmelite for 73 years and a priest for 68. Born in 1921 in Elmore (Victoria), Pat was the second of eight children. He remembered his home life as filled with daily rosary, morning prayer and Sunday Mass. �Our faith was just part of our lives,� he once recalled. It was this faith that led Pat to decide to become a priest. At 25 years of age, Pat started his Novitiate and by January 1952 was ordained in the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo (Victoria). As a Carmelite, Pat served communities near and far across Australia and New Zealand as Pastor, Prior, Assistant Novice Master, Chaplain at Sacred Heart College, Glen Innes, in New Zealand. He also served for 16 years as Chaplain at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne (Victoria). "I've been everywhere, man!" he loved to quote from the famous song, when asked about his many places of ministry. Pat was not only well-known but much loved by so many people and communities, having served at every parish the Carmelites ever held in Australia and New Zealand and having filled in for priests who were on leave. Pat's journey in life was intrinsically connected to his faith and love of God. �Throughout my life, the hand of God has guided me in a remarkable way and still does.� Not one for slowing down even after retiring from active service in 2010, Pat continued to celebrate morning Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Middle Park (Victoria) until the COVID-19 restrictions forced the suspension of daily mass. He will be greatly missed.
18 Jul 1868	Rev Richard Walsh Geelong, Portland, Vic; Queanbeyan, Goulburn, NSW
18 Jul 1922	Rev Daniel O'Ryan OMI Fremantle, Glendalough, WA, etc
18 Jul 1928	Rev Vincent Kelly Goulburn dioc, NSW
18 Jul 1929	Rev James Patrick Prendergast Lewisham, NSW; Hobart, etc
18 Jul 1939	Rev Alex Farthing Maitland dioc, NSW
18 Jul 1947	Rev John Hannon SJ Sydney, etc
18 Jul 1948	Rev Mgr Edward O Goidenach Charlton, Swan Hill, Ararat, etc, Vic
18 Jul 1958	Rev John Edward Healy Toowoomba dioc, Qld
18 Jul 1959	Rev James Green Mildura, Red Cliffs, etc, Vic
18 Jul 1968	Rev Jerome Barry Snowtown, etc, SA
18 Jul 1973	Rev Daniel Coakley Hampton, Northcote, etc, Vic
18 Jul 1979	Rev James Lyons SJ Melbourne, etc
18 Jul 1981	Rev Patrick J Walsh Adelaide dioc
18 Jul 1998	Rev Leo Douglas Middleton CSsR
18 Jul 1999	Rev Adrian Wenting SDB Chadstone, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA; Engadine, Lysterfield, NSW; Kelmscott, WA
18 Jul 2005	Rev John Holyoak Burdekin Valley, Ingham, Charters Towers, Townsville, Cleveland Bay, Qld
18 Jul 2014	Rev William McCarthy Read more Born 08/12/1946; Ordained 09/08/1972 - Archdiocese of Brisbane. William was the third of four children and the only son of Pat and Mick McCarthy. Mick, a police officer, was transferred to various cities across Queensland and consequently, William and his sisters received their Catholic education in schools across the state. A deep desire to help others for Christ moved William to choose the priesthood and he entered the seminary on 14 February, 1966 with 39 other men, making their class the largest to enter the seminary after World War II. He was ordained for Brisbane Archdiocese on 9 August, 1972. Between 1972 and 1976, William ministered at Our Lady of Lourdes, Sunnybank, and was known for leading the archdiocese's most vibrant youth group at the time. He then moved to Scarborough until 1983, was parish priest at Aspley until 1986, and then transferred to Clayfield until 1987. William was appointed chaplain at St Rita's College from 2004, and remained chaplain until his death. He also spent time at Stanley River parish before the Banyo-Nundah parish received him as their parish priest between 1988 and 2000. He spent several months to one year at parishes in Darra, Inala and Booval before becoming administrator at Indooroopilly. William officially retired from this role the week he died. Rest now in peace William.
18 Jul 2016	Rev Ruben Nadalich SSP Society of St Paul
18 Jul 2017	Rev John Reilly Born 21/07/1936; Ordained 19/08/1977 Archdiocese of Hobart
18 Jul 2022	Rev Joseph Visentin CS Born 28/11/1930: Ordained 15/05/1954. Scalabrinian Missionaries -Scalabrinian Congregation
19 Jul 1877	Rev Henry Gregory Sydney
19 Jul 1919	Rev Francis Dorrigan South Brisbane, Warwick, Red Hills, etc, Qld
19 Jul 1929	Rev Kevin Daly SJ Sydney, etc
19 Jul 1945	Rev Thomas P Wood Hopetoun, etc, Vic
19 Jul 1947	Rev George O'Neill SJ Werribee, Melbourne, Vic, etc
19 Jul 1952	Rev Robert Patrick O'Donoghue Brisbane and Toowoomba diocs, Qld
19 Jul 1970	Rev Clifford J Shale Melbourne dioc
19 Jul 1971	Rev Joseph Portley Toowoomba dioc, Qld
19 Jul 1991	Rev Patrick Walsh St. Peter's, Maitland, Kilburn, Croydon, SA
19 Jul 1993	Rev Arthur Clune MSC Sydney, etc
19 Jul 1994	Rev Donal Hurley Ballarat dioc, Vic
19 Jul 1995	Rev Vincent Anthony Butler Binalong, etc, NSW
19 Jul 1995	Rev Cyril Shand Coorparoo Heights, Valley, Enoggera, Brisbane dioc
19 Jul 1996	Rev Martin Jenco OSM Wanneroo, Joondanna, WA
19 Jul 2004	Rev Paul Tindale OFM Sydney, etc
19 Jul 2005	Rev Michael John Flannery SM Sydney; Rosebery, Burnie, Tas, etc
19 Jul 2013	Rev Amin Abboud Read more Amin Abboud, priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, passed away the age of 48. Amin was attending a spiritual retreat conducted by a priest of Opus Dei at Kenthurst Study Centre. The news of Amin's death was received with shock and sadness, moving those who knew him to prayer and acceptance of God's will in this moment. Amin was well known to be fit, energetic and optimistic, sparing no effort in his pastoral work. He was ordained a priest of Opus Dei by its Prelate, Bishop Javier Echevarria, in May 2006. Prior to ordination Amin was a medical doctor, who specialised treating people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In preparation for the priesthood, he completed a doctorate in Moral Philosophy and was soon to publish a book on Bioethics. Just prior to ordination, Amin said: The Christian philosophy of man has been fundamental to my work. In school, they taught us how to prepare people for pain and death without any religious explanations. That seemed empty to me. Faith permits one to open himself to the next life and to give meaning to the present one. It's a 'medicine' of incalculable value.' In his seven years as a priest, Amin maintained an assiduous work load. As Vicar Secretary for the region of Opus Dei in Australia and New Zealand, he worked closely with the Regional Vicar, Monsignor Victor Martinez, in the government of Opus Dei in this region. He also carried out an extensive pastoral work with university students, lay men and women and priests. Fr Amin Abboud', said Monsignor Martinez, was a humble and holy priest, who always put the needs of others before himself. His loss is deeply felt.' May he rest in peace.
19 Jul 2015	Rev Gregory Jordan SJ Born 13/07/1930 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus
19 Jul 2015	Rev Tyson Doneley MSC Born 05/01/1921; Ordained 28/07/1946 Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
20 Jul 1880	Rev Michael Gough Tamworth, NSW
20 Jul 1885	Rev Martin Kelly Armidale dioc, NSW
20 Jul 1926	Bishop Louis Couppe MSC Randwick, Douglas Park, NSW
20 Jul 1926	Rev Arthur John Hogan Rockhampton, Qld; Camden, NSW, etc
20 Jul 1929	Rev Fabian Patrick Dwyer Sydney dioc
20 Jul 1933	Rev Louis Cochard MSC Sydney; Campbelltown, Longford, Tas, etc
20 Jul 1979	Rev Mgr Brian Boru Gallagher Rockhampton, Qld; Yenda, Albury, Wagga, Holbrook, Jerilderie, Griffith, NSW
20 Jul 1993	Rev Carmelo Degiorgio Toodyay, East Cannington, WA
20 Jul 1997	Rev Vincent Semmens Sandhurst dioc, Vic
20 Jul 2016	Rev Paul Kierce MSSP Read more Ordained in Malta: 09/07/1978 - Missionary Society of St Paul Paul Kierce MSSP, who was in his 42nd year of profession and 38th year of his missionary priesthood died peacefully at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville. Paul was born in Melbourne and worked in immigration and customs before tasting religious life with the Cistercians at Tarrawarra. After meeting members of the MSSP during a visit to Malta in 1970, he entered formation in there in 1972. Paul made his first profession in 1974 and perpetual vows in 1977. He studied both in Malta and Rome and was ordained in Malta on the 9th July 1978 before returning to Rome to finish his studies. Paul's first assignment was as Master of Novices in Gozo, Malta, 1980-198, aAfter which he returned to Australia, ministering in St Bernadette's Parish before taking on the care of the Parish of Victoria Park in Perth from 1983 to 1985. In 1986 he joined the MSSP mission in Pakistan where he taught Moral Theology and Church History at the Seminary in Karachi. At the Bishop's request he also ministered in Murree. Paul returned to Australia in 1989 and from the Parkville community ministered in the parish of Brunswick West for 24 years. He was also involved with Hospital Chaplaincy most recently with the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Despite the diagnosis of bowel cancer, Paul ministered the best he could including the Christian brothers, Parkville and Rosary Home, Keilor Downs until a week before his death. During the past two and half years journeying with cancer, Paul was a witness of humility and trust in the Lord. He will be fondly remembered as a quiet gentleman by all who knew him and whose lives were touched by him. May he rest in Peace.
20 Jul 2019	Rev Micheal O'Sullivan Born 9/05/1927; Ordained 22/06/1952 Archdiocese of Sydney
20 Jul 2020	Rev Donald Hughes OMI Read more Born 23/08/1932; Ordained 15/09/1957. Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Donald Oswin Hughes was born of a well-known Fremantle family and was educated there. Seeking to answer God's call, he first went to St Charles diocesan seminary in Perth before going to the Oblate novitiate in Sorrento, Victoria. As was necessary in those years before the opening of an Oblate seminary, he went to Co Kilkenny in Ireland to complete his studies and was ordained there. After a brief pastoral experience in Liverpool, Don was appointed to Australia. Over the years he accepted many and varied appointments with great faith and enthusiasm: parishes, mission preaching, serving in VIC, NSW, NZ and WA. In 1961 he joined the staff of Iona College, which the Oblates had opened in bayside Brisbane in 1958. As well as teaching the boys, he helped to develop the finances and supervised a building program and, with great enthusiasm led the parents in working-bees and fund-raising in the days before much government funding and growing enrolments. He became well-known in the diocese for supplies and regular help with parish appeals for the missions. In 1966 he was sent to WA to be the founding Principal of Mazenod College in Lesmurdie and under his leadership developed it as a fine Day and Boarding College. His next appointment was to the Oblate seminary in Victoria, first as Novice Master, then as Rector, next to Adelaide as PP of Tea Tree Gully followed by returning to his own beloved Fremantle as PP of St Patrick's, then to Lesmurdie. His life achieved full circle when he was asked to return to St Charles Seminary in Perth - he had always retained a great affection and friendship for the Archdiocese and its priests and was very much at home there helping with formation of new priests. He spent his last years back at Lesmurdie and enjoyed the company of students and staff. Clearly Don was a generous, pastoral and faithful priest to the end and greatly loved and admired by his family, those he had ministered to and by his brother Oblates of Mary Immaculate. His requiem and burial took place in St Patrick's led by his seminary contemporary Archbishop Barry Hickey, with Bishops Sproxton and Bianchini present as well as many priests, religious and friends. May he rest in peace.
21 Jul 1900	Rev Patrick Dunne Albury, Goulburn, NSW; Port Fairy, etc, Vic; Brisbane, Qld
21 Jul 1938	Rev Joseph O'Brien Ballarat dioc, Vic
21 Jul 1949	Rev Richard Kelly Bendigo, etc, Vic
21 Jul 1960	Rev Owen Sylvester Hayes Brisbane dioc
21 Jul 1968	Rev Patrick Joseph Bolger OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
21 Jul 1968	Rev Francis O'Keefe SJ Melbourne, etc
21 Jul 1981	Rev Francis X Cosgrave CSsR Melbourne, etc
21 Jul 1982	Rev Mgr William A Upton Launceston, etc, Tas; Bendigo, Vic
21 Jul 1986	Rev Gabriel Saap MSC Sydney
21 Jul 1987	Rev John Berchmans Power OSA North Queensland; Sydney and Diocese of Sandhurst
21 Jul 1992	Rev Conleth James Kehoe OSA Manly Vale, NSW; Brisbane, Qld; Sandhurst dioc, Vic
21 Jul 1997	Rev Roland Francis Ambrose Smyth Maitland-Newcastle dioc, NSW
21 Jul 2001	Archbishop Francis Rush Townsville, Rockhampton, Brisbane, dioc, Qld
21 Jul 2005	Rev Austin Kenny CP Marrickville, NSW; Adelaide, Port Augusta, SA; Hobart; Brisbane, etc
21 Jul 2006	Rev John McCaffery Enfield, Woollahra, Parramatta, Rydalmere, Gymea, NSW
21 Jul 2009	Rev Bernard Scott CM Ordained 18/07/1959.
22 Jul 1884	Rev Joseph Roper Adelaide dioc; Hobart, Tas
22 Jul 1903	Rev John Anderson OSA
22 Jul 1915	Rev Mgr Frederick Byrne Kapunda, Salisbury, etc, SA
22 Jul 1924	Rev Thomas S Collins Melbourne dioc
22 Jul 1925	Rev Mgr Patrick L Coonan Adelaide dioc; Forrest Lodge, etc, NSW
22 Jul 1933	Rev Patrick O'Hanlon Melbourne, Mansfield, Gordon, Vic
22 Jul 1933	Rev Charles Reilly Melbourne dioc
22 Jul 1938	Rev James Feeney Ayr, Townsville dioc; Rockhampton dioc, Qld
22 Jul 1949	Rev James John O'Neill Tamworth, Inverell, etc, NSW
22 Jul 1959	Rev Augustine J Brennan CSsR Kew, Ballarat, Vic; Hobart, etc, Tas
22 Jul 1976	Rev William Saul SJ Melbourne; Perth; Sydney
22 Jul 1980	Rev Henry Aufenanger SVD
22 Jul 1980	Rev Robert J Flynn Nanango, Dalby, Helidon, Allora, Toowoomba, etc, Qld; Holbrook, Jerilderie, Griffith, NSW
22 Jul 1993	Rev Con Peelo CSSp
22 Jul 1993	Rev John Shelton CSsR Ballarat, Melbourne, etc, Vic
22 Jul 1994	Rev Mgr Roger Kennedy Muswellbrook, New Lambton, Kurri Kurri, Newcastle, Carrington, Gateshead, NSW
22 Jul 1997	Rev Gregory Kirby CP Marrickville, NSW
22 Jul 1998	Rev Albert Morgan (Bert) Stanley Wagga Wagga, Coolamon, Albury, Jerilderie, Howlong and Holbrook, NSW
22 Jul 2001	Rev Wally Stefanski Canberra-Goulburn dioc
22 Jul 2002	Rev Christopher Augustine Nicholas McCarthy OSA Cairns, Gordonvale, Babinda, Qld
22 Jul 2004	Rev Gerry Ronayne Yeronga, Beaudesert, Qld; Leichhardt, Maroota, etc, NSW
22 Jul 2004	Rev Leo Flynn SJ Melbourne, etc
22 Jul 2004	Rev Gerald John Kelly MSC Kensington, NSW; Hobart etc
22 Jul 2007	Cletus Henry (Harry) Leis Armidale, Tamworth, Mungindi, Inverell, Narrabri, Guyra, NSW
22 Jul 2010	Rev Max Jongebloed Born 08/02/1927; Ordained 20/09/1951; Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria.
22 Jul 2021	Rev Bernard McGrane MSC Born 24/05/1926; Ordained 27/07/1952. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
22 Jul 2023	Rev Brian Joseph Sparksman Born 20/03/1936; Ordained 06/08/1970. Diocese of Toowoomba.
22 Jul 2023	Rev Rafael Cabezon OP Born in Burgos, Spain, on 14 May 1943, he was ordained a Dominican priest on 21/12/1968. He came to Australia in 1986. Although he served mainly in Canberra, he was also placed in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, and Sydney.
22 Jul 2024	Rev Gerald O'Collins SJ Born 02/06/1931; Ordained 02/01/1963. Jesuits - The Society of Jesus
23 Jul 1911	Rev Denis F O'Callaghan Heidelberg, etc, Vic
23 Jul 1958	Rev Dominic Sparkes Manoora, etc, SA
23 Jul 1963	Rev John Whelan CM
23 Jul 1967	Rev Mgr Patrick O'Sullivan Tallangatta, etc, Vic
23 Jul 1983	Rev Luigi Mammi Collie, Brunswick, etc, WA
23 Jul 1986	Rev Gerald Doyle Wallington Nedlands, WA; Belfield, Sutherland, Woollahra, NSW
23 Jul 2004	Rev Peter de Vries SMA Woodville, St. Peters, Goodwood, Murray Bridge, Adelaide, SA
23 Jul 2014	Rev Francis Vaughan Read more Born 01/08/1918; Ordained 29/11/1947 - Diocese of Broken Bay. Francis (Frank) Vaughan was farewelled from Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara (Broken Bay Diocese) in the same way that he lived his life � surrounded by family, his parishioners, fellow priests, and the Eucharist � in the loving embrace of the Church and the Saviour he served so well Frank was born to Annie and Henry Vaughan in the family home in Clovelly, the youngest of five children. He attended St Anthony's Primary School, Clovelly, and then Marist Brothers, Randwick. As a young man, he trained to be a jeweller and watchmaker and played first grade Rugby League for Eastern Suburbs, before answering the call to priesthood and being ordained on 29 November, 1947. Frank worked in a number of parishes throughout the old Archdiocese of Sydney, including Bankstown, Brighton Le Sands, Sutherland, Lithgow, North Leichhardt, Lidcombe, Campsie, Harris Park, Blackheath and Woy Woy, before receiving a call from Cardinal Gilroy, asking him to establish a parish at Normanhurst in 1971� where he remained a dearly loved pastor and the only Parish Priest for the community for the next 41 years.
23 Jul 2018	Rev Paul Anthony Ryan Born 18/08/1934; Ordained 08/03/1958 Archdiocese of Sydney
23 Jul 2023	Rev Ronald Donoghue CCS Born 01/08/1955; Ordained 25/04/1998. Confraternity of Christ the Priest - Christ the Priest Fathers & Brothers.
24 Jul 1832	Rev Daniel Griffin Goulburn dioc, NSW
24 Jul 1861	Rev William Cunningham OFM Melbourne, etc
24 Jul 1917	Rev Thomas Alphonsus Murphy OSA Cairns, Croydon, Herberton, Chillagoe, Qld
24 Jul 1937	Rev Ernest Spillane SJ Sydney, etc
24 Jul 1941	Rev William Bourke Power Iona, Woodend, etc, Vic
24 Jul 1943	Rev Stanislaus James Hogan OP
24 Jul 1961	Rev Brian Charles Lay Melbourne dioc
24 Jul 1980	Rev Josef Janus SJ Richmond, Vic
24 Jul 1981	Rev Mgr Owen Beevor Steele Beaudesert, etc, Brisbane dioc, Qld
24 Jul 1987	Bishop John A Kelly Wattle Park, Sandringham, Moonee Ponds, Mentone, etc, Vic
24 Jul 1989	Rev Gerald Jones SJ Sydney; Melbourne; Launceston, Tas, etc
24 Jul 1990	Rev Patrick Joseph Burke SSC Essendon, Vic
24 Jul 2003	Rev Arthur Gleeson Sandhurst dioc, Vic
24 Jul 2005	Rev Aldo De Luca SDB Victoria; Salisbury, Hectorville, etc, SA
24 Jul 2006	Rev John Francis McGee Born 01/11/1933; Ordained 20/07/1959; Diocese of Wagga Wagga & Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
24 Jul 2006	Rev Clive Nolan Armidale dioc, NSW
24 Jul 2007	Rev Patrick Charles Fox CM Sydney, etc
24 Jul 2015	Rev Frank Shortis OCarm Read more Born 10/07/1926; Ordained 11/01/1953 - Carmelites - Order of Brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt Carmel. Frank Shortis was an outstanding and innovative educator, wise counsellor, gifted pastor, faithful friend and loving family man born in Kyabram Vic., in 1926. Having completed his secondary education at Assumption College, Kilmore, Frank joined the Carmelite Order in 1946. Ordained Priest in 1953 Frank attended Melbourne University along with other Carmelites preparing to expand the Order's ministry into the field of secondary education. During these years Frank drove the vision and practical strategies which led to the foundation of Whitefriars College, Donvale, Vic in 1961. With characteristic vision and energy he led the College as principal for the next 12 years. Towards the end of 1972 he was asked to be founding principal of Geoghegan College, Broadmeadows, Vic. - a new venture of the Archdiocese into co-educational senior secondary education. During a time of realignment of Catholic Education Frank was a significant player being, among other things, founding President of the Principals Association of Victorian Catholic Secondary Schools. As Prior Provincial of the Carmelites in Australia from 1979 to 1985 and again from 1997 to 2001, Frank especially encouraged the province's spirituality ministry, which he joined at Whitefriars Spirituality Centre, Donvale, in 1988, after completing training as a Spiritual Director. As parish Priest of Hilton, W.A. from 1989 to 1997, Frank was responsible for the building of a new Church and was outstanding in his pastoral leadership. He was also a member of the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia during that time. His later years (2001 � 2014) were spent in the Carmelite community and Parish of Coorparoo in Brisbane where he was particularly supportive of the Lay Carmelites. His final year was spent in the Middle Park community where, whilst assisting with the organisation of the Provincial Archives, Frank was as encouraging of and inspiring for our Carmelite students as he had been for many throughout his long and fruitful life. May this dedicated son of Elijah, Prophet of Carmel and Mary, Queen of Carmel, rest in peace.
24 Jul 2017	Rev Kevin Aloysius Penry SJ Read more Ordained 02/01/1964 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus Having been a Jesuit for 67 years and a priest for 53, Kevin Penry (84) died peacefully at Mary MacKillop Residence, Hawthorn East, after a long illness. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at CBC Parade and entered the Society of Jesus in 1950. During his formation he taught for three years at St Ignatius' College in Sydney and obtained an Arts degree from Melbourne University. He was ordained in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, in January 1964. After Tertianship in the USA, he studied catechetics in London for a year, before being assigned to St Ignatius' College Adelaide in the year its Athelstone campus opened. Kevin worked in a variety of ministries - schools, adult education, a parish, hospital chaplaincy, a seminary in Fiji, with homeless alcoholics at Corpus Christi Community Greenvale, helping care for senior Jesuits. He is best remembered as a spiritual director and retreat-giver. Many appreciated his guidance in the spiritual life, including lay people who owed their first retreat experience to him. He was a founding member of the Centre of Ignatian Spirituality at Pymble (Sydney) in 1976 and of the Victorian Christian Life Community Guiding Committee (later named Vic CLC Exco) in 1987. After a car accident in 2009, Kevin went from a very active life to one of increasing frailty and then total loss of independence. He arrived at a serene acceptance, a graced surrender in the spirit of the Suscipe prayer of St Ignatius. A man of deep, simple faith, his friendship with Jesus underpinned all his relationships. May he rest in peace.
25 Jul 1901	Rev Morgan O'Brien SJ Melbourne, etc
25 Jul 1901	Rev John Paul Pederzoli OFMCap Inverell, Bundarra, Palmers Island, Quirindi, NSW
25 Jul 1904	Rev Pierre Le Rennetel SM Sydney
25 Jul 1924	Rev Mgr Peter Meagher West Maitland, Newcastle, etc, NSW
25 Jul 1925	Rev Martin Hayes Sale dioc, Vic
25 Jul 1929	Rev John Peter O'Connell Archdiocese of Melbourne
25 Jul 1929	Rev Francis Carroll SJ Adelaide, etc
25 Jul 1951	Rev Edward Gell Ryde, etc, NSW
25 Jul 1953	Rev Maurice Boch SM Sydney
25 Jul 1978	Rev Jeremiah P O'Farrell Perth, Queen's Park, WA
25 Jul 1982	Rev William Moriarty Melbourne dioc
25 Jul 1987	Rev Laurence O'Neill SJ Merrylands, etc, NSW
25 Jul 1993	Rev Leo Grigg OFM Sydney, etc
25 Jul 1995	Rev John Patrick Burke Maitland-Newcastle dioc, NSW
25 Jul 1995	Rev Mgr John P O'Hea Sale dioc, Vic
25 Jul 1999	Rev Mgr John Bennett Dalby, Toowoomba Cathedral, Warwick, Goondiwindi, Killarney, Cambooya, Oakey, Quilpie, Dirranbandi, Clifton, Qld
25 Jul 2002	Rev Stanislaus Gaidelis Melbourne, etc
25 Jul 2003	Rev Edward Lynch SM Sydney, etc
25 Jul 2003	Rev Gonzalo Munoz SSS Melbourne, etc
25 Jul 2020	Rev Neville Dunne MSC Read more Born 07/07/1932; Ordained 25/07/1959; Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Born in Dalby Queensland on 8 July 1932, to a prayerful family who believed in God's love, Neville felt a calling to be a priest since primary school, encouraged mainly by his mother, the Annals and Saints Life stories. Inspired by the good example of friends and priests while studying at Downlands College, he eventually made the decision to be an MSC priest. Always wanting to work in foreign missions, he believed God granted his wish, as his first posting after Ordination in 1959 was to Papua New Guinea and it was there that he spent his entire ministry life for the next 60 years. His first mission in 1960 was as a teacher and headmaster in high schools in Sideia and Hagita. He was then appointed Parish Priest in Fergusson Island and then Vicar General, followed by Superior in Sideia and Alotau from 1980-1985. He was elected Pro-Provincial of the infant Papua New Guinea Province in 1986 and remained in that role until his term ended in 1992. For the next 25 years from 1993, he actively helped deepen the faith of the laity through retreats and directed seminars in charismatic renewal movements and Life in the Spirit seminars throughout the Rabaul area and at Chevalier Retreat Centre in PNG. May he rest in peace.
25 Jul 2020	Rev Thomas Keegan Read more Born: 13/04/1928 Ordained: 14/06/1953 Diocese of Toowoomba Thomas, one of nine children of parents John Keegan and Bridget (Daly), was born at Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath, Ireland and died peacefully at St Vincent's Care Services (Lourdes Home) Toowoomba. Thomas attended Ballinagore National School Primary School and completed his secondary school studies at St Mary's Christian Brothers School Mullingar and St Theresa's Carmelite College at Catlemartyr, Co Cork. He entered the seminary in 1948, studying at St Patrick's College in Thurles, Ireland. Thomas attended the seminary on a bursary provided by Bishop James Byrne, the first Bishop of the Toowoomba Diocese who had also studied at the seminary at Thurles. Thomas was ordained to the priesthood on 14 June 1953 by Archbishop Jeremiah Kinnane at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles. On 25 November 1953, he set off by sea to journey to Australia and start his ministry in the Toowoomba Diocese. He arrived in the Toowoomba Diocese on 7 January 1954 and over the following years became very well-travelled, spending time in the parishes of Warwick, Cathedral, Goondiwindi, St Theresa's Toowoomba, Chinchilla, Dalby, Pittsworth, Cunnamulla, Texas and Killarney. However, Holy Name Parish Toowoomba is where he spent an almost equal amount of time. He spent three years in the parish in the late 1960s, then returned in July 1987 where he remained until June 2016 when he moved to St Vincent's Care Services (Lourdes Home). Despite his time spent in Australia, Thomas always celebrated being Irish and kept a strong connection with his family. He is remembered for his hospitality, love of his parishioners and strength of faith. In all of my associations with Fr Keegan, I was in total awe of his tremendous faith in God, his zeal for the spread of the Gospel,' said Sr Margaret Noris, a long-time friend who spoke at the Vigil Service was held at St Patrick's Cathedral 30 July 2020, and Funeral Mass, also at St Patrick's Cathedral, was held 31 July 2020. May he rest in peace.
26 Jul 1907	Rev Charles F Collingridge Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
26 Jul 1912	Rev John Patrick Meagher Burwood, etc, NSW
26 Jul 1918	Rev Philip Landy Port Augusta, Mt. Barker, etc, SA
26 Jul 1935	Rev Edward Rooney Sandhurst dioc, Vic
26 Jul 1939	Rev Michael Foley Armidale dioc, NSW
26 Jul 1941	Rev Gerald Francis Corr SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
26 Jul 1948	Rev Michael Stapleton Charleville, Goodna, etc, Qld - Brisbane Diocese
26 Jul 1953	Rev Michael Reidy Northam, etc, WA
26 Jul 1953	Rev Thomas Roche CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
26 Jul 1954	Rev Patrick Matthew Clancy Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
26 Jul 1959	Rev Dominic James Fogarty OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
26 Jul 1962	Rev Declan Duggan Manangatang, Quambatook, etc, Vic
26 Jul 1962	Rev Brendan O'Hea CM Southport, Qld; Malvern, Vic
26 Jul 1970	Rev John Senan Moynihan Perth dioc
26 Jul 1977	Rev Patrick Tracy SJ Perth; Melbourne; Sydney
26 Jul 1979	Rev Thomas Keogh Neutral Bay, Daceyville, Gosford, Lewisham, Strathfield, Annandale, Pyrmont, Katoomba, Belmore, Riverstone, Pennant Hills, etc, NSW.
26 Jul 1985	Rev Owen Francis Daley Grafton, Bowraville, Dorrigo, etc, NSW
26 Jul 1994	Rev Daniel Francis Collier OFM Sydney, etc
26 Jul 1996	Rev Arnold Michael Hogan SJ Melbourne
26 Jul 1997	Rev Denis Halliday SD Engadine, Lysterfield, NSW; Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully, Vic
26 Jul 1997	Rev Basil Valentine OFM Melbourne, etc
26 Jul 2002	Rev Anthony Dal Bello CS Surry Hills, Dee Why, NSW
26 Jul 2014	Rev Christopher Kean MSC Born 13/04/1930; Ordained 07/02/1986. Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
26 Jul 2020	Rev Anton G Hesse Born 25/07/1930; Ordained 06/08/1955. Archdiocese of Perth.
26 Jul 2022	Rev Francis Ly Van Ca Born 21/01/1950; Ordained 01/12/1984. Archdiocese of Perth.
26 Jul 2023	Rev Desmond A Panton PE Born 12/07/1937; Ordained 21/07/1962. Archdiocese of Melbourne.
26 Jul 2023	Rev Lawrence Beath Born 13/09/1954; Ordained 12/08/1988. Diocese of Bathurst.
27 Jul 1876	Rev Patrick Murtagh Bathurst, Muswellbrook, Maitland, NSW
27 Jul 1901	Rev Patrick Duffy SJ Melbourne, etc
27 Jul 1940	Rev John J Troy Sydney dioc
27 Jul 1942	Rev Peter Smith Sydney dioc
27 Jul 1955	Rev James Patrick Lynch Mittagong, etc, NSW
27 Jul 1955	Rev Cyril Peyten SJ Sydney, etc
27 Jul 1957	Rev Denis Grogan CSsR Perth, etc
27 Jul 1977	Rev James McNamara SJ Melbourne, etc
27 Jul 1978	Rev John Kevin Kelly Cannon Hill, etc, Qld
27 Jul 1986	Rev Wilfrid Dew MSC Sydney, etc
27 Jul 2012	Rev Paul John Kane PE Read more Born 06/12/1926; Ordained for the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Paul died on the anniversary of his 60th Ordination to the priesthood. On Monday 23 July, when the priests of Victoria and Tasmania gathered to give thanks to God for the gift of priesthood and the service of the jubilarians, Paul was unable to be present. Bren Donohue PE, in toasting the jubilarians, acknowledged the absence of his friend and asked all present to remember him in prayer. Paul worked as a temporary Assistant Priest at Dandenong and East Kew and subsequently as Assistant Priest at Kilmore, South Yarra, West Preston and Essendon. He undertook a four year appointment as Chaplain to the Young Catholic Students' Association and then was appointed as the founding Parish Priest of North Fawkner, retiring after 36 years at the parish. The Pontifical Funeral Mass was celebrated at St Bede's Church, Nth Balwyn on Wednesday, 1 August 2012 followed by burial at the Priests' Crypt, Melbourne General Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
27 Jul 2015	Rev Geoffrey James Taylor PE Read more Date of Birth - 01/12/1926 Ordained - 15 August 1995 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Geoffrey was born in Adelaide on 1 December 1926. His Christian life commenced with the Methodist tradition later joining the Anglican Church. He later studied for the priesthood for the Anglican Archdiocese of Melbourne serving as a dedicated pastor for 42 years. After many years of discernment, prayer and reflection he sought full communion with the Catholic Church and later was ordained as Catholic priest on 15 August 1995. He served as Assistant Priest at St Joseph's, Brunswick West until his retirement on 31 December 2000. Geoffrey was a man of prayer, nourished by the daily rhythm of the Word and the sacramental life of the Church. Mindful of his ecumenical journey of faith he remained a steadfast companion and friend to many whom he had accompanied throughout his devoted and faithful years of ministry. Geoffrey enjoyed a happy retirement at Justin Villa and in more recent years was deeply grateful for the kind attention he received from the staff of St Catherine's.
27 Jul 2021	Rev Russel Morison CSsR Born 17/08/1924: Ordained 04/09/1949. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
27 Jul 2021	Rev Deacon Nicholas Kerr Read more Born 26/03/1940. Ordained 12/09/2009. Archdiocese of Adelaide. Nick was a leader as a lay person and as a Deacon in the fields of communication, pastoral ministry and support for the African communities and as the current Chairman of the National Association of Deacons. He was an award-winning journalist who wrote and edited religious publications including�The Southern Cross�and the Uniting Church's�New Times�for many years. Pope John Paul II knighted him (Knight of St Sylvester) for his work in religious journalism and he was also presented the Gutenberg Award for excellence by the Australasian Religious Press Association. He will be grieved by all who knew and loved him, but our hearts and prayers go first to Eveleen and their children Christian and Mariot. � May he rest in peace.
28 Jul 1879	Rev Patrick Kehoe Penola, etc, SA
28 Jul 1887	Rev Patrick J Kelly Bourke, Wentworth, Bingara, Tenterfield, NSW
28 Jul 1918	Rev Francis N Brennan Sydney, etc, NSW
28 Jul 1919	Rev James Taylor SM Sydney
28 Jul 1931	Rev James Flood OSB New Norcia WA
28 Jul 1935	Rev Joseph E King East Brunswick, etc, Vic; Bowen, Rockhampton, Ravenswood, Qld
28 Jul 1939	Rev Michael MacNamara Sydney dioc
28 Jul 1958	Rev Joseph Bischofs Broome dioc, WA
28 Jul 1962	Rev Augustine Ortega OSB New Norcia, WA
28 Jul 1964	Bishop Joseph Basil Roper Warracknabeal, Ballarat, Vic; Toowoomba, Qld
28 Jul 1967	Rev Francis W Lombard Northcote, Clayton, etc, Vic
28 Jul 1971	Rev John R Boylen SJ Perth, WA; Kew, Vic, etc
28 Jul 1979	Rev Michael Henry Blayney, Portland, etc, NSW
28 Jul 1981	Rev Michael O'Mahoney SJ Melbourne; Adelaide
28 Jul 1987	Rev Joseph Caldwell SDS Bellevue, Broome, WA; Townsville, Qld
28 Jul 1989	Rev Michael John Dunne Adelaide dioc
28 Jul 1995	Rev Alan Carr Robinson Moss Vale, etc, NSW
28 Jul 1995	Rev Alan Robinson Forest Lodge, Tempe, Moss Vale, Narooma, Dapto, Kiama, etc, NSW
28 Jul 2003	Archbishop Franco Brambilla Canberra, ACT
28 Jul 2004	Rev Raymond Lyons Bardon, Qld
28 Jul 2008	Rev Thomas D'Souza SDB Adelaide, Brunswick, Vic
28 Jul 2019	Rev John Thornhill SM Ordained 30/10/1955 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
29 Jul 1900	Rev Francis O'Donohoe Maitland dioc, Wee Waa, NSW
29 Jul 1927	Rev John Phillip Lowham CSsR Casterton, Vic, etc
29 Jul 1942	Rev Alexander May Ascot Vale, etc, Vic
29 Jul 1959	Abbot D Anselm M Catalan OSB New Norcia, WA
29 Jul 1959	Rev Thomas Elliott Oakleigh, etc, Vic
29 Jul 1976	Rev Peter O'Shannassy Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria
29 Jul 1984	Rev Stephen Wellington Launceston, Tas; Perth, WA, etc
29 Jul 1988	Rev Timothy Casey Hobart dioc, Tas
29 Jul 1992	Rev Brian Murphy SJ Werribee, Hawthorn, Vic; Sydney; Sandy Bay, Tas, etc
29 Jul 1994	Rev Michael Murphy Sale dioc, Vic
29 Jul 1998	Rev Michael Hilary Timbs CSsR
29 Jul 2000	Rev Francis Stanislaus Flynn MSC Alice Springs, Darwin, NT
29 Jul 2000	Rev Ferdinand Fuhlendorf Parramatta, Maroubra, Lithgow, Pymble, Wentworthville, Enfield, Moruya, NSW
29 Jul 2006	Rev Dominic William Meese OP
29 Jul 2020	Rev Jim Shelton Born 16/06/1933. Ordained 03/06/2000. Archdiocese of Perth.
30 Jul 1894	Rev Achille Emile Joseph Lemire CSSp Maryborough, Portland, etc, Vic
30 Jul 1894	Rev Edmund Walsh Sydney, etc.
30 Jul 1956	Rev Ramiro Ausejo OSB New Norcia, WA
30 Jul 1966	Rev Alexander Eysymontt Sydney dioc
30 Jul 1974	Rev Daniel H Hurley SM Sydney
30 Jul 1980	Rev Thomas Thaddeus Garvey Stuart, Ayr, Cathedral, Charters Towers, Currajong - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
30 Jul 1985	Rev Kevin Stanislaus Lum Gosford, etc, NSW
30 Jul 1985	Rev Thomas Ormonde MSC Sydney, etc
30 Jul 1988	Rev Eugene Noel O'Sullivan OP
30 Jul 1999	Rev John Ramsay SJ Melbourne; Sydney
30 Jul 2004	Rev Cecil Smith SJ North Sydney, etc
30 Jul 2012	Rev Gaetano Nanni OMI Read more Born 03/09/1919; Ordained 3 May 1942 in Italy - Oblate Fathers. The Australian Oblate Province is mourning the loss of its longest-serving priest, Gaetano Nanni OMI who died in Fremantle, WA at the age of 93. Born in Marsi, Italy, in 1919, Gaetano entered the Oblate Junior Seminary at Santa Maria � Vico at 16 years of age, taking First Vows in 1937 at the Oblate Scholasticate in Ripalimosani and was ordained by Bishop Rostagno at San Giorgio Scholasticate on May 3, 1943. Gaetano arrived in Fremantle, WA, in 1951 where he worked closely with the Italian community in the Oblate parishes of Fremantle and Karragullen. In 1960 he became the first non-Irish or Australian parish priest of St Patrick's Basilica in Fremantle. The appointment proved to be a popular one as Gaetano carried out three successive terms there as Parish Priest. In 1977 he was appointed PP for the Parish of West Perth where he worked for 10 years. In 1999, the Perth City Council recognised his significant contribution when the adjacent city square was officially named Piazza Nanni' by the then Government Minister of Planning. Another 11 year appointment as PP at Carilla in Perth followed before Gaetano rejoined the Fremantle community at St Patrick's as chaplain to the Italian community � a role he continued in up to his death. In October each year, Gaetano also played a key role in the Blessing of the Fleet, an important religious and civic tradition that was introduced to Fremantle Harbour in 1948 by a group of Italian fishermen. In 2001 he was presented with a certificate of honour by the Italian Consul, on behalf of the Italian Government, to commemorate his 50 years of work in Australia. He was also due to receive an Order of Australia until the authorities discovered he wasn't an Australian citizen! In May 2012 Gaetano was presented with a plaque from retiring Archbishop of Perth, Barry Hickey, in commemoration of his remarkable 69 years of priestly service and their 60 years of personal friendship. Described as a dedicated, hard-working priest with genuine compassion for people, particularly the sick, Gaetano was also regarded as a happy, humane and humble priest who had a ready sense of humour, well-loved by the close-knit Fremantle Oblate community, the Italian community and throughout the diocese of Perth.Gaetano was farewelled at a concelebrated Requiem Mass led by Australian Oblate Provincial, Harry Dyer OMI at St Patrick's Basilica on Tuesday 7 August 2012. Rest in peace Gaetano.
30 Jul 2017	Rev Christopher Schick Read more Born 10/04/1958; Ordained 01/07/1982 Diocese of Rockhampton Mourners of all ages were packed shoulder to shoulder in the touching funeral for Father Chris Schick who died after a short battle with cancer. More than 1000 people, who had been blessed by Fr Schick at some point in their life, came to show their respects at St Joseph's Cathedral in Rockhampton. The warm glow of lanterns lit up the packed church. The service was also streamed to a large screen outside the cathedral for the many unable to get inside. As the cathedral bells rang, Fr Schick's coffin was carried inside with a procession of fellow priests from the Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton following. A beautiful scene of Australia's outback was delicately painted on one side of the coffin depicting gum trees and arid land. On the other side was the peaceful view of the ocean looking over the Keppels. Loved ones had also shared touching inscriptions alongside the artwork. Bishop Michael McCarthy led the crowd in song as Fr Schick's coffin was guided down the aisle before laying several honours on top including a joyful photo of Fr Schick, the Bible and a bouquet of stunning native flowers. Bishop McCarthy honoured Fr Schick's short battle with cancer and expressed his sorrow on behalf of the Diocese for his family. �We have received tremendous outpouring of sympathy and praise for Chris,� he said. He embraced every challenge and immersed himself in the people. We have lost a priest, friend, brother and wonderful human-being.' Bishop McCarthy shared Fr Schick's story capturing his love of football. He said Fr Schick was one of the toughest players to grace the region's footy fields and he was also fitter than most. Bishop McCarthy highlighted Fr Schick's ability to tell a good yarn' and his love of motor bikes. He always did everything with a flair,' he said. What you see was what you got with Chris. Farewell Chris, may you be enjoying life with all the angels and saints and your mum and dad; RIP.' Rest now in peace dear Chris.
30 Jul 2021	Rev Francis P O'Shea CSsR Born 09/09/1925; Ordained 1952. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
31 Jul 1878	Rev Antoine Joseph Seon SM Sydney
31 Jul 1884	Rev Louis Rozet SM Sydney
31 Jul 1903	Rev Michael J Patterson Southport, etc, Qld
31 Jul 1946	Rev John Biloni SDB Sunbury, Brunswick, Vic; Brooklyn Park. SA
31 Jul 1952	Rev Gerald Fitzpatrick Frankston, etc, Vic
31 Jul 1955	Rev Mgr James Aylward Mt. Barker, etc, SA
31 Jul 1973	Rev John Joseph Curtain Sandhurst dioc, Vic
31 Jul 1974	Rev Martin Bronislaw Chrostowski OP
31 Jul 1975	Rev John Fazekas SJ Sydney; Perth, etc
31 Jul 1986	Rev Roddy Grealish SSC Turramurra, NSW, etc
31 Jul 1987	Rev Maurice Duffy Bendigo, Kennington, Shepparton, Melbourne, Mooroopna, Vic; Banyo, Qld
31 Jul 1989	Rev William Howard Taylor CM Medina, Kwinana, WA; Rockhampton, Southport, Ashmore, Qld; Ashfield, NSW
31 Jul 1995	Rev Anthony Portela Brisbane dioc, Qld
31 Jul 1996	Rev John Stanislaus McCarter Newport, Coburg, Noble Park, Heidelberg, Healesville, Sale dioc, Vic
31 Jul 2002	Rev Leonard Forster SJ Sydney, etc
31 Jul 2002	Rev John Hooper OP
31 Jul 2014	Rev Michael Sheehy PE Read more Born 29/08/1927; Ordained for Archdiocese of Melbourne on 06/06/1954 in Carlow, Ireland. Michael Mick' Sheehy PE died in the care of the Sisters of Nazareth, Camberwell in the sixtieth year of his priesthood. Michael, who was born in Kilcara, Duagh, Kilmorna Ireland, studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Carlow, as a student for the Archdiocese of Melbourne and was ordained by Archbishop Keogh on 6 June 1954 in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow. On 20 December 1954 the young Fr Sheehy received a letter advising him that he was to commence his supply in the parish of St. John's, East Melbourne �over Christmas and the New Year�. In January 1955 Michael received his first appointment as Assistant Priest in Northcote followed by appointments to Kyneton (1958), Kew (1965), St. Kilda West (1967), Preston East (1967), then as Parish Priest of Healesville (1969), Heidelberg (1971) and Doncaster 5 May 1979 until his retirement 22 July 2009. One of his referees writing to Monsignor Fox VG in 1949 described Michael Sheehy as coming from an excellent farming family' and it would seem Mick never lost his love of the land. His days in the parish of Kyneton allowed him once again to place his hands in the soil and he was known to have raised a sheep or two . He was in many ways the farmer of faith' in all the parishes he served. He was a kind, diligent, encouraging and good pastor to his people. He was also entrepreneurial and able to achieve great things with his people. The Church of St Gregory the Great itself is a reflection of how Michael Sheehy was able to fashion in bricks and mortar a place of beauty where God's people could bring their joys, hopes and suffering before the God - the source of all beauty. His evident love of liturgy, prayerfulness and generous service to the people of Doncaster for over thirty years were acknowledged by many as he entered retirement to Justin Villa in 2009 and later to the care of Nazareth House. We join in thanking God for Michael Sheehy and for his sixty years of priestly witness and service to the priests and people of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. We remember with gratitude all those who left Ireland with hearts of faith to tend the fields of Melbourne. May the Good Shepherd lead him gently into paradise. May he rest in peace.
31 Jul 2018	Rev John F O'Doherty OMI Read more Born 27/04/1934; Ordained 22/07/1967 Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate John was born in Brisbane in 1934, and celebrated his 51 years of priesthood this year. He loved being a priest, a missionary, every day of those 51 years. Big John (as he was affectionately called) was also called ' the gentle giant'. He was also called Johnno and Jack. John had passion for certain things: he loved the ocean, the waves, swimming, sailing. He loved sports of all kind especially football, and even in his years in Indonesia he would try to see the live broadcast or a replay. John devoured bananas for breakfast, lunch and dinner! His greatest passion was his Oblate priesthood. He approached all his ministries with enthusiasm and creativity. He was pastor in Dernancourt, then Novice Master. His love for the mission in Indonesia lead him to learn the language and culture and then volunteer to help the mission. He was there for 27 years, as pastor in Cilacap, in Cengkareng and involved in formation ministry. His guidance to the novices and students was simple, clear, some might say rigid, and precise. His guidance in spirituality was faithfulness in prayer and action. John was a reader, he was a people's person. Even though he was very tall and big he was approachable, willing to listen. He was joyful, out-going, kind and sociable and so in return he was liked and loved. May he now rest in peace.
Aug	Rev Edward Kelly Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Aug	Rev Daniel Kerrin Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Aug 1866	Rev Patrick Verling Melbourne dioc
Aug 1924	Rev Clement Cain CP Sydney, etc
Aug 1927	Rev Thomas? Carrick Sydney dioc
Aug 2005	Rev Christopher Coenan OPraem Sydney, etc
1 Aug 1894	Rev Michael Phelan Launceston, Tas; Brisbane
1 Aug 1908	Rev Edmund Vaughan CSsR Singleton, Waratah, NSW
1 Aug 1936	Rev Mgr Patrick Verling Subiaco, etc, WA
1 Aug 1953	Rev James O'Malley Melbourne dioc
1 Aug 1957	Rev Mgr Edward J Flanagan Bathurst, Kelso, Mudgee, etc, NSW
1 Aug 1960	Rev John Fern Wood Melbourne, Sandhurst, Vic
1 Aug 1965	Rev William D Evans Sydney dioc
1 Aug 1968	Rev Nicholas Kopiakiwski CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
1 Aug 1976	Rev John Carpenter SJ Melbourne; Sydney; Adelaide
1 Aug 1983	Rev Patrick Morgan SJ Sydney, Melbourne; Adelaide.
1 Aug 1984	Rev Ross J O'Reilly Cunderdin, Armadale, East Cannington, North Beach, etc, WA
1 Aug 1994	Rev William Dunphy CSsR Sydney, etc
1 Aug 1995	Rev Mgr Michael Francis Lane Corowa, Urana, Henty, etc, NSW
1 Aug 2001	Rev Basil Nolan Brisbane dioc
1 Aug 2005	Rev Thomas William Foynes Melbourne dioc
1 Aug 2006	Rev Leo Kearns Born 29/12/1920.
1 Aug 2007	Rev John Crowe CSsR Born 26/12/1918; Ordained 09/09/1945.
1 Aug 2007	Rev Thomas McEvoy Born 15/04/1911.
1 Aug 2013	Rev Patrick Claver Hickey SSC Read more Born 20/04/1930 - Columban Fathers. Pat died from a heart attack at the Epworth Hospital, Melbourne. His death took the Columban community by surprise since it was unexpected. Pat's life as a Columban missionary priest could be divided into three sections. The first section from 1958 to 1979 was the 21 years he spent in the Southern Philippines on the island of Mindanao. He returned there briefly before being appointed to the Australian and New Zealand Region. Pat's years in the Philippines were like those of many Columban priests, focused on building up the local Catholic Church. The next phase of Pat's life was as Regional Bursar in the Australia and New Zealand Region from 1983-1988. Following this he spent a few years in Perth and Melbourne. The third stage involved ministry in South Australia in the Diocese of Port Pirie where he was parish priest of Quorn/Carrieton, Minnipa and finally in Streaky Bay in 2002. Later that year Pat retired to the community in Essendon where he was a loved member. May he rest in peace.
1 Aug 2017	Rev Robert Carden OFM Born 1928 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
2 Aug 1860	Rev Daniel Laurence MacEvey OCD Melbourne, Port Fairy, etc, Vic
2 Aug 1868	Rev Michael Burke Stanley, Burnie, Ross, etc, Tas
2 Aug 1881	Rev James Casey Dubbo, etc, NSW
2 Aug 1915	Rev J Charles Haendl SJ Kooringal, Sevenhill, etc, SA
2 Aug 1926	Rev Gerard Castaranes OSB New Norcia, WA
2 Aug 1929	Rev Wolodymyr Krayewski CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
2 Aug 1940	Rev James Rabitte SJ Sydney, etc
2 Aug 1942	Rev Mgr Thomas Lane Melbourne; Brisbane
2 Aug 1944	Rev Thomas Monaghan Deloraine, Launceston, etc, Tas
2 Aug 1955	Rev Ernest Martin CM Rockhampton, Qld; Malvern, Vic, etc
2 Aug 1955	Rev Patrick O'Doherty Brisbane dioc
2 Aug 1975	Rev Peter Diepstraten OSA Brisbane
2 Aug 1975	Rev Norman Duck Wagga dioc, NSW
2 Aug 1983	Rev Alan Ross O'Brien Pinnaroo, etc, SA
2 Aug 1993	Rev Thomas Sidney Dixon Sydney dioc
2 Aug 1995	Rev Kevin Flanagan Cairns, Ravenshoe, Gulf Country, Babinda, Herberton, Malanda, Stratford, Qld
2 Aug 2003	Rev James Brawley SDB Port Pirie, SA; Chadstone, Bairnsdale, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA
2 Aug 2004	Rev Peter Philip Creede CM
2 Aug 2012	Rev Barry Kirby OFM Read more Born 24/02/1941; Ordained 10/07/1965 - Franciscan Friars. Barry was born at Waverley NSW, the only child of William and Phyllis Kirby. He joined the friars in 1958, was professed in 1959, solemnly professed in 1962 and ordained in 1965. Barry's main apostolate was in education and after completing his teacher training at Oakhill College, Castle Hill (1966) he was appointed as a teacher at Padua College. This was where he spent a large portion of his ministry. During 1969-73 he did part-time study and obtained a B Ed at Queensland University. Following three years as Provincial Vocation Director Barry returned to Padua as vice-rector, becoming rector in 1984 until 1989. Barry's contribution to the development of Padua and his leadership will be remembered with one of the new college houses being named Kirby House. When told this news Barry was very happy that the name Kirby will be remembered for generations of future Paduans. After an awe-inspiring battle to remain an engaged member of his Franciscan community, Barry died at 12.20 am on the Feast of Mary of the Angels. Over recent months Barry has confounded many with his will to live, and his great desire to be with the friars. When visited the night before his death Barry was ready to let go' after what he termed �a wonderful life with the friars�. The sadness in losing a brother must be tempered with our faith in the Resurrection and the assurance that Barry is at peace with his Lord and Master whom he served so faithfully. Rest in peace now dear Barry.
2 Aug 2015	Rev Patrick M Boyle OSM Born 07/03/1930; Ordained 08/07/1956 Servite Friars - Order of Servants of Mary
2 Aug 2018	Rev Eugene McGrath Read more Born 18/12/1929. Ordained 13/03/1954. Archdiocese of Perth. Eugene McGrath enjoyed a colourful pastoral ministry across the span of 64 years in the Archdiocese of Perth. Raised in County Kerry, south-west Ireland, he was the youngest of 10 children to Eugene and Margaret, farming parents who provided the family with a remarkable and lifelong gift of faith. Four of his sisters have been religious sisters dispersed throughout the world. Before entering the Pontifical Irish College seminary in Rome, Eugene attended St Brendan's College in Killarney. 11 months after his ordination on 13 March 1954, Eugene arrived in Perth at the invitation of Archbishop Redmond Prendiville and was appointed Assistant Priest at Queen's Park Parish. From 1959 to 1967, he served as Priest-in-charge of Boulder, Assistant Priest at Northam, and Assistant Priest at Subiaco. From 1967 to 1976 he was Parish Priest of Kellerberrin Rockingham and from 1976 to 1990 he was Parish Priest of Guildford, Manning, Bruce Rock and 1991 Merredin. In April 1994 Eugene was appointed Parish Priest of Belmont-Redcliffe until his retirement from parish ministry. He then became Chaplain to the Little Sisters of the Poor for four years, and then became a resident for eight years until his death. Away from the religious scene, Eugene was a great follower of Gaelic football - enjoying attending games with his brother and nephews when visiting Ireland - and was a West Coast Eagles supporter for many years. Rest now in peace Eugene.
2 Aug 2020	Rev Antony Campbell SJ Read more Born 24/08/1934 Ordained 29/07/1967 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus There is a stereotype of people from New Zealand's South Island as homely, bluff, rugged and plain-speaking people who abhor hypocrisy and call a spade a shovel. A colourful, boisterous character, Antony Campbell did nothing to dispel this. Born and schooled in New Zealand, he crossed the Tasman after high school to join the Jesuits at the start of 1954. After some experience teaching secondary school students, he studied Classical and Semitic languages at Melbourne University before moving to Lyons for theology. He furthered his interest in Old Testament with a biennium in Rome and a PhD in Claremont, California. He taught briefly in Berkeley before returning to Australia. Back in Melbourne, Tony joined the community and faculty at Jesuit Theological College, which was still in its early years, and quickly became a force to be reckoned with, modernising the awards taught and preparing new curricula. The idea of an ecumenical theologate was still relatively new and much of his work, first as dean of studies and then as academic principal, involved both ensuring high standards in the new institution (part of the ecumenical Melbourne College of Divinity) and reassuring ecclesiastical authorities at home and abroad of its standards and orthodoxy. A night owl, Tony wrote voluminously - 14 books on his own and three in collaboration with his close friend, the Dominican Old Testament scholar, Mark O'Brien. He rapidly established himself as a world specialist in the historical books'. He also wrote a great deal on the Pentateuch, on Job and on literary aspects of Old Testament scholarship. Tony brought all the rigour of the new disciplines of text criticism and literary analysis to his work and dispatched generations of accumulated sacred cows in Old Testament scholarship. Probably most controversially this included the sources theory of the composition of the Pentateuch. Beyond his immense scholarship, Tony sought to integrate the spiritual and pastoral with the academic. His book God First Loved Us is a meditation on the nature of God revealed in both life and Scripture. A man acquainted with sorrow and loss (a brother died in childhood), he had no time for philosophical or Scriptural theories divorced from the messy reality of humanity. He was a gifted spiritual director. When Tony was granted Emeritus status upon retirement from teaching in late 2009, a testimonial document said in part: �His teaching has combined evocation and provocation in the best sense of those terms. He has mentored research students with scholarly exactitude and personal care. He has published books of the highest scholarly quality, of engaging readability, and of passionate conviction�. Growing ill health forced Tony to leave the theologate in 2008. Initially, he moved to Campion House, which cares for senior Jesuits in Melbourne, then to Nazareth House nursing home in Camberwell, where he died at the age of 85. May he rest in peace.
2 Aug 2021	Rev Eusebius Petar Mak OFM Born 09/02/1932; Ordained 29/06/1958. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor.
2 Aug 2023	Rev Francis Smith CSsR Born 20/11/1944; Ordained 16/03/1969. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
3 Aug 1839	Rev Philip Conolly Sydney; Hobart
3 Aug 1880	Canon Raffaele Martelli Ordained in Ancona (Italy) in 1834; Met Rosendo Salvado in Italy in 1851 and sailed to WA with him. Worked in Perth, Fremantle and nearby settlements from 1853-1880. Buried at New Norcia.
3 Aug 1881	Rev Daniel A J (Neil) O'Keefe Brisbane dioc; Armidale dioc, NSW
3 Aug 1883	Rev John Forrest Sydney etc, NSW
3 Aug 1901	Rev Jean Francois Restre SM Sydney
3 Aug 1918	Rev Denis Aloysius McGrath Rockley, etc, Bathurst dioc, NSW
3 Aug 1924	Rev William O'Dwyer Ballarat, Vic; Stanley, Kingston, Tas
3 Aug 1930	Rev Charles Peeters MSC Sydney
3 Aug 1940	Rev William Edward Fitzgerald Newtown, etc, NSW
3 Aug 1957	Rev Arthur Edward O'Brien Bathurst dioc, NSW
3 Aug 1965	Rev John Cerutti SDB Sunbury, Brunswick, Vic; Engadine, NSW
3 Aug 1967	Rev Patrick Lyons Melbourne, etc
3 Aug 1967	Rev Mgr Lynam Julius O'Reilly Manilla, Moree, etc, NSW
3 Aug 1968	Rev Charles Mulcahy Maryborough, Charlton, etc, Vic
3 Aug 1983	Rev Xavier Bates CP Sydney; Hobart; Oxley, Qld; Highton, Vic, etc
3 Aug 1984	Rev Edward Anthony Rooney Rockhampton dioc, Qld
3 Aug 1990	Rev Eugene Perez OSB New Norcia, Perth, WA
3 Aug 1990	Rev Francis Wallace CSsR Perth; Melbourne, etc
3 Aug 2001	Rev John Corcoran Wallis Hobart dioc
3 Aug 2003	Rev Joseph Patrick McCann OMI Camberwell, Mulgrave, Vic; Hillcrest, Tea Tree Gully, SA; Fremantle, WA
3 Aug 2006	Rev Gordon Jackson SSC Essendon, Vic; Bexley, North Turramurra, NSW
3 Aug 2012	Rev Frederick Sullivan CSsR Born 29/02/1916; Ordained 22/02/1942
3 Aug 2014	His Eminence Edward B Cardinal Clancy DD AC Born 13/12/1923; Ordained 23/07/1949
3 Aug 2017	Rev John Ryan Born 09/03/1936; Ordained 18/08/1978 Archdiocese of Perth
3 Aug 2017	Rev John Kevin McKenna OP Read more Born 09/09/1932; Ordained 08/12/1958 Dominicans - Order of Preachers John Kevin McKenna OP (commonly known as Jack') was born in Melbourne and grew up in the shade of St Dominic's Church Camberwell, attending St Dominic's Primary School and St Kevin's College Toorak. In 1949, he entered the Dominicans as a co-operator brother, taking the religious name of John Masias. After some years, he undertook a new novitiate and studied for the priesthood, being ordained at St Dominic's on 8 December 1958 along with his younger brother, Terence. His first posting was in 1961 to Blackfriars Priory School Adelaide as Grade VI teacher and school bursar. A few years later, he became curate in Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Watson, noted for his work with youth. However, in 1968, his oft-repeated desire was fulfilled. He was sent to the new Dominican mission in the Diocese of Gizo, Solomon Islands. There he ministered at Nila, Sirovanga and Moli, but found his niche in looking after the Kiribati people in and around Wagina Island and at Nusubaruka (Gizo). He was a practical and versatile man, building a church and a ship, fluent in many local languages principally Kiribati (amazing for a man who had struggled to learn Latin), helping to create Kiribati liturgy, a community builder and well versed in the culture and dance of the Kiribati people. He �left his heart� among the Kiribati people. In his last years in the Solomons, John lived in the novitiate community at Loga, where he had a great love for the novices, and served as a model for them of missionary life. Only ill health forced him to return to Australia, where he celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest in 2008. Jack died peacefully at Nazareth House, Camberwell on the feast of St Dominic, 3 August, 2017. May he rest in peace.
3 Aug 2021	Rev Peter Caruana Born 20/06/1945; Ordained 15/08/1970. Diocese of Wollongong.
3 Aug 2023	Rev Peter Joseph Dunn Born 05/12/1944; Ordained 01/08/1973. Archdiocese of Adelaide.
3 Aug 2023	Rev Terence Mahedy Born 04/10/1940; Ordained 23/09/1988. Diocese of Wagga Wagga.
3 Aug 2024	Rev Hilary Flynn Born: 04/03/1940 Ordained: 29/06/1964 Diocese of Cairns
4 Aug 1888	Rev Simon Carew Kapunda, Mt. Gambier, SA
4 Aug 1904	Rev Stephen Nichol OMI Fremantle, WA
4 Aug 1934	Rev William Moylan Bathurst dioc, NSW
4 Aug 1947	Rev Mgr Francis Burton Wilston, etc, Qld
4 Aug 1953	Rev Raphael Pace Kalamunda, South Perth, etc, WA
4 Aug 1962	Rev Peter Diachyshyn Sydney
4 Aug 1962	Rev Henry Norman Gilman Melbourne dioc
4 Aug 1970	Rev Alphonsus Foley CP Sydney; Hobart, etc
4 Aug 1975	Rev Vincent Francis Folkes Sydney, etc
4 Aug 1980	Rev George Scherri SSP Brunswick, Vic, etc
4 Aug 1981	Rev James Michael McCarthy Kalgoorlie, Wagin, Manjimup, Mt. Barker, WA
4 Aug 1985	Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas Bendigo, Vic; Geraldton, WA
4 Aug 1997	Rev John Francis Honner Adelaide dioc
4 Aug 1998	Rev John Christopher Relihan Ballina, Murwillumbah, Kempsey, Smithtown, Lismore, Casino, NSW
4 Aug 1999	Rev Oderic Fathers OFM Brisbane; Sydney, etc
4 Aug 1999	Rev Rudolf (Rudy) Hoffman Darwin, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy, NT
4 Aug 2009	Rev Joseph O'Brien MSC Born 21/09/1920; Ordained 25/08/1973.
4 Aug 2012	Rev Patrick O'Connell Born 16/12/1923; Diocese of Wagga Wagga
5 Aug 1851	Rev Claude Andre Baty SM Sydney
5 Aug 1907	Rev Adolf Kristen SJ Sydney; Darwin; Jamestown, SA
5 Aug 1921	Rev Joseph Patrick Sexton Tamworth, NSW
5 Aug 1930	Rev James O'Sullivan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
5 Aug 1930	Rev Alphonsus Tehan Sandhurst dioc, V
5 Aug 1938	Rev John M Kelly Manly, Haymarket, Lewisham, NSW
5 Aug 1958	Rev Denis Nerney SJ Sydney, etc
5 Aug 1973	Rev William James Gelby Wagga, etc, NSW
5 Aug 1977	Rev Patrick Joseph Archbold Mt. Druitt, Auburn, Pennant Hills, etc, NSW
5 Aug 1982	Rev John Costanzo SDB Engadine, NSW, etc
5 Aug 1994	Rev Mgr William Batchelor Sandhurst dioc, Vic; Launceston, Tas
5 Aug 2006	Rev Joseph Brady MSC Born 02/12/1919; Ordained 22/07/1945; Melbourne; Sydney; Hobart, etc.
5 Aug 2007	Rev Mgr John P Kelly Born 28/11/1917; Ordained 25/07/1940; Canberra, Bombala, Braidwood, Garran, NSW and ACT.
5 Aug 2012	Rev Mgr Leo G Grant Born 25/01/1917; Ordained 26/07/1943; Diocese of Bathurst.
5 Aug 2018	Rev John Van Suylen Born 10/12/1939; Ordained 24/07/1965 Archdiocese of Melbourne
5 Aug 2018	Rev Paul Cooney SM Born 16/03/1953; Ordained 03/06/1978 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
5 Aug 2019	Rev Peter Frederick Schultz Read more Born 26/04/1961; Ordained 24/01/1990 Diocese of Toowoomba. Peter was born in Wangaratta, Victoria on 26 April 1961 to parents Patricia (Caldwell) and John Schultz. He is preceded in death by his father and survived by his mother, brother Gregory and sisters Catherine and Leanne. Peter's early education was in Victoria, attending primary and secondary schools in Wangaratta, East Brunswick and St Kilda. He commenced his study for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College, Clayton in 1979, later moving to the Pius XII Seminary at Banyo in 1985. Peter was ordained to the priesthood on 24 January 1990 by Bishop Edward Kelly at St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba. Continuing his study, Peter obtained a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University Leuven in 2001. Peter spent time in various places across the Diocese of Toowoomba as well as holding a variety of diocesan ministry positions. He spent time at Warwick, Cunnamulla, Cambooya and Helidon, and was available as a supply priest from 2010 onwards taking him to many more communities. Peter was also Vocations and Youth Ministry directors, both positions held for most of the mid-1990s. He was part of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission since 1996 and the Diocesan Tribunal since 2001. Peter was appointed Diocesan Chancellor in 2014. On 13 August 2019, St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba, was filled with family, friends, clergy and parishioners to farewell and celebrate his life. May he now rest in peace.
5 Aug 2021	Rev Daniel Carroll Born 12/02/1936; Ordained 29/06/1960. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
6 Aug 1860	Rev John H Dale Melbourne dioc
6 Aug 1860	Rev Bernard Daley Sydney
6 Aug 1869	Rev John McGirr Daylesford, Creswick, Tarraville, etc, Vic
6 Aug 1869	Rev Bartholomew Hyacinth Power OP Geelong, Ballarat, Vic, etc
6 Aug 1876	Rev William Hely Rockhampton, Qld; Sandhurst, Vic
6 Aug 1895	Rev Patrick F Maloney Armidale, Tenterfield, NSW
6 Aug 1898	Rev Michael Flanagan Kiama, Surry Hills, Bingara, Emmaville, NSW
6 Aug 1915	Rev James E Colgan SJ North Sydney; Hawthorn, Vic
6 Aug 1918	Rev Brian L Condren Melbourne dioc
6 Aug 1919	Rev Mgr Martin William Gilleran Hobart, Latrobe, Tas
6 Aug 1919	Rev Francis Hills SM Sydney
6 Aug 1919	Rev Bernard Joseph Mahoney Wollongong dioc, NSW
6 Aug 1923	Rev Seraphim Mullan OFM
6 Aug 1926	Rev Anthony Boyle CM Ashfield, Balmain, etc, NSW
6 Aug 1944	Jean (Jude) Louis Rigard SM Hunters Hill, NSW
6 Aug 1949	Rev Michael Flannery Williamstown, etc, Vic
6 Aug 1959	Rev Thomas McCarthy SM Sydney, etc
6 Aug 1966	Rev Arthur Joseph O'Keeffe Rosalie, etc, Qld
6 Aug 1970	Rev Thomas Glynn Hamilton, Inglewood, Ballarat, etc, Vic
6 Aug 1970	Rev Augustine Hobrecht OFM
6 Aug 1971	Rev James Vincent O'Byrne OSA Tully, Mareeba Innisfail, Herberton, Babinda, Qld; Echuca, Vic
6 Aug 1982	Rev Michael Bourke Dungog, etc, NSW
6 Aug 1982	Rev Mgr Thomas McNevin Veech Manly, Springwood, NSW
6 Aug 1994	Rev Frank McKinlay Banyo, Maryborough, Cleveland, Qld
6 Aug 1998	Rev John McEntee Ferntree Gully, Broadmeadows, Geelong East, Preston West, Vic (or August 8)
6 Aug 1999	Rev John Kovac SVD
6 Aug 2004	Rev Thomas John Connolly Bondi, Ashbury, Springwood, Manly, Sydney, NSW
6 Aug 2009	Rev Leonard Bibo Born 11/10/1928; Cairns Diocese, QLD
6 Aug 2011	Rev Christopher Sheehy Read more Born 10/06/1948; Date of Ordination: 20/10/1973 for the Archdiocese of Sydney. Chris Sheehy, a Sydney priest well-known for his work on the Marriage Tribunal, died recently at age 63. This is Bishop Geoff Robinson's homily from the funeral which was held at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on August 11, 2011, and we thank him for allowing us to publish his homily. My major association with Chris Sheehy was through the Marriage Tribunal. Indeed, I believe I was the person responsible for getting him into that work. So allow me to speak about that aspect of his life first. It is a hard job. The most necessary object on the desk is not the bible, not the Code of Canon Law, but a full box of tissues, for one is dealing with distraught and suffering people. Despite their best endeavours, the great dream of their life has turned to ashes, or even into a nightmare. They seek to pick up the pieces and to make some sort of new life for themselves. Dealing with this level of human suffering all day every day is a draining experience. The level of emotional hurt creates a fierce stress to have everything done yesterday, despite a serious and constant lack of the personnel and resources that would be adequate to the task. If this were not enough, the right wing and the left wing of the church are for once united in saying the tribunal should not even exist. The right wing believes it is destroying marriage and harming church teaching; the left wing believes that by its very existence it is harsh and soulless. Both sides are free with their criticisms. In addition, there is little positive feedback. My guess is that there may be a few of Chris' former clients here in this cathedral this morning, but only a few. Most go away without a backward glance. The only thing that can keep one going in that environment is a passionate concern for all those who approach the tribunal, a willingness to listen to their sad stories, a wanting to help them. And Chris Sheehy had that compassion in abundance. I spent seventeen years in that work, and I know that I longed for the day when I might escape. Chris worked there for thirty years and was still going strong, so he was a far stronger man than I was. He had one of the hardest and most stressful jobs in the church in Sydney, and the measure of his greatness is that he not only survived, but flourished. Listen to what one of the former members of his staff has to say about him. He was, quite simply, the finest of men, and an outstanding, exemplary priest. He possessed vast reserves of warmth, strength and goodness, which he shared unstintingly with those around him. He was immensely supportive and loyal, and far more patient than he would ever have given himself credit for. His memory was astounding, his sense of humour legendary. His openness, honesty and candour were hallmarks of his complete integrity. In good times and in bad his faith was utterly unshakeable. On arrival at the tribunal, his daily greeting to his colleagues would be audible to every person in his office, near or far. It was a joyful sound, that brought smiles to our faces. Christopher had arrived: it was going to be a good day. He was larger than life, and his joie de vivre was infectious. He was aptly named Christopher, for he was a genuine Christ bearer. He carried with him the grace of Christ to those seeking a deeper communion with the Church that he loved and served so well. I have witnessed thousands of examples of his tirelessly applying his rich gifts of intelligence, wisdom and empathy, to ensure that those who sought his help were met as Christ would have met them � graciously and with compassion.' These sentiments are echoed by all tribunal staff, and today there is a profound sense of loss among them. When a boss inspires such feelings among an entire staff, there must be something very special about him. At the same time, he was always a human being, and he loved telling against himself the story that one of the staff once said to him, Chris, you are the most caring, considerate, communicative, understanding, listening and loving boss one could hope to work with�.. and you always get your own way.' Typically he would take that to heart and make sure he listened to others better in the future. He loved the old motto, Please assume incompetence before bastardry.' His sense of humour was legendary, and what I appreciated most about it was its quickness. He showed his ID to someone who commented, �'Rev', that's an unusual name.� Chris replied with a straight face, �My mother was a racing car driver.� He livened up the office with his often outrageous remarks and had an extraordinary ability to find rarely used adjectives to sum up a situation. There are head people and there are heart people, and then there are a minority who are both head and heart people, and Chris was one of these. There are task oriented people, who get things done but can hurt people in the process. There are people oriented persons, who are always concerned with relationships, but don't always get the job done. And then there are the minority who are both task and people oriented, and again Chris was one of these. He achieved great things in a most difficult environment. The second area of Chris' life was the parish of Rosebery. He had brief stints in other parishes before coming to Rosebery in 1980, where he remained as assistant, administrator and then parish priest for thirty one years. He mixed the same humour and compassion in all his dealings with the people there, and his sudden loss is being felt deeply in that parish. Between Rose Bay, where he grew up, and Rosebery, where he lived much of his life, there is a large economic and social divide, but Chris crossed such divides with ease. Indeed, the people of Rosebery would not even have been aware that in him there was a divide to cross. For a priest who works in a marriage tribunal, it is essential to be surrounded by a parish community where there are people who are actually not divorced, people who reflect the whole variety of human life. The people of Rosebery did this for Chris and he constantly spoke of them with deep affection. Here he was the priest, the pastor, the carer, living among his people, bringing their cares to God and bringing God to them. Here he renewed his strength to keep working at the tribunal. The third great area of his life was family. Chris was the second of the three children of Daniel and Betty Sheehy of the parish of Rose Bay, and he always spoke of his family with love. His older brother Daniel died young and his father also died many years ago, so it was his mother, his sister Deborah and her daughters Bonnie and Kate who were closest to him. Deborah was very special to him, a sister, a confidante and a friend. He will be buried at Wentworth Falls in a family plot beside his brother Daniel. His love for all families was very evident. Whenever a baby was brought into the tribunal, Chris would insist on his turn for a nurse and was at home in that role. He cared about the families of his staff and sought to support them. It would suit Chris' own sense of humour that one member of staff reports her daughter as saying, �But he can't have died. Who will bury you and dad?� I must also mention the family of his brother priests. In speaking with a number of them over recent days I have been aware of the sense of shock and loss they feel at the death of someone who gave so much to them and who will be sorely missed in all their future gatherings. These feelings mirror my own. What does the Lord ask of you, O mortal? Only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God' (Mic.6:8). Chris, this was the way you lived your life. You were a big man with a big personality and an even bigger heart. The lives of countless others have been enriched by your presence. The world is a better place because you once lived among us. We will miss you, but we will also try to learn from your example. May you rest in peace.
6 Aug 2012	Rev Victor Bonello OFMConv Read more Born 29/11/1920; Ordained in Malta 22 March 1947 - Conventual Franciscans.
6 Aug 2018	Rev George Connolly Read more Born 05/03/1934; Ordained 20/07/1957 Archdiocese of Sydney George, the son of George and Madeleine Connolly, was educated at St Joseph's Guildford, St Laurence's Galong, CBC Lewisham and then at St Columba's College Springwood and St Patrick's College Manly. He was ordained by Cardinal Gilroy in 1957. George served in the parishes of Campsie, Waitara, Lewisham, Revesby and Elizabeth Bay, before his fateful appointment, in 1984, as Parish Priest at St Anthony of Padua, Clovelly, where he served for the next 25 years. Here he led the establishment of the first Pastoral Council, appointed the first pastoral associate and sacramental co-ordinator, took charge of the building of the Parish Meeting Room, school administration block and amenities and some renewal of this church building, including the acquisition of the organ and promotion of the St Anthony's Singers. As a long-time amateur historian, he was chaplain to the Australian Catholic Historical Society and also a regular supply priest on Norfolk Island. In latter times he continued to serve at Greenwich in Lane Cove parish and at Norfolk Island for as long as he could. In 2017 George contracted a debilitating illness which he faced with courage, hope and his customary good humour as he prepared himself to meet his Maker. George died at Mount St Joseph's Home Randwick where he had spent the last few months of his life. His funeral Mass was celebrated at his former parish of Clovelly on 17 August, attended by six bishops, many brother priests, family members and former parishioners. Rest in peace, George.
7 Aug 1885	Rev John Aloysius O'Connell OFMCap South Melbourne
7 Aug 1922	Rev James Pierce Salisbury, etc, SA
7 Aug 1927	Rev James Ambrose Cassar OFMCap Ingham, Neerkol, Hughenden, Clermont, Emerald, Mt. Morgan, Ayr, Cloncurry, Ravenswood, Winton, Bowen, North Rockhampton, Qld
7 Aug 1932	Rev William Nolan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
7 Aug 1947	Rev Mark Francis Cosgrove Nanango, Clifton, etc, Qld
7 Aug 1952	Rev Patrick D O'Connor Melbourne dioc
7 Aug 1962	Rev Mgr Patrick Hynes Tenterfield, etc, Vic
7 Aug 1963	Rev William Owens SJ Melbourne, etc
7 Aug 1964	Rev John J McKeon Coonabarabran, etc, NSW
7 Aug 1982	Rev Francis Butler MSC Sydney, etc
7 Aug 1995	Rev Brian Fleming SJ Melbourne; Sydney, etc
7 Aug 1999	Rev Alfonz Silhar SDB Engadine, NSW; Sunbury, Chadstone, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA
7 Aug 2001	Rev Mgr George Crennon Goulburn, Sandhurst, Wagga, diocs, Rose Bay, NSW
7 Aug 2003	Rev Hilary Turner OFM Sydney, etc
7 Aug 2009	Rev Marcus Anandanpulle OMI Born 10/04/1948; Ordained 06/08/1975.
8 Aug 1910	Rev John Gateley SJ Melbourne; Sydney
8 Aug 1919	Rev Robert Bas OSB New Norcia, WA
8 Aug 1919	Rev John Aloysius Dunne Bathurst, Condobolin, etc, NSW
8 Aug 1938	Rev James O'Donnell Singleton, etc, NSW
8 Aug 1955	Rev James Dunne Perth dioc
8 Aug 1956	Rev Daniel Fitzgibbon SJ Sydney, etc
8 Aug 1975	Rev Mgr Vincent Cleary Wooloowin, etc, Qld
8 Aug 1978	Rev James Moran CSsR Hobart; Ballarat, Vic, etc
8 Aug 1979	Rev Vincent Michael Maher Cambooya, etc, Qld
8 Aug 1984	Rev Michael Morrison SVD Sydney
8 Aug 1995	Rev Mgr Anthony Joseph Bones Shepparton, etc, Vic
8 Aug 2001	Rev George Crennan Wagga, Rose Bay, NSW
8 Aug 2002	Rev Franz Ellul Melbourne dioc
8 Aug 2002	Rev John Savage MSC Sydney, etc
8 Aug 2006	Rev John Philip Chauncy Scarborough, South Perth, Norseman, Hamilton Hill, WA
8 Aug 2007	Rev Vianney Carey CP
8 Aug 2008	Rev Denis Kevin O'Shea OSA Born 09/05/1921; Ordained 22/03/1947.
8 Aug 2010	Rev Bernhard Philberth Born 26/03/1927; Ordained 03/07/1972.
8 Aug 2012	Rev Gerald John Sullivan Read more Born 31/05/1916 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. After a long and faithful life, Gerald died at home on 8 August 2012 aged 96 years. Ordained in 1942 Gerald served the Church with humble devotion and the Archdiocese of Melbourne is most grateful for his untiring service. Gerald worked as a temporary Assistant Priest at South Melbourne and Clifton Hill parishes and was School Inspector for the Catholic Education Office for nine years, during which time he resided at Flemington, South Yarra and Elwood parishes. He was then appointed Parish Priest of East Reservoir and Chadstone, after which he retired as Pastor Emeritus in 1995. The Pontifical Funeral Mass was celebrated at St Monica's Church, Moonee Ponds followed by burial at the Priests' Crypt, Melbourne General Cemetery. Rest in peace Gerald.
8 Aug 2013	Rev Dr William Anthony Jordan Read more Date of Birth 31/08/1935; Ordained 21/12/1960 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. William �Bill� Anthony Jordan died on the Feast of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop at Melbourne Private Hospital after a short illness. He studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College, Werribee and Propaganda Fide College, Rome where he was ordained on 21 December 1960 by Cardinal Agagianian. Bill remained in Rome gaining his Licentiate in Theology in 1961, followed by doctoral studies at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, graduating in 1967. On his return to Melbourne he served as assistant priest at Carlton (1967), Caulfield South (1969), and West Melbourne (1971). In 1984 he was appointed Director of Sacred Music. On 26 January 1985 he was appointed Parish Priest of St Brendan's, Flemington which in 1993 was partnered with Holy Rosary, Kensington. Bill retired as Pastor Emeritus on 12 January 2011. Throughout his many happy years at Flemington and Kensington, Bill was known for his genuine kindness, generosity to the poor, commitment to service and his joyful ministry. This inner city setting allowed him to continue to use his Italian, which to a musician, was poetry itself. He watched the parishes of Flemington and Kensington change and develop. He observed the diversity of cultures and the shifting demographic. Bill trusted his staff to assist him in the mission of the parish and he befriended them as members of his paese'. Bill was a man who found in his life the music of God. Being an accomplished musician, his desire was to lead others to the source of all beauty - God himself. His commitment to liturgy saw him Chair the Diocesan Liturgical Music Committee for many years, participate in national liturgical ventures, the Australian Hymn Book, the Catholic Worship Book and committees. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of ICEL and a Music Consultant to ICEL for many years. He always responded positively to invitations where his expertise, knowledge and faith could shape the renewal of the liturgy which honoured the tradition of the Church with the imagination of Sacrosanctum Concilium. Bill was a man whose dedication to ministry and to responding to people's many pastoral requests was simply exemplary. Even in retirement, Bill assumed a ministry load which would have him visiting hospitals, Mass supply across the Archdiocese, presiding at funerals, baptising children, leading Italian festas, assisting couples with countless weddings in a myriad of settings and being available to support and assist his brother priests in any way he could. It was the nature of the man to be on the move, so much so, many of us often wondered whether he had retired at all. Bill loved his family. He had a wide circle of friends with whom he was extremely loyal. He was kind to priests and seminarians. He made chaplains welcome from other countries and made them feel at home and helped them sing of God in a foreign land. Bill's illness took everyone by surprise. In a matter of a short few days, he went from being a man who appeared to be tireless in his service of the Lord, to a stillness which he had rarely experienced. He died peacefully surrounded by the love of his family and was carried by the prayers of so many who loved him into the arms of God. Bill was truly a priest animated by the Spirit of the Risen Lord whose vocation served to cultivate the beauty of God's good news. We will treasure his contribution to the Archdiocese of Melbourne and to the Church which he served for 52 years with such integrity. May he rest in peace.
8 Aug 2015	Rev Liam Horsfall SVD Read more Born 16 August 1927. Divine Word Missionaries - Society of the Divine Word Liam Horsfall SVD was born in Brisbane on 16th August 1927 and he joined the SVDs in 1947. He completed his studies in Chicago and was ordained in 1957. Liam's first mission was in Gaibira, near Calcutta. He began helping the original inhabitants of this area by establishing a school. The Adivasi were known locally as �Tribals�. Since 1875 the Catholic missionaries have a long and positive history of supporting these original marginalized Indian people who lived for centuries in poverty, illiteracy and discrimination. In all, Liam set up eight secondary schools for the Tribals. Liam left Gaibira in 1966 when he was transferred to Jharsuguda. He was elected Provincial, and served a total of nine years. During this time, the Catholic missions were attacked twice, resulting in the burning of churches and schools. Each time, Liam encouraged all to start again � the only thing to do'. One of Liam's most enduring contributions was as Chaplain to Mother Teresa of Calcutta's new Congregation. He established a Novitiate and Training Centre for the Hand Maids of Mary as well a hospital in Jharsuguda. Liam was elected Provincial of AUS in 1976. During this six year period he was Chaplain to the Marist Brothers' College in Eastwood. From here he began taking dozens of groups of students to India during their school holidays. In 1985 Liam was appointed to Wewak in PNG. After a year he was asked to teach at the Divine Word Institute in Madang. He lectured in Theology and was also Rector. Returning to Brisbane, Liam spent a few years as Parish Priest in the Parish of Hamilton. He then became Chaplain to the Mercy Sisters' Retirement Home at Nudgee, and simultaneously was Chaplain to St. Patrick's College in Shorncliffe. He continued taking groups of school students to India from St. Patrick's until his health failed. Liam was very much the extravert and very approachable. Despite his legendry achievements, he remained a very humble, private person. His deep, rich laugh was one of his most endearing qualities. May he rest in peace and be abundantly rewarded for his great contribution to God's mission.
8 Aug 2020	Rev Sydney Nugent SM Read more Born 19/02/1928. Ordained 26/07/1953. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary. Sydney John Nugent was born in Junee, rural New South Wales to John Brendan and Mary Amelia Nugent. Syd attended St Joseph's Convent for his entire primary schooling and boarded at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, for his secondary education from 1940-1945. After his secondary education, Syd joined the Marist Fathers in 1946. Novitiate was at Armidale in 1947 and profession was made on 2 February 1948. Seminary studies were undertaken at Toongabbie and ordination took place in Junee on 25 July 1953. In 1954, although he had been appointed to Japan, Syd was asked to go to assist at the new Marist parish of West Sunshine in Melbourne and he worked there for three years. In 1957 Syd eventually headed for Japan and began two years of language studies. When these were completed in late 1959, he was stationed in the parish of Nara. Syd was to remain at Nara until 1971 during which time he successfully negotiated with the city for land and help to build a church, presbytery and kindergarten after the council had resumed the old Nara church. In 1971-72 Syd attended the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila, Philippines. On his return to Japan he went to Gose as parish priest. Here he helped to give new life to a struggling kindergarten and St Joseph's Old Peoples Home at Kuzu. Syd also built the church and presbytery in Kuzu. As a combination of hostel care and nursing home care for the elderly was identified as a great need for the mission of the Church in Japan in 1991, Syd moved from Gose to Suzaku in Nara city and began to undertake the building and running of Santa Maria Nursing home. Syd retired from the Nara mission in 2012, returning to Australia and residing at Montbel, Hunters Hill. After a year of declining health and a brief period at St Anne's Nursing Home, Hunters Hill, Syd was called to God on 08 August 2020. May he rest in peace.
9 Aug 1875	Rev Andrew Maguire Port Arthur, Tas, etc
9 Aug 1887	Rev Maurice Stack Melbourne dioc
9 Aug 1891	Rev Thomas J Walsh Orange, Bathurst, Port Macquarie, etc, NSW
9 Aug 1901	Rev Francis Timoney Sydney dioc
9 Aug 1911	Rev Matthew Brady Melbourne, Gordon, Yea, Daylesford, Kilmore, South Melbourne, etc, Vic
9 Aug 1919	Rev Michael Flynn CM Malvern, Vic
9 Aug 1925	Rev Thomas O'Brien SJ Darwin, etc
9 Aug 1925	Rev P Arthur Vaughan Melbourne dioc
9 Aug 1937	Rev Joseph Siara SDB Sunbury, Vic
9 Aug 1939	Rev William Byrne Brisbane dioc
9 Aug 1946	Rev Basil Roger Bede Piper OFM Sydney, etc
9 Aug 1954	Rev John Peter Kelly Orange, Dubbo, Wellington, etc, NSW
9 Aug 1962	Rev Mgr Brian Scott Lismore dioc, NSW
9 Aug 1965	Rev William Joseph McGrath Nhill, Casterton, Terang, etc, Vic
9 Aug 1968	Rev Bernard Duffy Camperdown, Quambatook, etc, Vic
9 Aug 1970	Rev Brian Bolton Kelvin Grove, etc, Qld
9 Aug 1970	Rev Bertrand Campbell OFM
9 Aug 1972	David George James Walker Armidale DIocese, NSW
9 Aug 1976	Rev John Joseph Gleeson OFM Waverley, Campbelltown, NSW; Melbourne
9 Aug 1984	Rev Bede McPhillips Gundagai, Michelago, Taralga, etc, NSW
9 Aug 1995	Rev Matthew McGettrick OCD
9 Aug 2001	Rev John Ryan Quilpie, Helidon, etc, Qld
9 Aug 2006	Rev Gregory Michael Collins Canberra-Goulburn dioc
9 Aug 2006	Rev Peter Ward Glenelg, Pinnaroo, Naracoorte, Hectorville, Blackwood, Victor Harbour/Goolwa, SA
9 Aug 2014	Rev John Messore OSB Read more Benedictine Monks John was the eldest son of Francesco and Clementina (both deceased), and loved brother and brother-in-law of Guido and Anna Maria, and Giuseppe and Maria-Grazia. John had been a beloved member of the Benedictine Community of Arcadia for 63 years and ordained for 54 years. He lovingly served in the Parish Communities of Arcadia and Smithfield, and the Italian Charismatic Community. May he rest now in peace.
9 Aug 2016	Rev Brendan Davey Read more Born 17/11/1935; Ordained 23/07/1961 - Diocese of Ballarat Brendan was born in Ballarat and attended St Columba's Primary School in Ballarat North and St Patrick's College Ballarat (SPC 1946-53). After leaving St Patrick's College, Brendan commenced a period of eight years study at the Corpus Christi Seminary and was ordained at the age of 25, on 23 July 1961 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat. He spent a number of years as assistant priest in the parishes of Swan Hill, Ballarat, Ballarat Cathedral Parish, Ballarat North, Warrnambool (St Joseph's), as well as Chaplain to St Patrick's College. He became Parish Priest of Stawell in 1975 where he remained for over eleven years before becoming the Parish Priest of Ararat for twenty eight years. Brendan was also involved at a Diocesan level, as a member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission where he served from its formation in 1970 until his retirement in 2014. During his time on the Commission Brendan held the position of Chair and Diocesan Master of Ceremonies. Other Diocesan involvement included Chair of the Diocesan Historical Commission, Director of St Stephen's Guild for Altar Servers, Vocations Director and Diocesan Chaplain for the YCW. In 2011, Brendan celebrated his Golden Jubilee. At the time Brendan said he has enjoyed 50 very happy years, with no regrets about his decision at such a young age. There are difficult times of course, particularly when you're involved in people's tragedies in their lives, that's not easy, but I certainly haven't regretted it. I've been very happy in the places I've been.' Following his retirement in July 2015, 53 years after his ordination, Brendan relocated back to Ballarat where he could better manage his health issues. Brendan's Funeral Mass was held in St Mary's Parish, Ararat. Bishop Paul Bird CSsR was the main celebrant at the Mass with Bishop Peter Connors and the priests of the Diocese of Ballarat concelebrating. May he rest in peace.
9 Aug 2022	Rev Milton Arias Born 11/10/1975; Ordained 06/12/2003. Archdiocese of Perth.
10 Aug 1854	Rev Edward Moriarty Mudgee, etc, NSW
10 Aug 1890	Rev Henry Mouton Hughenden, Clermont, etc, Qld
10 Aug 1928	Rev John Joseph Gibbons Glen Innes, Narrabri, Manilla, etc, NSW
10 Aug 1932	Rev David O'Donnell Northam, etc, WA
10 Aug 1936	Rev Jean Pierre Piquet SM Sydney, etc
10 Aug 1946	Rev Thomas Barlow Penrith, Concord, Lithgow, Bulli, Kiama, etc, NSW
10 Aug 1951	Rev Joseph Lavery CM Bathurst, NSW, etc
10 Aug 1962	Rev Geoffrey A Healy Adelaide dioc
10 Aug 1962	Rev Vincent William McEvoy OP Brisbane, etc
10 Aug 1966	Rev Mgr Thomas O'Farrell Albion Park, etc, NSW
10 Aug 1971	Rev David Kehoe Melbourne dioc
10 Aug 1972	Rev Thomas Francis Shanley Wagga dioc, NSW
10 Aug 1974	Rev William A Quinn Lismore dioc, NSW
10 Aug 1980	Rev Kenneth Bray Melbourne dioc
10 Aug 1986	Rev Patrick Kelly Dalby, Goondiwindi, Roma, Dirranbandi, Charleville, Winston, etc, Qld
10 Aug 1987	Rev Cornelius Busser Melbourne; Brisbane diocs. (or August 11?)
10 Aug 1988	Rev Thomas Ivett Ayr, Ingham, Townsville, Mundingburra, etc, Qld
10 Aug 1994	Rev Patrick O'Carrigan MSC Sydney, Douglas Park, NSW; Hobart; Toowoomba, Qld; Hamilton, Vic; Darwin, etc
10 Aug 1995	Rev Anthony Bishop SVD
10 Aug 2009	Rev Patrick Creed Read more Born 20/03/1929; Ordained 21/06/1953. Fr Pat Creed - retired and a resident of Calare Nursing Home in Orange - died on Monday 10th August 2009, aged 80 years. Over 200 parishioners form Orange, Blayney, Bathurst, Cowra and Dubbo, along with 30 priests from the Diocese, gathered for his Mass of Resurrection in St. Mary's Church in Orange on 17th August. Present also were his niece and nephew from Ireland, Brenda Ferris and Thomas Fitzpatrick. Both of them were involved in proclaiming the Scriptures and Thomas welcomed people on behalf of the family in Ireland. He also thanked the people of the Bathurst Diocese for their care and support of his Uncle during his 55 years of life in Australia. Fr Pat Ruane shared his knowledge of Fr Creed in a Eulogy. He highlighted Fr Pat's sporting ability from his youth in Ireland, where his Kerry team won a national Irish Football comp just prior to his departure for Australia in 1953. Fr Pat also played basketball and rugby league in Orange and Dubbo in his early years in the Diocese. He was a man who lived simply and didn't engage in debates about theology or spirituality � but showed his love for people by being with them during the ups and downs of their lives. In 1995, returning from the Beatification of Mary MacKillop, Fr Pat was involved in a serious car accident. His determination and willpower helped him recover enough to walk again and continue his ministry in Blayney where he was Parish Priest from 1986 until 2000. However, Parkinson's Disease began to develop and eventually confined him to first a wheelchair, and then to his bed. In his homily, Bishop Michael McKenna referred to the Brother who was caring for Pope John XXIII in his final illness. The Pope wanted to say Mass, but the Brother advised him that his bed was now his altar, where his offering to God would be his illness and suffering. This had become Fr Pat's experience also, the Bishop said, and the loyal friends who visited Fr Pat each day or week were exercising their Priesthood by caring for him as they gathered around the altar of his bed. To these faithful carers, the Bishop expressed his gratitude. Parishioners from Bathurst, Blayney, Cowra and Orange were involved in the Prayers of the Faithful and as Pall Bearers. Fr Pat was buried in the Priests' Section of Orange Cemetery, near some of his Irish priest confreres. Go dtuga Dia suaimhneas s�ora� d� anam (God rest his soul in peace).
10 Aug 2011	Rev John Robert Carnie CSsR Read more Born 17/09/1930; Ordained 20/03/1960 - Redemptorist Fathers. John was the eldest of three children born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, to Ronald and Catherine (nee Murphy) Carnie. When he was about six the family moved to Benalla. After leaving school John joined what was then known as the Postmaster General's Department (PMG) where he was a telegraph messenger, postman and switchboard operator. While working for the PMG John realised he was called by God to something else, and went on from there to join the Redemptorist missionaries. What a blessing for all that he did, especially for his confreres! In the latter part of his life and for a quarter of a century, John worked among youth. He was authentically young at heart even to the end. His youthfulness was never contained by his native shyness, but would burst through in unaffected fun and humour in any given moment. His ready joy connected with one another all the people around him. Underneath this approachable exterior lived a considered man, a person who accepted people as they were and who found God in people of every stripe. His belief in the fundamental goodness within everyone touched off his generous spirit and this was behind his selfless availability to young and old. Rest now in peace dear John.
10 Aug 2016	Rev Peter Robinson MSC Born 23/05/1938; Ordained 18/07/1964 Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
10 Aug 2021	Rev Phillip Maxwell (Max) Barrett CSsR Born 12/12/1925; Ordained 1950. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
11 Aug 1870	Rev Verantius Garrido OSB New Norcia, WA
11 Aug 1882	Rev Abbot Wilfred Alcock OSB Adelaide; Melbourne
11 Aug 1897	Rev Jeremiah Moylan Oberon, Coonabarabran, Wellington, NSW
11 Aug 1919	Rev Philip Sheridan Perth dioc
11 Aug 1929	Rev Columbanus Lopez OSB New Norcia, WA
11 Aug 1932	Rev Aeneas Hennessy Lilydale, Surrey Hills, Kensington, etc, Vic
11 Aug 1953	Rev Paul Kane SM Sydney, etc
11 Aug 1956	Rev Jerme Miskoslki OFMCap Adelaide; Brisbane
11 Aug 1976	Rev William O'Hare Lismore dioc, NSW
11 Aug 1977	Rev Arthur Staroborski OFMConv Wollongong, NSW
11 Aug 1993	Rev Michael Foley Armidale dioc, NSW
11 Aug 2007	Rev Cletus Harry Leis Armidale, Tamworth, Mungindi, Inverell, Narrabri, Guyra, NSW
11 Aug 2009	Rev John Reynolds OPraem
11 Aug 2011	Rev Mark Nugent CP Read more Born 20/10/1932; Ordained for Passionist Fathers. Michael was born in Jamestown, SA. After ordination he was a teacher of French and English at St Ives where he became a father figure for many aspirants to the Passionist way of life. Many years later Mark returned to study and graduated in Social Work which led to his ministry with Aborigines where he gave them total support, sharing their struggles and griefs, comforting them in times of loss, enabling opportunities for education, he was truly a special father to the Aboriginal community. The stories and experiences told are legion. Mark hated the inequalities of this world and so he always went to the support of the underdog. Travelling was his hallmark towards the end of his ministry, where he served on supply to parishes around Australia, and met many people for whom he was deeply and personally significant. The requiem mass was held at Norwood Catholic church because of the large numbers who wanted to attend his funeral. Mark is buried at the Monastery at Glen Osmond, S.A. Rest in peace dear Mark.
11 Aug 2016	Rev Adrian Cork Born 24/01/1931; Ordained 01/08/1955 Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
11 Aug 2020	Rev Michael Wheeler PE Read more Born 21/12/1937; Ordained 22/05/1971 Archdiocese of Melbourne Mick Wheeler was ordained for Melbourne on 22 May 1971. Appointments followed as assistant priest at Belmont, Collingwood, Jordanville, Manifold and Newport, then as Chaplain to the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. In 1986 he became parish priest of the new parish of St Justin's, Wheelers Hill, a community he built up and served for thirty years before his retirement. Mick came to the seminary at 26 from being state secretary to the YCW, and the principles and work of Cardinal Joseph Cardijn remained an inspiration throughout his life. The mark of his ministry was that he had a heart for people. People mattered and they had a dignity and worth that was to be protected and encouraged. As founding parish priest at Wheelers Hill (not named after him!), he brought to the task a pastor's zeal and enjoyed the challenge. He was practical and hands on. The presbytery has a large dining room, because it was important to be able to offer hospitality joyfully and generously. �Pasta with the Pastor� was a way to build the parish as a community. Mick was always an encourager of the young. There were long-remembered trips with young people up the east coast of Australia and young priests recall his interest and ready acceptance. As one young Vietnamese parish priest observed, He was inclusive.' Mick enjoyed being a priest of the archdiocese, sharing the company of other priests. There was also a quick wit and sense of humour to keep you on your toes. At Justin Villa, the priests' retirement home, one was called to task after celebrating Mass for the community. Hey, Robbo, why did you celebrate Mass with your back to us?' What?' Yeah, well you had your chasuble on back to front!' Thomas Merton once said, I think today it's more important for us to so let God live in us that others may feel God and come to believe in God because they feel how God lives in us. That's what priests and people saw in Michael Wheeler, good and faithful priest of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
12 Aug 1898	Rev Jean Baptiste Breheret SM Sydney
12 Aug 1898	Rev Louis Hurlin SM Sydney
12 Aug 1916	Rev Anthony Peter Waldron Ararat, Terang, etc, Vic
12 Aug 1917	Rev Martin J Battle Deniliquin, Wilcannia, Newtown, Wardell, Ballina, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld
12 Aug 1921	Rev Patrick Murphy Hamilton, etc, Vic
12 Aug 1942	Rev William E O'Flynn OSA Normanton, Qld, etc
12 Aug 1950	Rev Francis Walsh CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
12 Aug 1954	Rev Daniel McGowan Harrow, Port Fairy, etc, Vic
12 Aug 1963	Rev Ernest Worms SAC Manly, NSW; Broome dioc, WA
12 Aug 1966	Rev Arthur Hills Port Kembla, etc, NSW
12 Aug 1972	Rev Brian Lohan Goulburn dioc, NSW
12 Aug 1974	Rev Richard Scarfe Burnie, Hobart, etc, Tas; Surfers Paradise, Qld
12 Aug 1977	Rev Patrick Aubrey Cusack Goulburn, Boorowa, Canberra, Aranda, Page, etc, ACT and NSW
12 Aug 1978	Rev William Bouwman OMI Moe, Springvale, North Altona, Vic
12 Aug 1978	Rev Mgr Edward Thomas Downey Springwood, Leichhardt, Waterloo, Eastwood, Manly, Corrimal, NSW
12 Aug 1985	Rev Philip Innocent Feryan OFM In Australia between 1975-1980
12 Aug 1989	Rev Felix Nette OFM Sydney, etc
12 Aug 1996	Rev Phillip (Jerome) Crowe CP
12 Aug 2005	Rev Anthony Prentice MSC Sydney, etc
12 Aug 2014	Rev Louis Hansberry CSsR Read more Born 01/05/1919; Ordained 08/09/1946. Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Louis Frederick Hansberry was born in Kapunda, SA, the only child of John and Myrtle Hansberry. His early education was with the Dominican Sisters at Kapunda. Following a Mission at Kapunda, preached by Fr Christopher O'Flynn CSsR, Louis was accepted into the Redemptorist Order and completed his secondary education at Galong. He was ordained to the priesthood in Ballarat on 8 September 1946. He once wrote: �I am thankful to God that he took me from the obscurity of a small country town and favoured me with a wonderful vocation to the Redemptorist apostolate. I am grateful to my companions among whom I lived and with whom I worked over the years of my priesthood. I am indebted to my many friends and strangers among the laity from whom I learnt so much to be helpful to my apostolate.� His Redemptorist life was spent in most houses in Australia, plus two appointments to New Zealand and Louis particularly enjoyed his many years in Queensland. He preached his last mission at Runaway Bay, QLD. in 1985 with Frs John Tobin and Gerry Goss. His later years were spent in the Kogarah Community, NSW and after a fall requiring surgery he spent his final days in Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home in Rooty Hill, NSW where he died on 12 August 2014. His funeral Mass was celebrated in the Redemptorist Chapel at Kogarah on 17 September and he was buried in the Rookwood Catholic Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
12 Aug 2015	Rev Joseph O'Mara SJ Born 19/01/1944; Ordained 13/12/1975 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus
13 Aug 1894	Rev Antonius Joseph Byrne OP Adelaide, etc
13 Aug 1904	Rev Matthew Rascher MSC Sydney
13 Aug 1921	Rev William Sullivan Maitland, Lismore diocs, NSW
13 Aug 1923	Rev Richard Golding SJ Sydney, etc
13 Aug 1923	Rev Thomas Rogers Branxton, etc, NSW
13 Aug 1945	Rev Peter Dwyer SJ Sydney, etc
13 Aug 1953	Rev Monsignor Thomas Robinson CSsR Kalgoorlie, Perth, etc, WA
13 Aug 1960	Rev William Keane SJ Pymble, NSW, etc
13 Aug 1964	Rev Michael B Greene Brisbane dioc
13 Aug 1967	Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons Melbourne; Sydney; Sale, Vic, etc
13 Aug 1971	Rev William H McCarthy MSC Sydney; Hobart, etc
13 Aug 1975	Rev William Browne Merredin, Leederville, Northam, WA
13 Aug 1983	Rev Joseph Leo Casey Boolaroo, Quorn, Berri, Crystal Brook, etc, SA
13 Aug 1983	Rev Bernard McWilliams CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
13 Aug 1984	Rev Bernard Franke MSC Sydney, etc
13 Aug 1985	Rev Patrick Carr Revesby, etc, NSW
13 Aug 1987	Rev Agnellus McLennan OFMConv Solomontown, Port Pirie, SA; Broken Hill, NSW
13 Aug 1989	Rev Morris Flanagan SM Sydney; Brisbane, etc
13 Aug 1989	Rev Pierce L Murphy Adelaide dioc
13 Aug 2000	Bishop John Neil Cullinane Sydney; Canberra-Goulburn; Melbourne
13 Aug 2000	Rev Mgr Frederick Martin Melbourne
13 Aug 2007	Rev Deacon Monty Pryor Palm Island, Townsville, QLD
13 Aug 2013	Rev Joseph Higgins Read more Born 04/06/1949; Ordained 26/08/1972 - Archdiocese of Sydney. Joe was ordained on the 26 August 1972 at St Mary's Cathedral Sydney. Following his ordination he was appointed an Assistant Priest at Revesby Parish. In July 1976 he was appointed an Assistant Priest at Mosman Parish. At the end of 1981 he was appointed an Assistant Priest at Dundas Valley Parish and in 1990 he became the Administrator of that parish. In June 1992 he was appointed the Administrator of Balmain Parish then in September of that year he was appointed Administrator of Meadowbank Parish before then serving again as an Assistant Priest at Bonnyrigg/Edensor Park from December 1992. In October 1993 he was appointed the Administrator of Beauty Point Parish where he remained until September 1995 when he was appointed Administrator of Sadleir-Miller Parish. In December 1995 he was appointed Parish Priest of Sadleir-Miller where he remained until his move to lesser duties in August 2008. Our prayers are with his family at this time, particularly his parents, Kevin and Dorothy, and his siblings; Mary, Margaret, Carmel, Elizabeth, Peter, Michael and Andrew. May he rest now in peace.
13 Aug 2015	Rev Bill Blood Born 26/08/1925. Ordained 27/10/1997. Diocese of Armidale.
13 Aug 2022	Rev James Ware SM Born 20/09/1937; Ordained 15/08/1970. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
13 Aug 2022	Rev Maurice Toop Read more Born 08/05/1931; Ordained 12/09/1954. Archdiocese of Perth. One of the last remaining clergy of the original 1944 group of entrants to St Charles Seminary, Perth priest Fr Maurice Toop will be remembered as a dedicated, hardworking and loyal priest, following his passing on 13 August 2022, aged 91. In this special obituary written by Fr Toop himself prior to his passing, you will gain a special insight into his work ministering to Aboriginal people and the numerous parishes where he served. I was born in Nedlands on 8 May 1931 and grew up in the Nedlands- Hollywood area with my brother Eris. Peter arrived to our great delight some years later. They were happy years, although much of it under the dark cloud of the war. We attended St Therese's school in Nedlands with the Loreto Sisters and were close to our much loved Parish Priest Monsignor Moss. At the age of 13, I went to St Charles Seminary to complete my schooling, and having completed the Leaving Certificate, I continued the Seminary training for the priesthood. In 1950 Bill Foley (later Archbishop) and I were sent to the Collegio Brignole Sale in Genova, Italy.�We were ordained to the priesthood on 12 September 1954. My first assignment was to Northbridge, St Brigid's Church, under the wise guidance of Monsignor Edmund Sullivan. The parish was about 90 percent newly arrived Italian migrants. I loved it and I learnt so much from those courageous, hardworking and vivacious people. After five years I was appointed assistant priest at Highgate under Bishop Rafferty, who asked me to concentrate my pastoral ministry on the many Italian families who were settling in Highgate and North Perth at the time. Five years later I was appointed to Boulder, and soon after to Kalgoorlie. The Little Sisters of the Poor arrived in 1968, initially to care for the many old miners and prospectors who lived in makeshift camps scattered in the bush. Later the Sisters took on the care of elderly indigenous people who were living in squalid conditions on the Native Reserve and in the bush around the towns. This was demanding, and a new and often dangerous challenge to the Sisters, with many of the people speaking little or no English, caring for the old meant caring for their whole families as well. I became closely involved in this ministry with the Sisters, and I received permission from Archbishop Goody to engage in this ministry to the fringe dwellers' full time. For a few years I lived between the �Round House� in town and at Grant's Patch with a mixed group of men, women and children. We began cutting firewood to sell in town, as well as collecting gems stones for tourists. We got together a small fleet of ancient utes and small trucks as well as chain saws. I incurred a large debt and had to leave this people, whom I loved dearly, several of them who had got back their sobriety through AA. I was encouraged by the Gospel story of Jesus healing two men possessed by demons at the expense of a huge number of pigs. It was worth it all for those souls. In 1979, I was appointed to Osborne Park Parish St Kieran's Church, a great parish with a long Irish tradition and a large Italian population; I was very happy there. During this time, we built the new Church. In 1984, I was invited by then Bishop Hickey to the Diocese of Geraldton to engage in a ministry to indigenous people. This didn't work out, and I then went on to supply in several parishes in the Murchison, Pilbara and in Laverton-Leonora region. After being called back to the Archdiocese, I spent four years in Northam. I had many good friends there. One of the parish activities was a weekly gathering with a happy group of Aboriginal families, which they called their little church'. In this, as in many other parish ministries, I received invaluable support from Sister Kathleen Downes of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition. In 1993, I was appointed again to Highgate Parish Sacred Heart Church. This was providential as I was able to visit my mother more often; she died a year later. After five years, I requested to step down and remain in Highgate as an assistant priest, but the Archbishop asked me to go to Maylands Parish Queen of Martyrs Church. I was delighted to go there, an old parish with one of Perth's most beautiful churches and a loyal albeit small community. From 2000-2003, I also served as Episcopal Vicar for Clergy. At the age of 78 I retired because of illness, residing in Redcliffe. During this time, I was able to supply for priests on leave in many parishes in the Dioceses of Perth and Geraldton. After being diagnosed with cancer of the bone marrow I was very grateful to be accepted by the Little Sisters of the Poor.'
14 Aug 1930	Rev Antonius Stephen O'Kelly OP
14 Aug 1985	Rev Cornelius (Kees) De Kuyer CSsR Brisbane; Ballarat, Vic; Mayfield, NSW
14 Aug 1988	Rev Sidney Moseley Blacktown, etc, NSW
14 Aug 1991	Rev Peter Lyons Armidale dioc, NSW
14 Aug 1993	Rev Peter Newman CSSp
14 Aug 1994	Rev George Brendan Hannan Carthusian, Melbourne, etc
14 Aug 1998	Rev Thomas Kiniry Ballarat dioc, Vic
14 Aug 2002	Bishop John Etheridge Sydney
14 Aug 2006	Rev Laurence Bayliss MSC Sydney; Melbourne; Rosebery, Tas, etc
14 Aug 2010	Rev Sean J Bredin OSCam Carlisle, Maida Vale, Subiaco, Shenton Park, WA.
14 Aug 2020	Rev Donal Madigan OMI Born 20/05/1937; Ordained 24/02/1963 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
14 Aug 2020	Rev Joseph McGeehan Read more Born 9/07/1936 Ordained 29/06/1963 Archdiocese of Brisbane. The middle child of Joseph and Edith McGeehan's three children, young Joe's early days were spent in Atherton, North Queensland. The family then moved to Esk, and finally to Banyo. While living at Esk, young Joe boarded at Downlands College in Toowoomba where his popularity saw him named School Captain, as well as leader of a number of its premier sports teams. He began studying at Banyo Seminary in 1956 and was ordained in 1963, one year later than most of his original cohort. Joe's first posting was as a curate at Cannon Hill parish followed by Childers and Dutton Park. His first appointment as Parish Priest was in Murgon, followed by two stints at Gympie, another foundational role at Birkdale and a final posting to Wavell Heights before retirement. Retired Rockhampton Bishop Brian Heenan, a seminary classmate, first met Joe as an opponent on sporting fields, but well understood why people were drawn to him. �Joe had a profound love and respect for absolutely everybody so I think that's how he'll be remembered,� Bishop Heenan said. �Nobody was left out, everybody was special; whether that be his school friends, the parishioners he worked amongst or religious brothers and sisters. �He also had an extraordinary memory for names and for people and it's no doubt why he retained so many friendships. �I think his special focus though was always the priests, something he probably took from the MSC Fathers at Downlands.� With Archbishop Francis Rush's blessing Joe took on a fulltime role in Ministry to Priests for 12 years, visiting clergy as a support or arranging retreats and seminars to underpin their pastoral roles. Joe was also pivotal in founding the St Peter's Centre for Priests Renewal in Canberra, which operated from 1982 -1993 and saw more than 300 priests participate in the three-month course. Although Joe had battled cancer for some time, he still enjoyed reasonable health and remained living at home where he died. He will be remembered as a loving brother, caring friend and a gentle, humble servant of God. His Funeral Mass took place at St Stephen's Cathedral on 20 August, 2020. May he rest in peace.
14 Aug 2023	Rev Henry Byrne Born 29/11/1931; Ordained 03/06/1956. Archdiocese of Perth.
15 Aug 1830	Rev James Harold Sydney; Norfolk Island; Hobart
15 Aug 1887	Rev James Hennessy Liverpool, Wilcannia, etc, NSW
15 Aug 1890	Rev Joseph Cassidy CP Sydney, etc
15 Aug 1915	Rev Joseph Augustine Canali Bulimba, etc, Qld
15 Aug 1915	Rev Michael O'Byrne OP Mt. Gambier, SA, etc
15 Aug 1942	Rev Gilbert Tigar OP
15 Aug 1943	Rev William Henry Patton Bungaree, etc, Vic
15 Aug 1960	Rev Charles Edward Maguire Grafton, Casino, etc, NSW
15 Aug 1963	Rev Brian J Carmichael Mitchelton, etc, Qld
15 Aug 1966	Rev Thomas Moore Goulburn, etc, NSW
15 Aug 1979	Rev Paschal O'Brien OFM Camberwell, Sandhurst Dioc, Vic; Waverley, Edgecliff, NSW; Kedron, Qld
15 Aug 1982	Rev Paul Diedrichs Launceston, Tas, etc
15 Aug 1982	Rev Albert J Randall Melbourne dioc
15 Aug 1985	Rev Michael O'Byrne Forest Lodge, Austral, NSW
15 Aug 2000	Rev Anthony Sahade Bondi, etc, NSW
15 Aug 2002	Rev William Durkin Melbourne dioc
15 Aug 2002	Rev Gerrard Loughlin Melbourne dioc
15 Aug 2005	Rev John Askew MSC Sydney, etc
15 Aug 2018	Rev Dunstan Mellors CP Born 28/06/1921; Ordained 28/04/1947 Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ
15 Aug 2022	Rev Benjamin Bezzina Born 1942; Ordained 1977. Archdiocese of Sydney.
16 Aug 1883	Rev Charles Pierre Heuze SM Sydney
16 Aug 1898	Rev Henry B Callaghor OSB Leichhardt, etc, NSW
16 Aug 1911	Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran Sydney
16 Aug 1923	Rev Mgr James Hackett Adelaide dioc
16 Aug 1933	Rev John Barrett Port Fairy, Horsham, Clunes, Ararat, Landsborough, Coleraine, Vic; Rockhampton dioc, Qld
16 Aug 1935	Rev John Walsh Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
16 Aug 1943	Rev Patrick O'Grady SDB Sunbury, Vic, etc
16 Aug 1961	Rev Paul Ronan Healy OFM Sydney, etc
16 Aug 1964	Rev Mgr John J Treacy Bourke, etc, NSW
16 Aug 1977	Rev Benignus Duffy CP Marrickville, NSW, etc
16 Aug 1977	Rev James Troy CSsR Maitland, NSW, etc
16 Aug 1987	Rev John Lawrence Russell Leederville, Pinjarra, Narrogin, Bayswater, WA
16 Aug 1990	Rev Vincent Arthur Melbourne dioc
16 Aug 1997	Rev Patrick Joseph Murray CSsR
16 Aug 2001	Rev Fabian Thom OSM Sydney, NSW
16 Aug 2002	Rev William Joseph O'Brien Lismore dioc, NSW
16 Aug 2005	Rev Brendan McPhillips OP Camberwell, Vic; Canberra, ACT and the Solomon Islands.
16 Aug 2006	Rev Daniel Conquest Melbourne dioc
16 Aug 2006	Rev Barry Miller SM
16 Aug 2012	Rev Colin Edward Kenway OFM Read more Born 19/04/1935; Ordained 08/12/1982; Franciscan Friars. Colin was born in Toowoomba, Qld to Edward and Mary Kenway (both deceased). After completing his secondary education he worked for the Queensland Public Service (Railways) and then decided to commit to being a lay missionary. He went to Aitape, PNG in 1961. Colin later decided to join the Franciscans and was received into the Novitiate in1975 and made his first profession on 8 February 1977. His solemn profession was 1 November 1980 and he was ordained to the priesthood on 8 December 1982. Colin served the people of PNG working in various ministries in Aitape, Banaule, West New Britain and Port Moresby. He spent 52 of his 77 years in PNG and his commitment to the people of PNG and his ministry over the years is testament to his love of God and neighbour. Colin was prepared to leave his homeland to serve the people of God. May the Lord now reward him for his life of service.
16 Aug 2023	Rev Adrian Noonan Born 14/09/1941; Ordained 21/07/1964. Diocese of Port Pirie.
17 Aug 1873	Rev Michael Fitzsimmons Wentworth, etc, NSW
17 Aug 1909	Rev Martin Croagh CSSp Ballarat, Vic
17 Aug 1911	Rev Brocard (John) Leybourn OCarm Gawler, SA, etc
17 Aug 1926	Rev John A Gleeson Dandenong, etc, Vic
17 Aug 1928	Rev John McNamara Melbourne dioc
17 Aug 1937	Rev Luke Murphy SJ Kew, Vic; Sydney, etc
17 Aug 1938	Rev Thomas Carroll SJ Adelaide, etc
17 Aug 1952	Rev Thomas Edmund Darcy Landsborough, Birregurra, Geelong, Vic
17 Aug 1955	Rev Michael J O'Beirne Melbourne dioc
17 Aug 1959	Rev Peter F Brabants Sydney dioc
17 Aug 1968	Rev Eric Dignam MSC Coogee, etc, NSW
17 Aug 1970	Rev Francis Corrigan Lidcombe, etc, NSW
17 Aug 1971	Rev John Rush SJ Melbourne, etc
17 Aug 1974	Rev Patrick Kelly CSsR Maitland, Mayfield, NSW
17 Aug 1975	Rev Dominic Valentine Fitzmaurice OP East Camberwell, Vic, etc.
17 Aug 1978	Rev Vincent J Cummins Bathurst dioc, NSW
17 Aug 1988	Rev Mgr Vincent Lawrence Cummins Broken Hill, Cobar, Narromine, Forbes, Hillston, Moama, Trundle, Deniliquin, NSW
17 Aug 1993	Rev Desmond Lean OFM Sydney; Melbourne, etc
17 Aug 2003	Rev Francis Casamento Melbourne dioc
17 Aug 2009	Rev Thomas Lake-Smith SJ
17 Aug 2010	Rev Grattan (Dan) Rutlidge Read more Born 21/06/1920; Date of Ordination: 19/07/1960 - Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes. The Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes lost one of its oldest and dearest priests with the death of Dan Rutlidge, who had been living in retirement at the Assumption Villa, Leeton. Following his ordination in 1960 Dan served at Broken Hill, Forbes (as chaplain to Red Bend Catholic College), Narromine, Barham, Trundle, Brewarrina, Peak Hill and Deniliquin as an assistant priest. In 1970 he was appointed parish priest of South Broken Hill where he remained until his retirement in 1987. Dan, who had just celebrated his Golden Jubilee, was a faithful priest and a loved and loyal friend to so many. Rest in peace dear Dan.
17 Aug 2011	Rev Kevin Sweeney PE Read more Born 06/11/1927; Date of Ordination: 22/07/1951 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Kevin, the eldest of four children, was born in Castlemaine, Victoria. He attended primary school in various country areas and completed his secondary education at St Patrick's College in Ballarat. In 1944 he entered Corpus Christi College Seminary, Werribee, and was ordained by Bishop OCollins at St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat, on 22 July 1951. He was posted briefly to Daylesford, and then to Highett, then to St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, where he was chaplain to St Vincent's Hospital, Mount St Erin's, the Eye and Ear, and St Andrew's hospitals. Kevin was appointed parish priest of Lalor in 1965, and moved to St Kilda in 1970. He transferred to West Ivanhoe, Preston and Mount Waverley, and finally became parish priest of St Catherine Labour�, Moorabbin, in November 1994. One of his great achievements was the 2001 construction of the room situated between the church and the presbytery, which is now officially known as the Sweeney Centre', but unofficially as Sweeney's Pad'. Kevin loved classical music and enjoyed travelling. Until his health slowed him down he was an avid golfer and a keen tennis player and one could say he was fanatical about the Collingwood Football Club. He was a very social person and a great dinner guest. He was member of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association and was their chaplain for many years. Kevin was dearly loved and will be sadly missed. Rest now in peace dear Kevin.
18 Aug 1881	Bishop James Quinn Brisbane
18 Aug 1883	Archbishop Roger Vaughan OSB Sydney
18 Aug 1913	Rev Henry Lynch SJ Sydney, etc
18 Aug 1923	Rev Denis O'Leary Melbourne dioc
18 Aug 1948	Rev Goidanich O'Sullivan Ballarat dioc, Vic
18 Aug 1950	Bishop John M McCarthy Melbourne, Bendigo, Vic
18 Aug 1953	Rev John J McCormack Morwell, etc, Vic
18 Aug 1957	Rev Claude Bradley Murwillumbah, etc, NSW
18 Aug 1963	Rev Simplicianus Gatt OSA Innisfail, Qld
18 Aug 1979	Rev Albert Spratt CP Sydney, etc
18 Aug 1995	Rev Michael James Rafter Ascot Vale, South Yarra, Flemington, Kew, Vic
18 Aug 1999	Rev Francis Bernard Murphy Ferntree Gully, Castlemaine, Glenhuntly, Brunswick, Mentone, Trentham, Sunshine, Vic
18 Aug 2000	Rev Denis Ruane Lower North Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Pinnaroo, Birdwood, Strathalbyn, Richmond, Riverton, SA
18 Aug 2006	Rev Edward Ignatius Sherry SSC Essendon, Vic
18 Aug 2007	Rev Denis Ruane North Adelaide, Richmond, etc, SA
18 Aug 2009	Rev John Leahy Read more Born 08/09/1935; Ordained 30/12/1970 John attended Yarraberb State School and Marist Brothers College, Bendigo before completing a Civil Engineering Degree at The University of Melbourne. His seminary years were spent at St Francis Xavier's Seminary, Magill, South Australia. John was ordained priest of the Sandhurst Diocese on 30th December 1970 and ministered in the parishes of Tallangatta, Numurkah, Wodonga South, Yarrawonga, Bendigo, Mohyu, Pyramid Hill, Benalla, Dookie, Shepparton and Mooroopna. John was a faithful priest, a caring pastor, a prayerful man. He was a gentle friend who radiated calm joy � a wonderful companion in ministry. His ability to laugh at himself and share his cheeky humour endeared him to all who knew him � and those who knew him, loved him. May his dear soul rest in peace.
18 Aug 2017	Rev Danylo Novak Born 28/07/1929; Ordained 05/03/1966 Ukrainian Eparchy
19 Aug 1906	Rev Philip Cleary Kapunda, Kanowna, Naracoorte, Quorn, Port Augusta, Pekina, SA
19 Aug 1922	Rev Patrick? Dillon Sydney, etc
19 Aug 1938	Rev John O'Toole Sydney dioc
19 Aug 1950	Rev William John Giesin Wardell, etc, NSW
19 Aug 1964	Rev Mgr William P Kain Pekina, etc, SA
19 Aug 1967	Rev Aloysius Dando SJ Melbourne, etc
19 Aug 1969	Rev Joseph J Hayes Melbourne dioc
19 Aug 1970	Rev Leo C Hartnett Sandringham, etc, Vic
19 Aug 1972	Rev Arthur Stone SJ Sydney
19 Aug 1973	Rev Anthony Glover CSsR Ballarat, Vic; Hobart
19 Aug 1973	Rev Joseph Phelan OSA Cairns, Chillagoe, Croydon, Mareeba, Port Douglas, Qld; Rochester, Kyabram, Vic
19 Aug 1975	Rev Thomas Carroll South Caulfield, Mansfield, Epping, etc, Vic
19 Aug 1979	Rev Patrick Matthew Farrell OP Sydney; Canberra; Melbourne
19 Aug 1979	Rev James McWilliams SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
19 Aug 1981	Rev William Dwyer Ballarat dioc, Vic
19 Aug 1995	Rev Jacobus (Jack) Gubbels Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Qld
19 Aug 1997	Rev Leo Hay OFM Melbourne; Sydney, etc
19 Aug 1997	Rev Michael Harold James Puls MS Kensington, NSW; Darwin, NT
19 Aug 2005	Rev Rodger Shepherd Ballarat dioc, Vic
19 Aug 2013	Rev Graham Orwin CP Born 03/12/1938 Ordained 30/11/1974
19 Aug 2018	Rev Joseph Dargan PE Read more Born 09/02/1928: Ordained 31/08/1962 Archdiocese of Melbourne Joseph trained both in Ireland and Manly, NSW and was ordained on 21 July 1962 at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne. He served as Assistant Priest at the parishes of Broadmeadows (1963), South Melbourne (1965), Maidstone (1969), Seymour (1970) and Caulfield South (1974). Joe was appointed Parish Priest at Parkville (1977) and Assistant Priest at Clayton (1978), Daylesford (1979), Belmont (1981) and Castlemaine (1982). After his appointment as Parish Priest at Meredith (1982), Joe retired in 1988 and was appointed Pastor Emeritus. Joe battled with personal suffering beyond his control which prevented him from engaging in priestly ministry as he would have liked. His priestly ministry was witnessed through his fidelity to prayer and his gentle kindness to those he met each day. Joe was grateful for the kindness of close personal friends who accompanied him until his final breath. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
19 Aug 2022	Rev Barry Brundell MSC Born 02/08/1939; Ordained 26/03/1966. Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
20 Aug 1880	Rev Thomas Butler Richmond, Launceston, Tas
20 Aug 1882	Rev J Bisset? Kempsey NSW
20 Aug 1890	Rev Anthony Mahoney OFM
20 Aug 1914	Rev Denis McCarthy Darlinghurst, Forest Lodge, etc, NSW
20 Aug 1917	Rev James Byrne CM Bathurst, NSW; Malvern, Vic
20 Aug 1934	Rev David Gallery SJ Sydney, etc
20 Aug 1941	Rev John Donovan North Brunswick, Vic, etc
20 Aug 1954	Rev Michael Masterson Red Hill, etc, Qld
20 Aug 1967	Rev Humphrey (Francis) Moynihan Melbourne dioc
20 Aug 1975	Rev Mgr James Henry Hannan South Melbourne, South Yarra, etc, Vic
20 Aug 1994	Rev Leslie Bagot Rozelle, etc, NSW
20 Aug 2004	Rev James McSweeney Perth, Collie, Nannup, Bunbury, Wagin, Waroona, WA
20 Aug 2006	Rev J Hugh Boland Born 07/07/1916. Ordained for the Archdiocese of Sydney.
20 Aug 2010	Rev William Ross Read more Born 16/10/1923; Date of Ordination: 20/07/1959 - Diocese of Townsville. Born in Ipswich, Bill spent some time in the Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart before being ordained a priest of the Townsville Diocese by Bishop Hugh Ryan on 20 July 1959. Following his ordination, he worked in various parishes in the diocese including the Cathedral, Mundingburra, Ingham, Belgian Gardens and Hughenden. Bill, who had been semi-retired and living in Brisbane since 1980, died peacefully at Holy Spirit Nursing Home, Aspley, Brisbane. Rest now in peace Bill.
20 Aug 2021	Rev Walter Black MSC Born 12/12/1933; Ordained 26/07/1959. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
21 Aug 1859	Rev Michael O'Brien Geelong, etc, Vic
21 Aug 1898	Rev John Murphy SJ Sydney; Melbourne; Adelaide
21 Aug 1915	Rev Humphrey O'Callaghan Surrey Hills, Camberwell, Oakleigh, etc, Vic
21 Aug 1942	Rev James Murray CSsR Waratah, NSW; Perth; Kew, Ballarat, Vic
21 Aug 1956	Rev James J Egan Thornbury, etc, Vic
21 Aug 1963	Rev Paul Zolin SDB Glenorchy, Tas; Brooklyn Park, SA; Brunswick, Vic
21 Aug 1969	Rev William Joseph Russell Largs Bay, etc, NSW
21 Aug 1979	Rev John Anshaw MSC Sydney, etc
21 Aug 1980	Rev Boleslaw Godlewski Hobart; Bendigo, Vic
21 Aug 1984	Rev Mgr William Joseph Fahy Parramatta, Lithgow, Surry Hills, Enmore, Rockdale, Picton, Camden, NSW
21 Aug 1990	Rev Mgr Patrick Coffey Jamestown, Peterborough, Port Pirie, Minnipa, Port Lincoln, Spalding, SA
21 Aug 1990	Rev Bernard Moore MSC Douglas Park, NSW, etc
21 Aug 2005	Rev Francis Moynihan Nundah, Maryborough, Brisbane, Ekibin, Inala, Qld
21 Aug 2007	Rev Phillip Purcell
21 Aug 2018	Rev Thomas Edward Brophy PE Read more Born 07/09/1926: Ordained 24/07/1949 Archdiocese of Melbourne Tom was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 24 July, 1949.� He was appointed to St Patrick's Cathedral, then as Assistant Priest at Ivanhoe (1950), East Brunswick (1952), North Richmond (1956), Ormond (1956), Kew (1957) and Manifold (1960).� In 1962 he was appointed Administrator of Prahran, and was appointed the first Parish Priest of Forest Hill (1968), Parish Priest of North Balwyn (1982) and Camberwell South (1988) until his retirement in 2002, when he was appointed Pastor Emeritus. In his retirement, he elected to go on-loan to the Diocese of Port Pirie. Upon his return to Melbourne he retired privately. His gifts included his pastoral kindness, prayerfulness and his commitments to the various duties asked of him throughout his priestly life. The Archdiocese of Melbourne is grateful to God for Father Tom Brophy's joyful, priestly witness and dedicated service to his people. May he rest in peace.
22 Aug 1852	Rev Thomas Joseph Malachy Murray OSB Wollongong, NSW
22 Aug 1868	Rev John McEncroe Sydney
22 Aug 1919	Bishop John Dunne Dubbo, Bathurst, Mudgee, Oberon, Wentworth, NSW
22 Aug 1933	Rev Dominic Connell SJ Melbourne
22 Aug 1938	Rev James Ryan Westbury, Longford, etc, Tasmania
22 Aug 1938	Rev James Ryan New Norfolk, etc, Tas
22 Aug 1940	Rev John Colman O'Connor OFM Sydney, etc
22 Aug 1963	Rev Lawrence Corridon Concord, etc, NSW
22 Aug 1968	Rev Thomas Borthwhistle CSsR Maitland, NSW, etc
22 Aug 1970	Rev Mgr Owen Clarke Gammain, etc, NSW
22 Aug 1970	Rev Thomas V Dunlea Sutherland, etc, NSW
22 Aug 1972	Rev Robert Gibbs Rockhampton dioc, Qld
22 Aug 1977	Rev Mgr Daniel Francis O'Connell Watchem. Horsham, Terang, Warrnambool, etc, Vic
22 Aug 1982	Rev Hugo Quigley SJ Perth; Melbourne; Sydney
22 Aug 1993	Rev Arthur William Maher Ballarat dioc, Vic; Bathurst dioc, Hurstville, etc, NSW
22 Aug 1994	Rev Vincent Joseph McCabe SM Sydney; Burnie, Claremont, Tas, etc
22 Aug 2000	Rev John O'Shea Wishart, Boonah, Brisbane Cathedral, Kangaroo Point, Qld
22 Aug 2001	Rev Herbert Nouwens OFM
22 Aug 2005	Rev John King MSC
22 Aug 2014	Rev Frank Callanan SM Born 31/12/1922; Ordained 13/12/1957. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
22 Aug 2014	Rev Mgr William J Fulton Read more Born 02/03/1931; Ordained 21/12/1957 for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga. William Fulton will be remembered as a gentle, generous, humble and hard-working priest who devoted himself completely to his parishioners. Bill was born in Terang, Victoria. His family later moved to Holbrook and then to Albury. For a time Bill worked in the State Bank in Wodonga before taking up studies for the priesthood at Springwood, St Patrick's College Manly and finally in Rome where he was ordained in July 1957. He worked in the Cathedral Parish, as well as West Wagga, Howlong, Leeton, The Rock, South Wagga, Tarcutta and St Patrick's, Albury. Bill was made a Monsignor by the Pope John Paul II in 1986 in recognition of his services to the Church. The 83 year old retired in 2011 and was cared for in recent months at the Lutheran Aged Care. He died at the Mercy Hospital in Albury on Friday 22 August. His Funeral Mass was celebrated in St Patrick's Church, Albury where he had spent 13 years as Parish Priest. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Gerard Hanna, together with Archbishop Francis Carroll and many of Bill's brother priests.
22 Aug 2018	Rev Harry Bliss Born 29/11/1933; Ordained 29/06/1962 Archdiocese of Brisbane
22 Aug 2021	Rev John Neill OP OAM Born 1932; Ordained 1960. Dominicans - Order of Preachers.
22 Aug 2023	Rev Stephen Bohan Born 05/07/1948; Ordained 17/05/1974. Diocese of Sandhurst.
23 Aug 1884	Rev Nicholas Bassetto OSA Sandhurst dioc, Melbourne, Vic
23 Aug 1899	Rev Thomas King Lismore, Surry Hills, Gosford, NSW
23 Aug 1917	Rev James O'Regan Port Fairy etc - Diocese of Ballarat
23 Aug 1919	Rev Hugh O'Reilly Perth dioc
23 Aug 1935	Rev James Henderson Lismore dioc, NSW
23 Aug 1941	Rev William Laws CSsR North Perth, WA; Melbourne
23 Aug 1942	Rev John Ellis North Melbourne, etc, Vic
23 Aug 1945	Rev James O'Reilly Gympie, Stanthorpe, etc, Qld
23 Aug 1950	Rev Leonard McCarthy MSC Kensington, NSW, etc
23 Aug 1967	Rev Valerian Vincent Monckton OFM Sydney; Townsville dioc, Qld; Riverside, Tas
23 Aug 1970	Rev Benedict O'Sullivan OP Adelaide; Melbourne
23 Aug 1971	Rev Florence Richard Ryan Lambton, etc, NSW
23 Aug 1976	Rev Albert E Lynch Applecross, etc, WA
23 Aug 1976	Rev Patrick William O'Neill CSsR Aitkenvale, Qld; Ballarat, Vic; Launceston, Tas, etc
23 Aug 1978	Rev Edward Gallagher CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
23 Aug 1987	Rev Eladio Ros OSB New Norcia, Perth, WA
23 Aug 1990	Rev Bernard John Moore MSC Kensington, Randwick, NSW
23 Aug 1991	Rev Robert Dando MSC Sydney, etc
23 Aug 1993	Rev Kevin Twomey MSC Sydney; Darwin, etc
23 Aug 2008	Rev Rupert Dawson OFM
23 Aug 2008	Most Rev Peter Quinn DCL STL Born in Subiaco WA, 17/2/1928; ordained Priest for Perth 21/12/1950; consecrated Auxiliary Bishop to the Archbishop of Perth 27/8/1969. Titular Bishop of Falerone; appointed Bishop of Bunbury 4/8/1982; retired 20/12/2000.
23 Aug 2009	Rev Thomas Earls CP Born 18/09/1933; Ordained 08/03/1958; Sydney, Melbourne etc.
23 Aug 2019	Rev Mark F Spora Born 07/12/1932; Ordained 21/12/1955 for Archdiocese of Sydney
23 Aug 2021	Rev Romuald Marian Josko Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
23 Aug 2022	Rev Dominik Jalocha OP Born 27/03/1955; Ordained 25/04/1986. Dominicans - Order of Preachers.
24 Aug 1865	Rev Michael Ryan Adelaide dioc
24 Aug 1909	Rev Daniel Leahy Koorawatha, etc, NSW
24 Aug 1914	Rev Thomas Shearman CSsR Ballarat, Vic; Waratah, NSW; New Town, Tas, etc
24 Aug 1915	Rev John Augustine Maher OSA Cairns, Cooktown, Qld
24 Aug 1927	Rev Mark Delahunty West Terrace, etc, SA
24 Aug 1933	Rev John Joseph Gunning Nowra, Bombala, Cowra, Bega, etc, NSW
24 Aug 1956	Rev Edward L O'Connell Parkside, etc, SA
24 Aug 1964	Rev William Edward Reardon Adelaide dioc
24 Aug 1970	Rev Charles McDonald Toowoomba dioc, Qld
24 Aug 1975	Rev Richard Wilson Archdiocese of Brisbane
24 Aug 1983	Rev James Edward Cullen Sandgate, etc, Qld
24 Aug 1985	Rev Kieran O'Connell OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
24 Aug 1997	Rev Sean Clement Ahern OSA Cairns, North Cairns, Innisfail, Tully, Atherton, Herberton, Qld; Rochester, Echuca, Vic
24 Aug 2003	Rev Geoffrey James SJ Kew, Toorak, Clayton, Vic; Milson's Point, Riverview, NSW
24 Aug 2019	Rev John Baron OP Ordained 31/05/1975. Dominicans - Order of Preachers
24 Aug 2019	Rev Terence O'Neill OFM Born 06/01/1932; Ordained 28/07/1957 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
25 Aug 1874	Rev Michael O'Reilly Bathurst, etc, NSW
25 Aug 1879	Rev Timothy McCarthy Armidale, Bathurst, Sydney, NSW
25 Aug 1911	Rev Michael Ryan Kilmore, Woodend, Dandenong, Bacchus Marsh, etc, Vic
25 Aug 1931	Rev John J Manly Footscray, Kew, etc, Vic
25 Aug 1932	Rev William Hartnett Seymour, Woodend, Geelong, Lancefield, Daylesford, etc, Vic
25 Aug 1934	Rev James P Kennedy Perth dioc
25 Aug 1941	Rev James John Logan OC Semaphore, SA, etc
25 Aug 1953	Rev Michael Carey Brisbane dioc
25 Aug 1956	Rev Hugh Joseph McDonnell SM NSW
25 Aug 1962	Rev Francis Tyler MSC Sydney; Hobart dioc, etc
25 Aug 1970	Rev John McManus MSC Douglas Park, NSW; Hobart, etc
25 Aug 1980	Rev John Stanislaus McGrath CSsR Newcastle, NSW; Ballarat, Vic, etc
25 Aug 1985	Rev Kiaran O'Connell OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
25 Aug 1986	Rev Alvin Fredrigotti Sunbury, Vic, etc
25 Aug 1995	Rev William H Stinson CSsR Melbourne, etc
25 Aug 2010	Rev Miles O'Malley Born 03/05/1936; Ordained 20/12/1961.
26 Aug 1896	Rev Charles Peter Woods Hobart
26 Aug 1907	Rev Phillibert Goutheraud MSC Sydney
26 Aug 1915	Rev James Ryan Bathurst, Orange, etc, NSW
26 Aug 1916	Rev Archibald J Shaw MSC Kensington, Randwick, NSW, etc
26 Aug 1930	Rev James A (Jules) Bucas Ayr, Rockhampton, etc, Qld
26 Aug 1937	Rev Peter Elias Magennis OCarm Gawler, Port Adelaide, SA, etc
26 Aug 1937	Rev Cornelius J McAuliffe Maitland dioc, NSW
26 Aug 1939	Rev Timothy J O'Connor Strathfield, Sydney, NSW
26 Aug 1947	Rev Mgr Bernard Fagan West Perth, Subiaco, York, etc, WA
26 Aug 1953	Rev Michael O'Flynn Tamworth, etc, NSW
26 Aug 1954	Rev Michael O'Sullivan Grenfell, NSW
26 Aug 1954	Archbishop Filippo Bernadini North Sydney, NSW
26 Aug 1954	Rev Michael Dominic O'Sullivan Taralga, etc, NSW
26 Aug 1971	Rev Ladislaus Fazekas Adelaide
26 Aug 1972	Rev Patrick Joseph Flanagan Broadmeadows, etc, NSW
26 Aug 1972	Rev Cyril Stinson Osborne Park, Northam, Kondinin, Belmont, Tuart Hill, Perth dioc
26 Aug 1979	Rev James Brennan East Maitland, Lambton, Krambach, Muswellbrook, Cessnock, Merewether, Kurri Kurri, NSW
26 Aug 1985	Rev Bertrand John Curran OP
26 Aug 1987	Rev Mgr W Vincent Ryan Lismore, etc, NSW
26 Aug 1995	Rev Thomas O'Brien SSC North Essendon, Vic; Acacia Ridge, Qld, etc
26 Aug 2012	Rev Maurice Casey Born 20/12/1938; Ordained 01/09/1973
26 Aug 2013	Rev Edgar Blain SVD Read more Born 21/01/1930; Ordained 07/06/1958 - Divine Word Missionaries. Edgar was born in Nanango, Queensland, the son of Edgar and Kathleen Blain. The family had four sons and one daughter. Edgar joined the SVD seminary in Marburg QLD in 1947. After profession of first vows in February of 1951, he went to the USA to study both Philosophy and Theology. Edgar was ordained a priest in 1958 and was assigned to India. He arrived there in 1960. Edgar spent fifteen years in Sambalpur, working in schools in Gaibira, Orissa State, principally in the roles of boarding master and secretary. He also worked as Province Treasurer for a term. Edgar was probably best known for his work in producing the first dictionary in Sadri, the local intertribal language. This was a very big task that assisted him enormously with his work in schools with boys originating from different tribes. It also left a significant legacy for missionaries working in Orissa State. In August 1976, Edgar returned to his home state of Queensland Australia where he resided at the SVD retreat house in Marburg. Edgar spent the next ten years preaching retreats and providing spiritual direction. In 1986 he was appointed novice director for AUS Province in Sydney. He held this role for twelve years, prior to returning to Queensland. He spent three years as the spiritual director for the Society of St Vincent de Paul and then retired. As his health deteriorated, he moved to the Holy Spirit Nursing Home. He was subsequently diagnosed with lung cancer and died peacefully just two months later, vigiled by both his SVD brothers and SSpS sisters. May he rest in peace.
26 Aug 2016	Rev Francesco Furfaro Born 29/12/1953; Ordained 01/09/1979 Archdiocese of Sydney
27 Aug 1898	Rev John Murphy Launceston, Franklin, etc, Tas
27 Aug 1918	Rev Thomas Bachmair SAC Broome dioc, WA
27 Aug 1924	Rev Dominic Joseph Mangan CSsR Waratah, NSW; Perth, etc
27 Aug 1935	Rev John Baptist Curley CSsR Wagga, Tumut, Cootamundra, Temora, Corowa, etc, NSW
27 Aug 1935	Rev Thomas A Moloney OSA Cairns, Qld, etc
27 Aug 1953	Rev Anthony J Hurley Ballarat dioc, Vic
27 Aug 1960	Rev Cyril Edgar Ardagh, Sydney, etc
27 Aug 1962	Rev John Nerney SJ Melbourne, etc.
27 Aug 1962	Rev Thomas O'Regan Coraki, etc, NSW
27 Aug 1969	Rev John S Bourke SJ Melbourne, etc
27 Aug 1971	Rev Aquinas Lynch CP Sydney, etc
27 Aug 1975	Rev Mgr Francis O'Connor East Victoria Park, etc, WA
27 Aug 1977	Rev John Joseph Hatton Toukley-Budgewoi, etc, Sydney dioc, NSW.
27 Aug 1991	Rev Timothy Sullivan SSC Essendon, Vic; Wahroonga, NSW; Banyo, Brisbane, Qld
27 Aug 1992	Rev James Grace OSA Cairns, Mossman, Coorparoo, Mareeba, Innisfail, Qld; Manly Vale, NSW; Rochester, Echuca, Vic
27 Aug 2000	Rev Mgr Frank Coolahan Newcastle, NSW
27 Aug 2000	Rev Mgr Patrick Doyle Toowoomba dioc, Qld
27 Aug 2008	Rev Joseph Petrauskas Melbourne dioc
27 Aug 2008	Rev John Petrauskas PE
27 Aug 2017	Rev John Morton SSS Read more Born 02/01/1925; Ordained 16/07/1960 Blessed Sacrament Fathers John was born in Albury, NSW, where he was educated at St Brigid's Primary School and Christian Brothers' College. After training as an engineer, he joined the RAAF, eventually attaining the rank of Leading Aircraftman. He entered the Blessed Sacrament Congregation's novitiate at Bowral, NSW in 1953, before proceeding to the Congregation's seminary at Lower Plenty in Melbourne. Following his ordination at St Patrick's Church, Albury on 16 July 1960, he was posted to the Church of the Blessed Sacrament at Haymarket, Sydney (now St Peter Julian's Church). Later, at St Francis' Church, Melbourne (1962-72), he served several terms as community leader. In other major appointments within the Blessed Sacrament Congregation, John was a provincial consultor (1972-75); parish priest at Kensington in Perth, WA (1979-83); and provincial treasurer from 1984 to 2002. In 1994, he was appointed to the Congregation's international finance commission in Rome. John's toughness, determination, and deep reserves of faith assisted him to cheerfully endure a great deal of ill health in his final years. On 27 August 2017, he died at Concord Hospital, Sydney, aged ninety-two, after fifty-seven years of priesthood and sixty-two years of religious profession. May he now rest in peace.
27 Aug 2022	Rev Michael Bogusz PE Born: 24/12/1948; Ordained: 20/08/1977 Archdiocese of Melbourne
28 Aug 1865	Rev Michael Ryan Penrith, NSW; Adelaide; Melbourne
28 Aug 1879	Rev Thomas Joseph Finn St. Arnaud, Port Fairy, etc, Vic
28 Aug 1880	Rev Alois Kranewitter SJ Melbourne, etc
28 Aug 1925	Rev Thomas Patrick Lalor Ashgrove, etc, Qld
28 Aug 1961	Rev Mgr John T Nevin Manly, etc, NSW
28 Aug 1967	Rev Bishop John Aubin SM Sydney
28 Aug 1968	Rev Bryan T Nolan Dalby, etc, Qld
28 Aug 1971	Rev Leo T Walsh Sydney dioc
28 Aug 1974	Rev John Buckley Grafton, etc, NSW
28 Aug 1983	Rev Vincent Ryan OP
28 Aug 1983	Rev George Taylor MSC Camp Hill, Qld; Melbourne, Hamilton, Croydon, Vic; Adelaide; Sydney; Moonah, Tas; Tennant Creek, NT
28 Aug 1985	Rev John Hyde SM Sydney, etc
28 Aug 1989	Rev R Gerard Maloney CM Adelaide, etc
28 Aug 1989	Noel James (Tim) Maxwell Wilcannia, Trundle, Trangie, Forbes, Deniliquin, Condobolin, Brewarrina, Parkes, NSW
28 Aug 1992	Rev Alphonsus Lachlann Folan OCD Morley, WA
28 Aug 2006	Rev Mgr John Lennon Born 27/05/1930; Ordained 22/12/1962; Cairns, Brisbane, Edmonton Qld.
28 Aug 2011	Rev Roderick A Bray Read more Born 04/04/1938; Date of Ordination: 15/07/1961 - Diocese of Parramatta. The Diocese of Parramatta lost one of its much-loved priests with the death of Rod Bray on 27 August 2011. Rod was Parish Priest of St Margaret Mary's Parish, Merrylands and only one month earlier, he had celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with a Mass of Thanksgiving followed by a parish gathering. orn in Strathfield Parish, his schooling was at Mary Immaculate Primary, Manly, St Martha's Primary, Strathfield, and St Patrick's College, Strathfield. Rod trained for the priesthood at St Columba's Seminary, Springwood, and St Patrick's Seminary, Manly and following his ordination by Cardinal Gilroy at St Patrick's Seminary on 15 July 1961, his first appointment was on loan to the Diocese of Aitape, Papua New Guinea from 1962-67. On this return to Australia he was appointed Assistant Priest at Tempe (1968), Blacktown (1968-70), on loan to the Diocese of Aitape again from 1971-73, then Assistant Priest at Mt Druitt (1974-77) and Mt Pritchard (1977-79). He was appointed Assistant Priest at Merrylands in 1979 and Parish Priest in 1980. Rest in peace dear Rod.
28 Aug 2012	Rev Michael Price OSA Cairns, Brisbane.
28 Aug 2014	Rev Vincent Doyle Born 11/11/1935; Ordained 19/07/1959 Diocese of Lismore
28 Aug 2017	Rev Joseph Pulis SDB Read more Born 30/08/1932; Ordained 25/03/1962 Salesians - Salesians of Don Bosco A much-loved priest, a highly respected Salesian and a gentleman, Fr Joe Pulis SDB, passed away peacefully at Cabrini hospital in Melbourne, on Monday 28 August 2017, just two days short of his 85th birthday. Born in Malta, Joe began his Salesian vocational journey as a Brother and after completing his Novitiate at Sunbury (Victoria), in 1951, this 19-year old was already fully involved in youth ministry at the then Boys' Town and Salesian School at Brooklyn Park (Adelaide). Amid the intense daily routine he still found time to undertake studies qualifying as a Teacher and slowly maturing his desire to become a priest, a dream that he achieved with his Ordination, in Naples on 25 March 1962. Commitment and dedication to the service of the young characterised his 65 years as a Salesian and 55 as a priest spent entirely in schools where, in addition to Religious Education studies, he became a keen and accomplished LOTE teacher. After obtaining his Bachelor's degree, he became proficient in Italian and Japanese languages and culture, introducing the study of second languages throughout schools and colleges in Melbourne, Adelaide, Port Pirie, Hobart, and for the last 20 years in his beloved Bairnsdale. For the rest of his life, Japan, culture and food (the hotter the better!), became his preferred country of interest and destination, taking groups of students there over many years. However, Joe's gentle smile reached far beyond any educational institution, classroom and playground or student excursions to Japan, but become a valuable supporting pastoral presence in the local Church, particularly throughout Eastern Victoria from Narre Warren to Mallacoota, the loved pastor keenly available for the spiritual needs of people across the breadth and length of the Sale diocese. The large participation of clergy, parishioners and school representatives from the that diocese at his Funeral Mass in Melbourne was an eloquent testimony and a sign of deep gratitude for the impact this humble and unassuming Salesian with a lovely smile has had throughout East Gippsland. Eventually, the intense activity and unconditional commitment to the mission soon took its toll, and within a short time after leaving Bairnsdale, Joe's health deteriorated rapidly and after only a few days at Nazareth House Aged Care facility (Camberwell VIC), with the same quiet and unassuming acceptance that had marked his life-journey, on 28 August Joe gently returned to the Father. With one of the students at his farewell from Bairnsdale only a few months before his death, we can truly say Thank you for smiling and saying hello whenever you had a chance'. May he now rest in peace.
28 Aug 2018	Rev Peter Wood MSC Read more Born 02/05/1941; Ordained 24/01/1981 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart A Melbourne boy, Peter did a degree in architecture and practised professionally in London. Later he would design the MSC community house at the Pacific Regional Seminary in Suva. Peter worked as a lay missionary in Papua New Guinea, entered St Paul's National Seminary in 1972. He made his first vows on 7 January 1978 and was ordained in his home parish church of St Bede's Balwyn where his funeral Mass was celebrated. In his 45 years and more as a Missionary of the Sacred Heart. He was blessed by a new choice in life in the early 1970s, a call to be a Missionary of the Sacred Heart, testing it in Papua New Guinea. He joined as, what in those days was called a late vocation', studying at St Paul's National seminary, a wise support to his fellow students. During these years he also had some time again in London but, most importantly, in Zambia, serving as a secretary to the Archbishop of Lusaka - who then came to ordain Peter to the priesthood at the church of St Bede's, in January 1981. In his 37 years of priesthood, Peter served in a wide range of ministries including in Darwin and Suva, heading the newly-established AIDS ministry in Melbourne and then in the NT. He was parish priest of Moonah, chaplain at Monivae and, in recent years, available for parish supply in the Ballarat diocese, based at Monivae. May he rest in peace.
29 Aug 1888	Rev Alois Kreissal SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
29 Aug 1910	Rev Joseph O'Malley SJ Adelaide, etc
29 Aug 1916	Rev Edward O'Reilly Coolgardie, Victoria Park, Toodyay, York, etc, WA
29 Aug 1965	Rev Mgr Thomas Joseph Morris Kempsey, etc, NSW
29 Aug 1966	Rev Phillip Joachim Latham Sydney, etc
29 Aug 1993	Rev Cornelius Finn SJ Watsonia, Werribee, Clayton, Vic; Adelaide; Perth, etc
29 Aug 1993	Rev James Joseph Linnane SSC Strathmore, Pascoe Vale, Essendon, etc, Vic
29 Aug 2000	Rev Peter Edmund Boland OSA Cairns, Mossman, Coorparoo, Mareeba, Innisfail, Qld; Manly Vale, NSW; Rochester, Echuca, Vic
29 Aug 2000	Rev Stanley Gregory Skehan Toowoomba dioc, Q
29 Aug 2006	Rev Godfrey Ainsworth OFM
29 Aug 2008	Rev Michael Stephen Hogan Sydney dioc
29 Aug 2008	Rev Stephen Hogan Born 26/09/1926; Ordained 22/07/1950; Archdiocese of Sydney.
29 Aug 2012	Rev Francis Clune Born 06/10/1929; Diocese of Wagga Wagga.
29 Aug 2013	Rev Clive Magill Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
29 Aug 2021	Rev Paul Purcell Born 03/03/1927 Ordained 12/07/1980 for the Dominicans. Incarinated into the Diocese of Sandhurst.
30 Aug 1876	Rev Thomas Healy Wangaratta, etc, Vic
30 Aug 1896	Rev William Joseph Newport Ballarat dioc, Vic
30 Aug 1903	Rev Mgr Charles Alphonsus O'Hea OSA Coburg, Epping, Brunswick, Vic
30 Aug 1908	Rev Emilianus Coll OSB Albany, Guildford, New Norcia, etc, WA
30 Aug 1938	Rev Narcisse Janne OC Beagle Bay, WA
30 Aug 1946	Rev Daniel Davies-Moore Perth dioc
30 Aug 1947	Rev Patrick Cremin Melbourne dioc; Sale, Vic (or Aug 27?)
30 Aug 1954	Bishop Gerard Vesters MSC Sydney, etc
30 Aug 1955	Rev Michael J Moran OSA Cairns, etc, Qld
30 Aug 1956	Rev Patrick Shelton South Yarra, etc, Vic
30 Aug 1957	Rev Edward Roe SM Sydney dioc
30 Aug 1962	Rev John Michael Shelley East Malvern, Ballarat, Vic
30 Aug 1968	Rev Vincent Fennelly St. Arnaud, Maryborough, Hopetoun, Ballarat, Vic
30 Aug 1968	Rev Victor McKinnon CM Malvern, Vic; Southport, Qld, etc
30 Aug 1969	Rev Douglas Lyons Hastings, Mitcham, etc, Vic
30 Aug 1969	Rev John G MacKay Carnarvon, etc, WA
30 Aug 1971	Rev Thomas Browne Landsborough, etc, Vic
30 Aug 1972	Rev Patrick Harper SJ Melbourne, etc
30 Aug 1973	Rev Mgr Albert Langmead Esperance, Wanneroo, etc, WA
30 Aug 1974	Rev Ambrose Sylvester Bongiorno Narrandera, etc, NSW
30 Aug 1977	Rev Mark Peter Bibrowicz Auburn, etc, NSW
30 Aug 1981	Rev Vincent Harkins OSM Melbourne, Kingsbury, Vic, etc
30 Aug 1982	Allen Douglas Patrick Whitty Junee, Leeton Berrigan, Tarcutta, Urana, NSW
30 Aug 1987	Rev John Cullen Newnham, Taroona, Lower Sandy Bay, East Devonport, Tas; Subiaco, Sorrento, etc, WA
30 Aug 1992	Rev Rupert Sydney Kelly Perth dioc
30 Aug 1995	Rev Mgr Sean O'Doherty Perthville, Coonabarabran, Orange, Cowra, Wellington, Bathurst, East Orange, West Bathurst, NSW
30 Aug 2005	Rev D'Arcy David O'Keefe Concord, Haymarket, Katoomba, Woollahra, Lewisham, Sydney, Cabramatta, Balgowlah, NSW
30 Aug 2010	Most Rev Patrick Dougherty DD Read more Born in Kensington NSW 21/11/1931; Ordained Priest for Sydney 7/12/1954; Consecrated 8/12/1976. Titular Bishop of Lete; Appointed Bishop of Bathurst 8/9/1983; Retired 11/11/2008. After suffering lung cancer for several months, Patrick Dougherty, Emeritus Bishop of Bathurst (1983 � 2008) died peacefully surrounded with love and prayer at St Catherine's Nursing Home. Bishop Michael McKenna said his predecessor had, In his illness, shown the faith, acceptance and respect for others that you would expect from the true Christian and devoted priest and bishop that he was.' Rest now in peace dear Patrick.
30 Aug 2014	Rev Daniel O'Sullivan SDB Read more Born 10/07/1918; Ordained 20/07/1952. Salesians of Don Bosco. Daniel, was born in Durrus, Co Cork, Ireland, into a farming family. After completing his schooling at the local primary school and the Christian Brothers in Cork, Dan enrolled at the Salesian College in Co Limerick to study agriculture. From this he was inspired to join the Salesian Order and undertook his novitiate at Beckford in England before being professed on 31 August 1938. Following his novitiate Dan volunteered for the missions and was sent to India in 1939 where he completed his philosophy and undertook an extended period of practical training due to the second world war. In 1949 he returned to England, completed his theology and was ordained at Beckford on 20 July 1952. After his ordination Dan volunteered to come to Australia. He arrived in October 1952 and remained here until his death. The vast majority of his ministry was as an educator and administrator in Salesian schools, spending some time in most of the schools of the Province � Brooklyn Park and Port Pirie, SA; Glenorchy, Tas; Chadstone, Sunbury and Ferntree Gully Vic, where he was the Rector/Principal from 1967 to 1972. Dan was an excellent educator, specialising in Mathematics and Latin. His final appointment was to the Salesian community in Bairnsdale, Vic, from 1991 until his death. Rest now in peace Dan � your earthly work is done.
30 Aug 2016	Rev Peter St John Born: 19/06/1929; Ordained 01/09/1992 Archdiocese of Perth
31 Aug 1888	Rev Richard Ellis Ballarat, Inglewood, Bendigo, Hamilton, Port Fairy, Gordon, etc, Vic
31 Aug 1912	Rev Mgr John James Carroll Darlinghurst, Parramatta, Bombala, Balmain, etc, NSW
31 Aug 1923	Rev Thomas D McBride Melbourne dioc
31 Aug 1928	Rev Thomas Kelsh Hobart, Campbelltown, Cygnet, Westbury, Tas
31 Aug 1937	Rev Vincent Walsh OSA Kyabram, Rochester, Vic
31 Aug 1944	Rev Daniel Keane Gunnedah, etc, NSW
31 Aug 1964	Rev Francis H Masterson Red Hill, etc, Qld
31 Aug 1971	Rev Bernard Chapman SM Sydney, etc
31 Aug 1982	Rev Vincent Kevin Skehan Wilston, etc, Qld
31 Aug 1988	Rev Thomas Michael Crotty Fairfield, etc, NSW
31 Aug 1991	Rev Michael Kelleher Melbourne dioc
31 Aug 1993	Rev John Hardy Melbourne dioc
31 Aug 1996	Rev Melchior Bekes OFM Melbourne, etc
31 Aug 2002	Rev Paul Grienins Adelaide dioc
31 Aug 2005	Rev Shamus Kevin O'Reill CM Ashfield, NSW; Malvern, Vic; Eastwood, Parramatta, NSW; Southport, Qld; Sydney dioc
31 Aug 2006	Rev Gerald Joyce CSsR
31 Aug 2011	Rev Charles O'Malley Read more Born 17/12/1926; Date of Ordination: 29/10/1961 - Ireland. Following his ordination on 29 October 1961, Charles arrived in the Archdiocese of Perth from Ireland. He was appointed to St Mary's Cathedral as assistant priest in December 1961 and then to the Parish of Applecross in the same capacity in February 1963. On 20 April 1969 he was appointed editor of The Record. He served as parish priest in the parishes of Kellerberrin (1971) and Kenwick/Thornlie (1980), retiring on 25 May 2000. A Pontifical Concelebrated Requiem Mass was held in Sacred Heart Church, Thornlie, where Charles was remembered as a man of great insight, a hard worker and one who loved the different nationalities which moved into the parish. He especially loved to visit the sick and elderly and take the Eucharist to them. He worked tirelessly as a pastor and those to whom he ministered remember him with much love and affection. Rest now in peace dear Charles.
31 Aug 2013	Most Rev William J Brennan DD BA MLitt STL DipEd. Read more Born in Arncliffe NSW 16/2/1938; ordained Priest for Wilcannia-Forbes 21/12/1960; consecrated Bishop 1/3/1984; retired 5/2/2002. The fourth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, William, died after a long illness. Born in Arncliffe, NSW, the son of John Joseph Brennan and Elvie Margaret (nee Barton), William was the second eldest of six children. He was educated by the Ursuline Nuns at Ashbury and the Christian Brothers at Lewisham (Sydney). Bill trained for the priesthood at Saint Columba's College, Springwood; and Saint Patrick's College, Manly; and The Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome. He did further studies at Sydney University and the University of New England. and held a Bachelor of Arts (Syd), DipEd(UNE), MLitt [Philosophy and Psychology] (UNE), STL (Urbaniana). After his ordination on 21 December 1960, he was appointed Assistant Priest at Forbes and then Broken Hill, then Director of Schools for the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese. Following this he was Parish Priest of Nyngan and then Wentworth, combining that role with that of the Vicar of Education in the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese. Bill was appointed Bishop of Wagga Wagga on 16 January 1984 and his Episcopal Ordination took place on 1 March 1984. In addition to his episcopal duties in the Wagga Wagga Diocese, he held various positions on the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, including Chairman of the Bishops' Committee for Industrial Affairs, the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Deputy Chairman of Caritas. He was also part of the NSW Catholic Education Commission. Bill is perhaps best known for the bold move of founding a diocesan seminary - Saint John Vianney College, at North Wagga Wagga, adjacent to Charles Sturt University. He was committed to the idea that priests who spend their life working in country dioceses should be trained in the country. To this end, he built Vianney College, which was officially opened in 1992. Bill also founded Saint Francis' College on the Wagga Wagga campus of Charles Sturt University which opened in 1998. Serious ill health brought about Bill's formal retirement on 5 February 2002. May he rest in peace.
Sep	Rev Francis Kums Sandhurst dioc, Vic; Turon, Ophir, NSW
Sep 1887	Rev John Hackett Ballarat, Vic; Sydney, etc
Sep 1897	Rev Patrick F Hennebry
Sep 1911	Rev James O'Reilly Yass, NSW, etc
Sep 1997	Rev John Nolan Toodyay, Beverley, Kellerberrin, Kalamunda, Maylands, WA
Sep 2002	Rev John Sweeney SSG Sydney
1 Sep 1874	Rev Luigi Pesciaroli CP Moreton Bay, Qld; Adelaide
1 Sep 1876	Rev Jean Baptiste Petitjean SM Sydney
1 Sep 1920	Rev Bernard Nevin Port Augusta, Adelaide, SA
1 Sep 1949	Rev Cornelius Kelly Charlton, etc, Qld; Ballarat, Vic
1 Sep 1955	Rev Albert J Wright Brisbane dioc
1 Sep 1956	Rev Joseph Dunne SDB Sunbury, Vic
1 Sep 1957	Rev Mgr Frederick M Byrne Albany, etc, WA
1 Sep 1976	Rev Mgr Matthew Herbert O'Reilly Hobart; Bulli, Port Kembla, Nowra, Wollongong, etc, NSW
1 Sep 1985	Rev Michael Mansfield OCarm Middle Park, Port Melbourne, Vic; Port Adelaide, SA
1 Sep 1995	Rev Edward Charles Clifton SM Bellambi, Hunters Hill, NSW
1 Sep 1996	Rev Patrick John McGuane MSC Wollongong, Kensington, Randwick, NSW; Croydon, Vic; Moonah, Tas; Hindmarsh, SA
1 Sep 2001	Rev Peter McAlpine OCarm
1 Sep 2006	Rev Brian Gallwey Concord West, North Ryde, Darlinghurst, Balmain, Katoomba, Enfield, Greystanes, NSW
1 Sep 2006	Rev Thomas Scanlan
1 Sep 2017	Rev Jeremiah Breen SDB Read more Born 12/12/1930; Ordained 06/04/1963 Salesians - Salesians of Don Bosco Fr Jerry Breen SDB, returned to the Lord aged 86 - 63 years as a Salesian and 54 as a priest. His passing marked the end of an era in the history of the Australian Salesian province, as he was the last of a long line of Irish Salesians, whose presence and ministry shaped our story from the very beginning of days at the Rupertswood (Sunbury). Diligent, humble, cheerful and selflessly commitment to youth and to the Church, Jeremiah Breen was born at Knocknagoshel (County Kerry) on the 12 December 1930. The youngest child of a village cobbler, Jerry lost his father at the age of eleven and, on completing his primary education, he went to work on a nearby farm to ease the situation of extreme poverty of the family. It was only the generosity one of his earlier teachers that made it possible for the 19 years old Jerry to begin his secondary education at the Salesian agricultural college at Palleskenry. There through the care and encouragement of an older priest, he matured his call to priestly and religious life. In 1952 Jerry entered the Salesian novitiate at Burwash (England) and made his first profession on 8 September 1953. Fired by that innate Irish desire to bring their home-grown faith to foreign lands, Jerry applied for the missions, and while readying himself to go to India, he was assigned to Australia. After three years as assistant and teacher at Boys Town in Adelaide, in 1959 Jerry travelled to Castellamare (Naples) for his theological studies, and on 6 April 1963 was ordained a priest in Rome during the Vatican Council. Determination was the hallmark of Jerry's life, and on his return to Australia commitment to teaching and pastoral work, to prayer and community life, absorbed all his days. Practical, forthright, yet always individually and personally concerned for everyone, Jerry's stamina and work ethic were legendary. Whether in educational administration or in the classroom, Jerry reached out to thousands of young people in Hobart, Melbourne, and Adelaide. In the words of Fr B Murphy at the funeral homily, he became a magnet that attracted young men to him, and particularly the livelier and even more wayward element'. In the latter part of his life Jerry became the much loved and hard-working pastor in parish ministry, sharing his energy and jovial availability particularly in Palmerston (NT), Adelaide (SA) and at St Marys (NSW). In Jerry we have been given 86 years of living example that the poor are truly blessed because they have a unique gift of finding and sharing God in our lives. We cannot but give thanks to God for gifting us with the life of Fr Jeremiah Breen SDB.
1 Sep 2017	Rev Mervyn Ziesing Read more Born 30/04/1925; Ordained 11/12/1991 Diocese of Toowoomba On 8 September, the Toowoomba Diocesan Community came together to celebrate the life and ministry of Fr Mervyn Joseph (Merv) Ziesing. As news of Fr Ziesing's death broke, many took to the Diocese's Facebook page with memories of his wit, wisdom and motorbike with one commenter recalling a funny moment of spotting his black motorbike boots under his vestments during Mass. Mervyn Ziesing was born in Adelaide to parents Carl and Wilhelmina Ziesing and was educated by the Sisters of St Joseph, Marist Bothers and Christian Brothers in South Australia. In 1940 he became a member of the Christian Brothers Order. As a Christian Brother, Br Ziesing was a teacher, superior, headmaster, deputy headmaster at many Christian Brothers schools across New South Wales and Queensland. During this time Br Ziesing attained a Batchelor of Arts and Batchelor of Science from the Sydney University and a Batchelor of Divinity, Master of Literary Studies and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. Fr Ziesing was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Edward Kelly MSC on 11 December, 1991 at St Patrick's Cathedral Toowoomba. During his years of priestly ministry, Fr Ziesing enjoyed time at Mitchell, Charleville, Millmerran, Taroom and Wallumbilla Parishes. He retired to Lourdes Home in 2010. In his Words of Remembrance at Fr Ziesing's Funeral Mass, Fr Peter Doohan recalled first meeting him as a teaching Christian Brother when Fr Doohan attended St Brendan's Yepoon as a student in the 1960's. As a person, teaching Christian Brother and priest, Merv commanded great respect from all who came in contact with him. When meeting him and asking him how he was going, he would always respond, dangerously well!' Fr Doohan went on to describe Fr Ziesing as academically gifted but humble, a prayerful and respectful man who was also full of life, a practical joker, gentle and loving with an insightful sense of larrikin humour. May he rest in peace.
1 Sep 2018	Rev Francis Perry MSC Read more Born 07/12/1940: Ordained 09/02/1991 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Frank made his first profession on 26 February 1963 as a Brother in the congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. For more than 20 years he served as a Brother in MSC communities and in colleges. During the 1970s a number of brothers did teacher training and made the transition to teaching and supervision in MSC Colleges in Australia and in PNG. Frank was one of that group. During the 1970s and 1980s a number of Brothers also began studies at St Paul's National Seminary and Frank was ordained on the 9th February 1991. Following his ordination he was appointment to the Randwick Parish in Sydney and served in Darwin as parish priest of Nightcliff and later as the Administrator of the Darwin Cathedral. In 1998 he returned to Sydney as parish priest of Coogee. Frank moved to Adelaide 2003 as assistant priest in the parish of Hindmarsh. Significantly, he committed himself to learn to say mass in Italian, which he did for the next 14 years until his illness made it too difficult for him. Frank moved to live at Henley Beach in 2006 to give companionship to Fr Mark McGuiness MSC, and although he continued his ministry in the Hindmarsh parish he re-established his links with the young people of Antioch at Henley Beach. For some years Frank had been ill with cancer, with the disease finally taking its toll on his life. May he rest in peace.
2 Sep 1880	Rev James Joyce SJ Melbourne, etc
2 Sep 1882	Rev Nivardo Jurdan OFM
2 Sep 1900	Rev John O'Donoghue Ballarat, Inglewood, Portland, etc, Vic
2 Sep 1924	Rev Mgr Thomas Francis O'Neill Glenelg, etc, SA
2 Sep 1931	Rev Lawrence O'Keefe Orange, Carcoar, etc, NSW
2 Sep 1932	Rev James Dalton Redfern, etc, NSW
2 Sep 1948	Rev Peter Dodd CP
2 Sep 1952	Rev Christopher Lynch MSC Kensington, NSW; Brisbane, etc. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
2 Sep 1965	Rev Francis Xavier Corry OP Adelaide, etc
2 Sep 1980	Rev John Tiernan Weethall, Koorawatha, West Wyalong, Tumut, etc, NSW
2 Sep 1981	Bishop Pascal Sweeney CP Sydney; Hobart, etc
2 Sep 1988	Rev Henry John Jordan MSC Sydney; Hobart; Darwin; Sandhurst dioc, Vic, etc
2 Sep 1988	Rev Colmcille Colin Spokes OP
2 Sep 1989	Rev Richard Funcheon Darlinghurst, Woollahra, Pyrmont, Gosford, Woolloomooloo, Sutherland, Albury, etc, NSW
2 Sep 1993	Rev Noel Ryan SJ Melbourne; Sydney, etc
2 Sep 1994	Bishop Edward Francis Kelly MSC, North Sydney, Tugun River, Douglas Park, Concord North, Kensington, NSW; Croydon, Vic; Toowoomba, Qld
2 Sep 1999	Archbishop Romulo Carboni North Sydney, NSW
2 Sep 2014	Rev Aeneas F Delaney Born 07/03/1926. Ordained 30/07/1955. Diocese of Bathurst.
2 Sep 2017	Rev Peter Joseph Taffe Read more Born 19/03/1938; Ordained 27/07/1963 Diocese of Ballarat Bishop Paul Bird, the priests and people of the Diocese of Ballarat were saddened by the death of their brother and friend Rev Fr Peter Taffe. Ordained a priest in Ballarat on 27 July 1963, Peter served in the parishes of the Diocese as an Assistant Priest before being appointed Administrator of the Parish of Coleraine. Following this appointment he served as Parish Priest in the Parishes of Edenhope, Robinvale, Birchip and Apollo Bay before retiring from active parish ministry in 1997. Bishop Paul celebrated the funeral Mass for Fr Peter in St Patrick's Cathedral Ballarat on Friday 8 September, with the homily given by Fr Adrian McInerney.
2 Sep 2020	Rev John Naughton Read more Born 27/08/1934. Ordained 27/06/1964. Diocese of Sandhurst. John was born in Shepparton, VIC where his parents Hugh and Catherine conducted a drapery store. In time two brothers, Peter and Michael,�arrived. John's early education was at St Brendan's Primary School and then to St Coleman's Boys' School before a short stay at Assumption College, Kilmore. A short stint working in Melbourne�followed by National Service only increased his desire to test a vocation to the Priesthood. Latin was the rub' and John found himself with several other young men at St Stanislaus�College, Bathurst for a crash course in Latin. John joined a team of Sandhurst students at St Francis Xavier Seminary in Adelaide in 1958 and arrived at the Altar for Ordination on 27 June 1964. John began his pastoral ministry at St Kilian's, Bendigo in 1965 and his last appointment was to the same parish in 1989. He had special responsibilities for the Catholic Hospital where he served as chaplain for nearly 20 years. John is fondly remembered for his gentle and caring work and his special care for patients and staff. In 2009 John retired from full time ministry and took up residence in Shepparton at Ave Maria, a residential home, where for some time he was able to minister to the residents. John's health deteriorated in early August and he passed away on the 27th of August, 2020. � The funeral Mass was held at St Brendan's Church, Shepparaton, in which he had been ordained in 1964. COVID -19 regulations prevailed and the congregation of 10 was led by Bishop Shane MacKinlay with long-time friend Mgr Frank Marriott reflecting on John's life and priesthood. John ran the full distance�kept the faith' and ministered gently to God's people. Rest now in peace, John.
3 Sep 1867	Rev Francis McCarthy Ballarat, Geelong, Wangaratta, Castlemaine, etc, Vic
3 Sep 1875	Rev John Kavanagh Geelong, Vic; Goulburn, NSW; Hobart; Brisbane
3 Sep 1893	Rev John Francis Fitzgerald Mortlake, Stawell, South Yarra, Carlton, Coburg, South Melbourne, Warrnambool, Vic
3 Sep 1913	Rev Patrick Purcell Ryan Bathurst dioc, Maitland, NSW; Blumberg, SA, etc
3 Sep 1928	Rev Mgr Thomas Bourke Townsville and Rockhampton, Qld
3 Sep 1940	Rev Denis Aloysius Brennan Narrogin, West Perth, Boulder City, Victoria Park, etc, WA
3 Sep 1949	Rev Thomas J O'Donnell Wynyard, Stanley, Latrobe, Launceston, Sandy Bay, South Hobart, etc, Tas
3 Sep 1959	Rev Thomas Cunningham SJ Sydney, etc
3 Sep 1963	Rev John Patrick Bailey Melbourne dioc
3 Sep 1967	Rev Stanislaus Rodden CSsR Pennant Hills, NSW, etc
3 Sep 1975	Rev Leo Patrick Sherry Franklin, Deloraine, etc, Tas
3 Sep 1982	Rev William Nugent OCarm Middle Park, Port Melbourne, Vic
3 Sep 1984	Rev Malachy Lynam Rockhampton dioc, Qld
3 Sep 1984	Rev Peter (Pierre) Neyens SDB Glenorchy, Tas; Oakleigh, Vic
3 Sep 1988	Rev Raymond Smith Wardell, etc, NSW
3 Sep 1990	Rev Terence Patrick Crowe Bulli, etc, NSW
3 Sep 1993	Rev Paul Bazzoli OFMCap
3 Sep 1993	Rev Isidore Beirne OFM Sydney, etc
3 Sep 1999	Rev Edwin Nally OFM Brisbane, etc
3 Sep 2003	Bishop Henry Joseph Kennedy Hobart; Sydney; Brisbane; Armidale, Tamworth, NSW
3 Sep 2013	Rev Peter Connelly Read more Born 08/10/1943; Ordained 17/09/1994; Richmond, Penrith, Springwood, Police Chaplain - Diocese of Parramatta. The Catholic Diocese of Parramatta lost one of its much-loved priests with the death of Peter Connelly. Peter loved his family and always spoke of his parents, Charles and Clare, with deep affection. After attending St Philip Neri's Northbridge, Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown and Penrith High, he tried Springwood Seminary and later Werribee Seminary for a time. He took some time out from education to cultivate his famous love for horse racing, working at the Sydney Turf Club: It is reliably reported' that he knew more about the horses than about the saints! In the 1980s he returned to education, accumulating several degrees (BA, DipEd, MA) and teaching at St Joseph's Newtown, St Dominic's Penrith and Trinity Harden-Murrumburrah where he was principal. After some false starts at seminary and trying other professions for a time, Peter entered the Kensington seminary for late vocations and was ordained by Bishop Bede Heather in 1994. After his ordination, he served at Richmond and Penrith, as Parish Priest of Springwood and as a Police Chaplain. His extended family now included the people of the parishes in which he laboured and in those places he was known as Father'. May he rest in peace.
3 Sep 2014	Rev Bernard King Born 26/07/1929; Ordained 26/07/1960 Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
3 Sep 2015	Rev Kevin Hay Born 26/06/1930; Ordained 24/07/1954 Diocese of Parramatta
3 Sep 2015	Rev Francis Martin PE MBE Read more Born: 17/08/1928 Ordained: 22/07/1956 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne Frank entered Corpus Christi College Werribee on 1 March 1949 and was ordained for the Archdiocese of Melbourne by Archbishop Simonds on 22 July 1956. Following his ordination, Frank was appointed to St Patrick's Cathedral (temporary), Assistant Priest at St Margaret Mary, Brunswick North (1957) during which time he completed the Teaching Training Course at Mercy College. In 1958 he was appointed to the Catholic Education Office as an Inspector of Schools. In 1970 he served as Director of the Catholic Education Office and Secretary of the Catholic Education Board until 1980. It was a rapidly changing period in the history of Catholic education and a time of transition on many fronts. Frank's leadership and contribution to Catholic Education was acknowledged by the Archdiocese and people beyond. In 1981 the Government awarded him a Member of British Empire. In 1980 he was appointed the first Parish Priest of St Paul's, Endeavour Hills. In 1987 he was appointed to the Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption, Cheltenham where he remained until his retirement in 2007. Frank will be fondly remembered for his service to Catholic Education and the many parishioners with whom he ministered with such devotion.
3 Sep 2016	Rev Robert Markey Born 09/10/1926; Ordained 27/07/1953 Diocese of Ballarat
3 Sep 2017	Rev Brian Quillinan CSsR Born 26/07/1932; Ordained 16/03/1958 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
3 Sep 2017	Rev John Stewart Wilcken SJ Read more Date of Birth: 13/09/1930 Date of Ordination: 02/01/1963 - Jesuit Fathers A gentle, humble, deeply spiritual man who loved to read the New Testament in Greek, John died peacefully ten days before his 87th birthday. He had been a Jesuit for 65 years and a priest for 54. Born in Sydney, educated by the De La Salle Brothers and a graduate of Sydney University, he worked for a while in the Prime Minister's Department before entering the Society of Jesus at Loyola College, Watsonia (1952). His formation included three years of teaching at St Aloysius' College, Sydney, where he loved to return for his summer holidays. After tertianship in Austria, he studied dogmatic theology in Rome before transferring to Heythrop College, England, where he completed his doctorate on the writings of Bonhoeffer. John taught systematic theology for 43 years, mostly in an ecumenical context at the United Faculty of Theology, Parkville, but also in the diocesan seminary in Melbourne. In 1983-85 he was academic principal at Jesuit Theological College. He contributed articles to publications, papers to theological conferences and published five books. A man of quiet determination, he had a particular passion for theological reflection on justice issues, offering courses in liberation theology, feminist theology, ecological theology, and Aboriginal religions and Christian theology. He also devoted much time to retreat-giving, spiritual direction and his roles as province consultor and provincial assistant for social ministries. John's ministry to homeless people reflected his personal poverty and became an important part of his identity. For three decades he celebrated weekly Mass at Regina Coeli/McAuley House for vulnerable women, while he was living at Corpus Christi Community, Greenvale, a home for alcoholic men who would otherwise be homeless. There he was a much-loved superior, chaplain, chronicler and servant in the kitchen. That continued until three months before his death. Rest now in peace John.
3 Sep 2019	Rev James Feenan PE Born 01/08/1926; Ordained 10/06/1956 Archdiocese of Melbourne
3 Sep 2023	Rev Albert Yelds MSC Born 23/07/1925; Ordained 26/07/1953. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
4 Sep 1837	Rev James Vincent Corcoran OP Sydney
4 Sep 1897	Rev William Kennedy North Adelaide, etc, SA
4 Sep 1902	Rev Alfred Rees CP Glen Osmond, SA, etc
4 Sep 1910	Rev Facundo Mateu Albany, WA, etc
4 Sep 1914	Rev David Mulcahy CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
4 Sep 1965	Rev Walter J Clarke Punchbowl, etc, NSW
4 Sep 1965	Rev James Meehan OCarm Coorparoo, Qld; Adelaide; Donvale, Middle Park, Vic, etc
4 Sep 1967	Rev Vincent Tyler MSC Toowoomba, Qld; Sydney, etc
4 Sep 1968	Bishop Edward Doody Brisbane, QLD; Armidale, NSW
4 Sep 1968	Rev Mgr Francis Joseph Greenan Elwood, etc, Vic
4 Sep 1968	Rev William Wilfred Van Dijk OFM Sydney, etc
4 Sep 1969	Rev John McKay Carnarvon and Geraldton dioc, WA
4 Sep 1975	Rev Joseph Bernard Ryan Cooma, etc, NSW
4 Sep 1976	Rev Ernest J Clancy CM Guildford, WA, etc
4 Sep 1977	Rev Joseph O'Keefe Melbourne dioc
4 Sep 1978	Rev John Gerard Kelly Broken Hill, Parkes, Hillston, Barham, Manly, Balranald, Deniliquin, NSW
4 Sep 1986	Rev Henry Johnston SJ Sydney; Werribee, Kew, etc, Vic
4 Sep 1993	Rev Anthony Boylan Adelaide dioc
4 Sep 1996	Rev Joseph Patrick Kealy Footscray, Carlton, West Melbourne, Oakleigh, Moonee Ponds, Frankston, Vic
4 Sep 2004	Rev Sydney Charles Kattie Toowoomba, Stanthorpe, Miles, Chinchilla, Wallumbilla, Inglewood/Yelarbon, Goondiwindi, Wilsonton, Qld
4 Sep 2011	Rev Mgr Francis Lyons AM PE Read more Born 20/12/1921; Date of Ordination: 24/07/1949 - Archdiocese of Melbourne and Royal Australian Navy. Francis (Frank) Lyons was just a few months short of his 90th birthday and in the 63rd year of his priesthood when he died. His funeral was celebrated by Archbishop Denis Hart at St Patrick's Cathedral on 8 September and attended by family members, Bishop Max Davis, priests, military chaplains and friends. In his homily, Archbishop Hart said the words of St Paul to the Romans, the life and death of each one of us has its influence on others', were borne out powerfully in Mgr Lyons' life. This Archdiocese is indeed grateful to an iconic priest and leader, whose practical deeds have much to say about the involvement of priests and people and the service which humbly we render to them,' he said. Born in Brunswick, Francis served as assistant priest at the parishes of Healesville and Armadale, as chaplain at St Catherine's and St Augustine's orphanages, vocations director, and chaplain to the Royal Australian Navy for nearly 20 years, including time in Vietnam and on the Melbourne on the night it collided with the Voyager. He was created a Prelate of Honour in 1973 and awarded the medal of the Order of Australia in 1976. Francis served as parish priest of Clayton and Glen Iris and retired in 1994. Rest in peace dear Frank.
4 Sep 2014	Rev Adalbert Fazokas OP Read more Born 20/04/1920, Ordained in Slovakia 21/09/1946 - Dominican Fathers. Adalbert was born in Hungary. Before World War II he entered the Premonstratensians, and was ordained as a priest on 11 April 1944 in St Elizabeth's Cathedral in Kassa (now Ko�ice, Slovakia). After the war he joined the Dominicans, making profession 21 September 1946. He was sent to the Angelicum in Rome to obtain a Doctorate in Theology. One of his classmates was Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II). Adalbert came to Australia in 1954 and taught philosophy and the theology of Thomas Aquinas in the Dominican House of Studies in Melbourne and, from 1966, in Canberra. His method was innovative for the time, teaching directly from the texts of Aristotle and Thomas rather than using the standard manuals. When the Dominican House of Studies closed in the early 1970s, Fr Adalbert moved to St Elizabeth's Home for aged Hungarians at Dean Park (near Blacktown) to be chaplain to the Hungarian community, travelling around Australia. Ever the teacher, he gave classes in the philosophy of Aristotle and Thomas to the Hungarian community in Sydney and taught the theology of St Thomas at the Aquinas Academy. He also played a key role in the visit of Cardinal Mindszenty to Australia in 1974. After the collapse of communism he returned to Hungary, but things had changed too much for a man in his 70s to comfortably adapt. He returned to his ministry in Australia until about 2007 when the effects of age brought him back to St Elizabeth's home, this time to be cared for by others. Rest now in peace dear Adalbert.
4 Sep 2015	Rev James Reilly Born: 15/04/1942 Ordained: 04/05/1969 Diocese of Lismore
4 Sep 2015	Rev Douglas Akehurst CM Read more Date of Birth: 24/11/1949 Date of Ordination: 25/08/1975 Educated by the Sisters of St Joseph, Blayney NSW and by the Vincentians, Bathurst. Doug's love for, and affinity with, the poor was the distinguishing characteristic of his life. Doug was a member of the Vincentian community since 1969 and a Vincentian Priest for over 40 years. His confreres are deeply saddened by his death. Doug was a wonderful confrere, a great friend, an inspiration in his total commitment to those who struggled in life. After ordination on 25/08/1975, Doug undertook many ministries in Australia especially in relation to youth. In 1992 he was appointed to Fiji. Doug loved Fiji. He loved the people. He loved the culture. He loved the lifestyle. He loved the music and dance and he loved the work. Doug was particularly involved in the preparation of young men for the Priesthood both in the Vincentian Formation House but also as Rector of Pacific Regional Seminary, Suva. Doug committed much of his life to St Stanislaus College Bathurst. He had an enormous pride in the College where he spent his formative years as a student and the last years of his life as President and Chaplain. He is deeply mourned by present students and old boys, by parents and staff. He is sadly missed by his many relatives and friends and the countless number of people whose lives were touched by his. May he rest in peace in the arms of the God whom he served so faithfully.
4 Sep 2017	Rev John Michael George Read more Born 05/03/1944; Ordained 26/04/1975 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Sydney in June 1990. John Michael George entered eternal life on Monday 4 September 2107, aged 73. John was Ordained as Priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick on 26 April 1975.� He studied at St Paul's National Seminary, Kensington, The Australian National University in Canberra, the University of NSW and the East Asian Pastoral Institute at Manila in the Philippines. John taught at Daramalan College 1967-70 and Chevalier College1972-75, 1985. He ministered in the Parish of Randwick 1976-80 and then at Kensington Monastery 1981-83. John was appointed Assistant Priest to the parishes of Miranda, Mascot, Revesby, Lidcombe and Belmore.� He was Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Sydney in June 1990. John served as Chaplain to the Waverley Christian Brothers' Community and to Charingfield Hostel and retired to lesser duties in July 2002. May he rest in peace.
4 Sep 2021	Rev Dr Vincent Dwyer Born 04/07/1930; Ordained 23/11/1958. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
5 Sep 1891	Rev Patrick Duhig Brisbane, Rockhampton dioc, Qld
5 Sep 1916	Rev John McDwyer Goulburn, NSW, etc
5 Sep 1935	Rev Oswald Donnelly CP Marrickville, NSW, etc
5 Sep 1943	Rev Martin Kehoe Maitland dioc, NSW
5 Sep 1956	Rev William Gill CSsR Mayfield, NSW, etc
5 Sep 1965	Rev John Dinan SM Sydney, etc
5 Sep 1979	Rev Denis Francis Byrne Yeronga, etc, Qld
5 Sep 1986	Rev Mgr John Francis Hogan Perth, Kensington, Osborne Park, WA
5 Sep 1991	Rev Darcey McCarthy Alstonville, NSW, etc
5 Sep 2003	Rev Norbert Hayne CP Marrickville, NSW, etc
5 Sep 2004	Rev Zeno Grodz SVD Ballarat, Melbourne, Vic, Perth, WA; Wollongong, NSW
5 Sep 2009	Rev Neville Cox CSsR
5 Sep 2010	Rev Hubert Hunter SSC Read more Born 07/02/1925; Ordained 24/07/1949 - Columban Fathers. Hubert joined the St Columban Missionary Society in 1943 and was ordained on 24 July 1949 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, by Archbishop Mannix. In February 1950 he sailed to Japan to commence his first missionary appointment, one which was to last 18 years. In 1968 Hub returned to Australia due to illness. After recovering his health he returned to Japan in 1972 until health issues again forced him to return to Australia where he spent the next 12 years working for the Melbourne Archdiocese in the parishes of Elsternwick and Ormond. Hub returned to Japan again in 1984 where he worked until finally returning to Australia in1992 to work as assistant priest at the parishes of Pascoe Vale and East St Kilda until failing health forced him to retire to St Columban's, North Essendon. Rest now in peace Hubert.
5 Sep 2013	Rev Harry Morrissey MSC Born 10/07/1926; Ordained 27/07/1952
5 Sep 2018	Rev Eric Burton PE Born 24/10/1925: Ordained 24/07/1950 Diocese of Parramatta
5 Sep 2020	Rev John Langtry Born 25/07/1938; Ordained 15/07/1961. Archdiocese of Sydney.
6 Sep 1865	Rev Bernard? H Power Geelong, etc, Vic
6 Sep 1866	Rev Rene Cusse Brisbane; Newcastle, NSW
6 Sep 1879	Rev Jeremiah McAuliffe Parramatta, Bungendore, Queanbeyan, NSW
6 Sep 1895	Rev Daniel John Clancy SJ North Sydney; Kew, Vic, etc
6 Sep 1926	Rev Robert Scanlon St. Arnaud, Hamilton, Vic; Geraldton, Clunes, Dongara, WA
6 Sep 1929	Rev Patrick Joseph Rohan Warrnambool, Penshurst etc, VIC
6 Sep 1936	Rev John Joseph Condon Wagga dioc, NSW
6 Sep 1939	Rev Louis Joseph Menard SM Sydney
6 Sep 1948	Rev Thomas Sweeney Springsure, Townsville, Ravenswood, etc, Qld
6 Sep 1950	Rev Patrick Carolan Adelaide, etc
6 Sep 1959	Rev Richard Barrow Coonamble, etc, NSW
6 Sep 1960	Rev Thomas Cook SM Sydney, etc
6 Sep 1964	Rev Roy Victor Sullivan Ballarat dioc, Vic
6 Sep 1966	Rev Robert Laurence Searson Cumnock, etc, NSW
6 Sep 1967	Rev Laurence P Kett Mansfield, etc, Vic
6 Sep 1984	Rev Francis D O'Brien SJ Melbourne, etc
6 Sep 1986	Rev Cyril McMaster CSsR Sydney, etc
6 Sep 2014	Rev Victor Stevko SVD Read more Born 16/08/1927; Ordained 09/06/1957 - Divine Word Missionaries. Victor was born in New York City and was the youngest of three sons of Victor Snr and Rosalia Bedy Stevko. His parents were born in Czechoslovakia and migrated to America in their youth. In 1933 the Stevko family returned to their homeland in Slovakia and this is where Victor received his elementary education. Victor entered the minor seminary to begin his high school studies in 1941 at Mother of God Seminary in Nitra-Zabor. He entered the novitiate at St Zvorad Seminary at Nitra- Zabor in September, 1947. One month later he was sent to the United States to continue his novitiate training in Techny. He travelled on trains and aboard ship dressed in his religious habit and carried his violin. Victor took his first vows in Techny in 1949. He then spent the next two years at Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa from 1949-1951. He returned to Techny to complete his studies and took his perpetual vows in 1955. On 9 June, 1957 Victor was ordained at St Mary's Seminary Chapel in Techny. Following ordination, he was appointed to the missions in Indonesia; however, the Indonesian government refused to grant his visa for three years. He attended Loyola University in Chicago for two months, then changed his educational pursuits to Georgetown University in Washington DC where he studied English and German for a year and was awarded an honorary degree. Victor began his pastoral ministry in September, 1958 at St Anselm's Church on Chicago's south side where he served as associate pastor. Finally the Indonesia government grated the long awaited visa in 1960 after three long years of waiting. Victor left Techny in September, 1960 and travelled by train to San Francisco, then sailed on the USS Pierce, a transport freighter, on their 40 days trek to Indonesia, finally arriving in Jakarta on 20 October 20, 1960. His first mission assignment came after a few months of study of the local language and familiarisation with the local surroundings. He ministered to the people at St Mary's Church in Orong in western Flores Island for three years from 1961-1964. In the summer of 1964 Victor went to the States for a visit, and then proceeded to Rome where he enrolled in the spiritual renewal program at Nemi. In October, 1965 Victor returned to Indonesia. He was then named pastor of St Mary of Fatima parish at Wangkung in western Flores. For 17 years he faithfully ministered to his people in the local parish and also the 30 outlying mission stations attached to the main station at Wangkung. The trips to the outlying mission stations are long and tedious as the only means of transportation was by horseback travelling up and down the mountainous terrain. Victor moved to The Divine Word Community in Marsfield in 1994. He became the Chaplain for the Slovak Community, and remained in this role for 16 years until his retirement in 2010. As his health deteriorated, Victor needed the specialised care at Yallambi Centre, a nursing home close to Marsfield. Victor who lived here until his death was dearly loved by the staff, and everyone who came to know him was deeply impressed by his humble, welcoming ways. He always had a smile and a joke for everyone who came his way. May he rest now in peace.
6 Sep 2016	Rev Brian Taylor Born 02/11/1934; Ordained 29/06/1963 Archdiocese of Brisbane
6 Sep 2016	Rev John Frank Cowburn SJ Read more Born 01/04/1924; Ordained 26/04/1958 for the Jesuits - The Society of Jesus. John died peacefully at Mary MacKillop Aged Care, East Hawthorn, having been a Jesuit for 71 years and a priest for 58. Born in Goulburn and educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, he entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola College, Watsonia in 1945. During his formation he studied Science at Melbourne University, taught at St Patrick's College in Melbourne and St Ignatius' College in Adelaide, then went on to do Theology in Innsbruck, where he was ordained. After Tertianship at Paray-Le-Monial (France) came a biennium in philosophy at Louvain and the Innsbruck Institute of Philosophy, which awarded him a Doc.Phil. An eminent philosopher, scholar and writer, John made a remarkable contribution to the intellectual apostolate. Exceptionally erudite, with a deep appreciation of literature, music and film, he was acquainted with artists and intellectuals worldwide. Steeped in continental European philosophy, he was a breath of fresh air when he returned to Australia in 1963 to teach Jesuit scholastics. He brought an enquiring, critical mind to everything he did. In 1967 he published his seminal work, Love and the Person: a philosophical theory and a theological essay. It exemplified the clarity and precision of expression that he prized so highly. He published a further four books, the last two in his mid-eighties. Four of his titles are in the Marquette Studies in Philosophy series. Ever keen to broaden the horizons of his interlocutors, he taught at seminaries in New Zealand and Sydney, and was at home in ecumenical contexts, especially the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne, in university circles, where he served as chaplain in 1967-68, and in a Team of Our Lady, a movement he helped pioneer in Australia. Whether�on sabbatical at Fordham University in New York or taking annual summer holidays in Sydney, he would often base himself in a parish. His pastoral experience informed his philosophy. Many lay people found his intelligent preaching freeing and benefited from his marriage preparation, openness to discussion and pastoral sensitivity.
6 Sep 2017	Rev Mayne Lacey Murphy Read more Born 10/06/1929; Ordained 13/08/1982 Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Former parish priest of Lake Cargelligo Fr Mayne Murphy was eternally farewelled by the community at the town's Our Lady of Lourdes Church on September 15. His passing on September 6, came just 12 months after he retired on August 15 last year - the 34th anniversary of his priestly ordination. A late vocation to the priesthood, Fr Murphy studied at St Paul's Seminary in Kensington between 1978 and 1882. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Edward Clancy at St Mary's Church in Young on August 13, 1982. He was parish priest of Lake Cargelligo and Tullibigeal parishes for 25 years between 1991 and 2016 and during this time he was also responsible for ministering to the surrounding Church communities of Rankins Springs, Euabalong, Weethalle and Murrin Bridge. Prior to his arrival as parish priest of Lake Cargelligo, Fr Murphy served as an assistant priest at Goulburn (1983 to 1986) and as parish priest of Adaminaby (1986 to 1991). He was one of the first ever students at St Francis Xavier Primary in Lake Cargelligo when it opened in 1935 and many years later he would return there to have an impact as parish priest, celebrating Mass for the school each Friday. St Francis Xavier School community, parents, students and staff, have been cared for and guided spiritually by Fr Mayne for many years,' school principal Jacinta Elwin said. The students love him and know he is a special part of our school family, our parish family and the family of God.' Archbishop Prowse was the principal celebrant at the funeral. Fr Paul Kumasaka, the Anglican priest at Lake Cargelligo spoke about Fr Murphy's efforts and keen attitude towards ecumenism in the town. A man who appreciated the bush, Fr Murphy spent much of his working life as a rural surveyor for the government of New South Wales. He had the old steel measuring chains with him up until the day he died! Following the funeral, mourners were able to comfort each other and share stories at an afternoon tea, held in his honour at the Lake Cargelligo Bowling Club. Fr Murphy is buried at the Lake Cargelligo Cemetery where he now rests in peace.
7 Sep 1881	Archbishop Walter Steins Sydney
7 Sep 1882	Rev Henry Backhaus Adelaide; Bendigo, Vic, etc
7 Sep 1899	Rev James Hogan Westbury, Deloraine, Tas
7 Sep 1904	Rev John A Cornes Goodwood, Glenelg, etc, SA
7 Sep 1938	Rev Martin Moloney Manning River, etc, NSW
7 Sep 1938	Rev Timothy O'Hurley Coolgardie, Boulder, Maylands, WA
7 Sep 1940	Rev James O'Brien Sydney
7 Sep 1947	Rev Peter O'Leary Boorowa, Junee, Goulburn, NSW, etc
7 Sep 1951	Rev Francis Rouge SM Sydney
7 Sep 1952	Rev Dominic Kelly SJ Sydney, etc
7 Sep 1958	Rev Thomas O'Ryan Kensington, Vic, etc
7 Sep 1963	Rev Vincent McManus CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
7 Sep 1967	Rev Clement Edwards CSsR Perth, etc
7 Sep 1971	Rev Gerald P O'Callaghan Beverley, East Fremantle, etc, WA
7 Sep 1972	Rev Roderick McMahon CM Rockhampton, Qld; Malvern, Vic, etc
7 Sep 1977	Rev James Power MSC Douglas Park, Kensington, Randwick, NSW; Hobart; Croydon, Vic, etc
7 Sep 1978	Rev Timothy Daly North Melbourne, Castlemaine, Mentone, Elsternwick, etc, Vic
7 Sep 1979	Rev Lawrence Hickey SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
7 Sep 1980	Rev Thomas John Guy Esk, etc, QLD
7 Sep 1988	Rev Denis Kavanagh Broken Hill, Forbes, Deniliquin, Parkes, Barham, Hay, NSW
7 Sep 1990	Rev Thomas Berkery Randwick, Greenacre, Guildford, Mascot, Botany Bay, etc, NSW
7 Sep 2012	Rev Paul Webb Born 14/08/1932; Ordained 5/12/2003; Diocese of Darwin
7 Sep 2012	Rev Ivan Page M.Afr. Read more Born 17/02/1938; Ordained 30/08/1986 - Missionary of Africa and Diocese of Sandhurst. Ivan grew up in Sale, attended St Patrick's, repeated matriculation and at 16, set out on an Arts course at Melbourne University. He graduated and worked at the Commonwealth Department of Defence, Melbourne, found his way into the National Library in Canberra, became the Keeper of Rare Books - and one side of his life was settled! The National Library sent him to London with various briefs - he was responsible for securing the Torres Diaries for Australia. He made a few side trips, as you do, and found the Missionaries of Africa in Africa. That settled another side of this charming and learned man. He was ordained in Canberra by Archbishop Frank Carroll on 30 August, 1986. Ivan worked in Burkina Faso for 10 years; was recalled to reorganize the Archives of the Order in Rome and in 2008 retired to Australia settling in St Joseph's Presbytery in Quarry Hill. On 4 September he took ill whilst on Retreat and died in St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, on 7 September. A charming, cultivated scholar left behind a heartbroken community at Quarry Hill. May he rest in peace.
7 Sep 2018	Rev Lawrence McCarthy CSsR Born 16/07/1929: Ordained 05/07/1964 Redemptorists - Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
7 Sep 2023	Rev Brian Gleeson CP Read more Born: 20 May 1936 Professed a Passionist: 26/01/1956 Ordained: 23/07/1961 Passionist Fathers. Brian Gleeson CP was professed a Passionist on 26 January 1956 and ordained a priest on 23 July 1961. Many MSC were taught theology by Brian during his 13 years teaching at St Paul's National Seminary, 15 years at the Yarra Theological Union and during his years in the Passionist parish in Hobart. Brian Gleeson, M.A., M.M.RSc, D.Theol. Lector Emeritus, lectured in systematic theology and was the Head of the Department of Church History and Systematic Theology at YTU. He joined the faculty at the beginning of 2001. Previous appointments were at Catholic Theological College Adelaide (2 years); St Paul's National Seminary Sydney (13 years); Catholic Theological Union Sydney (8 years); Pius�XII�Regional Seminary Brisbane (1 year); and Good Samaritan Teachers' College Sydney (4 years). His postgraduate studies were with the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium; the Gregorian University, Rome; and the�MCD University of Divinity. His doctoral studies were in the area of ecumenical eucharistic theology. Other areas of special interest and research include Christology, ecclesiology, sacramentology and ecumenism in general. May he rest in peace.
8 Sep 1886	Bishop Jose Maria Benito Serra OSB Perth, WA
8 Sep 1892	Bishop Timothy O'Mahony Armidale, NSW
8 Sep 1936	Rev Patrick Phelan Toowoomba dioc, Qld
8 Sep 1938	Rev James O'Donnell Sydney dioc
8 Sep 1963	Rev Leonardus Sigebert Maal OFM Franciscan Friars
8 Sep 1965	Rev John Killian McLaren West Melbourne, Castlemaine, etc, Vic
8 Sep 1965	Rev Raymond Pender Brisbane dioc
8 Sep 1982	Rev Francis McGuinn Orange, Mudgee, Wellington, etc, NSW
8 Sep 1984	Rev Robert Watson Armidale dioc, NSW
8 Sep 1993	Rev John Edward Lander Brighton-le-Sands, etc, NSW
8 Sep 1994	Rev Brian Patrick Murray SM
8 Sep 2003	Rev Gordon Kerr Canberra-Goulburn dioc
8 Sep 2011	Rev Eamon Hennessy McKenna Read more Born 21/09/1920; Date of Ordination: 23/06/1946 - Dublin, Ireland. Eamon was born at Clogher, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Aged 18, he went to All Hallows College, Dublin to be educated for the priesthood and was ordained there on 23/6/1946. He arrived in WA on the �Ortranto� with Fr Michael Byrne on 26/12/1946. He was assistant priest at Palmyra, Collie, Leederville, Highgate and St Mary's Cathedral. In 1961 Eamon was appointed Priest in Charge at Bentley and then in 1962 at Carlisle. He served as parish priest of North Fremantle in 1963 where he also served as Chaplain to the Junior Recruits at HMAS Leeuwin for a short time. He moved on to become parish priest of Mirrabooka in 1969 where he presided over the blessing and opening of St Gerard's Church. In January 1973 Eamon was appointed Priest in Charge of Shenton Park, locum tenens at Scarborough and at the end of that year was appointed parish priest of Rivervale where he remained until his retirement in 2006. During his time at Rivervale he had a frightening experience when he was bashed and robbed of the weekend collection money. He was aged 82 at the time. His Requiem Mass was held at St Augustine's, Rivervale where he was parish priest for more than thirty years. He is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. Rest now in peace dear Eamon.
8 Sep 2016	Rev Andrew Camilleri Born 03/03/1947; Ordained 11/07/1981 Archdiocese of Melbourne
8 Sep 2016	Rev Simon Peter Bourke OFM Read more Born 01/08/1926; Ordained 27/07/1952 Loved friar priest of the Franciscan Order. Former parish mission preacher throughout New South Wales (1964 - 1974) and resident chaplain to the Reynolds Court Retirement Community, Bateau Bay (1999 - 2013). Aged 90 years. In the 71st year of his religious profession and the 65th year of priestly ordination. Mass of Christian Burial for Reverend Father Simon Peter Bourke OFM will be offered in Mary Immaculate Church, 45 Victoria Street, Waverley, on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10.30am.
8 Sep 2017	Rev Thomas J Carra PE Read more Born 08/12/1930; Ordained 27/07/1958 - Blessed Sacrament Father and then the Archdiocese of Melbourne Thomas Joseph Carra PE died peacefully on Friday, 8 September 2017 at Villa Maria Catholic Flomes Berwick, Victoria. Ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 27 July 1958, Father Carra served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 59 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. A member of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation, Fr Carra became incardinated into the Archdiocese of Melbourne in May 1978. Fr Carra served as Assistant Priest at Werribee (1972-1976), St Kilda West (1976-1977) and Kingsville (1977-1979). He was also Administrator at Highett from May 1979 and Chaplain to the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg in 1986. Fr Carra fulfilled nearly 20 years' service as Parish Priest at Kingsville from 1988 until his retirement in 2007, when he was appointed Pastor Emeritus. The Pontifical Funeral Mass was celebrated at Corpus Christi Church, Kingsville on Friday, 15 September 2017 followed by burial at the Priests' Crypt at Melbourne General Cemetery. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
8 Sep 2017	Rev Simon Aloisi OSB Read more Born 26/10/1936 Benedictine Monks - Sylvestrine Congregation of the Order of St Benedict Simon Aloisi OSB died quickly and peacefully at his home, St Benedict's Monastery, Arcadia. Simon had served as an assistant priest at Arcadia and Smithfield for many years, and was parish priest of Arcadia for a period. He is remembered as a humble man, an industrious monk when it came to recycling and other domestic chores, and who had a strong commitment to people, plants, birds and animals. Simon had great devotion to Our Lady and died on the Feast of her nativity. He was famous for his devotion to preparing his homilies. On the top of the page of his homilies he always put an Alpha and an Omega, Christ our beginning and our end. Simon's faith was always strong and orthodox. He had spent more of his life in Australia than in Italy, his country of birth, but kept in contact with family and monks back home, initially by mail, and then more recently by phone. Over three hundred people, including his nephew Gregory Aloisi, joined with Bishop Peter Comensoli to celebrate his funeral. We give thanks to God, for the gift of Simon to us for almost 50 years of life and service here in Arcadia. May he rest in peace.
9 Sep 1883	Rev Patrick Bermingham Stawell, Geelong, etc, Vic; Yass, etc, NSW
9 Sep 1900	Rev William Matthew Plunkett CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
9 Sep 1906	Rev Coelestin V Fraysse SM Sydney
9 Sep 1920	Rev Matthew Ryan Ipswich, Stanthorpe, etc, Qld
9 Sep 1923	Rev Joseph Brennan SJ Melbourne; North Sydney, etc
9 Sep 1939	Rev William Byrne Boonah, Bundaberg, Toowoomba, etc, Qld
9 Sep 1943	Rev Thomas Gil OSB New Norcia, WA
9 Sep 1947	Rev John Neville OMI Fremantle, WA
9 Sep 1951	Rev Anthony Joseph O'Neil Melbourne dioc
9 Sep 1956	Rev James Gilbert MSC Sydney; Hobart dioc, Tas
9 Sep 1958	Rev William Nichol Kyogle, etc, NSW
9 Sep 1963	Rev William Dirou MSC Sydney; Hobart, etc
9 Sep 1964	Rev Thomas O'Reilly Bordertown, etc, SA
9 Sep 1966	Rev John Francis Kelly Branxton, etc, NSW
9 Sep 1966	Rev John Walsh CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
9 Sep 1968	Rev Charles Cerini Melbourne dioc
9 Sep 1971	Rev James Clifford Meredith, etc, Vic
9 Sep 1981	Rev Michael Maslovar Spearwood, Hamilton Hill, Corrigin, South Perth, WA
9 Sep 1986	Rev Florian Roncari OFM
9 Sep 1989	Rev Mgr William Lawrence Corr Tamworth, Moree, Armidale, Emmaville, Wee Waa, Narrabri, etc, NSW
9 Sep 1991	Rev Joseph Albert Zerafa Canberra-Goulburn dioc
9 Sep 1993	Rev Oswald Austin CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
9 Sep 1993	Rev Thomas Bresnehan Hobart dioc, Tas
9 Sep 1993	Rev Martin Henry Cabot SM Sydney, etc
9 Sep 2007	Rev Kevin Starkey Moorebank, etc - Archdiocese of Sydney, NSW
9 Sep 2011	Rev Myles Patrick (Pat) Smith Read more Born 17/03/1935; Date of Ordination: 22/05/2003 - Diocese of Toowoomba. Retired parish priest of Texas, Qld, devoted Christian Brother and teacher, supportive brother, loved uncle, loyal friend to many and a passionate Collingwood Football Club supporter to boot! Born in Marrickville, he left home at 14 to become a Christian Brother and with compassion, tenderness and concern, devoted his life to helping others. After retiring from teaching, Pat visited and old friend Fr Merv Ziesing in Charleville and assisted him in the parish. Subsequently he was appointed pastoral associate in Charleville and in 1997 was appointed pastoral leader in Texas. Pat already had a degree in Theology and after some plodding from the people of Texas and additional study he was ordained to the priesthood in St Patrick's Cathedral on 22 May 2003. Pat was able to combine the spirituality of the Christian Brother with that of a priest and his devotion to the Breviary, the Mass and Our Lady was such that he would never omit them. He served in the parish of Texas from his ordination until 28 October 2006 when he retired due to ill health. He continued to relieve in parishes when he was well enough, often accompanied by an oxygen tank! Only three days before he died he submitted yet another assignment for yet another study project. Rest in peace dear Pat. You lived justly, loved tenderly and continue to walk with God.
9 Sep 2013	Rev Edward Cooper SDB Read more Born 10/01/1926; Ordained 01/07/1955 - Salesian Fathers. Ted was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, one of eight children of Lawrence and Eunice Cooper. On completion of his secondary education, undertaken with the Christian Brothers, Ted began the aspirantate at Sunbury in 1944. He completed his novitiate at Sunbury and made his first profession there on 31 January 1955. He remained at Sunbury for his philosophy studies and then undertook Practical Training at Brooklyn Park, South Australia from 1947 until 1951. He undertook his theological studies in Turin and was ordained there by Cardinal Fossati on 1 July 1955. On his return to Australia in Ted worked in Salesian schools until 1977 with terms as Rector at Chadstone (1964-1969), Engadine: Boys' Town (1970) Lysterfield (1971-1972) and Chadstone (1974-1976). During this period he was also a member of the Provincial Council and also served as Vocations Director and encouraged many young men to join the Congregation. From 1978 until 1988 he served as a missionary in Indigenous Aboriginal communities on Bathurst Island and as Parish Priest of Katherine. This was a ministry he loved. From 1989 to 2005 he served as an assistant priest in several parishes (Glenorchy in Tasmania, Bairnsdale in Sale and St Marys in Parramatta). From 2009 he was a member of the Salesian community in Engadine, NSW. Towards the end of 2012 Ted was diagnosed with cancer in the brain which required him to move into care at John Paul Village, Engadine. Ted had a great love of literature and Australian history, particularly the history of the pioneer priests who served the Church in Australia and of the Salesian Province in Australia. May he rest in peace.
9 Sep 2015	Rev James De Laurier OCarm Born: 03/10/1934 Ordained: 28/05/1960 Carmelites - Order of Brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt Carmel
9 Sep 2021	Rev James Duck Born 15/12/1933; Ordained 20/07/1957. Diocese of Broken Bay.
9 Sep 2022	Rev Luigi Sabbadin CS Born 06/05/1943; Ordained 17/03/1968. Scalabrinian Missionaries.
10 Sep 1884	Rev Isidore Grezel SM Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
10 Sep 1900	Rev John Maguire CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
10 Sep 1909	Rev John J Murphy Parramatta North, etc, NSW
10 Sep 1943	Rev Enneco Alcalde OSB New Norcia, WA
10 Sep 1950	Francis Xavier (Charles) Ronayne OCarm Melbourne
10 Sep 1955	Rev Bernard O'Brien Guyra, Uralla, etc, NSW
10 Sep 1962	Rev Dante Boasso Canberra and Goulburn dioc
10 Sep 1969	Rev Mgr Thomas Power Brunswick, etc, Vic
10 Sep 1973	Francis Vincent Joseph Walsh Peterborough, etc, SA
10 Sep 1975	Rev William Cole SDB Sunbury, Brunswick, Chadstone, Vic; Glenorchy, Tas; Brooklyn Park, SA
10 Sep 1978	Rev Joseph Krasocki OSB Oakleigh, Ballarat, Brunswick, Vic
10 Sep 1979	Rev Bernard O'Connor South Camberwell, etc, Vic
10 Sep 1982	Rev Michael Stanislaus Brady Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
10 Sep 1994	Rev John Joseph Fitzgerald CSsR Sydney, etc
10 Sep 1999	Rev Mgr Douglas Stewart Ingham, Julia Creek, Charters Towers, Bowen, Townsville Cathedral, Mt. Isa, Stuart, Belgian Gardens, Qld; Canberra, ACT; Lismore, NSW
10 Sep 2001	Rev Patrick O'Donnell Bathurst dioc, NSW
10 Sep 2005	Rev Michael Ivens SJ Melbourne; Sydney, etc
10 Sep 2010	Rev John Gallacher PE Read more Born 03/06/1917; Date of Ordination: 27/06/1943 - Ireland. Diocese of Sandhurst. John was ordained in Ireland in 1943 and died at Tallangatta, Victoria, after 67 years as a priest of the Sandhurst Diocese. He was renowned for his care of potential converts' � as seekers of Catholic faith were called in those days and often remarked that Methodists made the best Catholics! His sharp gravelly voice pierced the ether, and inevitably, a great laughter completed the sentence, leaving no doubt he was present. John was buried from St Michael's Tallangatta surrounded by his bishop, brother priests and a warm and loving congregation of family, friends and former parishioners. Rest now in peace dear John.
10 Sep 2010	Rev Michael Quigley Read more Born 05/07/1948; Date of Ordination: 19/05/1973 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Michael grew up in Kew, Vic and went through the tribal systemic Catholic process of faith formation, via a vital family life, parish life, parish school and de La Salle College Malvern. He claimed stirrings of God's good grace attracting him to consider being a priest even from the tender age of 12. Maybe a childlike dream, but the stirring persisted and Michael was accepted as a student for the priesthood for the archdiocese of Melbourne and was ordained by Cardinal Knox in 1973. Michael Quigley was a priest for all, for this Archdiocese of Melbourne for 37 years. In thanksgiving and with love we remember him.
10 Sep 2019	Rev Burns Huggan PE Born 09/02/1934; Ordained 23/08/1997 Archdiocese of Melbourne
10 Sep 2019	Rev Patrick Kearney CSsR Read more Date of Birth: 22/10/1932. Ordained 24/11/1974. Professed in the Redemptorist Order in 1958, he worked in the Philippines for some years and was ordained in Victoria in 1974. He worked on parish missions in Australia for most of his life.
10 Sep 2021	Rev Mikaele Leilua SDB Rev Mikaele Leilua was 58 years of age, a professed Salesian for 31 years, and a priest of the Church for 23 years. Salesians - Salesians of Don Bosco
11 Sep 1875	Rev William Brennan Bathurst dioc, NSW
11 Sep 1896	Rev Duncan McNab Portland, Bendigo, Vic
11 Sep 1898	Rev Thomas Long Wagga, Boorowa, Albury, Lewisham, NSW
11 Sep 1909	Rev Andrew Bergeretti SDB Charters Towers, Qld, etc
11 Sep 1914	Rev Denis Elliott MSC Sydney, etc
11 Sep 1916	Rev John O'Dwyer Tumut, etc, NSW
11 Sep 1917	Rev John J Cusack Drysdale, South Yarra, St. Kilda, Newport, Vic
11 Sep 1918	Rev James Kennedy SJ Richmond, Vic
11 Sep 1921	Rev Robert Joseph Riordan Nhill, Clunes, Terang, etc, Vic
11 Sep 1923	Rev Daniel Francis O'Connell Echuca, Tatura, Geelong, Bendigo, etc, Vic
11 Sep 1927	Rev Charles Jerger CP Goulburn Marrickville, NSW; Glen Osmond, SA
11 Sep 1938	Rev John Barry CM Ashfield, NSW; Malvern, Vic
11 Sep 1950	Rev James Power Sandgate, etc, Qld
11 Sep 1957	(Florence) Gerard Smyth Punchbowl, Shellharbour, Wollongong, etc, NSW
11 Sep 1971	Rev Henry Reid MSC Adelaide; Moonah, Tas, etc
11 Sep 1975	Bishop William Brennan Toowoomba, Qld
11 Sep 1979	Rev Owen Nicholas Farrell Pinnaroo, Marion, etc, SA
11 Sep 1980	Rev Edward Francis Wilkinson Gymea, etc, NSW
11 Sep 1983	Rev Thomas Bourke CSsR Brisbane, etc
11 Sep 1992	Rev A Cogliandro SDB
11 Sep 1997	Rev Reginald McDonnell CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
11 Sep 1999	Rev Philip Gerard Smith Melbourne dioc
11 Sep 2011	Rev James Wallace CSsR Read more Born 26/02/1922; Ordained 04/09/1949 - Redemptorist Fathers. James who was born in Warwick, Queensland spent his childhood on the family farm and attending the local state school. Not long after his Confirmation a Redemptorist gave a mission in his parish and from then on set his sights on being a Redemptorist. James made his profession in 1943 and was ordained in 1949. For the next few years he preached missions in parishes in various parts of Australia and in 1954 became a RAAF chaplain. In 1958 he was appointed to the Redemptorist community in Singapore and began what was to be the major work of his life � sharing the good news with people in Singapore and Malaysia and devoting himself to care for those who came to pray at what had become known as �Novena Church�. In 1964 he moved to Ipoh, Malaysia and oversaw the development of a new parish where he stayed until 1978 when immigration and residence laws required him to leave Malaysia. In the following years he was based in Singapore and resumed his ministry at Novena Church until failing health saw him move back to Australia in 2005. A fitting memorial for James was set up in 2008 in the parish he built in Ipoh. It is a home for the poor, called �Wallace House�. Rest now in peace dear James.
11 Sep 2014	Rev Len Wholohan Read more Born 13/12/1922; Ordained 23/07/1949 - Archdiocese of Sydney. There was a real bush touch to Len who was baptised at Lithgow, NSW. He was named Lindsley by his father who recalled seeing that word at the entrance to a property in the Mulgoa district, liked it and gave it to one of his three sons. The priest at his baptism expressed reservations that it wasn't a saint's name, but agreed that James' would fix that problem. Len, as he became known, was educated at St Patrick's school in Lithgow and after passing his Intermediate Certificate he worked as a telephonist at Penrith. It was during devotions at the old St Nicholas' church there in 1940 that he first thought of becoming a priest and he was ordained by Cardinal Gilroy on 23rd July 1949. He served initially at Concord West, although his first Mass was celebrated in the old St Joan of Arc church at Haberfield and a thanksgiving Mass followed at Lithgow. Fr Len served at Darlinghurst, Lakemba and Newtown parishes and was Bursar on the staff of St Columba's Springwood before becoming Parish Priest of St Francis Xavier, Arncliffe in 1973, where his funeral was celebrated on 19 September 2014. Early in his priestly career, Fr Len was Chaplain to Concord Repatriation General Hospital at a time when its role was very much dedicated to the care of ex-service personnel from World War II. His own health caused problems when he experienced numbness in his legs during the early 1970s but he remained at Arncliffe where he celebrated his Golden Jubilee of Priesthood before retiring to lesser duties at Cronulla in 2002. Alan Staunton, the Executive Officer of the Priests' Retirement Foundation, expressed increasing concern for Fr Len's deteriorating health in recent times at the Stella Maris Aged Care Facility, but said that he maintained positive spirits and deep faith, and always enjoyed a good laugh. Rest now in peace Len.
11 Sep 2014	Rev Peter Brock Read more Born 18/09/1945; Ordained 31/08/1968 for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcatle. Peter Julian Brock was born in Newcastle on 18th September, 1945, son of Ken Brock and Patricia nee Boland. After being educated at Corpus Christi, Waratah, and Marist Brothers High school Hamilton, he entered St Columba's Springwood and from there to the Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, Rome, in 1965. He was choir prefect in the College, and accompanied the choir on the organ in St Peter's Basilica. He was ordained by Bishop Toohey in Newcastle in 1969. Peter served in many parishes in the diocese. A grateful Fr Joe Walsh paid for his training as a pilot in the Newcastle Aero Club (of which Joe was by then a patron). Peter served as national director of the Office of Priestly Life and Ministry, in this capacity preached several priests' retreats in Australia and in England. He had a life-long love of music, was greatly talented and expertly trained. His years as director of the Newcastle University Choir resulted in his being awarded the Order of Australia medal for services to music. He was the conductor of the CD that was compiled to mark the closing of Manly seminary. (He composed the motet �Do this in memory of Me� for Leo Clarke's ordination as a bishop in 1976.) When the diocese commenced its regular monthly publication Aurora Peter was the first editor, setting the basic groundwork for the new publication. His last years were smeared by accusations of impropriety. When the charges were eventually not proceeded with, he accepted appointment as chaplain to St Joseph's home. Early in 2014 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour that could not be completely removed by surgery, He died on 11th September 2014, and was buried privately in the priests' section of Sandgate cemetery.
11 Sep 2019	Rev Anthony Lovis OSB Benedictine Monks - Subiaco Cassinese Congregation of the Order of St Benedict
12 Sep 1901	Daniel Vincent (Maurus) O'Connell OSB Sydney; Campbelltown, Tas
12 Sep 1904	Rev Francois Yardin SM Sydney
12 Sep 1931	Rev Henry Cock SJ Sydney, etc
12 Sep 1932	Rev Bryan McDonnell Windsor, Wollongong, Waterloo, etc, NSW
12 Sep 1964	Rev John Bergin CM Eastwood, NSW; Rostrevor, SA
12 Sep 1972	Rev Edward O'Bryan Horsham, Nhill, Clunes, etc, Vic
12 Sep 1977	Rev Kevin (Killian) Mattimoe OFM Kew, Vic, etc
12 Sep 1990	Rev Mgr Kenneth Morrison Melbourne dioc
12 Sep 2003	Rev Andrew Zarafa SJ Richmond, Vic, Norwood, SA, Neutral Bay, NSW
12 Sep 2005	Rev Francis McLaughlin Melbourne, Sale, Sandhurst diocs, Vic; country diocs, NSW
12 Sep 2008	Rev Joseph Grealy AM PE Read more Born 30 October 1925; Ordained 28 July 1954. Joe Grealy's preparation for the priesthood went far beyond his years at St Francis Xavier Seminary, Magill and St Patrick's College, Manly. His time as a boiler maker with the Railways and his title as the Walking Campion of South Australia stood him in good stead as an Industrial Chaplain who was always on the move. Joe moved easily among the people in the urban and rural parishes where he pastured, the workers in the factories and the officials at Trades Hall, politicians and the residents at Plater College where he gained a Diploma in Social Studies. He was at home in all these worlds. Many trade union officials and politicians sought the ministrations of Joe for family baptisms, marriages and funerals. This was also true of his nieces and nephews and wider family. To many people on the fringe of the institutional Church, Joe was the very compassionate and understanding face of Catholicism. Joe was one of the initial members of the Young Christian Workers movement founded in St Raphael's Parish, Parkside in the 1940's. The Cardijn method of seeing, judging and acting in applying Gospel principles in society was an essential aspect of Joe's priesthood. Invalided in his last few years, Joe acted as chaplain at Villa St Hilarion, Fulham, where he resided Rest in peace now Joe.
12 Sep 2014	Rev Peter Murray SAC Born 25/05/1938; Ordained 11/12/81965 (Pallottines - Society of the Catholic Apostolate)
13 Sep 1879	Rev Michael Sheehan Lismore, Richmond River, Armidale, NSW
13 Sep 1900	Rev Patrick Dunne Albury, NSW
13 Sep 1965	Rev John O'Brien CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
13 Sep 1968	Rev Michael Lynch Three Springs, etc, WA
13 Sep 1974	Rev David John Lewis OP
13 Sep 1988	Rev Dudley Denis Boland Brisbane dioc
13 Sep 1989	Rev Timothy Murphy Launceston, St. Mary's, Wynyard, Newstead, St Leonard's, Tas
13 Sep 1995	Rev John Thomas Ward Wollongong, Port Kembla, Milton, Ulladulla, Moruya, Nowra, Dapto, NSW
14 Sep 1910	Rev Samuel Augustine Sheehy Lyndhurst, Darlinghurst, NSW
14 Sep 1913	Rev Joseph Guis MSC Sydney; Thursday Island, etc
14 Sep 1921	Rev Archibald McMullon Maitland dioc, Sydney, etc, NSW
14 Sep 1932	Rev James Phelan Kalgoorlie, Clontarf, Katanning, Victoria Park, etc, WA
14 Sep 1934	Rev Patrick O'Hara Adelaide dioc
14 Sep 1958	Rev Thomas Noel Burke-Gaffney SJ Sydney, etc
14 Sep 1968	Rev Edward Michael Griffiths Goodwood, etc, SA
14 Sep 1970	Rev Richard Comerford SJ Sydney, etc
14 Sep 1974	Rev Robert Cassar OCarm Sydney
14 Sep 1981	Rev Peter Rushton North Hobart, South Hobart, Sandy Bay, Tas
14 Sep 1982	Rev John McGrath MSC Kensington, NSW, etc
14 Sep 1983	Bishop Thomas McCabe Coraki, Port Macquarie, Lismore, Wollongong, NSW; Port Pirie, SA
14 Sep 1992	Rev Joseph Desmond CSsR Newcastle, NSW, etc
14 Sep 1992	Rev Brian Cleland McEwan Tumbarumba, etc, NSW
14 Sep 1999	Rev Povilas (Paul) Martuzas Sydney
14 Sep 2000	Rev Gerard Murtagh CSsR
14 Sep 2003	Bishop Geoffrey Mayne Sydney, Bathurst, Lithgow, Mosman, NSW; Canberra, ACT
14 Sep 2006	Rev Francis Barone-De Felice Melbourne dioc
14 Sep 2009	Rev Cassian Double OFM Brisbane, Palm Island, Fantome Island, QLD
14 Sep 2021	Rev Lino Valente Read more Born 02/07/1928; Ordained 29/06/1954. Diocese of Toowoomba. Lino Anthony Valente was born in Shell Harbour, NSW, the eldest of three children of parents Giacoma Antonio (Tony) and Artura Tullia (Tullia) Valente. Tony left the village of Cesuna, Italy, for Australia in 1924 and his then-fiancee Tullia arrived in May 1927, with the couple marrying in June. While brothers Lino and Aldo (deceased) were born in NSW, sister Rita was born in Queensland when the family moved seeking work during the Great Depression and eventually found work on farms near Texas. During World War II, the family was interned near the town of Tatura, Victoria. Lino's parents were not naturalised until after the war and, like many others, were deemed "enemy aliens". During the school term in 1943, the boys were allowed to attend the Marist Brothers' school and sister Rita attended the convent school in Kilmore due to the efforts of Bendigo priest, Fr Arthur Owens. During school holidays, the children stayed in the internment camp with their parents, where Lino would gather the Italian women to say the Rosary. The whole family was released in January 1944 and were allowed to return to the Texas area. After a good tobacco growing season in 1949, Lino's parents purchased a dairy farm called "Bellbrook" just outside Inglewood and converted it to growing tobacco and raising cattle. By that time, Lino was 20 and already studying to be a priest at Banyo Seminary in Brisbane. He had completed school with the Christian Brothers in Warwick and Marist Brothers at Eagle Heights (Mt Tamborine). Lino was ordained in Warwick on 29 June 1954 by Bishop William Brennan, the first priest ordained by Bishop Brennan. Lino served across the Toowoomba Diocese, pastorally caring for many communities. Since his first appointment to Dalby in 1955, Lino served in Stanthorpe, Mitchell, St George, Wallangarra, Crow Nest, St Patrick's Cathedral and Inglewood. He spent a time in 1974 on loan to Annerley Parish in the Brisbane Archdiocese. In 2003, Lino was awarded the Certificato Di Benemerenza from the Italian Consul Brisbane for his efforts to promote interest in Italian culture and language, a testament to his love for his Italian roots. Frank Vardanega recalled his Zio (Uncle) Lino's unique sense of humour. He never seemed to wash his car, and in his defence, he would say 'I don't wash it so it won't rust'. If you asked him how he was going, he would many times say, 'If I were any better, I would be in heaven'. Frank, summed him by saying, Uncle Lino was a larger- than-life character in our lives and will be sadly missed and never forgotten. He has been referred to as a 'priest's priest' and, as my daughter once said, 'the type of priest you would want for your own parish priest'. Lino officially tendered his retirement in 2003. However, not one to rest, he continued to serve as Priest in Residence for the communities of Inglewood and Wallangarra until 2015, when he moved to Stanthorpe. In 2017 Lino moved to St Vincent's Care Services (Lourdes Home) Toowoomba. Lino will be remembered as a kind and welcoming man whose pastoral presence was appreciated by everyone who encountered him.
15 Sep 1874	Rev Joseph Felicieu SM Penrith, NSW, etc
15 Sep 1874	Rev Joseph Felicien Monnier SM Sydney
15 Sep 1899	Rev Isaac Moore SJ Melbourne, etc
15 Sep 1910	Rev Clement Anthony Hyland OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
15 Sep 1931	Rev Thomas Claffey SJ North Sydney, Riverview, NSW; Kew, Vic, etc
15 Sep 1943	Rev Sebastian Slean CP Sydney
15 Sep 1953	Rev Joseph Cullen SM Sydney
15 Sep 1954	Rev David Joyce Glen Huntley, etc, Vic
15 Sep 1960	Rev Daniel O'Sullivan Gawler, etc, SA
15 Sep 1965	Rev Gaudenzio Galli CP Sydney, etc
15 Sep 1972	Rev Brian James Gallagher Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
15 Sep 1985	Rev Philip Callan Tuohy Bunbury dioc, WA
15 Sep 1986	Rev Jeremiah Hogan SJ Melbourne; Sydney; Perth
15 Sep 1992	Rev Augustus Richard Regan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
15 Sep 2001	Rev Brian Pitman OCarm Melbourne; Perth, etc
15 Sep 2002	Rev Joachim Alfred Dlugaj Bowen, Ingham, Mundingburra, Julie Creek, Mt. Isa, Qld
15 Sep 2011	Rev William van der Linden MSC Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington, NSW
15 Sep 2015	Rev Anthony O'Brien MSC Born 16/05/1933; Ordained 25/07/1959 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
16 Sep 1886	Rev John Kenny OSB Melbourne
16 Sep 1898	Rev Patrick Aylward Collingwood, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Vic
16 Sep 1915	Bishop Joseph Higgins Sydney; Ballarat, Vic; Rockhampton, Qld
16 Sep 1925	Rev Jean Pierre Romeuf Sydney
16 Sep 1936	Rev John Mullany Howard Sale dioc, Vic
16 Sep 1936	Rev John Howard Warragul, etc, Vic
16 Sep 1944	Rev Peter McGee Coburg, etc, Melbourne dioc
16 Sep 1944	Rev John Joseph Walsh Penshurst, Creswick, Colac, Portland, Ballarat - Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria; Adelaide - Archdiocese of Adelaide.
16 Sep 1947	Rev Theodor Traub SAC Broome dioc, WA
16 Sep 1964	Rev William Flynn MSC Sydney, etc
16 Sep 1990	Rev Daniel Gregory O'Leary OSA Clayfield, Coorparoo, Qld; Kyabram, South Yarra, Vic
16 Sep 1991	Rev Kevin Patrick Wright Wagga dioc, NSW; Melbourne
16 Sep 2001	Rev Roderick Payne OFM Box Hill, Camberwell, St. Kilda, Vic; Kedron, Qld
16 Sep 2001	Rev John Russell Ballarat dioc, Vic
16 Sep 2017	Rev Phillip John Harding Read more Born 25/04/1937: Ordained 24/07/1962 Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn In scenes reminiscent of yesteryear, Fr Phillip John Harding was given a standing ovation by the people of Temora following his funeral at Sacred Heart Church. As the hearse and cortege made its way down Hoskins St en-route to the cemetery, shopkeepers joined the town's business men and women on the footpath to pay their last respects. Fr Harding was parish priest of Temora for 28 years from February 1984 to February 2012. Born and raised in Boorowa, he passed away in Young on September 16. Archbishop Christopher Prowse was the principal celebrant at the funeral, which was attended by approximately 250 people. He was joined by a large contingent of priests and deacons from across the Archdiocese. Former St Anne's School Principal Dennis Sleigh delivered the eulogy and Bishop Pat Power the homily. Mr Sleigh spoke highly of Fr Harding's influence in the parish saying �he left behind a treasure-trove of personal and group memories�. Many of these memories were shared at a luncheon in the town's Ex-Services Club which took place after the burial. Mr Sleigh also spoke about Fr Harding's enthusiasm, wisdom and compassion, as well as his devotion to Mary, the Mother of God. He also spoke about Fr Harding's legendary care for the aged and infirm', the Divine Mercy and his love of the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. This wonderful man had one dream: to serve God through his people. In return, of course, people responded in love for him,' Mr Sleigh said. During his time in Temora, Fr Harding befriended many people. He was dedicated to St Anne's school, which had strong representation at the funeral. In June this year he returned to the parish to celebrated his 80th birthday with parish priest Fr Simon Falk, Fr Trenton van Reesch and parishioners. On that day, Archbishop Emeritus Francis Carroll also attended and concelebrated at Mass. In addition to his time at Temora, Fr Harding also ministered as a priest at Young, Braddon ACT, Queanbeyan and Adaminaby. He was the last priest from the Archdiocese to have completed his seminary training at All Hallows College in Dublin. The son of Eric and Esther Harding of Young, he was ordained a priest at St Patrick's Boorowa by Archbishop Eris O'Brien on July 24, 1962. He was close to his family and had a great appreciation for many of the religious orders in particularly the Sisters of St Joseph. Fr Harding spent his last few years in Mercy Care at Young and is buried alongside the other former priests of Temora where he now rests in peace.
17 Sep 1899	Rev Edmund J Butler Windsor, etc, NSW
17 Sep 1899	Rev William Henry Quirk St. Kilda, etc, Vic
17 Sep 1903	Rev John Brosnan Manly, etc, NSW
17 Sep 1908	Rev Aloysius Sturzo SJ Sydney, etc
17 Sep 1909	Rev Timothy O'Neill Camperdown, Casterton, etc, NSW
17 Sep 1918	Rev Bernard Joseph Sheridan Camden, Parramatta, Springwood, Nowra, etc, NSW
17 Sep 1926	Rev Patrick Griffith CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
17 Sep 1937	Rev John Fallon SJ Sydney, etc
17 Sep 1943	Rev William Baker SJ East Melbourne, Vic, etc
17 Sep 1946	Rev John James Egan East Malvern, etc, Vic
17 Sep 1956	Rev Terence Canice McGolrick OSA Rochester, Vic, etc
17 Sep 1963	Rev William Grant SDB Sunbury, Vic
17 Sep 1974	Rev Daniel Francis McGrath South Lismore, etc, NSW
17 Sep 1985	Rev Lawrence Mey SVD Sydney, etc
17 Sep 1991	Rev John Mulvaney OMI Camberwell, Vic; Sefton, NSW
17 Sep 2003	Rev Patrick Joseph O'Dwyer OMI Geelong, Moe, Sorrento, North Melbourne, Springvale North, Vic; Lindum, Qld
17 Sep 2004	Bishop Ignatius John Doggett OFM Box Hill, Mornington, Vic; Campbelltown, Waverley, NSW
17 Sep 2013	Rev Robert Burtonclay Read more Born 11/01/1937; Ordained 21/07/1962; Diocese of Sandhurst. Bob was born in Bendigo � educated at St Kilian's Primary and Marist Brothers College, Bendigo. He entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee in 1955 and was ordained on 21July 1962 in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo. Bob served in many parishes in the diocese as assistant � and later as parish priest including Bendigo, Wodonga, Wangaratta, Nathalia, Tallangatta, Euroa, Tatura, Corryong, Bright, Benalla, Rochester and Heathcote. He was also Army Chaplain at Bandiana. Bob was renowned for his empathy for the poor, his assiduous visitation, his at times acerbic humour and his deep longing for a positive Spiritual Life. He won many friends in Benalla during the horrific floods and loved the North East and its landscape. A keen photographer, he frequently interrupted his planned trips with abrupt halts to lecture and photograph items of interest in lane ways or paddocks. His health in recent years deteriorated markedly and he retired to Bethlehem Home for the Aged several years ago. Bob died there suddenly around 7.30am on 17 September 2013 having greeted the staff some minutes earlier and assuring them that all was well. May he rest peacefully!
17 Sep 2020	Rev Milad Azzi LMO Lebanese Maronite Order of Monks
18 Sep 1837	Rev Samuel Coote OCarm Departed Van Diemen�s Land on 8 December 1825, travelled to Sydney, and from there to Mauritius. He died in London.
18 Sep 1912	Rev Desideratus (Benjamin) Gallais SM Thursday Island
18 Sep 1916	Bishop Stephen Reville OSA Bendigo, Vic
18 Sep 1917	Rev Alphonsus Coen CP Marrickville, Goulburn, NSW
18 Sep 1951	Rev John Whelan Adelaide dioc
18 Sep 1953	Rev Timothy Joyce Melbourne dioc
18 Sep 1957	Rev Mgr Patrick Condon Barraba, Uralla, Inverell, etc, NSW
18 Sep 1974	Rev Mgr Patrick Valentine Hughes Port Pirie, etc, SA
18 Sep 1977	Rev Frederico Santiago Xuereb OSA Innisfail, Qld
18 Sep 1979	Rev Frederick Horne CM Bendigo, Vic; Ashfield, NSW, etc
18 Sep 1983	Rev Luke Stanislaus Huzerski OP
18 Sep 1984	Rev Francis Hugh Douglas Brisbane dioc
18 Sep 1987	Rev John Arnold Phillips SJ Werribee, Melbourne, Vic
18 Sep 1989	Rev Michael J Casey Born 14/05/1901; Ordained 15/06/1924; Bungendore, Queanbeyan, Yass, Gunning, NSW.
18 Sep 1992	Rev William Patrick O'Shea Born 09/03/1909; Ordained 10/06/1933; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
18 Sep 1995	Rev Daniel D (Tim) Hourigan Sale dioc, Vic
18 Sep 1995	Bishop Andrew Katkoff Melbourne; Sydney
18 Sep 1999	Rev Brian Connell Sandhurst dioc, Vic
18 Sep 2002	Rev John Thomas Conway Concord, Windsor, Flemington, Carlingford, Sydney, Drummoyne, Toukley, Dover Heights, NSW
18 Sep 2002	Rev Neil Kelly Victor Harbour, Semaphore, Woodville, Bordertown, Elizabeth North, Barossa Valley, Parkside, SA
18 Sep 2003	Rev Borgia Mould OFM Sydney; Riverside, Tas, etc
18 Sep 2012	Rev Joseph Conway Read more Born 28/05/1928; Ordained 28/07/1952 - Diocese of Wagga Wagga. Joseph was born at Howlong and began his education at St Bridgid's School, Howlong, before attending Assumption College, Kilmore. After studying at Corpus Christi Seminary, Werribee, Joseph was ordained in Cowra on 28 July 1952, by Bishop Henschke. He served the Diocese of Wagga Wagga for 60 faith-filled years and the parishes of Yenda, Albury, Narrandera, Cathedral, Yanco, Tocumwal, Tumbarumba, Darlington Point, The Rock, Berrigan, Urana, and Ganmain were all lucky to have known his loving pastoral care. Joseph was farewelled from St Mary's Church, Lockhart and is buried at Lockhart Lawn Cemetery. May he now rest in peace.
18 Sep 2015	Rev John Hannah OMI Born 06/03/1930; Ordained 20/09/1959 The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
18 Sep 2016	Rev Michael Skehan Born 19/07/1939; Ordained 28/06/1963 Diocese of Toowoomba
19 Sep 1915	Rev John O'Mahoney Launceston, Tas
19 Sep 1927	Rev Thomas O'Connell Toowoomba, South Brisbane, etc, Qld
19 Sep 1934	Rev Mgr Peter J Coyne Leongatha, etc, Vic; Sydney
19 Sep 1940	Rev Francis Flynn Wodonga, Wangaratta, etc, Vic
19 Sep 1950	Rev Thomas Jones Townsville, Charters Towers, Winton, etc, Qld
19 Sep 1962	Rev Mgr Patrick Galvin Katoomba, etc, NSW
19 Sep 1975	Rev Gregory Hannan Canberra-Goulburn dioc
19 Sep 1975	Rev James Keane OSM Perth, WA
19 Sep 1977	Rev Leo McManus MSC Canberra, ACT; Henley Grange, SA; Hobart; Douglas Park, Randwick, NSW; Croydon, Vic
19 Sep 1986	Rev Stanislaw Marut SChr Sydney; Canberra; Adelaide; Gippsland, Vic, etc
19 Sep 2007	Rev Philip Purcell Maitland, Cessnock, Charleston, Scone, Murrurundi, Braxton, NSW
19 Sep 2012	Rev Peter Claridge Born 30/03/1941; Ordained 22/07/1967; Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria.
19 Sep 2022	Rev Martin Wilson MSC Born 18/07/1930; Ordained 29/07/1955. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
19 Sep 2023	Rev Mgr Robert Joseph Egar Born 22/07/1933; Ordained 27/07/1957. Archdiocese of Adelaide.
20 Sep 1920	Rev Gabriel (John) Clery OCarm Melbourne, etc
20 Sep 1920	Rev Hugh G Donohoe Melbourne dioc
20 Sep 1920	Rev Patrick Kenny Port Macquarie, Haymarket, Pambula, Campsie, etc, NSW
20 Sep 1945	Rev Cornelius Hanrahan Melbourne dioc
20 Sep 1956	Rev Mark S Carlton Merewether, South Maitland, etc, NSW
20 Sep 1974	Rev Robert Dunworth Creswick, Inglewood, Hamilton, etc, Vic
20 Sep 1989	Rev Robert Joseph Smith Bendigo, Tallangatta, Rushworth, Numurkah, Elmore, Kennington, Rutherglen, Vic
20 Sep 1990	Rev John Palmer SM Sydney
20 Sep 1996	Rev Peter James Quirk Braddon, Canberra Cathedral, Gundagai, North Goulburn, Jindabyne, Wanniassa, ACT and NSW
20 Sep 2010	Rev Mieczyslaw (Mietek) Markowicz Read more Born 30/05/1953; Date of Ordination: 18/04/1982 - Divine Word Missionaries and Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Mietek was born in Poland in the early 1950s. Following his ordination as a priest of the Divine Word Missionaries, he was sent to Ireland to learn English and then spent the next 17 years working in remote areas in the highlands of PNG. Instead of returning to Poland, Mietek asked the then Archbishop Francis Carroll to accept him into the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn and from 2000 to 2003 he worked as assistant priest in Young. In July 2003 he was installed as PP of Wanniassa and in July 2008 became PP at Queanbeyan. Mietek's ashes will be laid to rest in the Markowicz family grave in Poland where his mother still lives. Rest peacefully Mietek.
20 Sep 2015	Rev John Gahan Read more Born 06/06/1938; Ordained 15/08/1970 for the Diocese of Maitland- Newcastle. John was born in Taree on 6th June 1938, the youngest of three sons of J.S. and Dorothy Gahan. Educated at Taree Catholic School to the Intermediate certificate, he attended Waverly College as a boarder, sitting for the Leaving certificate in 1955. He started to repeat the final year of high school, but before the exam took a position as a trainee executive with Woolworths Ltd. He held several management positions with the company, and later in England. Feeling called to the priesthood he returned to Australia, entered St Columba's, Springwood in 1965, Manly in 1968 and St Paul's late vocations. He as ordained in Taree in 15th August, 1970. John was assistant in Belmont, East Maitland, Newcastle, Adamstown, Hamilton, and Boolaroo. He was Parish priest of Merriwa from 1986 to 1997, but sickness forced his early retirement from the parish in 1997. He assisted at East Maitland, and Booragul until finally retiring to St Francis Village at Eleebana in 2004. From there he moved to St Joseph's home in 2010, where he died on 20th September 2015. He was cremated, and his ashes were buried in his mother's grave at Taree.
20 Sep 2016	Rev Hugh Walsh OFM
21 Sep 1898	Rev Thomas S Barry Sandhurst dioc, Vic
21 Sep 1908	Rev Thomas Guilfoyle Ballarat, Stawell, etc, Vic
21 Sep 1924	Rev Aloysius Peter Sheehan OFM Sydney, etc
21 Sep 1931	Rev Thomas Doran Bathurst dioc, NSW
21 Sep 1943	Rev Denis Keneally Rockhampton dioc, Qld
21 Sep 1949	Rev Philip Smith Adelaide dioc
21 Sep 1956	Rev Patrick Francis Walsh Bingara, etc, NSW
21 Sep 1958	Rev Mgr James Lawless Rutherglen, etc, Vic
21 Sep 1959	Rev Leslie? B Graham Brisbane dioc
21 Sep 1960	Rev Robert Tully Adelaide dioc
21 Sep 1961	Rev Francis Thomas Ryder Melbourne dioc
21 Sep 1972	Rev Alfonsus Kelly Proserpine, Richmond, Hughenden, Ravenswood, Stuart - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
21 Sep 1972	Rev Thomas Kelly Hughenden, etc, Qld
21 Sep 1988	Archbishop Gino Paro Canberra, ACT
21 Sep 1997	Rev John Nolan Toodyay, Beverley, Kellerberrin, Kalamunda, Maylands, WA
21 Sep 2005	Rev Mgr Bernard O'Regan Geelong, Gardenvale, Laverton, Mentone, East Melbourne, Croydon, Balaclava, Vic; Richmond, NSW
21 Sep 2022	Rev Lawrence Moate SDB Born 21/02/1943; Ordained 23/10/1971. Salesians - Salesians of Don Bosco.
22 Sep 1896	Rev Theo Cramaille MSC Sydney, etc
22 Sep 1900	Rev Patrick Mulligan Brisbane and Townsville Dioceses
22 Sep 1907	Rev James Connolly Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
22 Sep 1925	Rev John Joseph Graber South Melbourne, Williamstown, Vic; Geraldton dioc, WA
22 Sep 1931	Rev Leonard J Dew Melbourne dioc
22 Sep 1933	Rev William Mayo Landsborough etc. VIC
22 Sep 1947	Rev John Norris Rockhampton dioc, Qld; Sydney
22 Sep 1953	Rev Geoffrey Raymond O'Donoghue Wooloowin, etc, Qld
22 Sep 1974	Rev Ambrose Power CM Malvern, Vic; Rockhampton, Qld
22 Sep 1976	Rev Patrick Jeffrey Melbourne dioc
22 Sep 1979	Rev Murray J Wilson CM Bendigo, Vic, etc
22 Sep 1984	Rev Martin Reginald Prendergast Clovelly, Fairfield, etc, NSW
22 Sep 1988	Cardinal Maximilian de Furstenberg North Sydney
22 Sep 1995	Rev Mgr John Francis Slowey Wollongong dioc, NSW; Drummoyne, North Leichhardt, Camperdown, Rose Bay, Lewisham, Clifton Gardens, Ashfield, Strathfield, Merrylands, North Sydney, NSW
22 Sep 1998	Rev Isidore Ekerick Wollongong dioc, NSW
22 Sep 2000	Rev Dr Francis Harman AO Ferntree Gully, Melbourne Cathedral, Clifton Hill, Vic
22 Sep 2008	Rev Boleslaw Smok OFM Maylands, WA
22 Sep 2010	Rev Deacon Michael Lappin Born 17/11/1947; Military Ordinariate.
22 Sep 2017	Rev Paul Victor Mercovich Read more Born 21/08/1937; Ordained 31/05/1969 Diocese of Ballarat Bishop Paul Bird, the priests and people of the Diocese of Ballarat were deeply saddened by the death of their brother and friend Fr Paul, who died while on holidays in Alice Springs on 22 September 2017, aged 80. Paul was ordained priest for the Diocese of Ballarat by Bishop J P O'Collins at Ararat on 31 May 1969. He served as an Assistant Priest in the Parishes of Koroit, Camperdown and Colac and Administrator of the Parish of Birregurra, followed by appointments in Inglewood and Ballarat. Paul served as the Parish Priest of the Parishes of Ouyen, Charlton, Ballarat East and St Arnaud. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Paul was Chair of the Diocesan Education Board. May he rest in peace.
22 Sep 2019	Rev John Rate MSC Born 15/11/1945 Ordained 15/05/1973 for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
23 Sep 1896	Rev John Joseph Quinn Perth, WA
23 Sep 1923	Rev James Connolly Sandgate, etc, Qld
23 Sep 1955	Rev Mgr James Prout Kangaroo Point, etc, Qld
23 Sep 1975	Rev Mgr John Joseph Mullins Cairns, Qld, etc
23 Sep 1977	Rev Walter Ebsworth Toorak, etc, Vic
23 Sep 1979	Rev Thomas Luby MSC Sydney; Melbourne, etc
23 Sep 1990	Rev Vincengo Gualtieri OSM Adelaide
23 Sep 1992	Rev Michael Moore OMI Fremantle, WA; Geelong, Vic
23 Sep 1994	Rev William Kevin Thorpe Wilcannia, Broken Hill, Condobolin, Cobar, NSW
23 Sep 1999	Rev Ashley Jones Broken Bay dioc, NSW
23 Sep 2001	Rev Thomas Leonard Kogarah, etc, NSW
23 Sep 2001	Rev Thomas Pearson OSM Mornington, Box Hill, Vic; Kedron, Qld; Edgecliff, Campbelltown, Waverley, NSW
23 Sep 2002	Rev Michael (Bryon) O'Keefe CSsR
23 Sep 2002	Rev Maurice Phipps Penshurst, etc, NSW
23 Sep 2003	Rev Lionel Dean SM Sydney, etc
23 Sep 2008	Rev Paul Byrne Dalwood Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
23 Sep 2013	Rev Victor Paul Matthew Crennan PE Read more Born 15/05/1924; Ordained 25/07/1954 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Victor (Vic) Paul Matthew Crennan PE died peacefully on 23 September 2013 at Caritas Christi Hospice, Kew, Victoria. Vic served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 59 years. The Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. After serving as Assistant Priest at the parishes of Heidelberg, East Brighton, Bacchus Marsh, Mitcham, Brunswick and Bennettswood, Vic was then made Administrator of Hampton and East Hampton parishes. He was then was appointed Parish Priest of East Hampton. Upon retirement in 2005, Vic was appointed Pastor Emeritus. May he rest in peace.
24 Sep 1881	Rev Jeremiah Donovan Melbourne dioc
24 Sep 1893	Rev Michael Foran Singleton, etc, NSW
24 Sep 1908	Rev John Black Melbourne and Sale diocs, Vic, Bathurst dioc, Broken Hill, NSW
24 Sep 1909	Rev John P Carolan Wodonga, etc, Vic
24 Sep 1940	Rev Ernest Hisgen MSC Sydney, etc
24 Sep 1943	Rev Henry J O'Cane Bungaree, Creswick, Linton, etc, Vic
24 Sep 1947	Rev Ignatius Schwab SVD Hobart dioc, Tas, etc
24 Sep 1955	Rev Eugene William Sheeran Brisbane Archdiocese
24 Sep 1963	Rev Cornelius O'Leary SM Sydney
24 Sep 1968	Rev Martin Pyke Barcaldine, etc, Qld
24 Sep 1973	Rev Patrick John Collins Rockdale, etc, NSW
24 Sep 1973	Rev Liberius Peterson OFM
24 Sep 1975	Bishop John Toohey Maitland, NSW
24 Sep 1983	Bishop Albert Reuben E Thomas Sydney, Bathurst, NSW
24 Sep 1984	Rev Peter Abramo OMI Fremantle, WA
24 Sep 1991	Rev James Dynon SJ North Sydney, NSW; Nedlands, Crawley, WA
24 Sep 1998	Rev John Farrar Dulwich Hill, Sydney Cathedral, Concord, Bass Hill, Yagoona, Bankstown, Lane Cove, NSW
24 Sep 2002	Rev William van Kooy Melbourne dioc
24 Sep 2006	Rev Kevin O'Brien Ballarat dioc, Vic
25 Sep 1864	Rev William Quinlan Carisbrook, Port Fairy, Castlemaine, etc, Vic
25 Sep 1915	Rev Michael E O'Brien Richmond, St. Mary's, Surry Hills, Cooma, etc, NSW
25 Sep 1928	Rev John Murphy Mildura, Penshurst, Landsborough, etc, Vic
25 Sep 1933	Rev Maurice J O'Reilly CM Bathurst, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW
25 Sep 1936	Rev Denis J O'Dea Heathcote, etc, Vic
25 Sep 1939	Rev Daniel Walsh Gatton, etc, Qld
25 Sep 1941	Rev James John Cogan OCarm Gawler, Semaphore, SA; Port Melbourne, Vic
25 Sep 1945	Rev John Cornelius Bartley OFM Sydney, etc
25 Sep 1950	Rev William Armstrong Euroa, etc, Vic
25 Sep 1953	Rev Edward Rohan Annandale, etc, NSW
25 Sep 1964	Rev James Higgins CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
25 Sep 1970	Rev Samuel Hunter Maryborough, Dorrington, etc, Qld
25 Sep 1971	Rev Albert Groeneveld OCarm Port Melbourne, etc
25 Sep 1978	Rev Deacon Walter Jewel Adelaide
25 Sep 1983	Rev Ian Hoyle SJ Melbourne, etc
25 Sep 1989	Rev James McInerney SJ Werribee, Vic; Adelaide; Melbourne, etc
25 Sep 1992	Rev Austin Hunt Ryan SJ Werribee, Richmond, Kew, Vic; Sydney, etc
25 Sep 2004	Rev John Francis Williams Caringbah, Belmore, Port Kembla, Forestville, Liverpool, Holsworthy, Woollahra, Gladesville, Bass Hill, Daceyville, Ingleburn, Enoggera, NSW; Townsville, Qld; Adelaide, SA
25 Sep 2006	Rev Kevin O'Farrell OCSO Yarra Glen, Vic
25 Sep 2017	Rev Vincent Paul Coleman SJ Read more Born 04/02/1927; Ordained 07/01/1959 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus A much loved pastor, Paul died peacefully at the Mater Hospital in Sydney on 25 September at the age of 90, having been a Jesuit for 69 years and a priest for 58. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at Xavier College and studied Arts/Law at Melbourne University for two years before joining the Jesuits, where his three younger brothers eventually followed him. Paul is remembered above all as a dynamic parish priest at Norwood, Adelaide (1969-74) and at North Sydney (1975-85) and as a devoted chaplain at the Mater Hospital (1990-97, 2007-17) and the Mary MacKillop Chapel and Centre at North Sydney (1998-2006). As parish priest he enthusiastically implemented changes inspired by the Second Vatican Council. Paul's love affair with the lower north shore of Sydney began in 1962, when he was first appointed assistant priest at St Mary's, North Sydney. Altogether he spent 50 years ministering in Sydney, including three years at the newly established St Clair Parish in the Parramatta Diocese (1986-89), where he added prison chaplaincy to his responsibilities. To all his pastoral work he brought extraordinary energy, creativity, compassion and humour, reaching a remarkably diverse range of people and forming deep friendships. In 2015 Paul was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the Catholic Church and to refugee support organisations. May he rest in peace.
25 Sep 2017	Rev John Doenau SJ Read more Date of Birth: 02/06/1929 Date of Ordination: 1963 - Jesuit Fathers Born in Melbourne and educated by the Christian Brothers at St Kilda and St Kevin's, John entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia, in 1947. During his formation he completed a BA (Hons) in philosophy at Melbourne University and taught at Xavier College, Kew. After ordination in 1963, he taught at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, before doing Tertianship at Decatur, Illinois, USA. Then he was assigned to Holy Name Seminary, Christchurch, NZ, where he was a spiritual father, taught philosophy and scripture, and directed the humanities studies seminarians did at Canterbury University. In 1969 he was assistant chaplain at Melbourne University, where he went on to do Social Studies, before undertaking an MA in Applied Psychology at the ANU. Something of a renaissance man, John is remembered especially as a marriage counsellor and spiritual director. A great listener, he brought a rare understanding and insight to his work in Marriage Guidance at the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in Melbourne as well as a Marriage Enrichment Programme, and to his counselling at the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in Brisbane. He was a retreat director at Canisius College, Pymble, for 10 years and at Campion House, Kew, for his last 20 years. He taught theology and Greek to Jesuit novices in Sydney and Latin to seminarians in Melbourne. Outstandingly kind, helpful and considerate, a great companion with a lively sense of humour, John was active until a few weeks before his death at the age of 88. He had been a Jesuit for 70 years and a priest for 54. Rest now in peace John.
25 Sep 2020	Rev Mgr Anthony K Toms PE Read more Born 21/03/1938; Ordained 25/07/1964. Archdiocese of Melbourne. Anthony was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 25 July 1964. In February 1965, he undertook missionary work in the Vicariate Apostolic of Thare-Nongseng, Thailand. Returning to Australia in 1979, Anthony served in the ADF Service at Kapooka, NSW (1979-1980), Puckapunyal (1980-1985), Brisbane & Canungra area (1985-1988) and Melbourne area (1989-1992). In 1993 he became the Principal Army Chaplain - Catholic and in that same year was appointed Monsignor. He retired from his role as Principal Army Chaplain in 1995 and then served as Parish Priest at Seymour from 1996. In 2016 Anthony retired and was appointed Pastor Emeritus. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
26 Sep 1887	Rev Denis F Walsh Goulburn, NSW
26 Sep 1901	Rev Bernard Martin O'Hanlon OSA Rochester, Vic, etc
26 Sep 1925	Rev Henry O'Donnell CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
26 Sep 1931	Rev William McCormack SJ Sydney, etc
26 Sep 1958	Rev Cornelius Troy MSC Hindmarsh, SA; Moonah, Tas; Sydney, etc
26 Sep 1963	Rev David Gerard Ryan Sydney, etc
26 Sep 1969	Rev Michael Joseph Ryan Granville, etc, NSW
26 Sep 1975	Rev Oliver Emelhainz Bathurst dioc, NSW
26 Sep 1982	Rev H George Aerts SJ Sydney, etc
26 Sep 1989	Rev Denis Donovan SM Sydney; Brisbane, Gladstone, Qld; Burnie, Tas; Melbourne; Perth
26 Sep 1991	Rev Bernard (Barney) McLaughlin Maryborough, Gayndah, Petrie Terrace, etc, Qld
26 Sep 1994	Rev Mgr Michael Leonard Dunne Adelaide dioc
26 Sep 2002	Rev Samuel Bruce Jones Perth, Whitford, Bruce Rock, Bedford/Inglewood, East Fremantle, WA
26 Sep 2011	Rev John Dunlea OMI Read more Born 22/08/1932; Ordained 15/09/1957 - Oblate Fathers. Born in Country Cork, Ireland, John entered the Oblate Novitiate at Cahermoyle, Limerick in 1952 and later studied at the Oblate Seminary in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny where he was joined in 1954 by a young Don Hughes OMI who had travelled from Fremantle, WA, to begin theological studies. John and Don were among six Oblates ordained in the Seminary Chapel at Piltown on September 15, 1957 after being granted special permission to be ordained at the beginning of their fourth year of studies. John's first appointment was to St Patrick's, Fremantle, followed by his first parish priest appointment to Pickering Brook and Karragullen, where his responsibilities included driving the school bus! In 1965 John started a six year appointment at Moe, Vic, where he oversaw the construction of a new church. This appointment was followed by seven years at Tea Tree Gully, SA, followed by a further two year stay in Fremantle. In 1981 John moved to Lesmurdie, WA, where he stayed until he was called upon in 1987 to form a new community in Burpengary, Brisbane. He returned to Lesmurdie briefly in 1995 as Administrator before being appointed parish priest to St Kieran's in Moe, a position he held until 2008. John Dunlea OMI left his strong but quiet mark on many parishes across the Australian continent. May he rest in peace.
26 Sep 2016	Rev Norman Cassidy CM Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission
26 Sep 2022	Rev Dr Joseph Michael Gerard Sardie Born 16/12/1953; Ordained 19/03/1993. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
27 Sep 1863	Rev Bernard Murphy Carcoar, Singleton, etc, NSW
27 Sep 1892	Rev Bernard Dengel SJ Kew, Vic, etc
27 Sep 1896	Rev Patrick Birch Sandhurst dioc, Vic
27 Sep 1936	Rev Bernard M Clancy Sydney dioc
27 Sep 1951	Rev Robert Matthew Gellie Warracknabeal, Clunes, etc, Vic
27 Sep 1965	Rev Laurence Carroll CSsR Wendouree, Vic, etc
27 Sep 1965	Rev Mgr Edward Collins Shenton Park, etc, WA
27 Sep 1965	Archbishop Ernest Victor Tweedy Maitland, NSW; Hobart, Tas
27 Sep 1974	Rev Albert Joseph Heavey Armidale dioc, NSW
27 Sep 1977	Rev Bede Francis Ryan Bingara, Oxley Vale, etc, NSW
27 Sep 1979	Rev John Ferrari Enfield, Elizabeth Bay, North Parramatta, etc, NSW
27 Sep 1986	Rev Gregory Meere Earlwood, Arncliffe, Strathfield, etc, NSW
27 Sep 1987	Rev Nicholas Stafford West Footscray, East Coburg, South Caulfield, Melbourne, etc, Vic
27 Sep 1994	Rev Noel Joseph Carroll Northbridge, etc, Sydney and Broken Bay diocs, NSW
27 Sep 2014	Rev William Wauchope Read more Born 08/01/1927; Ordained 19/07/1953. Diocese of Port Pirie. Bill was born in Pt Pirie and educated at the local St Anthony's Primary School and then Pt Pirie High School. On leaving school he studied to become a Meat Inspector � the family had a long history in the butchery business. He entered St Francis Xavier's Seminary in 1946, then St Patrick's College Manly and was ordained on 19 July 1951. Bill served in several parishes: Renmark, Whyalla, Cleve, Pt Lincoln, Minnipa, Loxton, Woomera and Jamestown. But it was his six years in the huge Outback Mission, based at Hawker, which really defined Bill's nature as a priest. His stories of Outback visitation were legendary; he often lived out of his Combi-Van for a month or two at a time, setting off from Hawker and travelling north to Uluru, across to WA border, down to Cooke visiting every station and depot he passed � no matter the religion or lack of it. He certainly was a priest of the swag (like few others)! Bill was a symbol of priestly care for the most remote people, reminding them how precious they are in the eyes of God and in the Church. He used to tell of the lines of sandhills, and he had to let tyres down to go up them, then pump them up again by hand for the flat stretch, then let them down again soon for the next sandhill. As Bishop Greg O'Kelly said at his Funeral Mass: �God lives among His people. The poet Gerard Manly Hopkins wrote the world is charged with the grandeur of God.' The spiritual dynamic of the diocesan priest is an adaptation of that, seeing all as charged, made alive with the presence of Christ, in His humanity and His Divinity. The ministry of the diocesan priest among his people is one of discovery and revealing � to take back the cover, to take back the veil, to show Christ present in ordinary human activity. Christ was immersed in our humanity, from moments of joy like Cana, the humdrum work of the tradesman, the love of friends like Lazarus, Martha and Mary, human companionship at meals and festivals, an isolated and terrible, unjust death of violent suffering. The diocesan priest tries with his spirituality to enter this world, to manifest the Christ present in plain human circumstances, be that in a traditional parish, or the lonely runs of the Outback, be that a devout Catholic family, be that a lapsed Catholic family, be that anyone in the territory assigned to the priest, a parish in a small town, or in our Inland Mission, a parish the size of France, and in those areas he is to be a priest for all people, as the diocesan priest is sent on mission to all, including every cattle and sheep station, medical centre and police station on the way. As Pope Francis would say, it is a mission to the outskirts. Bill Wauchope lived that ministry to the full ... Bill Wauchope was one of the finest priests we have been privileged to know. We have had in Bill so much to thank God for.� Bill's priesthood spanned sixty-one years, and his so called retirement of eight years was also very active. Bill had an amazing capacity for keeping in touch with people � right up to the end. Just prior to his death in St Joseph's Home he made phone calls and sent emails to say farewell to many of his friends. His funeral Mass was celebrated in St Mark's Cathedral, Pt Pirie on 9 October and he was buried in the local cemetery.
27 Sep 2023	Rev Patrick J Tynan Born 22/10/1936; Ordained 29/06/1961. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
28 Sep 1895	Rev Ramiro Fournetti OSB New Norcia, WA
28 Sep 1908	Rev James Ryan Newcastle, etc, NSW
28 Sep 1915	Rev Thomas Brown SJ Kew, Vic; Sydney, etc
28 Sep 1924	Rev Patrick Enright Adelaide dioc
28 Sep 1936	Rev Mgr Timothy O'Connell Wentworth, Hay, Wagga, Junee, etc, NSW
28 Sep 1946	Rev Alfred Cullen SM Sydney
28 Sep 1953	Rev Bernard Gunn Lismore dioc, NSW; Melbourne
28 Sep 1962	Rev Walter Cain Northgate, etc, Qld
28 Sep 1963	Rev Ambrose Augustine Crofts OP Melbourne, etc
28 Sep 1963	Rev Richard Holmes Thompson Brisbane Archdiocese
28 Sep 1972	Rev Patrick McCabe MSC Sydney, etc
28 Sep 1976	Rev Mgr Richard Augustine Darby Sydney dioc
28 Sep 1984	Rev James Connelly Gordon Park, etc, Qld
28 Sep 1988	Rev Leonard McKenna SSS Melbourne.
28 Sep 1991	Rev Peter William Quirk Maitland dioc, NSW
28 Sep 1992	Rev Hugh Moffet OSM Joondanna, WA
28 Sep 1993	Rev William Bernard Way SSC Perth, WA, etc
28 Sep 1996	Rev Clarence Leahy Goondiwindi, Warwick, Quilpie, Miles, Chinchilla, Dalby, Qld
28 Sep 2008	Rev Basil Rossen Parramatta dioc, NSW.
28 Sep 2008	Rev Basil Rosen Born 14/08/1921; Parramatta Diocese.
28 Sep 2015	Rev Michael Naisbitt Read more Born 13/10/1938; Ordained for the Diocese of Bunbury 08/05/1971. In memory of a heroic priest who, despite years of great suffering, selflessly served priests and people for 44 years in the priestly ministry. He touched the lives of many and had a deep commitment to poor and disadvantaged through his St Vincent de Paul Society chaplaincy. May he rest in peace.
28 Sep 2019	Rev Peter Gerard Daly OMI Born 28/07/1955. Ordained 07/12/1979 for Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
28 Sep 2022	Most Rev Hilton F Deakin AM DD PhD Ord.R.E. Timor Leste; M. Lopes Medal Born in Seymour VIC 13/11/1932. Ordained Priest for Melbourne 27/07/1958. Consecrated Titular See of Murthlacum 03/03/1993. Retired 13/11/2007.
29 Sep 1893	Rev David A Mitchell OFMCap Inverell, Glen Innes, etc, NSW
29 Sep 1895	Rev Thomas English Maitland, Gunnedah, etc, NSW
29 Sep 1899	Rev Patrick Dwyer Ryan Tamworth, etc, NSW
29 Sep 1909	Rev Patrick Corbett Gosford, Picton, Hay, Balmain, Milton, etc, NSW
29 Sep 1930	Rev William O'Sullivan Cunnamulla, Booval, Roma, Charleville, Mt. Perry, Bundaberg, etc, Qld
29 Sep 1935	Rev Henry W Jones Barcaldine, Yeppoon, etc, Rockhampton dioc, Qld
29 Sep 1956	Rev Denis M O'Keefe Beaudesert, etc, Qld
29 Sep 1959	Rev Edward Barry Canberra and Goulburn dioc
29 Sep 1965	Rev Mgr John McDonald Manly, etc, NSW
29 Sep 1966	Rev Matthew F Gaffney CSsR Linton, Creswick, Donald, etc, Vic; New Town, Tas
29 Sep 1967	Rev Damian Cavanagh CP Sydney, etc
29 Sep 1979	Rev Frederick J Marsh Sandhurst dioc, Vic
29 Sep 1980	Rev Neil John O'Donoghue Meredith, Vic; Newtown, Warwick, Toowoomba, Wallumbilla, etc, Qld
29 Sep 1994	Rev Tito Cecilia CS Sydney, etc
29 Sep 1996	Rev Richard Roper OFM Sydney, etc
29 Sep 1997	Rev Brian Moore SJ Melbourne, etc
29 Sep 2001	Rev George Nugent Laidley, Maryborough, Wynnum, Mitchelton, Qld
29 Sep 2006	Rev Conrad Reis PE Born 26/02/1914; Ordained 23/07/1939; Archdiocese of Melbourne.
29 Sep 2007	Terence Edmund Anthony O'Brien Wyong, Gosford, Broken Bay Cathedral, Pennant Hills, NSW
29 Sep 2009	Rev Neal Dwyer CSsR Melbourne, Sydney, Perth & Brisbane.
29 Sep 2019	Rev Eugene William George Weber Born 24/11/1922; Ordained 14/08/1970 Diocese of Wollongong
29 Sep 2021	Rev Deacon Richard (Dick) Scallan Born 07-06-1937; Ordained 27-10-2006. Diocese of Bunbury.
29 Sep 2021	Rev Kevin Kerley SM Born 23/07/1928; Ordained 06/09/1980. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
29 Sep 2022	Rev Michael Edward Casey Born 06/08/1925; Ordained 20/06/1954. Archdiocese of Perth.
30 Sep 1930	Rev Daniel J Doyle Lismore dioc, NSW
30 Sep 1933	Rev John Setano SDB Sunbury, Vic
30 Sep 1943	Rev Joseph Ahearne Camden, Braidwood, etc, NSW; Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
30 Sep 1952	Rev Stanislaus Power CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
30 Sep 1955	Rev Mgr John Rohan Naremburn, etc, NSW
30 Sep 1956	Rev Patrick Hayes Burnie, Tas
30 Sep 1957	Rev Michael Mark Connaughton OFM Sydney, etc
30 Sep 1958	Rev Leo Dalton MSC Sydney; Hobart, etc
30 Sep 1962	Rev James William F Larkin OSA Cairns, Chillagoe, Babinda, Mareeba, Atherton, Innisfail, Brisbane, Qld
30 Sep 1970	Rev Frederick J Marsh Sandhurst dioc, Vic
30 Sep 1972	Rev Richard O'Sullivan SM Sydney, etc.
30 Sep 1977	Rev Raymond Maguire CM Kwinana, WA; Maroubra, NSW, etc
30 Sep 1979	Rev Bede Bloxham OFM Melbourne, etc
30 Sep 1979	Rev James Conway Stawell, Ballarat, Koroit, etc, Vic
30 Sep 1986	Rev Patrick Whelan Drysdale, Balaclava, Hastings, etc, Vic
30 Sep 1993	Rev Dermot Francis O'Hurley Born 06/07/1910; Ordained 13/06/1937; Bribbaree, Cootamundra, Goulburn, AIF, Weetaliba, Ardlethan, Lake Cargelligo, Crookwell, Koorawatha, Jugiong, Yass, Young, NSW and ACT.
30 Sep 2001	Rev Steven Bekesi SJ Melbourne, Vic, etc
30 Sep 2003	Rev Brian Curran CM Southport, Wandal, Qld; Ashfield, Marsfield, NSW
30 Sep 2004	Rev William Michael Butler Balwyn, Vic
30 Sep 2006	Rev Philip Murphy
30 Sep 2007	Rev James Philip Murphy Eastwood, Campbelltown, Seven Hills, Gosford, Carlingford, Wyoming, Manly, Epping, NSW
30 Sep 2011	Rev Mgr Vincent J Marley Born 01/01/1924.
30 Sep 2012	Rev Thomas Brennan Born 16/12/1937; Ordained 16/07/1960; Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, NSW.
30 Sep 2022	Rev James Godfrery Elmore CP Born 27/03/1944; Ordained 20/04/1991. Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.
Oct	Rev Michael Conlon Ballarat dioc, Vic
Oct 1879	Rev Michael Renehan Drayton, etc, Qld; Sydney
Oct 1880	Rev Eugenio Ricci Toowoomba, Qld
Oct 1887	Rev F Farrelly Sydney
Oct 1889	Rev Patrick Riordan Portland, Melbourne, etc, Vic
Oct 1903	Brosnan Sydney
Oct 1930	Rev Richard Timothy Daly Goulburn dioc, NSW
Oct 1979	Rev John Comerford Rockhampton, Mackay, Bundaberg, Blackall, Tambo, Aramac, Marian, etc, Qld
Oct 1987	Rev Denis Daly Sydney
1 Oct 1908	Rev Phillip Xavier Ryan Bathurst, Carcoar, Cowra, etc, NSW
1 Oct 1911	Rev John Carroll Sydney
1 Oct 1919	Rev Maurice Williams Adelaide dioc
1 Oct 1933	Rev David B Verlin Bairnsdale etc, Vic; Broome, Mt. Magnet, Roebourne Subiaco, etc, WA
1 Oct 1936	Rev Richard O'Regan Redfern, etc, NSW
1 Oct 1949	Rev Patrick J Dempsey Rydalmere, etc, NSW
1 Oct 1952	Rev Mgr Thomas Ignatius Barry Wagga dioc, NSW
1 Oct 1956	Rev John A O'Brien Caulfield, etc, Vic
1 Oct 1957	Rev Michael Mannix CM Rockhampton dioc, Qld; Malvern Vic, etc
1 Oct 1960	Rev Joseph Condon OSA Coorparoo, Cairns, Qld
1 Oct 1978	Rev Stephen Pearson OFM Box Hill, Vic, etc
1 Oct 1987	Rev John Kiniry Wangaratta, Tallangatta, Heathcote Bendigo, Dookie, Corryong, Horsham, Maryborough Chilton, Elmore, Vic
1 Oct 1993	Rev Laurence Frederick Gallagher SM Sydney; Burnie, Rosebery, Tas; Melbourne, etc
1 Oct 1994	Rev Donald M Wodarz SSC Turramurra, NSW
1 Oct 2000	Rev Guildford James Lyons Wynnum, Ipswich, Gayndah, Rosalie, Mt. Gravatt, Hamilton, Inala, Maryborough, Qld
1 Oct 2002	Rev Colin McKay Ryde, etc, NSW
1 Oct 2005	Rev Francis Guiry Queanbeyan, Cootamundra, ACT & NSW
1 Oct 2006	Rev Carl H Boes Diocese of Parramatta.
1 Oct 2009	Rev Edmond Ryan CSsR Born 28/02/1931; Ordained 11/03/1956.
1 Oct 2010	Rev Jan Oostdijck Read more Born 08/12/1938; Ordained 07/07/1963 - Missionary Congregation (Mill Hills). Jan was born in Roosendaal, Holland, and was ordained a priest in London for the Missionary Congregation (Mill Hills) on 7 July 1963. In April 1982 he was appointed to the Diocese of Geraldton and for the next 20 years worked in Port and South Hedland, Newman, Leonora, Mount Magnet, Meekatharra, Tom Price and then back to Newman. Failing health forced Jan to make the painful decision to leave Australia, and in 2002 he returned to his loved homeland, Holland. Bishop Justin Bianchini described Jan as a good, patient and peaceful man � traits he displayed while he was working with us and traits he continued to show throughout his long illness.' Rest now in peace Jan.
2 Oct 1887	Rev Joseph Farrelly Sydney
2 Oct 1890	Rev John Patrick Ahern Williamstown, Clifton Hill, West Melbourne, etc, Vic
2 Oct 1936	Archbishop William Hayden Dulwich Hill, Wilcannia, NSW; Hobart
2 Oct 1960	Rev Arthur Perkins MSC Sydney; Hobart, etc
2 Oct 1962	Rev Michael Fitzgerald Bunbury dioc, WA
2 Oct 1974	Rev Mgr Bernard Hudson Sydney dioc
2 Oct 1985	Rev Thomas Jones Ascot Vale, etc, Vic
2 Oct 1991	Rev Cornelius O'Sullivan Ararat, Linton, Koroit, Colac, Hopetoun, Camperdown, Portland, Vic
2 Oct 2000	Rev Michael Gerard O'Connell Wavell Heights, etc, Qld
2 Oct 2003	Rev John Joseph Barry Rockhampton dioc, Qld
2 Oct 2006	Rev Bernard Clinton CSsR
2 Oct 2010	Rev Ralph Herbert Francis Hinton SSS Read more Born 01/05/1917; Date of Ordination: 24/07/1955 - Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Ralph Herbert Francis Hinton was born at Cardiff, NSW, and educated by the Black Josephites' in Cardiff and the Marist Brothers at Hamilton. Towards the end of the 1930s, he returned to the Marist Brothers at Hamilton to further his formal education prior to entering St Columba's College, Springwood in 1939, where he began training for the diocesan priesthood. After a change in direction Ralph entered the Blessed Sacrament Novitiate, Bowral, in 1950. He was ordained on 24 July 1955 and engaged in a variety of ministries across Australia. After 58 years of religious profession and 55 years of priesthood Ralph now rests in peace as he so deserves.
2 Oct 2017	Rev Luke Pirone OFM Born 03/01/1934; Ordained 11/06/1960 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
2 Oct 2020	Rev Charles McBride PE Read more Born 26/09/1927 Ordained 19/08/1972 Archdiocese of Melbourne. Charles passed away at St Catherine's Aged Care Facility, Balwyn, VIC, aged 93 years. Born on 26 September 1927 in Scotland, Charles was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 19 August 1972. He was appointed Assistant Priest at Frankston (1972), Ferntree Gully (1976), Bentleigh (1979), Wattle Park (1980), Mooroolbark (1982), Seaford (1985), Bennettswood (1985) and Mentone (1987). Further appointments included Parish Priest of Langwarrin (1987), Assistant Priest at Mentone (1987) and Administrator of Box Hill North parish (1998). Charles retired in 1991 and was appointed Pastor Emeritus. Charles served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community. The Archdiocese of Melbourne is most grateful for the untiring service to the Church of Melbourne of this fine and gentle man. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
3 Oct 1868	Rev George Hunter Hobart, Glenorchy, Tas
3 Oct 1887	Rev John Michael Cummins Fortitude Valley, Gatton, etc, Qld
3 Oct 1890	Rev Pierce Burke Tumut, Goulburn, Crookwell, etc, NSW
3 Oct 1911	Rev John Baptist Hearne Narrabri, etc, NSW
3 Oct 1931	Rev Albert George Clark Sydney; Gatton, Qld
3 Oct 1941	Rev Raphael Morris CP
3 Oct 1962	Rev Joseph Bede McDonnell Kenmore, etc, NSW and ACT
3 Oct 1968	Rev Patrick Joseph O'Doherty Woodend, etc, Vic
3 Oct 1974	Rev Vincentio De Francesco Vincentio De Francesco, SJ
3 Oct 1974	Rev Michael Patrick Gaffney Edenhope, etc, Vic
3 Oct 1982	Rev Denis Fitzgerald Delegate, Pambula, Crookwell, etc, NSW
3 Oct 1984	Rev Mgr Edward Bryan Port Hedland, Morawa, Mullewa, etc, WA
3 Oct 1992	Rev Kevin McMahon OCarm
3 Oct 1994	Rev Patrick Anthony Bell Brighton-Le-Sands, Naremburn, Richmond, Avalon, Dulwich Hill, Guildford, Penrith, Camperdown, Sylvania, Campsie, Padstow, NSW
3 Oct 1994	Rev John Maurice Hasler Murrumburrah-Harden, Gunning, West Wyalong, Temora, Michelago, Lake Cargelligo, Candelo-Bemboka, Bungendore, Young, Cooma, Gundagai, NSW and ACT
3 Oct 2008	Rev John Vincent Frawley SSS Toowoomba, Qld; Melbourne; Bowral, Moss Vale, Mittagong, NSW
3 Oct 2010	Rev Christopher Francis Goulding OFM Read more Born 04/10/1916; Date of Ordination: 23/12/1939 - Franciscan Friars. The death Christopher, the most senior Friar of the Franciscan Province of the Holy Spirit (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia) has not only left a void among the fraternity, but also the loss of the last link to the Province's pioneering days. Christopher was loved deeply - by his brothers, his large extended Goulding/Kenna family, other religious and members from all facets of the community. More than 300 people gathered at St Paschal Friary, Box Hill on 7 October to pay their last respects to Christopher who had celebrated his 70th jubilee of ordination just eight months prior. Rest now in peace Christopher.
3 Oct 2010	Rev Vincent Joseph Curran PE Read more Born 17/01/1917; Date of Ordination: 23/07/1966 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Vincent served as Assistant Priest at Maidstone, Caulfield South, Hampton, Fawkner and Armadale. He was appointed Parish Priest of Ivanhoe West and later returned to Armadale as Parish Priest. When he retired in 1993, Vincent was appointed Pastor Emeritus. He passed away at St Catherine's Aged Care Facility, Balwyn, where he had been lovingly cared for over the past years. Rest in peace Vincent.
3 Oct 2012	Rev James William (Bill) O'Halloran Born 31/05/1920; Ordained 08/09/1946; Diocese of Ballarat, Vic.
3 Oct 2012	Rev Patrick McMaugh Born 15/05/1928; Ordained 19/07/1952; Diocese of Broken Bay.
4 Oct 1857	Rev Luke Hand Bathurst, Appin, etc, NSW
4 Oct 1887	Rev Thomas J Barry OFM Melbourne
4 Oct 1911	Rev John Hearn Sydney dioc, NSW
4 Oct 1916	Rev John E Stephens CSSp Ballarat, Vic
4 Oct 1920	Rev Michael Colman SJ Adelaide, SA, etc
4 Oct 1920	Rev John Aloysius Crane OSA Cooktown, Cairns, Qld
4 Oct 1921	Rev James Duffy Grafton, etc, Lismore dioc, NSW
4 Oct 1940	Rev Dionysius (Thomas) Spiteri OCarm Melbourne, etc
4 Oct 1963	Rev Maurice Donegan CP Sydney, etc
4 Oct 1969	Rev Basil J Bergin Brisbane Archdiocese
4 Oct 1970	Rev Ronald Cox CM Eastwood, NSW
4 Oct 1975	Rev Patrick Kelly CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
4 Oct 1981	Rev J T Whitty MSC Sydney, etc
4 Oct 1984	Rev Francis Donovan CSsR Galong, NSW, etc
4 Oct 1987	Rev Walter Williamson CSsR Sydney, Newcastle, NSW
4 Oct 1990	Rev John Gerard McGhee MSC Sydney, etc
4 Oct 1992	Rev Con Donovan Sale dioc, Vic
4 Oct 1995	Rev Clement Francis Tiemey Narraweena, etc, NSW
4 Oct 2000	Rev Ian Travers-Ball SJ Melbourne, etc
4 Oct 2008	Rev Abbot Placid Spearitt OSB New Norcia, WA
4 Oct 2008	Rev Placid Spearritt Read more Born 17/09/1933; Ordained 16/07/1967. Abbot Placid was an exceptionally good and prayerful man. He knew what God had done with him in his becoming so. While he could accept our gratitude for God's gifts to us through his ministry, he would not accept personal praise as being of much value in life or death. Mind you, Placid could also be quite perverse, particularly when attempting to assess the likely staying power of applicants to monastic life. He once advised me not to burn any bridges before I enter; he really didn't think I had what it takes to make it to final profession. Well, he was wrong but happy to be so. You might remember, when discussing contentious issues he used to say, I might be wrong.' He rarely was, but I'm sure many of you can hear in memory him saying this. In the past few days, as part of my farewell to Placid as our abbot, I have been re-reading the texts of his abbot's conferences for the period I have been away studying. I was quite struck to find again that on the 24 April this year he spoke of his thoughts about his own death, in the context of his recommendations to the monks. These Abbot's Conferences are a traditional mode of teaching in monastic communities and Abbot Placid was very faithful to this, leaving us at least 958 pages of text from throughout his period as prior administrator and abbot. I would like to tell you of his thoughts on that recent occasion and remind my brothers of the constant theme of his teaching and desire for us. Now I want to give you Placid's own words: The history of New Norcia did not begin in 1846 (foundation year) or 1835 (dissolution of the Spanish monasteries). It began at the same non-time as your vocation and mine, your selection and mine, our being chosen began, before time began, before the foundation of the world with its time. We are very time-bound in this world, not least in a monastery, where the time is carved up by bells. I suppose as I become more conscious of the end of my time on this earth, I look forward to being released in death from the tyranny of deadlines, achieved or missed. And I look forward to resuming the life I enjoyed in God before I made the mistake of thinking I was really only born in time, in 1933. I don't really see what the resurrection of Christ is all about if it is not at least about saying the best is yet to come. When he and the New Testament writers talked about it they very often made the point that his resurrected life is not temporary: it is forever. Placid's legacy to us is the firm foundation he has given to monastic life at New Norcia and the call to the life of prayer and community that he not only taught us but for which he gave us clear example to follow. In prayer, contemplative prayer, we will be found in Christ and, with Placid, transformed in Christ so that we may go all together, all of us, to everlasting life. May he rest in peace.
4 Oct 2010	Rev Thomas Columba Gaine Highgate, Fremantle, Girawheen, Northam, Kalgoorlie, Pinjarra, Mirabooka WA
4 Oct 2020	Rev Frank Gibson Read more Born 09/04/1941 Ordained 20/10/1969 Archdiocese of Hobart Born in Launceston, Francis Frank' Gibson was the eldest of seven children born to Archie and Iris Gibson. As a boy he was an altar server and attended St Mary's School and St Patrick's College in Launceston. By the time he was a teenager he was focused on a vocation in the priesthood, but he needed to improve his Latin to meet seminary entry requirements. After leaving school he had various jobs in the Launceston area. He worked as a telegram boy; at the Patons and Baldwins woollen mill; and as a railwayman. Meanwhile, he had Latin lessons with a former Mayor of Launceston, Dorothy Edwards, for two years. He never did pass Latin, but he was accepted into the seminary at Corpus Christi College in Victoria. He was ordained at Church of the Apostles in Launceston on 20 October 1969 by Archbishop Guilford Young. The following day he celebrated his Thanksgiving Mass at St Peter's Church, Kings Meadows. After his ordination, he served in parishes in the Hobart area for four years; followed by stints in Devonport, Queenstown and Smithton; and then five years in George Town. He retired in 2003. During his 16 years in the Circular Head parish, Frank oversaw the building of a new Catholic school, church and convent at Smithton. Frank lived in retirement at Glenara Lakes Aged Care Facility in Launceston's southern suburbs where he celebrated Mass twice a week at the adjacent nursing home chapel. He suffered significant health issues for a number of years and passed away on 4 October 2020 in Launceston, Tasmania. May he rest in peace.
5 Oct 1905	Rev Joseph Ryan Wagga dioc, NSW
5 Oct 1908	Rev Charles Murlay Rockhampton, Gladstone, etc, Qld; Sydney
5 Oct 1914	Bishop Fulgentius Torres OSB New Norcia, WA
5 Oct 1922	Rev Hubert Linckens MSC Sydney, etc
5 Oct 1923	Rev John McKeon Melbourne dioc
5 Oct 1931	Rev William O'Brien Melbourne; Goulburn dioc, NSW
5 Oct 1933	Rev Bernard Murphy Launceston, Hobart, Zeehan, New Norfolk, Latrobe, Tas
5 Oct 1974	Rev John Hanrahan Junee, Tumbarumba, etc, NSW
5 Oct 1985	Rev Greville Templeton CM Malvern, Vic; Bathurst, NSW, etc
5 Oct 1992	Rev Maurice Moloney SSC Melbourne, etc
5 Oct 1992	Rev John A O'Shea Melbourne dioc
5 Oct 1993	Rev Malachy Kirk CP Adelaide
5 Oct 1997	Rev Michael Shirres OP Canberra, ACT
5 Oct 2000	Rev Keith Huddy Burdekin Valley, Richmond - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
5 Oct 2007	Rev Luke Newington OFM
5 Oct 2021	Rev Karl Emerick OP Born 25/04/1970; Ordained 04/07/2014. Dominicans - Order of Preachers
5 Oct 2021	Rev Noel Oliver PE Born 22/10/1937; Ordained 25/07/1964. Archdiocese of Melbourne.
5 Oct 2022	Rev Erwin Schmutz SVD Read more Divine Word Missionaries - Society of the Divine Word. Erwin Schmutz SVD was remembered for his very full life of service - as priest, missionary, medic and botanist � at his funeral Mass in the St Arnold Janssen Chapel, Marsfield, following his death in Sydney in October, 2022. Erwin was born in Germany, and spent 30 years as a missionary in Indonesia, then some years as a German Airforce chaplain, before arriving in the SVD AUS Province where he was chaplain to Adelaide's German community for many years . Forced into the German army at just 13 years of age to defend his home-town during World War II, Erwin saw things in the dying weeks of the war that stayed as indelible wounds in his memory. One of his two brothers was killed as a soldier two days after the official surrender in 1945. After leaving school he studied chemistry for a while, but he soon joined the Divine Word Missionaries after first coming across the SVD in his home-town where they had a house. He entered at St Augustine's seminary in Germany and took his vows in May 1958. On completion of his theological studies, he was ordained and then was missioned to Manggarai on the island of Flores, in eastern Indonesia. He worked on a remote station, Nunang, for 30 years. There, he lived a very solitary life, devoted to pastoral work. He had great medical skills which he used to assist many people. He also pursued his love of botany. Erwin also specialised in Biblical studies and gave Bible courses all over Indonesia and Africa, making a big contribution to the formation of catechists in Flores. For a time, foreign missionaries were restricted from entering Indonesia and Erwin took that as an opportunity to become a chaplain to the German Luftwaffe, an experience he loved. Erwin's final mission was in Adelaide, where he served the German-speaking Catholic community for many years. In retirement, he came to the SVD community at Marsfield. He died at St Catherine's Nursing Home, also in Marsfield, NSW.
6 Oct 1872	Rev John J Hinterocher SJ Norwood, SA; Hobart, Launceston, Tas, etc
6 Oct 1905	Rev Joseph Michael Ryan Goulburn, Wyalong, Wagga, etc, NSW
6 Oct 1930	Rev Mgr Hugh McDermott Manly, Leichhardt, etc, NSW
6 Oct 1935	Rev Matthew Hogan Lithgow, Queanbeyan, etc, NSW
6 Oct 1937	Rev Paul Lynch Brisbane, etc, Qld
6 Oct 1950	Rev Mgr Harold J Devine Young, etc, NSW
6 Oct 1953	Rev Jeremiah O'Leary Coorparoo, etc, Qld
6 Oct 1959	Rev Michael Conlan Ballarat dioc, Vic
6 Oct 1962	Rev Charles Borrack Kerang, etc, Vic
6 Oct 1966	Rev Michael Hannigan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
6 Oct 1972	Rev Thomas O'Neill Bunbury, etc, WA
6 Oct 1979	Rev Michael McEnroe MSC Sydney, etc
6 Oct 1982	Bishop Bryan Gallagher Port Pirie, SA
6 Oct 1988	Rev James Maurice Murray CSSp Brisbane dioc
6 Oct 2000	Rev Michael O'Reilly Sandhurst dioc, Vic
6 Oct 2004	Rev Deacon John O'Keefe Adelaide
6 Oct 2007	Rev Frank Mecham Sydney, Lindfield, Haberfield, NSW
6 Oct 2009	Rev Thomas A White PE Born 17/08/1923; Ordained 06/06/1948; Northcote, Camberwell, West Preston, Dandenong, Newport, South Camberwell, VIC; Sydney NSW.
6 Oct 2018	Rev Denis Patrick Foley Born 18/07/1939; Ordained 21/07/1962 Archdiocese of Sydney
7 Oct 1883	Rev Joseph Enuyer SM Hunters Hill, NSW
7 Oct 1889	Rev Julian Tenison Woods Penola, Adelaide, SA; Waverley, NSW; Oatlands, Geeveston, etc, Tas
7 Oct 1905	Rev Michael Darcy Braidwood, Darlinghurst, Kiama, Nowra, etc, NSW
7 Oct 1910	Rev Michael Kirby Sydney, etc
7 Oct 1925	Rev William J McEvoy Millicent, etc, SA
7 Oct 1947	Rev Thaddeus Durnin OFM Sydney, etc
7 Oct 1953	Rev Peter J O'Brien North Essendon, etc, Vic
7 Oct 1954	Rev Mgr Edmond Patrick O'Donnell Gulgong, Dubbo, etc, NSW
7 Oct 1964	Rev John Joseph Deely Malabar, etc, NSW
7 Oct 1971	Rev Patrick Killian Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
7 Oct 1972	Rev John Neale SDB Sunbury, Oakleigh, Vic; Glenorchy, Tas; Brooklyn Park, SA
7 Oct 1974	Rev Vincent Ashwood Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
7 Oct 1976	Rev Cornelius McGrath Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
7 Oct 2001	Rev Kees Bijman MSC Sydney
7 Oct 2004	Rev Edmund Dunne CSsR
8 Oct 1899	Rev Alphonsus O'Neill CP Marrickville, NSW
8 Oct 1928	Rev Patrick O'Regan Krambach, etc, NSW
8 Oct 1947	Rev Bertram Watson Cardiff, etc, NSW
8 Oct 1960	Rev Edward Sheedy MSC Sydney; Hobart, etc
8 Oct 1962	Rev John Walsh Yallourn, etc, Vic
8 Oct 1973	Rev George Collopy SJ Melbourne, etc
8 Oct 1983	Rev Fergus Duffy SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
8 Oct 1987	Rev Timothy O'Byrne Launceston, Tas
8 Oct 1988	Rev Thomas Joseph Murphy Stanthorpe, Toowoomba, Chinchilla, Crows Nest, Pittsworth, Inglewood, Qld
8 Oct 1992	Rev Joseph James Purcell Lindfield, Randwick, etc, NSW
8 Oct 1993	Archbishop Virgil Copas MSC Surfers Paradise, Qld
8 Oct 1996	Rev Gregory Handley Melbourne dioc
8 Oct 1998	Rev John O'Regan OMI Fremantle, WA, etc
8 Oct 1998	Rev Francis Rowe CSsR
8 Oct 1999	Rev Raymond Clasby OCD Brisbane, Qld; Minto, NSW; Morley, WA
8 Oct 2007	His Excellency Most Rev Ambrose De Paoli Apostolic Nunciature.
8 Oct 2014	Rev Donald Lourensz Born 25/09/1920; Ordained 28/06/1987. Diocese of Sandhurst.
8 Oct 2018	Rev Geoffrey Schneider SJ Read more Born 23/12/1912; Ordained 05/01/1946 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus The oldest Jesuit in the world at the time of his death at the age of 105, Geoff (as he was known) was born in the Jesuit parish of Hawthorn in the year the Titanic sank and was educated by the Jesuits at Xavier College, Kew (Melbourne). After teaching briefly for the Victorian Education Department at the height of the Great Depression, he entered the Jesuits at Loyola, Greenwich in Sydney, then returned to Melbourne for his Juniorate and Philosophy at the recently opened house of formation at Loyola, Watsonia. His studies were interrupted by a three-year teaching stint at St Louis School, Perth, established just two years earlier. Then came Theology at Canisius College, Pymble (Sydney) and priestly ordination in January 1946 at St Mary's, North Sydney, where Archbishop Norman Gilroy ordained him just after being appointed Australia's first native-born Cardinal. The remainder of Geoff's active life was spent in schools, notably at his alma mater in Melbourne and St Aloysius' College in Sydney. In Melbourne he was the headmaster of Burke Hall (then a boarding school, where he lived in what is now a cupboard) and Kostka Hall - preparatory schools for Xavier. At St Aloysius' he was assistant prefect of studies, discipline and sport in the senior school from 1965-69, then headmaster of the junior school until 1976. After three years at the Catholic Education Office in Sydney and a year back at Kostka Hall as headmaster, he returned to St Aloysius' as religion teacher and junior school chaplain until his retirement in early 2014 at the age of 101. At 100 he had made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest full-time teacher in the world. He was also the longest-serving staff member of St Aloysius' College, to which he devoted 44 years of his life and where he lived for 47 years. Outside the school he was chaplain to the Lane Cove Christian Life Community for over 25 years and celebrated a monthly Mass for ten years at David's Place drop-in centre for the poor in central Sydney. Although he was remarkably independent until a very advanced age, in his final years he needed care, which he received at MacKillop Residence back in his native Hawthorn, close to his beloved Hawks. Geoff attributed his longevity to routine and walking long distances. No doubt his equanimity, patience and simplicity also helped. At the time of his death, he had been a Jesuit for 85 years and a priest for 72.
8 Oct 2022	Rev Pacificus Scarf OFM Born 01/01/1936; Ordained 28/07/1962. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor.
9 Oct 1882	Rev Michael Sheridan Ballarat, Vic
9 Oct 1885	Rev Joseph M Garavel Waverley, Newtown, Pyrmont, etc, NSW
9 Oct 1889	Rev John Cleary Melbourne
9 Oct 1892	Rev Michael O'Leary Warragul, Vic; Narrandera, NSW
9 Oct 1893	Rev Joseph O'Hanlon Charleville, etc, Qld
9 Oct 1909	Rev Reginald Harold Bridge Granville, Manly, Erskineville, Gosford, Parramatta, NSW
9 Oct 1913	Rev Maurice Wolfe Blackall, Childers, etc, Qld
9 Oct 1940	Rev W Kevin Murphy Corinda, etc, Qld
9 Oct 1940	Rev Thomas Quinn Queenscliff, Mentone, Oakleigh, Carlton, etc, Vic
9 Oct 1941	Rev Mgr Thomas Barry Manly, Chatswood, etc, NSW
9 Oct 1951	Rev John Dicks MSC Sydney, etc
9 Oct 1986	Rev Peter James Deepdene, Collingwood, Doveton, Dallas, Melton South, etc, Vic
9 Oct 1986	Bishop William Rowell OFM Sydney, etc
9 Oct 1987	Rev Thomas Shortall OMI Fremantle, WA; Brisbane; Moe, Mulgrave, Vic
9 Oct 1988	Rev John Phelan Melbourne dioc
9 Oct 1999	Rev Francis Patrick Murphy Healesville, Heidelberg, Murrumbeena, Broadmeadows, Niddrie, Vic
9 Oct 2003	Rev Kevin O'Mahoney SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
9 Oct 2008	Rev Joseph Francis Geran SSS Born 07/12/1923; Ordained 24/07/1960; Bowral, Chatswood, NSW; Bunbury, Perth, WA; Melbourne, Wattle Park, Box Hill, Vic.
9 Oct 2010	Rev Deacon Allan Kinnane MSC Born 11/09/1921; Ordained 24/05/1994; Allenby Gardens SA.
9 Oct 2010	Rev Raffaele Tresca CP Marrickville NSW etc.
9 Oct 2010	Rev Leo Pascoe PE Read more Born 28/06/1933; Date of Ordination: 26/07/1959 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Leo was ordained by Archbishop Simonds in 1959, and offered his first Mass in St Margaret Mary's, North Brunswick, the following day. He entered eternal life after 51 years of faithful and faith filled ministry to the people of the Archdiocese of Melbourne serving as assistant priest at Geelong, St Albans, Brunswick East, Parkville, East Geelong and Melton; administrator at Preston, Greythorn and Seymour; and parish priest at Parkville, Diamond Creek, Seymour and East Parkdale. When he retired in 1998, Leo was appointed Pastor Emeritus. Leo was described by Bishop Hilton Deakin as a good man, a fine priest, a caring brother and uncle'. rest now in peace dear Leo.
9 Oct 2011	Rev Bede Barcatta OSB Born 27/07/1920.
9 Oct 2011	Rev Leo St Clair Leunig Palmyra, Cottesloe, Scarborough, Quairading, Embleton WA
9 Oct 2011	Rev Patrick (Paddy) O'Reilly OMI Read more Born 1932; Ordained 25/09/1960 in Ireland. Patrick (Paddy) was born in Co.Monaghan, Ireland in 1932 and was educated locally and in England. In 1954 he entered the Oblate Novitiate in Ireland where he studied until he was ordained on the 25th September, 1960. Following his ordination, Paddy's first appointment was to the Australian Oblate Province where he has spent his entire priestly ministry. He spent the first 14 years as a successful preacher of Missions and Retreats � three years in Victoria and 11 years in Queensland and he quickly adapted to the difficult task as a missioner, moving from parish to parish, or convent to convent. He was also the leader of the Eagle Junction community (Brisbane) for six years from 1971-1975. Paddy spent many years as a loved parish priest in the parishes of Sefton, NSW; Moe and Rosebud in Victoria and Tea Tree Gully, SA and was known for his untiring efforts in parish visitation. Paddy's health deteriorated and eventually he moved to John Hannah Hostel in the Oblate Parish of Springvale North, Victoria. It was here that his Golden Jubilee of Priesthood was celebrated with his fellow Oblates and local community in 2010. Paddy O'Reilly was a wonderful example to all who were privileged to know and love him. Rest now in peace dear Paddy.
9 Oct 2013	Rev John McMillan SM Read more Born 22/10/1926; Ordained 27/07/1950 - Marist Fathers. John was born in Belmore (Sydney) to Thomas and Stella (nee McLean). His primary education was as St Joseph's, Belmore, and St John the Baptist, Hunters Hill, while his secondary schooling was at CBHS, Lewisham. In 1943 John did his Marist novitiate at Woolwich and was professed on 2 Feb 1944. At the end of his priestly studies at the Marist seminary, Toongabbie (NSW), he was ordained at St Patrick's Church, Church Hill, Sydney, on 29 July 1950. John was appointed to St John's College, Lismore (NSW) in 1951 and remained there for four years, during which time he did some external studies from Queensland University and in 1955 he attended the University of New England, Armidale, full time. In 1956 he went to Traralgon (Vic) for the year as curate while the Marists prepared to open their new college, St Paul's, at Traralgon. From 1957� 64 John ministered on the team at St Patrick's, Church Hill. From 1965-70 he was parish priest at St John's Wood Parish, (Brisbane), before moving to Gladstone in the Rockhampton diocese as parish priest. In 1972 John was called back to St Patrick's briefly and then became province bursar based at Hunters Hill (NSW). I n 1974 he went to Burnie (Tas) as parish priest. After recovering from a serious illness John worked for a year at Helensburgh (Wollongong) before beginning his hospital chaplaincy roles at North Sydney, Lewisham and Auburn. As hospital chaplain, John's very pleasant and friendly manner was deeply appreciated by many patients and families. For 16 years he was at St Joseph's hospital, Auburn , and also assisted local clergy, especially in officiating at funerals at the neighbouring Rockwood cemetery. In 2008 he moved to the Marist retirement community, Maryvale/Montbel, at Hunters Hill. May he now rest in peace.
9 Oct 2019	Rev Anthony Van Dyke OP Dominicans - Order of Preachers
10 Oct 1894	Rev William L Byrne Bathurst, Kempsey, Dubbo, etc, NSW
10 Oct 1920	Rev J Peter Crane OSA Cooktown, Qld, etc
10 Oct 1923	Rev James Gaffey Myrtleford, Shepparton, Kerang, Marong, Chiltern, etc, Vic
10 Oct 1924	Rev Andrew Horan Ipswich, etc, Qld
10 Oct 1928	Rev Charles Joseph Griffin Hay, Warren, etc, NSW
10 Oct 1939	Rev John Joseph Egan Bankstown, Daceyville, etc, NSW
10 Oct 1942	Rev Mgr Edward J O'Brien Mosman, Kogarah, etc, NSW
10 Oct 1948	Rev William Lockington SJ Brisbane; Melbourne, etc
10 Oct 1954	Rev Mgr Peter Thomas Mahoney Myrtleford, Beechworth, etc, Vic
10 Oct 1957	Rev William Fergusson CSsR Perth, etc
10 Oct 1962	Rev Basil Foster Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
10 Oct 1962	Rev Arthur Basil Forster Kolijo, etc, Qld
10 Oct 1968	Rev Joachim James O'Sullivan OP Adelaide; Melbourne
10 Oct 1969	Rev Michael Malion Brisbane dioc
10 Oct 1970	Rev James Long MSC Sydney, etc
10 Oct 1972	Rev Thomas Montague SJ Kew, Vic, etc
10 Oct 1977	Rev Patrick (Bernard) Nolan OFM Waverley, Campbelltown, Robertson, NSW; Mt. Eliza, South Melbourne, Kew, Vic
10 Oct 1977	Rev Donal O'Reilly Melbourne dioc
10 Oct 1979	Rev Sydney Lennon SJ Werribee, Kew, Geelong, etc, Vic; Milsons Point, NSW; Launceston, Tas; Adelaide
10 Oct 1979	Rev Maurice Pietzsch SJ Sydney, etc
10 Oct 1980	Rev Raymond Edward Maher OP
10 Oct 1982	Rev Antonius Timothy Costello OP
10 Oct 1982	Rev Charles William Cunningham Perth dioc
10 Oct 1986	Rev Alois Bocek Bendigo, Bonegilla, Rushworth, Vic
10 Oct 1986	Bishop William Rowell OFM
10 Oct 1994	Rev Terry Ganzer Forces chaplain, Bowen Hills, Gayndah, Leichhardt, Acacia Ridge, Beaudesert, Qld
10 Oct 1994	Rev John Venard Smith OCD
10 Oct 2000	Rev Bernardo Angeles Banu Bunbury dioc, WA
10 Oct 2000	Rev Mgr Michael John McNamee Bathurst dioc, NSW
10 Oct 2000	Rev John Rogan Melbourne dioc
10 Oct 2006	Rev Donal Taylor SJ Townsville
10 Oct 2008	Rev Laurence Joseph Hannigan SM Read more Laurie was the eldest of thirteen children of David Hannigan and Margaret Larkin. He grew up on a farm in the Piora district near Casino, NSW. His early schooling was at the local public school and the Convent School, Casino where he won a State Bursary to St John's College, Woodlawn, Lismore. Laurie Seminary studies at Toongabbie (4 years) St Foy-les-Lyons (1 year) and the Angelicum, Rome, (4 years) where he gained a Licentiate in Theology. He was ordained a priest in 1950. He began studies at the Biblical Institute but bad health forced him to return to Australia. He taught for two years at Woodlawn (NSW) and some months at a new school at Taralgon, Victoria. He then returned to Rome for two years to complete a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Biblical Institute, Rome, followed by several months in Israel. For thirty years Laurie's principal ministry was teaching Scripture to many seminarians at Toongabbie, Hunters Hill (NSW), Greenmeadows (NZ) and Pacific Regional Seminary, Suva. His great erudition, his love of the Word of God, his openness to all new developments in Biblical studies, his dry humour, his wit, his gentleness and his patience were appreciated by his students. After teaching he served in the Parish of Belmont, Redcliffe W.A. and then at St Patrick's, Church Hill and Villa Maria, Hunters Hill. In his final years he served as chaplain to the Marist Brothers at Randwick and often gave talks to the Little Sisters of the Poor Community. He died at St Anne's Nursing Home, Hunters Hill on 10 October 2008. Rest in peace Laurie.
10 Oct 2012	Rev Richard Gamanski SVD Read more Born 11/11/1939; Ordained 22/06/1969 in Poland; Arrived in Australia in 1970 - Sydney, Melbourne, Marsfield - Divine Word Missionaries. Richard was born in Zielona, Poland, the eldest of eight children of Antoni and Regina. He enjoyed his schooling and, from an early age, showed a keen interest in sports - his favourite being soccer/football and indeed he proved to be an exceptionally talented player. After high school studies Richard joined the SVD at Nysa and took his first vows on 8 September 1960 in Pieniezno. A few weeks after taking vows, Richard was obliged to do his National Service in a special army unit for seminarians. After two years of service Richard returned to St Adelbert's to continue his studies.After final profession and ordination, Richard was assigned to Australia, arriving in Sydney to study English 1970. He subsequently began ministry with the Polish Catholic Community in Melbourne and remained in this ministry for 15years. Richard played soccer/football for a local club and successfully mixed his priestly ministry with his love of sport. He proved to be very popular with young sports people as they had not met a priest before who played sport with such passion. Richard returned to Sydney in 1987 and ministered in a number of parishes and nursing homes, as well as attending to the needs of the Polish Catholic community. Although he was a little old to play soccer/football competitively, this did not dampen his passion. He turned to coaching and continued his ministry with many young players. He was very active in promoting the development of the Polonia Polish Football Club and was attributed with providing the necessary enthusiasm and encouragement to keep the club together during difficult times. Richard wrote and published a book in Polish entitled The Chaplain of the White Eagles' about his experiences as a coach. In 1996 he moved to the Marsfield SVD community. In recent years Richard developed Parkinson's Disease and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma two years ago. He endured many hospital admissions and sessions of chemotherapy with all the associated symptoms � but never once complained. After a day of visits from family, friends and confreres, Richard died peacefully in his sleep. May he now rest in peace.
10 Oct 2019	Rev Bartholomew (Bart) Huynh San
11 Oct 1832	Rev Michael Quinn Sydney
11 Oct 1863	Rev Lorenzo James O'Mara Geelong, Portland, Melbourne, Vic
11 Oct 1896	Rev Eugene F Sheehy Lambton, etc, NSW
11 Oct 1923	Rev Patrick Kiely Smithtown, Coraki, etc, NSW
11 Oct 1924	Rev James Carroll Melbourne dioc
11 Oct 1927	Rev Patrick M Lynch CSsR Waratah, NSW, etc
11 Oct 1927	Rev Bernard McKiernan Maitland dioc, NSW
11 Oct 1932	Rev Michael F Quinn Charlton, Sea Lake - Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria
11 Oct 1937	Rev Mgr Lawrence Martin Kilmore, Kyneton, etc, Vic
11 Oct 1939	Bishop Joseph W Dwyer Wagga, Albury, Temora, NSW
11 Oct 1948	Rev David Murray SM Sydney, etc
11 Oct 1949	Rev Jerome J McCarthy Melbourne dioc
11 Oct 1956	Rev James McNamara Maitland dioc, NSW
11 Oct 1960	Rev Michael Patrick Malone Kiama, Bulli, Darlinghurst, Nowra, Gerringong, Kincumber, NSW
11 Oct 1970	Rev Martin Joseph Brennan Singleton, etc, NSW
11 Oct 1976	Rev Mgr Daniel O'Callaghan Melbourne dioc
11 Oct 1978	Rev Austin Kelly SJ Kew, Vic; Milsons Point, NSW; Claremont, WA, etc
11 Oct 1980	Rev Cornelius Casey Bunbury dioc, WA
11 Oct 1982	Rev Archibald Bryson MSC Melbourne; Hobart, etc
11 Oct 1984	Rev William Joseph Cantwell Maitland dioc, NSW
11 Oct 1998	Rev Patrick O'Mara Perth, Dianella, WA
11 Oct 2007	Rev (Adrian) Paul Rheinberger Born 14/11/1929; Ordained 18/07/1959; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
11 Oct 2009	Rev Kevin Burton Born 05/04/1927; Ordained 22/07/1950; Katoomba, Strathfield, Earlwood, Malabar, Guildford, Chatswood, Lewisham, Lidcombe, Dover Heights, Watsons Bay, NSW.
11 Oct 2017	Rev Kenneth McNamara SJ Read more Jesuits - The Society of Jesus A man of many parts and friend to all, Ken died peacefully at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Sydney just 17 days short of his 92nd birthday. Born in Parramatta, he was educated by Brigidine Sisters and Marist Brothers before obtaining a Bachelor of Civil Engineering at Sydney University. He worked on the Burrendong Dam for the NSW Irrigation Department before joining the Jesuits in Melbourne in August 1948. By January 1956 he was in India, pursuing a missionary vocation. In 1960 he was ordained at Kurseong in the foothills of the Himalayas. For 26 years Ken was a highly effective principal of two big yet very different schools, the first in a Catholic tribal area (St Joseph's, Mahuadanr), the second in a modern city (St Xavier's, Bokaro Steel City). For the former he obtained recognition from the Bihar education department, funding from Misereor in Germany, and supervised new school buildings, at the same time training men from nearby villages to be competent workers on the construction. In fact he inspired the whole community of Mahuadanr valley to rise and be a people. His school model had a far-flung influence as it was taken up by the Minister of Education and introduced to other parts of Bihar State. His engineering background proved to be an invaluable resource, enabling him to advise on buildings wherever he was assigned. Later, when principal at St Xavier's School, he gave shelter to 600 Sikh men, women and children after the assassination of PM Indira Gandhi by Sikh bodyguards (1984). Blessed with a brilliant mind, an enthusiasm for life and the courage to bring about change, Ken was able to adapt to all kinds of situations, places and types of people. As his health declined, he agonised over returning to Australia after 60 years in India, but eventually did so on 25 July 2016, making his last home at Arrupe House, Pymble (Sydney). May he rest in peace.
11 Oct 2022	Rev James Mulroney SSC Born 03/03/1947. Missionary Society of St Columban.
12 Oct 1873	Rev Michael Coll Castlemaine, etc, Vic
12 Oct 1892	Rev Michael Hackett Charters Towers, etc, Qld; Bendigo, Vic; Inverell, Tamworth, NSW
12 Oct 1914	Rev Richard Condon Queanbeyan, Darlinghurst, Canterbury, Surry Hills, etc, NSW
12 Oct 1946	Rev D Pierce Breen Rockhampton dioc, Qld
12 Oct 1948	Rev Albert Power SJ Werribee, Vic, etc
12 Oct 1954	Rev Peter Ellis Sandhurst dioc, Vic
12 Oct 1959	Rev Donald Cyprian Davidson OFM Sydney, etc
12 Oct 1960	Rev Michael Shanley Maryborough, Horsham, Birregurra, etc, Vic
12 Oct 1962	Rev Brendan McDonagh Canberra and Goulburn dioc
12 Oct 1962	Rev Timothy Francis O'Sullivan Camberwell, Wonthaggi, Mentone, etc, Vic
12 Oct 1967	Rev Daniel Cotter CM Bathurst, NSW, etc
12 Oct 1974	Rev Deacon Vincent Dowdy Canberra and Goulburn dioc
12 Oct 1976	Rev Denis Cotter Melbourne dioc
12 Oct 1982	Rev Eugene Hogan CM Ashfield, NSW, etc
12 Oct 1983	Rev Lloyd Wilmar Reynolds Ungarie, Laggan, Aranda, etc, NSW
12 Oct 1985	Rev John Davis Sale dioc, Vic
12 Oct 1988	Rev Matthew O'Brien SJ Sydney, etc
12 Oct 1989	Rev Patrick Reynolds OFM Sydney, etc
12 Oct 1991	Rev Luciano Secolari Melbourne dioc
12 Oct 1992	Rev Daniel Hanratty Hobart dioc, Tas
12 Oct 1998	Rev James Byrne Redfern, Annandale, Malabar, Waitara, Lidcombe, Hurstville, Belmont, Riverwood, NSW
12 Oct 1999	Rev Gerald McSweeney Brisbane dioc, Qld
12 Oct 2004	Rev Victor Joseph Doyle Scheyville, Waterloo, Erskineville, Concord, Pyrmont/Ultimo, Liverpool, NSW
12 Oct 2015	Rev Mgr Bryan Maurice Long PE Born: 24/11/1928. Ordained: 26/07/1953 for the Diocese of Sandhurst. Bendigo, Numurkah, Kennington, Benella, Tallangatta, Cobram, & White Hills - Diocese of Sandhurst.
13 Oct 1888	Rev Thomas J Egan Wangaratta, Colac, Warragul, Beechworth, Daylesford, Geelong, Sale, Dandenong, etc, Vic
13 Oct 1889	Rev Bernardine Kavanagh OFMCap Armidale dioc, NSW
13 Oct 1901	Rev John Horan Melbourne dioc
13 Oct 1905	Rev Thomas Carroll Ararat, etc, Vic
13 Oct 1925	Rev Mgr Denis J Fouhy Brisbane, Toowoomba, etc, Qld
13 Oct 1938	Rev Mgr Michael F McAuliffe Maitland, Newcastle, Muswellbrook, etc, NSW
13 Oct 1940	Rev Mgr Michael Maher Naracoorte, Willunga, Gawler, etc, SA
13 Oct 1948	Rev Bernard Perry SJ Sydney, etc
13 Oct 1953	Rev Denis Lawrence Murtagh North Rockhampton, etc, Qld
13 Oct 1959	Rev James Magan SJ Melbourne, etc
13 Oct 1959	Rev John F Power Sydney, etc
13 Oct 1961	Rev Alan Naughton Canberra and Goulburn dioc
13 Oct 1984	Rev Josef Kuczmanski Adelaide
13 Oct 1988	Rev Edward Kenny Bunbury dioc, WA
13 Oct 1988	Rev Adolf Josef Stopa Hobart, Tas
13 Oct 1989	Rev Patrick Peter Kelly Sydney and Adelaide diocs
13 Oct 1991	Rev John Joseph O'Donovan Denistone, etc, NSW
13 Oct 1993	Rev Mgr Francis Owens Sandhurst dioc, Vic
13 Oct 1998	Rev James Byrne Redfern, Annandale, Malabar, Waitara, Lidcombe, Hurstville, Belmont, Riverwood, NSW
13 Oct 1998	Rev Patrick Russell Wongan Hills/Dalwallinu, Trayning, Mundaring, Leederville, Osborne Park, St. Vincent�s/Guildford, Toodyay, Maida Vale, WA
13 Oct 1998	Rev John Taranto SM NSW and Queensland
13 Oct 2007	Rev Cyril James Connolly MSC Born 10/02/1929; Ordained 26/03/1955; Bowral, Douglas Park, Kensington, Coogee, NSW; Toowoomba, Qld; Darwin, Port Keats, NT; Croydon, Vic.
13 Oct 2014	Rev John Nagle Read more Born 04/07/1931; Ordained 24/07/1965 Archdiocese of Hobart. John was born in Victoria and educated at Assumption College, Kilmore. After leaving school, he was employed at the Scheelite mine on King Island. John entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee in March, 1958 and was ordained for the Archdiocese of Hobart on July 24, 1965. He was described as a warm and attentive pastor, who faithfully ministered in many parishes, including Scottsdale-Derby, Ulverstone, Launceston, Newnham-Ravenswood, Lindisfarne, and Newstead, all in Tasmania. For nine years, until 2009 John was chaplain at Mt Esk Aged Care Facility at St Leonards, Tasmania. In more recent years he lived at Greenvale, Victoria. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St Bernard's Church, Bacchus Marsh, on October 20, 2014. Chief celebrant was Fr Mark Freeman, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Hobart. Tasmanian priests and many former parishioners celebrated a memorial Mass for John at Sacred Heart Church, Newstead. May he rest in peace.
13 Oct 2017	Rev John Magill SSS Read more Born: 25/02/1931; Ordained: 13/05/1958 Blessed Sacrament Father John was a New Zealander who made a significant contribution to the Catholic Church on both sides of the Tasman. After training for the diocesan priesthood in New Zealand, he joined the Blessed Sacrament Congregation's Australian province. He was ordained at Te Aroha, New Zealand on 13 May 1958. As a young priest, John directed the Catholic Youth Adoration society in Melbourne during the early 1960s. He held demanding appointments as community leader at St Francis' Church, Melbourne and at St Peter Julian's Church, Sydney in the 1960s and 1970s. He also served his Congregation as a provincial consultor (1981-84); retreat master (1965-68); director of vocations (1960s); house treasurer and consultor in Sydney (1970s); and as a parish priest in Perth, WA (1983-86). In the late 1990s, John moved to the Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand, where he ministered as parish priest at Waihi, Opotiki and Mount Maunganui. He also helped prepare local candidates for the priesthood. At the age of eighty-six, on 13 October 2017, Fr John Magill SSS died peacefully in the care of the Sisters of St Joseph at Mission Bay, Auckland after sixty-one years of religious profession and fifty-nine years of priesthood.
14 Oct 1865	Rev Patrick Smyth Ovens, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Vic
14 Oct 1906	Rev Moses Hilarion Byrne OCarm Gawler, SA; Port Melbourne, Vic
14 Oct 1930	Rev Joseph Aloysius Knowles OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
14 Oct 1946	Rev Frederick? Green Sydney dioc
14 Oct 1949	Rev John Joseph Phelan North Parramatta, etc, NSW
14 Oct 1954	Rev Rupert Roche OP Adelaide
14 Oct 1967	Rev Francis Murray Sydney dioc
14 Oct 1969	Rev Michael Mahon Toowoomba dioc, Qld
14 Oct 1979	Rev Lawrence Eivers Corrigin, Southern Cross, Nedlands, Thornlie, Perth dioc
14 Oct 1979	Rev James O'Connell SSC North Essendon, Vic; Sydney
14 Oct 1980	Rev Mgr Norman Francis Tuttle West Tamworth, etc, NSW
14 Oct 1981	Rev James O'Connor Ungarie, Lake Cargelligo, Bribbaree, Ardlethan, etc, NSW
14 Oct 1982	Rev Daniel O'Connell SJ Sydney, etc
14 Oct 1989	Rev John Maxwell Haseler Willoughby, Narrabeen, Woollahra, Berala, Elizabeth Bay, Eastwood, NSW
14 Oct 1996	Rev Brian Mahoney OSA Whinstanes, Coorparoo, Qld
14 Oct 1999	Rev John Joseph O'Loughlin SSC Sydney; Melbourne
14 Oct 1999	Mons Ormond Francis Rush Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
14 Oct 2000	Rev Sean Sorahan Kellerberrin, Margaret River, Bullsbrook, Wembley, Perth dioc
14 Oct 2016	Rev Krzysztof Chwalek SChr Ordained 22/05/1980 Society of Christ
14 Oct 2020	Rev Liam Floyd Read more Born 29/07/1928 Ordained 21/06/1953 Archdiocese of Hobart William Liam' Francis Floyd, the last Irish-born priest remaining in Tasmania, passed away at the age of 92 and his death marks the end of 199 years of the continuous presence of Irish-born priests in Tasmania. Liam was born in Drogheda, Ireland, one of three sons to James and Catherine Floyd. One of his brothers, Patrick, also became a priest and served in the United States. His other brother, James, married and had four children and is survived by his wife Margaret, who lives in Dublin. Liam studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin, a seminary founded to form priests for overseas ministry. The year he was ordained - 1953 - saw priests ordained to serve in places such as Oklahoma, Seattle, and Dallas in the United States; Auckland in New Zealand; Cape Town in South Africa and the Australian dioceses of Sale and Bathurst. He was ordained on 21 June 1953 and arrived in Tasmania on 7 December that same year. Liam served as assistant priest in New Town, Ulverstone, Devonport, at St Mary's Cathedral, and in Lower Sandy Bay and Taroona. As a parish priest he served in Oatlands, Richmond, Franklin, and Westbury. By the time he retired in February 2000, he had served for 47 years in the Archdiocese of Hobart. During his 20 years of retirement, Liam continued to celebrate Mass from Monday to Saturday at St Canice Church, Sandy Bay at 8am each morning. He had a great devotion to Our Lady and was known to pray fifteen decades of the rosary each day. From Ireland he brought a love of Irish poetry, and he also had a great knowledge and love of classical music - an interest he enjoyed sharing with others. His final days were spent at Mary's Grange aged care facility in Taroona. Rest now in peace, Liam.
15 Oct 1937	Rev Karl Lortz Broome dioc, WA
15 Oct 1958	Rev Michael O'Ryan OMI Camberwell, Vic, etc
15 Oct 1965	Rev Mgr Michael Mulcahy Bungaree, Terang, etc, Vic
15 Oct 1968	Rev Leonard (John) Henry Mosman, Armidale, NSW; Melbourne; Launceston, Tas
15 Oct 1975	Rev Patrick (Celsus) Kelly OFM Sydney, NSW, etc
15 Oct 1984	Cardinal Paolo Marella North Sydney, NSW
15 Oct 1986	Rev Dermot (Jeremiah) Hogan SJ Perth; Melbourne, etc
15 Oct 1987	Rev Patrick King Swan Hill, Charlton, Horsham, Ballarat East, Koroit, Colac, Coragulac, Hamilton, Warracknabeal, Ararat, Landsborough, Cressy, Timboon, Cororooke, Vic
15 Oct 1988	Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart Bendigo, Vic, etc
15 Oct 1989	Rev John Patrick Bartley Born 09/04/1912; Ordained 30/11/1935; O'Connor, ACT, etc.
15 Oct 1994	Rev Paul Becs SJ Flemington, Vic; North Sydney, NSW
15 Oct 1995	Rev Roth Andrew Delaney Liverpool, Camperdown, etc, NSW
15 Oct 1995	Peter John Van Melis AA Dundas, etc, NSW
15 Oct 2001	Rev Ron Lowe North Dandenong, Noble Park, Fawkner, Murrumbeena, Camberwell, Corio, Boronia, Williamstown, Vic (or October 19)
15 Oct 2006	Rev Max Grabau Melbourne dioc
15 Oct 2010	Rev Andrej Matoc OFM Born 26/1/1965; Ordained 02/12/2002.
15 Oct 2012	Rev Joseph Staunton Born 08/05/1924. Ordained 01/07/1947 - Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
15 Oct 2013	Rev Emmet Patrick Costello SJ Read more Born 21/05/1924; Ordained 05/01/1955 - Jesuits Fathers. Born in Fiji of Australian parents, Emmet was a Jesuit for 71 years and a priest for 58. Educated by the Jesuits at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, he entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia, and followed the usual course of studies. All his priestly ministry took place in Sydney, where he divided his time between St Aloysius' College, St Ignatius' College, chaplaincy to medical students at St John's College, Mosman, Chatswood, Lavender Bay and North Sydney parishes. He retired to Arrupe House, Pymble, in 2008 and died peacefully at St Peter's Green, Lane Cove. The Prime Minister, the Leader of the Federal Opposition, other politicians, leaders of industry and many who remembered his friendship and pastoral solicitude were in attendance when he was farewelled at St Mary's, North Sydney, with the Prime Minister (a former student of his) giving the eulogy and Fr Frank Brennan SJ preaching. Warm, witty and urbane, Emmet was a mentor to many, high and low, encouraging, supporting and calling forth their best self. He was fired by his strong belief in Christ's love, which transcended status, and constantly strove to present this Christ to others in homilies that were pithy and pungent, as well as in his book Christ, my Brother, which was widely circulated amongst former pupils and parishioners. He was quick to take advantage of new technology to set up a website where his homilies and writings could be available to all. May he rest in peace.
15 Oct 2021	Rev Denis Dennehy Born 12/06/1944; Ordained 16/06/1968. Diocese of Ballarat.
15 Oct 2021	Rev John Dwyer Born 07/10/1935; Ordained 24/08/1973. Archdiocese of Brisbane.
15 Oct 2022	Rev William Melican Read more Born 03/01/1931; Ordained 26/07/1955. Diocese of Ballarat. Bill said that the best way to be a Catholic Christian was by believing and belonging. Bill was a much loved, admired, and respected brother, brother-in-law, and uncle of the dairy farming Wangoom (near Warrnambool) Melicans. He was colourful, never more so than in full flight reciting the Man from Snowy River', cracking the whip and resounding the thunder of the horses as they flew down the mountain. Unassuming as he was, he gathered a considerable library of books reflecting his great interest in history and sport, with a love of poetry that made his conversation interesting and entertaining. Bill's historical consciousness afforded him a broad and wide perspective on most things. History, that great teacher of life, taught Bill so much � and primarily the perspective that he said came from knowing that Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and forever and that the Church is to reflect Christ and is Christ. Bill served in 12 parishes across the Diocese, where he brought an inclusive, non-judgemental approach and encouraged real growth in community. Upon retirement from active ministry in 2011, his farewell recognised his faithfulness to the People of God through drought and pain, remembered for his distinctive gestures and expressive shrugs, regaling with Plato and Aristotle and vociferous quoting of his beloved Tablet. As a Spiritual guide he was appreciated for his thoughtful, literary mind. A Diocesan Priest of the Ballarat presbyterate for 67 years, he went to everything, in good times and in bad, as clergy gatherings were so important to him. In 2019, when Pope Francis wrote to priests on the feast of St John Vianney he may have been writing personally to Bill, you who have quietly left all behind in order to immerse yourself in the daily life of your communities�You served in the trenches, bearing the burden of the day and the heat, confronting an endless variety of situations in your effort to care for and accompany God's people. Despite the hardships of the journey, you have written the finest pages of the priestly life�Thank you being a merciful shepherd.'
16 Oct 1889	Rev John Roe Ross, Launceston, Tas; Portland, Vic; Gawler, SA, etc
16 Oct 1907	Rev Michael Hanley Molong, Bathurst, etc, NSW
16 Oct 1923	Rev Patrick Augustine Holland OFM Tempe, NSW, etc
16 Oct 1953	Rev Joseph Lanigan Brunswick, etc, Vic
16 Oct 1954	Rev John Humphries East Brisbane, etc, Qld
16 Oct 1954	Rev Mgr Peter Mahony Shepparton, etc. Vic
16 Oct 1955	Rev Patrick Keenan SSC Melbourne, etc
16 Oct 1983	Rev Peter Keegan CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
16 Oct 1988	Rev Patrick Jarleth Keane OSA Cairns, Mareeba, Herberton, Tully, Qld; Echuca, Rochester, Vic
16 Oct 1993	Rev James Kennedy Sale dioc, Vic
16 Oct 1993	Rev James Francis Rowe Sale dioc, Vic
16 Oct 1995	Rev Maurice Muldoon OSA Herberton, Innisfail, Babinda, Qld
16 Oct 2013	Rev John Rosenskjar Read more Born 06/01/1917; Ordained 25/07/1940; Archdiocese of Brisbane. Fr Rosie' or Jack' as he was known was born of Danish and Irish parents, an only child. He did not have a degree in administration or marketing but rather a love of people, and his relationship to his parishioners and the community was the instrument through which he lived out his life and priesthood. He had also served as padre in the Second World War in Milne Bay and knew the atrocities of war and realities of life. Fr Rosenskjar knew all by name � families, children and their connectedness with one another. In his 33 years as parish priest Fr Rosie saw a need and established points of worship and faith communities at Rochedale, Eight Mile Plains, Slacks Creek, Wishart and Upper Mt Gravatt, Archdiocese of Brisbane. He did this with the assistance of his fellow men and women in the community and this involved hard yakka on the part of all concerned. People looked up to him with respect and helped him in his mission � he was personable and connected to them. He also had the idea to build Duhig Court Aged Care Complex at Holland Park, Queensland and it was where he spent his last weeks of life. Jack left a legacy of life lived fully with a commitment to Church intertwined with the lives of his parishioners and the community of Mt Gravatt, Holland Park and well beyond. May he rest now in peace.
16 Oct 2016	Rev Maurice Crittenden Born 27/12/1937; Ordained 20/07/1963 Archdiocese of Sydney
16 Oct 2017	Rev Noel Fitzsimons Read more Born: 10/12/1930 Ordained: 31/07/1954 Diocese of Bunbury Noel says of his family in Lives of Service', The family of which I was a member was God's greatest gift to me in the natural order. Apart from our beloved parents we were 9 children and everyone was loved and accepted.' Early years were spent as part of the East Victoria Park Parish; then later in the country, where Noel also had his first appointments as a Priest. He chose to stay in the Bunbury Diocese when it was formed in the 1950's. Noel's words on being a priest: There are many directions my life could have taken, but (as he saw it) God wanted me to be a priest and His grace alone has preserved me in my vocation! The Priesthood is such a privilege - a life of intimate cooperation with God, that even a fairly ordinary priest such as myself could effect a lot of good in people.' He had a great understanding and feel for history, especially that of the lives and contribution of priests and people. He was V.G. for a while and a long term member of the Marriage Tribunal. He knew canon law but was at heart always pastoral. Like many of us he was so pleased that at long last in Pope Francis we have a pope who is a pastor first and then a theologian, who realises that none of us is perfect and we don't always live the perfection of the law. The image of God Noel lived was that�of a loving God who was inclusive of all people, someone who invited all comers to his table; on the footy field and golf course, or in the confessional, in the rural communities of Ongerup and Jerramungup, or the big smoke of Mandurah or Albany and every town in between! He challenged each of the four bishops we have had and those in charge of things, because the good that could have been happening was not. His heart was set on promoting good things for the people of our Diocese, and for our priests. He valued, supported and encouraged us. Even in retirement he remained a part of the Council of Priests and a vital part of Deaneries. He was also a grounded Faith Leader' to many of our outstanding lay people. We miss you Noel! One day in the mystery of our living on in God we will meet up again!
17 Oct 1868	Rev James Conway Darlinghurst, NSW; Brisbane
17 Oct 1871	Rev John Charles (Bede) Sumner OSB Parramatta, Penrith, etc, NSW
17 Oct 1901	Rev Hugh Brady Bunbury, Subiaco, Kimberleys, etc, WA
17 Oct 1926	Rev John Leonard Begley OFM Sydney, etc
17 Oct 1929	Bishop Joseph Leray NSC Sydney
17 Oct 1936	Rev Michael Frederick McKenna Melbourne dioc
17 Oct 1953	Rev Eustace Boylan SJ East Melbourne, Vic, etc
17 Oct 1960	Rev William B Mangan Melbourne dioc
17 Oct 1972	Rev Theo Ledlin Broken Hill, Wilcannia, Brewarrina Cobar, Parkes, NSW
17 Oct 1973	Rev Mgr William Heffernan Waterloo, Boolaroo, etc, NSW
17 Oct 1976	Rev Theodore Hernandez OSB New Norcia, WA
17 Oct 1977	Rev John Bernard Young Perth, Pinjarra, WA
17 Oct 1979	Rev Mgr James Madden Manly, Lewisham, NSW; Banyo, Qld
17 Oct 1986	Rev Patrick Grennan Childers, etc, Qld
17 Oct 1987	Rev Mgr Eamon Joseph (Edward) Rohan Bundarra, Mungindi, Bingara, Moree, Tenterfield, etc, NSW
17 Oct 1993	Rev Shane O'Connor Barmera, etc, SA
17 Oct 1994	Rev John Curran Port Pirie, Minnipa, Loxton, Cummins, Crystal Brook, SA
17 Oct 2009	Rev Simon Carson Read more Born 18/05/1945; Ordained 01/09/1973. Simon Carson died peacefully at St John of God Hospital Subiaco (Perth) on Saturday17 October, aged 64. Simon was born in Nottingham England on 18 May 1945. When he was four his familye family moved to Australia and settled in Albany where his father opened his own practice as a GP. He spent some time in England before returning to WA where he was received into the Catholic Church with his mother and sister by Leo Leunig at Cottesloe. Simon started his working career with Solomons, a manchester wholesaler in Fremantle, and then spent time as a jackeroo in the far north of WA, riding horseback (not four wheelers), repairing boundary fences and checking on wind powered water pumps. Simon attended Albany primary and high schools, St Charles Seminary in Guildford and St Francis Xavier Seminary in Adelaide. He was ordained on September 1, 1973 by Archbishop Goody. After ordination he spent three months relieving at Kalgoorlie, followed by 20 months at Scarborough and four years at Northam, all as assistant. He was parish priest at Bruce Rock (1979-85) and then founded the parish of Ocean Reef (1985-1999) where he celebrated his Silver Jubilee of priesthood. He was not interested in possessions of any sort, lived a rather austere life and appeared at times like a monk of the desert. He lived and died with very few material things. An obituary notice described him as a 'rough diamond' but inside - 'a pure gem'. He was much loved by people, especially those who disliked any show of pomp or grandeur. Simon was a photographer's delight because he would always smile the moment a camera was pointed in his direction. Even in the last months of his life, he was not adverse to having his picture taken. His greatest love of later years was his dog Stixs'. He was an avid Eagles and Cricket follower. He was very generous with his money by either supporting those in need or spending his money on parish projects?His Magnum Opus' was the establishment of a new parish - Ocean Reef - in the then outer northern limits of Perth's suburban sprawl. It was in the days when house and land cost $60,000 and a church and hall cost less than $750,000. Simon kept busy baptising and marrying and as he would say half jokingly, being a river to his people'. At his last parish at Mundaring (2000) he was well looked after by Dr Liz Wysoki, a parishioner and friend. He stayed with the Wysoki's until suitable accommodation was found at the St John of God Villa but he did not have much time to enjoy it. In fact in the last few weeks of his life he had about six moves - from the Mundaring presbytery, to the Wysoki's, to Castledare Priest's Villa, to St John of God Villa, Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital, and finally back to St John of God Hospital where he entered eternal life.
17 Oct 2011	Rev Roger Ryan Born 10/12/1942; Camberwell, Dandenong, Greensborough, East Melbourne, Military Ordinariate - RAAF, Lilydale, North Dandenong, Mount Waverley VIC
17 Oct 2015	Rev Leon Peter Anderson OMI Born 21/07/1946; Ordained 08/12/1972 The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
17 Oct 2015	Rev Louis J Breslan Born 15/03/1923. Ordained 06/06/1948. Diocese of Parramatta.
17 Oct 2019	Rev Patrick Baker SSC Read more Born 1938. Ordained 21/07/1962. Columban Fathers - Missionary Society of St Columban Pat ended a long battle with cancer in the early hours of October 17, 2019 at the Palliative Care Unit of St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. Born Patrick John Baker in the Victorian country town of Cobden, he was the youngest of eight children of John and Mary Baker. He is survived by his brother, Des, and two sisters, Denise and Nell, as well as the now only remaining Columban, Chris, who along with their late brother Leo, was one of the three Baker boys to join the Society. It was Chris, as rector of the seminary at North Turramurra, who approved him for ordination to the priesthood. Pat suffered from ill health during his seminary days, which saw his first appointment to Korea changed to promotion work in Australia, leading to years in which he travelled wide and far in this vast land in his trusty old Volkswagen. Although ordained in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 21 July, 1962, it was to be 10 years before Pat would set foot on what was referred to at the time as mission soil when he arrived in Manila in 1972. A long missionary career in parishes, formation, priest associate programme and lay mission promotion followed, with his final commitment in the Philippine regional archival office a salute to his refined ability to classify and document information. Pat was buried from the chapel at the Columban house in Melbourne in the Society plot at Carlton Cemetery on 22 October, 2019. Many members from Pat's large extended family travelled to Melbourne to farewell him. The sun shone on Melbourne on the day of Pat's funeral, as it has shone on the lives of the many people to whom he ministered over so many years. Pat is especially remembered for his courage and commitment in all that he undertook. His presence will be missed in the Society halls of wisdom and fellowship. May he rest in peace.
18 Oct 1864	Rev Hugh Magorian New Norfolk, Hobart, etc, Tas
18 Oct 1865	Rev Pierce J Power Gayndah, Qld, etc
18 Oct 1896	Rev Philip Cleary Port Augusta (Port Pirie) dioc, SA
18 Oct 1921	Rev Martin Hanley SJ Sydney, etc
18 Oct 1929	Rev Thomas Ryan OMI Fremantle, WA, etc
18 Oct 1945	Rev Patrick J Donovan Leichhardt, NSW
18 Oct 1955	Rev William A Ryan Harrow, Cororooke, etc, Vic
18 Oct 1963	Rev James McDermott Brisbane dioc
18 Oct 1964	Rev Thomas Feehly Mundingburra, etc, Qld
18 Oct 1975	Rev Mgr Arthur Joseph Conway Carrieton, etc, SA
18 Oct 1982	Rev Mgr John Harold Larkins Albury, Wagga, Howlong, Junee, Culcairn, Lavington, etc, NSW
18 Oct 1984	Rev Joseph Patrick Lynam Warialda, Boggabri, etc, NSW
18 Oct 1989	Rev Denis Joseph Crowley OP
18 Oct 1990	Rev Marcellus Claeys CP Adelaide; Hobart
18 Oct 1990	Rev Robert Rugers Born 01/10/1943; Ordained 13/09/1969 for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. (Taree, Singleton, Belmont, Gateshead and chaplain to the Military Ordinariate
18 Oct 1998	Rev Stephen Bowler SJ Norwood, SA
18 Oct 2001	Rev Michael Bernard Ryan East Fremantle, Subiaco, Claremont, Qairading, Bruce Rock, Perth dioc
18 Oct 2007	Rev Thomas Joseph Brady Brisbane, North Ipswich, Herston, Qld
18 Oct 2009	Rev Gavan Fitzpatrick PE Born 17/02/1926; Ordained 22/07/1956; Archdiocese of Melbourne.
19 Oct 1891	Rev Miles Edmond Athy OSB Balmain, Wollongong, Waterloo, Forest Lodge, etc, NSW
19 Oct 1905	Rev Michael D'Arcy Braidwood, NSW, etc
19 Oct 1906	Rev Michael Farrelly Kilmore, Hamilton, etc, Vic
19 Oct 1910	Rev Patrick Bingham CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
19 Oct 1923	Rev Alexander Joseph McMillan New Norcia, WA
19 Oct 1944	Rev Edward Archer CM Ashfield, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld
19 Oct 1959	Rev William Devine Melbourne dioc
19 Oct 1961	Rev Justin McCarthy Melbourne dioc
19 Oct 1962	Rev Mgr Thomas K Grealy Albion Park, etc, NSW
19 Oct 1979	Rev Francis Mullane MSC Sydney, etc
19 Oct 1981	Rev Mgr Edmund Kennedy Leonora, Kalgoorlie, Subiaco, Perth, WA
19 Oct 1983	Rev John Joseph O'Mahony Geraldton, Wagin, Mt. Barker, Manjimup, Dardanup, etc, WA
19 Oct 1997	Rev Leo English CSsR
19 Oct 2001	Rev Ronald Lowe Melbourne dioc
19 Oct 2008	Rev Andrew Phan Thanh Van Sydney dioc
19 Oct 2019	Rev Joseph Yu PE Born 09/03/1926. Ordained 07/12/1954 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne.
20 Oct 1911	Rev John Dalton Murwillumbah, MacLean, Lismore, etc, NSW
20 Oct 1914	Rev James J O'Reilly Cobargo, Leichhardt, Gosford, etc, NSW
20 Oct 1927	Rev James McCarthy Echuca, Myrtleford, Shepparton, Numurkah, Vic
20 Oct 1930	Rev Pierre Marie Bucas Mackay, Cooktown, Charters Towers, Rockhampton, etc, Queensland
20 Oct 1931	Rev John Joseph Ryan Pittsworth, Redcliffe, etc, Qld
20 Oct 1941	Rev Julian Emile Huault Sydney; Gladstone, Qld, etc
20 Oct 1947	Rev Edward McLaughlin CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
20 Oct 1948	Rev Roger Burke Stanthorpe, etc, Qld
20 Oct 1957	Rev John P Curran Port Macquarie, etc, NSW
20 Oct 1972	Rev Peter Jaquemeins OFM Sydney; Trevallyn, Tas, etc
20 Oct 1974	Rev Mark John Spalding Sydney dioc
20 Oct 1989	Rev Peter Kelly Melbourne dioc
20 Oct 1990	Rev Thomas Johnson SJ Melbourne, Werribee, Hawthorn, Vic; etc
20 Oct 1992	Rev Florence O'Donohue Maitland dioc, NSW
20 Oct 1998	Rev John Bernard Power Sydney
20 Oct 2002	Rev John Fabian Moran Rockonia, South Bundaberg, North Mackay, Park Avenue, Yeppoon, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Manly, Qld; Canberra, ACT
20 Oct 2017	Rev Deacon Bryan Sykes Born 01/11/1934; Ordained 02/02/1990 Diocese of Bunbury
20 Oct 2018	Rev Paul S Pitzen Read more Born 22/11/1939; Ordained 27/03/1967 Archdiocese of Perth There is no doubt Father Paul Pitzen will be remembered as a pillar of strength for the Emmanuel Centre and the wider Perth community, for all his extraordinary works in championing the rights of the people, especially in the areas of disability. Born on 22 November 1939 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, Paul and his family, of which he was the 11th�of 12 children, came from humble beginnings. His first jobs included making toilet seats and laundry baskets at a local factory and later on he worked as a preliminary bridge survey worker � all while juggling to complete his tertiary education. In 1959 his desire for God grew, reading about the Servites after his mother shared brochures with him after one of her pilgrimages. He wasted no time, joining the Servite Seminary in California in 1960, where he stayed for three years before being transferred to Benburb, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1962 where he graduated with a Licentiate of Sacred Theology and a Diploma in Mariology. He then travelled to Rome to complete his studies from 1963 to 1967 and was ordained in Rome on 27 March 1967. During his time in Rome, Paul was inspired to pick up several languages including Latin, Italian, Lithuanian and AUSLAN, (the sign language for the Deaf community in Australia). Fulfilling his childhood dreams of living in Australia, Paul arrived on 27 October 1970. Paul experienced yet another life-changing moment during a Sabbatical in San Francisco when he noticed apparent discrimination towards people with disabilities and their families. It was then that he pledged to make a difference, making it his mission to break down the barriers for people with disabilities in all areas, whether in schools, parishes, or throughout the country. Upon his return to Australia, Paul, who had been a science and religious education teacher at Servite College, was asked by then-Auxiliary Bishop Peter Quinn to become a part-time chaplain for the Catholic Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a role which required him to celebrate Mass once a month. It was the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981, and Paul together with his life-long collaborator Barbara Harris, opened the Emmanuel centre, a self-help centre for people with disability, their families and carers. The Catholic Ministry with Deaf and Hearing Impaired People, Catholic Association for Special Education support and the Catholic Mental Health Network also became connected with the Emmanuel Centre. In 1996, Paul was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Perth by Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey. He continued to serve the community until his passing on 20 October. May he now rest in peace.
20 Oct 2019	Rev Christopher Toms Born 20/07/1948. Ordained 24/05/1975 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne
20 Oct 2021	Rev Gerard Glynn CP Born 24/10/1932; Ordained 18/07/1959. Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ
21 Oct 1901	Bishop Martin Crane OSA Bendigo, Vic
21 Oct 1909	Rev Daniel Leahy Wagga dioc, NSW
21 Oct 1911	Rev Thomas Doran Bathurst dioc, NSW
21 Oct 1922	Rev Patrick Rouillac SM Bowen, etc, Qld; Mittagong, NSW
21 Oct 1943	Rev Patrick Leo Kelly Brighton, etc, SA
21 Oct 1963	Rev Mgr Alphonsus Deegan Canberra and Goulburn dioc
21 Oct 1977	Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy Port Augusta, SA; Sydney
21 Oct 1983	Rev Michael F (Gerry) O'Collins SSC Essendon, Vic
21 Oct 1984	Rev Stanley James Tyson SDB Engadine, NSW; Port Pirie, SA; Brunswick, Vic
21 Oct 1986	Rev Timothy Malone OCarm Middle Park, Vic; Hilton, WA; Wentworthville, NSW
21 Oct 1994	Rev Kevin Joseph Williams Melbourne dioc
21 Oct 1995	Rev Michael Donlon Ingham, Townsville, Mundingburra, Winton, West Townsville, Proserpine, Abergowrie, Moorooka, Redcliffe, Scarborough, Qld
21 Oct 1998	Rev Philip Patrick Casey Ordained 23/07/1961; Drysdale, Newport, West Geelong, East Preston, North Brunswick, Oakleigh, Hastings, West Heidelberg, Vic.
21 Oct 1999	Rev George Ainslie Herston, Beenleigh, Petrie Terrace, Corinda, Toogoolawah, Qld
21 Oct 2007	Rev Ralph Raymond Cameron OSA Coorparoo, Villanova, Brisbane, Qld; Brookvale, Balgowlah, Sydney, NSW; Diocese of Sandhurst
21 Oct 2013	Rev Francis Aylmer Monaghan Read more Born 29/12/1928; Ordained 26/07/1955 - Diocese of Ballarat. Known and loved as Frank by his family, Fr Mon by his parishioners and Fonk by fellow priests, Francis Aylmer Monaghan died in Mildura on 21st October 2013 in the Sunraysia region of the Ballarat diocese where he spent most of his priestly ministry. Youngest of three sons of Hugh & Kitty Monaghan, Frank grew up on the family sheep farm near Stawell. Educated by the Josephites in Stawell to Grade 8 then at St Pat's College, Ballarat and Corpus Christi College, Werribee, Frank was ordained in St Pat's cathedral, Ballarat on 26th July 1955. His first appointment was to Mildura in December 1955 where he stayed for 5 years before shorter stints in Maryborough, Swan Hill, Colac, Ballarat and Edenhope till returning to his beloved Sunraysia as PP of Merbein in the mid 1970's for 5 years followed by 4 at Birchip then 9 as PP of Mildura and 11 as PP of Red Cliffs till retiring back into Mildura in 2004. Humble and unassuming, Frank was a tireless home visitor and social justice campaigner, a YCW chaplain in his younger days and a lifelong supporter of St Vincent de Paul. Much loved in particular by the Italian, Croatian and Indigenous people of the Sunraysia. St Joseph's Red Cliffs and Sacred Heart, Mildura were filled to overflowing for Frank's Vigil and Funeral Masses followed by his burial close to his parents at Stawell. A loving, just and faithful servant of the Lord now at rest.
21 Oct 2019	Rev Deacon Robert Carroll Born 23/11/1936. Ordained 03/09/1994 for the Diocese of Parramatta
22 Oct 1887	Rev Peter Jonghe (Young) Sydney dioc
22 Oct 1910	Rev Joseph O'Malley Sydney; Hawthorn, Vic; Norwood, SA
22 Oct 1921	Rev Benedict Falvey OP Melbourne, etc
22 Oct 1945	Rev Patrick McGinley Nanango, Rockhampton, etc, Qld
22 Oct 1949	Rev Patrick Griffin SJ Melbourne, etc
22 Oct 1950	Rev William Gywnne SJ Sydney, etc
22 Oct 1957	Rev Benedict Barranco OSB New Norcia, WA
22 Oct 1965	Rev Harold Scanlon CSsR Sydney; Hobart, etc
22 Oct 1974	Rev Charles Devereux Charters Towers, etc, Qld
22 Oct 1988	Rev Francis Moylan OCD Sydney, etc
22 Oct 2002	Rev Thomas Mescall OSA Coorparoo, Cairns, Brisbane, Qld; Echuca, Vic
22 Oct 2004	Rev Bruno Morotti CS
22 Oct 2017	Rev Michael Joseph McKeaten Read more Born 27/02/1956; Ordained 27/06/1980 Archdiocese of Brisbane Michael, born in Brisbane, the first of eight children born to Mary and Mervyn McKeaten was baptised at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church on 24 March 1956. He was educated at Our Lady of Mt Carmel School, Coorparoo and St Laurence's College, South Brisbane before entering Pius XII Provincial Seminary, Banyo in 1974. Michael was ordained on 27 June 1980 at the Cathedral of St Stephen. His first appointment was Assistant Priest at Ss Peter and Paul Bulimba (1980-1983). Then followed appointments to the Cathedral Parish (1983-1987) and Surfers Paradise Parish (1987-1990) as Assistant Priest. From April to August 1990 Michael went on study leave after which, he returned to Surfers Paradise Parish. He left there in January 1991 and spent a few months at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Sunnybank until his first appointment as Parish Priest to Our Lady, Queen of Apostles Stafford (1991-1998). In 1996 Michael was appointed as Director of Vocations, a position he held until the end of 2000. For two years (1999-2000) he was the Administrator of Holy Family Parish, Indooroopilly. During this period, Michael took six months sabbatical leave. From 2001-2005 he was Parish Priest at Sacred Heart, Booval. From there he went to Annerley Ekibin as Parish Priest for eight years until 2014; he was also Dean of Brisbane South during some of this period. In January 2014 Michael was appointed Parish Priest of St Mary's Beaudesert where he remained until 2017 and was Dean of Logan Deanery (2014-2017). During his priestly life Michael was a member of the Senate of Priests for two years (1982-1984) and a member of the Council of Priests, the Priests Home Retirement Fund and Priests Foundation for many years. Michael was taken to the Mater Hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit where he died peacefully on Sunday 22 October 2017, surrounded by his family. May he experience the joy and eternal peace of the Risen Lord
23 Oct 1892	Rev Michael O'Dea Parkes, Molong, etc, NSW
23 Oct 1917	Rev William Barry Tobin Bathurst dioc, NSW
23 Oct 1920	Rev Peter O'Reilly Latrobe, Deloraine, Hobart, Ulverstone, Cygnet, Campbelltown, etc, Tas
23 Oct 1941	Rev Michael Galvin Footscray, etc, Vic
23 Oct 1948	Rev Patrick Francis Solanus McNamara OFM Sydney, etc
23 Oct 1953	Rev Michael Heath Peak Hill, etc, NSW
23 Oct 1964	Rev Patrick H Fanning MSC Kensington, NSW; Moonah, Tas; Ballarat, Vic, etc
23 Oct 1973	Rev Bernard Ambrozic OFM Sydney, etc
23 Oct 1984	Rev Vittorina Alessandro OFMCap
23 Oct 1985	Denis Daniel Patrick O'Brien Inglewood, Wycheproof, etc, Vic
23 Oct 1994	Rev William Daniel SJ Parkville, Vic, etc
23 Oct 2003	Rev Martin Brady Coolangatta, Tugun, etc, Qld
23 Oct 2007	Rev Paul Fitzgerald OFM
23 Oct 2012	Rev William Keating Read more Born 18/12/1924; ordained 22/07/1951; Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. The Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn lost one of its most colourful priests with the death of Bill Keating. Ordained a Franciscan priest by Archbishop Mannix in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne on 22 July 1951, Bill joined the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn in 1956. Living at the Archbishop's House in Canberra, he served in the Parish of Canberra till he undertook a short stint as Administrator of Cobargo Parish in 1959 before embarking on a series of appointments as Assistant Priest in the Parishes of Young, Grenfell, Bega, Boorowa and Braddon. It was in this last appointment that he became chaplain of the RAAF at Fairbairn. Holding a pilot's licence, this appointment enabled Bill �to stretch his wings� in many ways although it did not include him taking the controls of RAAF aircraft! Later, Bill was to be Parish Priest of Adaminaby, Narooma, Taralga, and Moruya till his retirement to Bermagui in 2000. Bill was a great lover of sport, both as a participant and spectator. He was a keen tennis player, an occasional golfer and an enthusiastic surfer. And he loved to travel. He enjoyed the company of his brother priests especially at the card table and over a meal with a few drinks. It was always an experience to accompany him to the Moruya races. Knowing just about everyone on the course he would be inundated with tips. I remember on one occasion being with him when someone or other tipped just about every horse in the book. If we had have listened to no one except his loyal housekeepers, Ena and Dora, we would have been �in the money�. Instead, Bill took home to them a pocket full of winnings from their bets, while he and I had very little to show for our day out. Bill related well to the children of the parish and in the school and was very much befriended by the Good Samaritan Sisters in Moruya. He was much loved by the members of the Aboriginal communities of Moruya and Narooma. While he often appeared to display a casual attitude, he was very committed to the priesthood and always faithful to Mass and the Divine Office. He took pride in the restoration of the Moruya church and commissioned Fr Brian Maher to write a parish history. The illness of the last few years made life difficult for him and for the people caring for him. During the homily at his funeral Mass I paid tribute to the Moruya parishioners, to Colleen and John Manns of Bermagui, to Fr Bernie Patterson and to Kevin Croker for the extraordinary lengths to which they went in caring for Bill those last years. No stone was left unturned as he celebrated his sixty years as a priest on 22 July last year. With all his love of the good things of life, Bill Keating always maintained a Franciscan simplicity and fittingly Franciscan Provincial Paul Smith and fellow Franciscans, Dan Neylon and Phil Miscamble concelebrated at the funeral Mass along with the Archdiocesan Administrator, Monsignor John Woods and a number of priests of the Archdiocese. Deacons Paul Rummery and Joe Blackwell also participated in the Mass. May Bill he rest in peace.
23 Oct 2014	Rev Laurie Christie Born 21/04/1942; Ordained 21/08/1981 Archdiocese of Sydney
23 Oct 2014	Rev Patrick Gillic Read more Born 16/02/1934; Ordained 22/06/1958 - Diocese of Broken Bay. Paddy arrived in Sydney, newly ordained, from Ireland in 1958. His last appointment was as Parish Priest at Harbord (now part of Manly Freshwater Parish). He retired in 2008 not long after celebrating 50 years of priesthood, 18 of them at Harbord. Paddy's previous appointments within Broken Bay were at Forestville, Davidson and St Ives. He also held appointments at Redfern, Concord West, Penshurst, Lakemba, Ashbury and Caringbah prior to the establishment of the Diocese. Paddy was much loved by his parishioners and was a popular resident at Nazareth House where he lived since his retirement. May he now rest in peace.
23 Oct 2015	Rev Anthony Vallis Born 13/06/1944; Ordained 07/12/1991. Archdiocese of Perth
23 Oct 2017	Rev Mgr John Francis Lyne Read more Born 3/12/1930; Ordained 01/07/1955 Archdiocese of Sydney Monsignor John Francis Lyne has been remembered as a man who made parishioners - particularly migrants - feel at home and for his great pastoral wisdom. The former parish priest of St Kevin's, Eastwood, and St Joseph's, Belmore, died aged 86 on Monday October 23 at the Holy Spirit Nursing Home, Croydon. George Rupesinghe, a parishioner of St Joseph's Belmore, recalled the care the then-Father Lyne took to reach out to migrants such as himself who arrived in the southwest parish with his wife Maureen and two young children in 1979. �What always struck me was the way he sought to grip hold of the needs of an increasingly diverse parish and did his best to meet them. That struck me as the measure of the man and I'll never forget it,� he said. �He made them understand that he was there for them. This is the Catholic Church, we are all brothers and sisters in Christ', he would say. �Because of the language difficulties, he identified leaders among us through which he could reach out and meet their needs spiritually and liturgically. He laid the groundwork for the St Joseph's of today. �A lot of people like me will cherish many memories of him.� Mons Lyne was also�a friend to the racing community�at Rose Hill. And his fondness for racing was matched by his love of opera and theatre. (He was for many years the chaplain of the Genesian Theatre Company.) The priest who succeeded him at St Kevin's in Eastwood, Fr Martin Maunsell said that Mons Lyne also had a great rapport with the children at St Kevin's school - �they loved him�. �And he was excellent to me as the incoming parish priest,� Fr Maunsell said. �He was just the perfect gentleman towards me, and he had been at the parish for 23 years.� Mons Lyne also deserved credit, Fr Maunsell said, for building the parish's current church and presbytery. �He was responsible for creating a church that the people of Eastwood are justly very proud of.� Monsignor Lyne was due to receive a papal award, the Croce pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, in honour of his outstanding and enduring devotion to the priesthood of the Archdiocese of Sydney. The Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher OP, who nominated Mons Lyne for the award, visited him a few days before he died. Mons Lyne was ordained by Cardinal Gilroy at St Mary's Cathedral on July 30, 1955, and served in several Sydney parishes. He was parish priest at St Joseph's, Belmore, between 1975-1989. Before his retirement to lesser duties in 2013 he served as parish priest at St Kevin's, Eastwood. He also served as a member of the College of Consultors, the Council of Priests and the Ryde Deanery. May the soul of Mgr John Lyne know the resurrection promised by Christ.
24 Oct 1030	Rev Peter Curran Diocese of Sale, Victoria.
24 Oct 1864	Rev Michael Brennan Yass, Goulburn, Penrith, NSW
24 Oct 1887	Rev Petrus (Peter Young) De Jonge Wollongong, Jamberoo, McDonald, Ulladulla, Kiama, Liverpool, NSW
24 Oct 1907	Rev Patrick Joseph Bailey Brisbane, Toowoomba, Stanthorpe, etc, Qld
24 Oct 1920	Rev D Norman Goldspink Melbourne dioc
24 Oct 1924	Rev Francis W Hartigan Wagga dioc, NSW
24 Oct 1929	Rev Cyril (Patrick) Murphy OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic; Gawler, SA
24 Oct 1930	Rev Patrick Curran Sale dioc, Vic
24 Oct 1946	Rev Nicholas J O'Keefe OSA Herberton, Qld, etc
24 Oct 1963	Rev Mgr John Henry Fitzpatrick Murwillumbah, etc, NSW
24 Oct 1968	Rev A P Molloy OCarm
24 Oct 1980	Rev James Bourke MSC Sydney, etc
24 Oct 1981	Archbishop Matthew Beovich Melbourne; Adelaide
24 Oct 1999	Rev Mgr Francis McKenzie Ballarat dioc, Vic
24 Oct 1999	Rev Jan Westfal SChr
24 Oct 2002	Rev Francis Fulton MSC
24 Oct 2003	Rev John Joseph Barry CM
24 Oct 2012	Rev Harley G J McKillop Born 26/06/1922; Ordained 02/12/1947; Diocese of Bathurst.
24 Oct 2017	Rev John Franklin Airey CSsR Read more John Franklin Airey CSsR died peacefully on October 24, 2017 aged 82. John was the dearly beloved son of the late Stan and Noel Airey of Dunedin, New Zealand. He was a much respected member of the Redemptorist Congregation and leader of the Redemptorist Community and Conference Centre Galong, NSW. John was in leadership much of his life and was the last superior of the Region of Aotearoa New Zealand. He was energetic and generous participating in the journey to the Redemptorists becoming the new Province of Oceania. A symbol of his awareness and sensitivity in a new but fragile province was his volunteering to lead the community and mission in Galong. From the beginning of his appointment it was always his and the council's understanding that he could return to New Zealand at any time. In his short time at Galong he grabbed the place with both hands and did much to further its life. Those that knew John would no doubt have enjoyed his humour, take on life, and dedication to the Congregation. Many will have witnessed similar. With John what you saw was what you got. He was transparent and in that sense was grace among us. Vivat in aeternum.
24 Oct 2019	Rev Liam M Mackle OSM Read more Born 15/09/1931 Ordained 22/05/1958 Servite Friars - Order of Servants of Mary As if predestined to become a Friar of the Servants of Mary (Servites), Liam Mackle was born on the traditional feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the particular devotion of the medieval, mendicant Order. The year was 1931 and the place was Derrykeeran, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The clash of political and religious traditions in that area were the daily fare of his upbringing. Shortly after the conclusion of the Second World War, Servites from the United States made a foundation centred on the historical buildings of Benburb Castle, famous as the location of the Battle of the Boyne. This sent shock waves as well as delight through all of Ireland. Liam entered the Order's novitiate in 1951 and after studies on both sides of the Atlantic was ordained in 1958. Only a few years later Liam joined the young band of friars in Perth, Western Australia. He did secondary teacher's training, which set his destiny in the field of education. He taught for many years at Servite College in Tuart Hill and in 1967 became the last of the friars to hold the position of Principal there. His energy and insight were proverbial as the administration moved to the laity. After the Servites made a foundation in the northern suburbs of Melbourne in 1976, Liam's ministry centred there. For many years he was the chaplain at Latrobe University, and he furthered his own education by a Graduate Diploma in Applied Theology from G.T.U in Berkeley, California. In the meantime, Liam was called upon by the Aussie friars to lead and guide them. He was elected and re-elected several times over. He usually did this while also engaged in other ministries, both in Melbourne and Perth. When eventually the Order found it necessary to leave Melbourne, he moved with the others back to Perth. It was here that he showed the first signs of Alzheimer's. Gradually his health and awareness declined, and he returned to God on 24 October 2019. He had in the meantime been moved to the Little Sisters of the Poor and eventually to Hollywood Private Hospital. May he rest in peace.
24 Oct 2019	Rev Mark Ryan OCSO Read more Born 23/05/1932. Ordained 03/01/1957. Cistercian Monks - Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Fr Mark Ryan, of Tarrawarra Abbey, Victoria, the last of the resident Irish founders died, aged 87. Dublin born Mark, the son of James R Ryan and Irene Boyle, was one of eight siblings - seven sons and a daughter. One brother, Thomas, was a Dominican who spent a lifetime of service in India. Another, Richie, was a member of the Irish Parliament, Treasurer of Ireland (nicknamed Richie Ruin by those who didn't appreciate his stringent financial policies), and an elected Irish representative at the European Union. Mark entered the Cistercian community at Mt St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, County Tipperary, at the age of 18. Four years later, he was one of eight founders of Tarrawarra Abbey who arrived in Melbourne on 31 October 1954 on board the S.S. Esperance Bay. At that time, it was definitely a one-way ticket down-under but Vatican II mercifully opened the way to several trips home to Ireland, family and the motherhouse. Mark became an Australian citizen in August 1976, but �the old sod� remained in his bones and accent and close to his heart to the end. As a founder, Mark had to combine his monastic and priestly studies with hard labour providing the infrastructure and upkeep for the nascent community. He made his Solemn Profession at Tarrawarra on 7 October 1955, and was ordained a priest on 3 January 1957, in the newly completed Abbey church, on which he had worked. Together with his fellow founders, Mark became a stabilised member of Tarrawarra when it was raised to Abbey status on 28 November 1958, and participated in the election of the first abbot the following day. Mark served his community in a variety of ways on the farm, as water engineer, and most importantly as organist. Mark also exercised a ministry to priests, through prayer groups and retreats. Archbishop Chris Prowse was one who expressed his appreciation of the service he offered in this field: �He was humble, attentive and challenging and a truly blessed channel of the Holy Spirit for me�. May the road rise to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the sun shine warm upon your face The rains falls soft upon your fields And until we meet again May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
25 Oct 1923	Rev Luigi M Martelli Bunbury, Perth, etc, WA
25 Oct 1926	Rev John Hagarty CM Ashfield, NSW; Malvern, Vic
25 Oct 1945	Bishop Romuald Denis Hayes Rockhampton, Qld
25 Oct 1945	Rev Thomas Hilly Sydney, Lismore, NSW; Geraldton, WA
25 Oct 1946	Rev Mgr John Martin Moss Vale, Enmore, Strathfield, etc, NSW
25 Oct 1964	Rev Thomas Perrott SJ Perth, etc
25 Oct 1966	Rev Mgr Lawrence Mahony Barraba, Narrabri, etc, NSW
25 Oct 1967	Rev Patrick O'Connor Cohune, etc, Vic
25 Oct 1969	Rev James Nolan Oberon, Coonabarabran, Wellington, NSW
25 Oct 1974	Rev Thomas F Armstrong Brighton, etc, Qld
25 Oct 1978	Rev John Kennedy CSsR Galong, NSW; Ballarat, Vic, etc
25 Oct 1984	Rev Mgr Matthew O'Donoghue Camperdown, Dulwich Hill, North Randwick, NSW (aged 100)
25 Oct 1999	Rev Thomas L'Estrange SM Sydney
25 Oct 2001	Rev Donald Piesley Sydney dioc
25 Oct 2005	Rev Karl Lepartz Croydon, NSW
25 Oct 2011	Rev Michael Kerry Hayes Read more Born 25/09/1926. Date of Ordination: 25/07/1950 - Diocese of Rockhampton. Michael, a dearly loved retired priest of the Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton, died peacefully at McAuley Place, Rockhampton after a prolonged illness. Fr Mick as he was affectionately known, was ordained a priest in Rockhampton on 25 July 1950, and served his entire priestly ministry in the Diocese of Rockhampton. He loved helping people and a major part of his work was assisting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the Filipino community, migrants, refugees ... in fact any people in need. Rest in peace dear Michael as we remember you with love and thanks.
25 Oct 2017	Rev Anthony Guelen PE Read more Born 02/10/1928; Ordained 27/07/1958 - Archdiocese of Melbourne Loved priest, Anthony Peter Dutchy' Guelen, died 25 October 2017, at St Vincent's Public Hospital. He was aged 89 years and was in the 59th year of his priesthood. Father Guelen arrived from Holland in 1955. He was ordained on 22 July 1958 by Archbishop Simonds at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne. He was appointed as Assistant Priest at Dandenong, Carlton and St Albans and was then appointed as Parish Priest of Holy Eucharist, St Albans South (1972) and St Mary's, Dandenong (1986) where he remained until his retirement as Pastor Emeritus in January 2010. Father Guelen was a gifted pastor and administrator. His extraordinary efforts in many parishes where he served created strong communities of faith and ensured a solid foundation of financial management. The priests of the Archdiocese of Melbourne will be forever grateful for his role in the establishment of the Priests' Remuneration Fund and the Priests' Retirement Foundation. His work on other diocesan committees will be long remembered. Father Guelen was practical in his approach to ministry. He was respectful of the story of migrants and their place in the Catholic Church in Australia. He was a mentor to many young priests and seminarians whose formation was shaped by his humour, hospitality, generosity, faithfulness and above all his daily witness to the priesthood. Anyone younger than himself was always referred to as young man'. In recent times he was designated as The Vicar General' at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Northcote. Since his retirement, we have admired his determination to attend all manner of functions for clergy - inservices, funerals, jubilees and the like. His loss will be felt by many. Dutchy' reflected the fine qualities of diocesan priests in Melbourne and his loyalty to his ordination group of 1958 never wavered. We pray that he will enjoy the eternal reward of a life well lived, loved and given in service of The Lord. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
26 Oct 1903	Rev Michael Joseph McKiernan Gayndah, etc, Qld
26 Oct 1911	Rev Thomas Belton Brisbane, Rockhampton, etc, Qld
26 Oct 1928	Rev William Cagney CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
26 Oct 1929	Rev George Barry Casino, etc, NSW
26 Oct 1936	Rev Francis Kerley SM Sydney, etc
26 Oct 1947	Rev Joseph F Keating Coolamon, NSW, etc
26 Oct 1960	Rev Patrick Masterson Sydney, etc
26 Oct 1961	Rev James O'Connor Herston, etc, Qld
26 Oct 1964	Rev Francis Xavier Bryant MSC Randwick, NSW, etc
26 Oct 1975	Rev Linus McKiernan CP Broadway, NSW, etc
26 Oct 1980	Rev Bernard Edmond Edghill Wagga dioc, NSW
26 Oct 1998	Rev Kevin Bernard English MSC Sydney; Melbourne
26 Oct 2003	Rev Paul O'Malley Jones CSsR
26 Oct 2011	Rev Francis William O'Loughlin PE Read more Born 25/10/1931; Date of Ordination: 26/07/1959 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. Frank served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 52 years. The Archdiocese o is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. Frank served as assistant priest at Belgrave, Pascoe Vale, Parkville, Springvale and Deepdene parishes and was appointed Administrator of Highett Parish. He was then appointed parish priest of Werribee, Alphington and Pascoe Vale and retired as Pastor Emeritus in 2001. Family, friends and his brother priests gathered at Pascoe Vale on Friday 29 October to farewell Frank who was dearly loved and admired by all who were privileged to know him. Rest in peace dear Frank.
26 Oct 2015	Rev Michael Jackson SDB Read more Born 29/09/1938; Ordained 25/10/1969 Salesians of Don Bosco Michael was born in London, England, the eldest of five children who survived the London blitz of World War II. His family migrated to Australia in 1951, living in Oakleigh, Melbourne, where he came to know the Salesians at Oakleigh, which, at the time, was the aspirantate which he joined to complete his seconday education. He undertook the novitiate at Sunbury in 1959 and made his first profession on 31 January 1960. Michael completed his philolosphical studies at Oakleigh and undertook a period of Practical Training at Brooklyn Park in Adelaide before travelling to Italy to study theology at Salerno, Sicily. He returned home to Melbourne and was ordained a priest on 25 October 1969 by Salesian Archbishop Hubert Rosario, Archbishop of Gauhati, India, who was visiting Australia at the time. In his priestly life Michael ministered in many different settings and places throughout the Australia � Pacific Province: in schools (Glenorchy, Tas), formation communities (Lysterfield and Oakleigh, Vic, and Suva, Fiji), and parishes (Brooklyn Park, SA, Brunswick VIc, and Palmerston, NT), and in a variety of roles � parish pastor, assistant pastor, bursar, vice-rector, formator. Deteriorating health over the last three years of his life resulted in Michael moving into care at Flora McDonald Lodge in Adelaide. He was a very gentle and shy man, a lover of music and art � leaving a legacy of landscape paintings, a very caring pastor and spiritual guide appreciated by many. May he rest in peace.
26 Oct 2021	Rev Vimalraj Antonyadimai Archdiocese of Adelaide.
26 Oct 2021	Rev Renato Paras Born 12/09/1938; Ordained 03/12/1967. Diocese of Parramatta.
27 Oct 1881	Rev Thomas Barrett Castlemaine, Ararat, Mt. Moriac, etc, Vic
27 Oct 1899	Rev James McGillicuddy Williamstown, Echuca, etc, Vic
27 Oct 1908	Rev Bernard McGrillan Hughenden, etc, Qld
27 Oct 1912	Rev Thomas O'Farrell CSsR Waratah, NSW, etc
27 Oct 1922	Rev William O'Reilly Merriwa, etc, Maitland dioc, NSW
27 Oct 1932	Rev William G Lawler Bendigo, Beechworth, Vic; Bathurst, Petersham, Sofala, Gulgong, Molong, Mudgee, NSW
27 Oct 1940	Rev Synan McDonnell Melbourne; Kyogle, Dorrigo, NSW
27 Oct 1945	Rev Kenneth McKillop SJ Melbourne, etc
27 Oct 1955	Rev John J Kennedy SM Sydney, etc
27 Oct 1976	Rev Mgr John Harold Gleeson Maryborough, St. Arnaud, Terang, etc, Vic
27 Oct 1990	Rev Brian Kelly Read more Ordained 1940 for the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Brian, the youngest of three children grew up in Brisbane. His Father died when the children were young and it was left to their gracious, hard-wroking mother to care for them. Brian was educated at St Laurence's College, South Brisbane and Gregory Terrace, where he was a champion handballer and represented the college in football, cricket and athletics. Following his Ordination in 1940, Brian served in Ashgrove, Kangaroo Point and Maryborough parishes before becoming a Chaplain with the RAAF in 1942. On his return from the war he was in Beaudesert for three years before serving as a Chaplain at Greenslope Hospital. Following this he was then appointed a Chaplain with the Australian Army from 1952-56 and spent time in Korea with the Autralian forces. After Korea he was eight years at Petrie Terrace and nine years at Corinda. May he rest in peace.
27 Oct 1991	Rev Reginald Batten OP Adelaide; Sydney; Canberra, etc
27 Oct 1998	Rev Thomas O'Dwyer Mount Isa, Hughenden, Bowen, Home Hill - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
27 Oct 2023	Rev John Alt Born 11/12/1937; Ordained 15/07/1961. Archdiocese of Sydney.
28 Oct 1884	Rev James Power SJ St. Kilda, Vic; Sydney, etc
28 Oct 1892	Rev Edward F O'Connor Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
28 Oct 1894	Rev Seraphim McIvor CP Hobart; Sydney
28 Oct 1897	Bishop John Hutchinson OSA Cooktown, Qld
28 Oct 1906	Rev Vincent (Cherubim) Manzon (or Mazzini) OFMCap Inverell, Glen Innes, NSW
28 Oct 1908	Rev Patrick Slattery Bega, Cooma, Newtown, etc, NSW
28 Oct 1912	Rev John Joseph Fogarty Hobart dioc, Tas; Boorowa, Tumut, Wyalong, NSW
28 Oct 1936	Rev Michael Ignatius Dolan Melbourne dioc
28 Oct 1936	Rev Alexander Fillodeau Lismore dioc, NSW
28 Oct 1944	Rev Anatole Quoirier MSC Kensington, NSW
28 Oct 1948	Rev Herman Nekes Broome dioc, WA
28 Oct 1955	Rev Mgr Richard Lonergan Campsie, etc, NSW
28 Oct 1964	Rev Joseph Higgins CSsR Hobart, Tas, etc
28 Oct 1967	Rev Richard J Selleck CSsR Melbourne, etc
28 Oct 1974	Rev Wilfred Ainsworth SM Sydney, etc
28 Oct 1974	Rev Denis Brian Redmond OSA North Qld
28 Oct 1984	Rev Patrick Killean SSC Essendon, Vic
28 Oct 1988	Rev Gratian Kolodziejczyk OFMConv
28 Oct 1991	Rev Kevin Holian SSC Healesville, East Doncaster, Scoresby, Vic
28 Oct 1994	Rev Oliver Joseph O'Brien Adelaide dioc
28 Oct 1994	Rev Mgr John A Sexton Coolah, etc, NSW
28 Oct 1995	Rev Gerard Bushell OFM Sydney, etc
28 Oct 2003	Rev Michael Burke Melbourne dioc
28 Oct 2011	Rev Kevin McKelson SAC Read more Born 29/05/1926; Ordained 02/07/1950 - Pallotine Fathers. Kevin was born in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, the son of Ollie McKelson and Mary (nee Metters). His secondary schooling began with the Christian Brothers at St Bernard's, Moonee Ponds and was completed at St Kevin's Toorak. Kevin entered the Pallottine College at Kew in 1943 and after completing philosophy, it was decided that he should do theology and further studies in Rome. Kevin was ordained in 1950 and arrived in the Kimberley by boat, on the high tide at Broome in June 1954. It was to become the place to which he gave his heart and life's devotion. His interest in Aboriginal culture, and a philosophy that was ahead of other policies of the time towards treatment of Aboriginal people, saw him become fluent in five indigenous languages, and complete a dictionary and grammar book for each. As parish priest in Broome, Beagle Bay and at La Grange Mission (now Bidyadanga) from 1961 to 1993 he also translated Mass, called Missabidgadanga, and other religious texts. Kevin was given the name Japulu, which means "father", in Karrajarri. He was a keen follower of football and helped found the Broome Saints which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010, and the Bidyadanga Emus. The teams still play an annual match for the Japulu McKelson Shield, a heavy wooden warrior's shield made using traditional desert carving skills which, for many years, Kevin proudly presented to the winning team. Ill health forced Kevin's retirement to Melbourne in 2006 after 52 years in the Kimberley. He will be remembered for his remarkable legacy in Aboriginal linguistics. Rest in peace dear Kevin.
28 Oct 2015	Rev Michael Dargan Read more Born 12/04/1922; Ordained 15/07/1961 for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. Michael was born in Heath, Ireland on 12th April 1922, son of James and Margaret Dargan. He was a tradesmen and worked for many years before going to the seminary for the diocese of Maitland (as it was then). His brother was also a priest, in Melbourne. He was ordained in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on 15th July, 1961. He was assistant at Cardiff, Kurri Kurri, Tighes Hill, Singleton, and on loan to the diocese of Vanimo in Papua-New Guinea. After helping out as assistant in Shortland and Muswellbrook he was appointed parish priest of Morisset in July 1972. Always a hands on' person in work around the house, Michael had a serious accident in late 1975 that led finally to his having to resign from the parish in January 1976. He lived privately from then on, but maintaining his life-long pastoral interest in the work of the Legion of Mary. His devotion to our Lady was well-known. He died at St Joseph's, Sandgate on 28th October 2015 only a few months after moving there.
28 Oct 2023	Rev Kenneth Sargent Born 23/09/1934; Ordained 08/03/1958. Archdiocese of Sydney.
29 Oct 1925	Rev James O'Dwyer SJ Melbourne, etc
29 Oct 1928	Rev Michael Keenan Maitland dioc, NSW
29 Oct 1939	Rev Michael Kiernan Raymond Terrace, Taree, Gresford, etc, NSW
29 Oct 1951	Rev Jeremiah Doyle Queen's Park, etc, WA
29 Oct 1952	Rev David J Carroll West Tamworth, etc, NSW
29 Oct 1957	Rev Edmund O'Donnell Pittsworth, etc, Qld
29 Oct 1963	Rev James Collins SJ Melbourne, etc
29 Oct 1973	Rev Mgr John Francis Egan Mooroopna, etc, Vic
29 Oct 1978	Rev James H Fitzgerald CM Eastwood, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld, etc
29 Oct 1983	Rev Mgr Daniel Gerald Tiernan Mackay, Qld, etc
29 Oct 1986	Rev Jerome Sweeney SSC Essendon, Vic
29 Oct 1995	Rev Michael Moling Murphy Croydon, etc, SA
29 Oct 1996	Rev Dominic Francis Egan Born 27/09/1908; Ordained 16/07/1932; Goulburn, Yass, Grenfell, Queanbeyan, Braidwood, Weethalle, Taralga, Cootamundra, ACT and NSW.
29 Oct 1997	Rev Edward Ryan OMI Eagle Junction, Qld; Camberwell, Vic; Lesmurdie, WA; Burpengary, Lindum, Qld
29 Oct 2016	Rev William Davis Born 13/05/1928; Ordained 19/07/1952 Archdiocese of Sydney
29 Oct 2016	Rev Christopher Thomas Reay Read more Born 19/07/1950; Ordained 19/08/1978 Diocese of Sandhurst Christopher (CT) Thomas Reay was born on the 19th July 1950, ordained a priest on the 19th of August 1978 and served in the diocese of Sandhurst until his death on the 29th October 2016. He served as an Assistant Priest in the parishes of St Kilians, Kennington, Tatura, Wangaratta, Wangaratta South, Mooroopna and Myrtleford, then as a Parish Priest in Bright, Nagambie, Kerang and Nathalia. He studied Canon Law in Rome from 1986 to 1988 and served as an Army Chaplain in the Australian Defence Force from 1997 to 2003. He was a man well loved by the people he served and by his brother priests. He was known for his strong opinion on matters of the Church, had an unwavering faith and grew to love and surrender to God in a deep and profound way during his battle with cancer. He will be sorely missed by all those who knew and loved him.
29 Oct 2017	Rev John Anthony Joseph Shallvey MSC Read more Born 31/01/1942; Ordained 31/08/1974 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart John grew up as the youngest of four children in country Victoria where Mass was held in a hall in town once a month. John always said, �It was the nightly family rosary recited around the fireplace, that passed on the faith.� He loved the land and it was assumed that he would grow up to look after the family property, however, following his secondary education at Monivae College, Hamilton, Victoria, he felt called to join the MSCs. John was professed as an MSC Brother in 1962 and managed the Douglas Park seminary dairy while working hard at overcoming a very severe stammer. Then in 1971 he entered the Late Vocations Seminary in Kensington and was ordained in 1974. In his first appointment at Wadeye he immersed himself in Aboriginal culture. Later he was assistant priest at Randwick when the Antioch Youth Movement was starting. As National Chaplain, he was a legendary figure with youth. They gravitated to this humble man who exuded his own love of Christ with a smile that lifted everyone's hearts and he was much sought after as a confessor. Other appointments took him to Hindmarsh in South Australia, Moonah in Tasmania, Park Orchards in Victoria, North Randwick and finally Hillston and Bourke in Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese. John sensed God's presence in nature, in the beauty of the bush and the roaring challenge of the waves. He relished the surf but his favourite place was a cave at Douglas Park where he loved to camp, pray and meditate and where he felt most in touch with the Lord. He also had a profound appreciation of the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and Reconciliation. His focus was always on trust in the mercy and personal love of Jesus for each one of us. He died of cancer in the loving care of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Kensington. His requiem Mass was at OLSH Parish, Randwick where he was farewelled by a large community of priests, religious, family and laity. A wonderful priest, a great human being and loved by so many.
29 Oct 2018	Rev Peter Nicholls Born 09/01/1937; Ordained 20/02/1963 Archdiocese of Hobart
29 Oct 2018	Rev Raymond Kearney Read more Born 01/03/1938; Ordained 29/06/1962 Archdiocese of Brisbane Greatly respected Archdiocesan priest Fr Ray Kearney passed away on 29 October 2018 at St Vincent's Hospital, aged 80. Ray was ordained as part of the second largest class ever to leave Banyo Seminary in 1962. His initial posting was to Mt Gravatt parish from 1962-1964, where he learned the power of pastoral visits alongside the revered Fr John Rosenskjar.� Ray recalled much shoe leather being worn out knocking on all the doors in the surrounding community. He was then sent to Rome and studied philosophy at the Gregorian University. Upon returning to Brisbane in the late 1960s he went onto staff at the Pius XII Seminary. Ray resumed parish postings with an appointment to Ipswich in 1977 followed by Darra Jindalee (1982) Booval (1983) and Sunnybank (2001). He retired in 2007, and came to enjoy living alongside a number of fellow retired priests at an independent living unit block in South Brisbane. Fr Denis Long, one of his neighbours, recalled Ray as a wonderful friend. �He was always very kind to his fellow priests and invited them round for a meal and fellowship,� Fr Long said. �A whole group of us also played golf with him for many years. In terms of his pastoral touch, I was lucky to witness it because I lived in a convent within Sunnybank parish whilst doing supply ministry. He put great effort into the sacramental program, and he would interview all parents and try to encourage them in their faith in a gentle but a practical way. It was very productive because of all the parishes I've been to it certainly was up there for the very high number of families with children attending mass.� Vicar General Peter Meneely extended condolences to Fr Kearney's family and friends on behalf of the Archdiocese. May he rest in peace.
30 Oct 1904	Rev George Buckeridge SJ Adelaide, etc
30 Oct 1926	Rev James Furlong Enmore, etc, NSW
30 Oct 1930	Rev Columba William Burke OCD Lambton, Muswellbrook, Minto, NSW
30 Oct 1937	Rev James P McCarthy Numurkah, etc, Vic
30 Oct 1944	Rev Mgr Louis Alam Sydney
30 Oct 1949	Rev Patrick Francis Sterling Yarram,VIC etc. Diocese of Sale.
30 Oct 1951	Rev John Robert Fagan Brisbane; Cowper, etc, NSW
30 Oct 1969	Rev Cyril Cummins Grenfell, etc, NSW and ACT
30 Oct 1970	Rev Patrick Clifford Brisbane dioc
30 Oct 1971	Rev Franc Odilo Hajnsek OFM In Australia 1961-1965 at Sydney; Kew, Arch of Melbourne
30 Oct 1974	Rev William Dowling CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
30 Oct 1979	Rev Michael Francis Baulman Waitara, Sydney, Woollahra, Botany, Enmore, etc, NSW
30 Oct 1982	Rev Kenneth James Prunty Tempe, Forest Lodge, etc, NSW
30 Oct 1985	Rev Alan Brown Rosewood, etc, Qld
30 Oct 1988	Rev Francis Xavier Roberts Annandale, Daceyville, Darlinghurst, Liverpool, North Ryde, Manly, Warragamba, Greenacre, Forest Lodge, NSW
30 Oct 2018	Rev Leo Griffin PE Read more Born 20/03/1934; Ordained 27/07/1963 Archdiocese of Melbourne Father Leo died peacefully at St Joseph's, Little Sisters of the Poor, Northcote. He was aged 84. Leo was ordained on 27 July 1963 at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne. He served as Assistant Priest at the parishes of Preston (1963), Mordialloc (1967), Heidelberg (1968), Castlemaine (1970) and Camberwell South (1974). In 1976, Leo was appointed Administrator of Alexandra parish and in 1977 became Parish Priest. He was then appointed Assistant Priest at the parishes of St Kilda East (1991) and Blackburn (1994). Upon his retirement in 1997, Leo was appointed Pastor Emeritus. He resided at George Maher House, Justin Villa and, more recently, at St Joseph's. Leo was small in stature but was large of heart. He was a kind, generous, caring and prayerful priest. Sadly, he did not enjoy robust health but he managed to negotiate his illness with a spirit of fortitude and trust. He was always grateful for the care and patience of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master, Clergy Care Team, Ministry to Priests and, more recently, the Little Sisters and their staff. For many years he assisted the Archdiocesan Office for Youth Six30 gatherings at St Patrick's Cathedral and supply in nearby parishes. His gentle ways, reassuring words and attention to others will long be remembered as his witness as a priest of Melbourne. Rest now in peace dear Leo.
31 Oct 1896	Rev Patrick McCabe Perth, Bunbury, etc, WA
31 Oct 1927	Rev Gilbert Buisson MSC Sydney; Campbelltown, Tas
31 Oct 1938	Rev Cornelius J Hunt CSsR Waratah, NSW; Perth, etc
31 Oct 1941	Bishop Daniel Foley Terang, Ballarat, Vic
31 Oct 1942	Rev Michael B Maiocco SDB Sunbury, Brunswick, Vic
31 Oct 1947	Rev Joseph? J Norris Rockhampton dioc, Qld
31 Oct 1947	Rev Michael A Sheehy Lakemba, etc, NSW
31 Oct 1969	Rev Humphrey Lyons Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
31 Oct 1971	Rev Albert Cuneo MSC Sydney; Hobart; Brisbane; Bathurst Island, etc
31 Oct 1974	Rev Bernard Courtenay CM Sydney
31 Oct 1984	Rev Michael Swan SDB Oakleigh, Brunswick, Sunbury, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA
31 Oct 1995	Rev Joseph Skehill South Camberwell, etc, Vic
31 Oct 1996	Rev Patrick Ford Manly, Springwood, Watson�s Bay, NSW
31 Oct 1997	Rev Gregory Vincent Ross Maitland-Newcastle dioc, NSW
31 Oct 2000	Rev Vincent Finnegan SAC Beauty Point, etc, NSW
31 Oct 2007	Rev Mgr Henry (Hank) Nolan Ballarat, Echuca, etc, Vic
Nov	Rev John O'Donnell Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Nov 1906	Rev Edward? Bradley Sydney dioc
Nov 1941	Rev James? Barry Ballarat dioc
Nov 1958	Rev Michael J Conlon Ballarat, Coleraine, etc, Vic
Nov 1993	Rev Patrick Wood West Perth, Kellerberrin, Bayswater. Exact date of death unknown.
1 Nov 1886	Bishop Martin Griver Perth
1 Nov 1894	Rev Callaghan McCarthy Bathurst dioc, NSW
1 Nov 1914	Rev John J Gaffey
1 Nov 1914	Rev John J Gaffney Junee, Young, Gunning, Crookwell, etc, NSW
1 Nov 1925	Rev Ildephonsus (Thomas) McDermott OCarm Melbourne, etc
1 Nov 1936	Rev Daniel Finn SJ Sydney, etc
1 Nov 1945	Rev Joseph J McCarter Epping, Oakleigh, Yarraville, St. Kilda East, West Melbourne, Brunswick, etc, Vic
1 Nov 1961	Rev Joseph Fidelis Griffin OFM Sydney; Sandhurst dioc, Vic, etc
1 Nov 1962	Rev James O'Grady Dardanup, etc, WA
1 Nov 1966	Rev Mgr James Benedict Lynch Hendra, etc, Qld
1 Nov 1970	Rev Anthony Herring CP Sydney; Adelaide; Hobart
1 Nov 1981	Rev William Ryan Kingston, Invermay, etc, Tas
1 Nov 1983	Rev Fintan J Campbell OP
1 Nov 1992	Bishop Patrick Hurley CSsR
1 Nov 2001	Rev John Dempsey MSC Sydney, etc
1 Nov 2006	Rev Thomas Francis Kennedy Maitland, Campbell�s Hill, Adamstown, Lambton, Waratah, Charlestown, Nelson Bay, Rutherford, NSW
1 Nov 2008	Rev John O'Brien Canberra & Goulburn Dioc
2 Nov 1891	Rev William Tierney Beechworth, etc, Vic
2 Nov 1900	Rev Daniel Hartnett Cooma, Berrima, Appin, etc, NSW
2 Nov 1915	Rev Patrick J Dowling CM Bathurst, NSW
2 Nov 1931	Rev James Dunne Campbelltown, etc, NSW
2 Nov 1935	Rev Joseph A Brady Benalla, Yarrawonga, Numurkah, Bendigo, etc, Vic
2 Nov 1935	Rev Benoit Charlandon SM Sydney
2 Nov 1935	Rev Michael McKernan Daylesford, Ballarat, Maryborough, Melbourne, Vic; Haymarket, NSW; Brisbane, Ipswich, Rockhampton, South Brisbane, Roma, Qld
2 Nov 1937	Rev John J O'Connell Toowoomba, Kangaroo Point, etc, Qld
2 Nov 1941	Rev John O'Dowd Bathurst, NSW
2 Nov 1945	Rev John A Stokes OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic
2 Nov 1955	Rev Patrick McKenna Port Pirie dioc, SA
2 Nov 1959	Rev Anthony Treacy Brisbane dioc
2 Nov 1960	Rev Cyril Joseph Cochrane Wagga dioc, NSW
2 Nov 1977	Rev Richard Dusick OFMCap Plumpton, NSW, etc
2 Nov 1980	Archbishop Patrick Mary O'Donnell Brisbane
2 Nov 1991	Rev Paul Arza OSB Highgate NSW; New Norcia, WA.
2 Nov 1997	Rev Terry Hornery Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, NSW
2 Nov 2000	Rev Ernest Edward Rogers Nedlands, Kenwick/Thornlie, Mosman Park, Perth dioc
2 Nov 2016	Rev John Adrian Aldag PE Read more Born 12/04/1927; Ordained 21/07/1962 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne. John, a kind and gentle pastor who served the Church for over 54 years died peacefully at Justin Villa on Wednesday, 2 November 2016. Ordained a priest at St Anne's Church, East Kew on 26 January 1962, John served in the parish of Caulfield after his ordination. He then was appointed Assistant Priest at the parishes of Glen Huntly and Jordanville before serving as Parish Priest at Kingsville parish for many years. John was appointed Assistant Priest at the parishes of Scoresby, Camberwell and Hoppers Crossing. Upon retirement on 15 January 2003, John was appointed Pastor Emeritus. The Pontifical Funeral Mass was celebrated at St Luke the Evangelist Church, Blackburn South on Wednesday, 9 November 2016 followed by burial at the Springvale Cemetery.
2 Nov 2021	Rev Deacon Owen Rogers Born 19/06/1941; Ordained 05/12/2009. Diocese of Parramatta.
3 Nov 1897	Rev Augustine Edward O'Dwyer OSA Bendigo, Warrnambool, Vic, etc
3 Nov 1907	Rev Peter O'Flinn SJ Hawthorn, Vic, etc
3 Nov 1928	Rev Jean Baptiste Prin-Gerard SM Sydney
3 Nov 1933	Rev Donatus Van Adrichem OFM Sydney, Bathurst, etc
3 Nov 1936	Rev Thomas Stephenson Armidale dioc, NSW
3 Nov 1945	Rev Peter Donnelly Pambula, etc, NSW
3 Nov 1954	Rev Joseph John Vignoles OSA Herberton, Cooktown, Port Douglas, Mossman, Qld
3 Nov 1955	Rev William A Fox SSS Bowral, NSW; Melbourne
3 Nov 1956	Rev William Vincent McGovern Chinchilla, etc, Qld
3 Nov 1958	Rev Mgr Joseph Rafferty Sandhurst dioc, Vic
3 Nov 1958	Rev Mgr Joseph Ryan Beechworth, Vic, etc
3 Nov 1959	Rev Bernard Timmins Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
3 Nov 1967	Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds Sydney; Hobart; Melbourne
3 Nov 1969	Rev Bernard? A O'Farrell OCarm Melbourne
3 Nov 1979	Rev Timothy Kennedy OFM Waverley, NSW; Kew, Vic
3 Nov 1979	Rev Mgr Thomas Lenihan Pinjarra, Harvey, Wagin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Bruce Rock, Northam, Mt. Lawley, Victoria Park, Swanbourne, WA
3 Nov 1980	Rev John Anthony Kerrigan Rockdale, etc, NSW
3 Nov 1980	Rev Thomas Arthur McNiven SSS Melbourne; Bowral, NSW; Toowoomba, Qld
3 Nov 1980	Rev Mgr Edmund J Sullivan Narrogin, Bayswater, Bedford, West Perth, etc, WA
3 Nov 1981	Rev James Boylan Kondinin, Merredin, Rockingham, Claremont, WA
3 Nov 1984	Rev William Joseph Cantwell Maitland dioc, NSW
3 Nov 1984	Rev Noel Coghlan Melbourne dioc
3 Nov 1986	Rev Tibor Strnisko SDB Brunswick, Vic, etc
3 Nov 1996	Rev William Collins Adelaide dioc
3 Nov 2018	Rev Noel James Tobin Read more Noel Tobin died peacefully in his sleep at Nazareth House Geraldton, his home since March 2017.�� Noel was born in Canowindra, NSW, the third of four children to Norman Tobin and Alma McCoskey and is survived by his brother, John. In 1946 Noel started his studies for priesthood, not for his home diocese where he was not welcomed, but with the help of his PP he was accepted by Bishop Gummer for Geraldton. He studied in Rome and was ordained with special dispensation, aged 22, in July 1951. Noel was assistant priest at Geraldton until 1957, then he served the people of Leonora, Port Hedland, Mt Magnet, Exmouth as PP before�Bishop Hickey asked him to put Geraldton on its financial feet as Administrator and Chancellor (1985-94) and it was here he set up the Catholic Development Fund. He single handedly paid off the Exmouth parish debt, in an era when some priests were experimenting with becoming worker priests' � at the altar on Sunday and at the office or factory Monday to Friday!� If you flew into Exmouth, Noel refuelled your Cessna.� If you escaped the heat at the pub, Noel was there tickling the ivories and across the street your kids would be entertained at the Tobin Movie Theatre' run by his helpers. If you decided to settle in Exmouth, Noel could be mowing your front lawn when he was not serving as Chaplain to the US military base up the road. All this as well as the editor for the Cathedral Chronicle, (1952-57) &�The Sower from 1989 to 1994. Noel spent 21 years of his retirement living independently in the northern Perth suburb of Beldon and supplied for many parishes, most regularly at St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Ballajura where he was affectionately known as Fr Buzzword' as he frequently summarised the Sunday Readings and his homily with a Buzzword'.� He was also the Geraldton Diocese web-master, posting daily updates. Frequent funerals and chaplaincy to SACRI Bullsbrook also kept him busy. Always helpful to newly ordained priests, Noel never lost his sense of humour. He was kind to people seeking help, a generous host - a decent human being! Rest now in peace Noel.
3 Nov 2019	Rev Martin Doyle Born 01/02/1929. Ordained 29/06/1953 for the Archdiocese of Brisbane.
3 Nov 2020	Rev Luke Rawlings OP Born 7/02/1943: Ordained 25/02/1969 Dominicans - Order of Preachers
4 Nov 1857	Rev John Ignatius McLennan Bathurst, Parramatta, Ryde, NSW
4 Nov 1886	Rev Benedict Schortecchini Logan River, Beaudesert, Qld
4 Nov 1924	Rev Bernard Stanislaus Howell CSsR Waratah, etc, NSW
4 Nov 1940	Rev Athanasius Ryan CP Adelaide, etc
4 Nov 1947	Rev John Joseph Durkin MacLean, etc, NSW
4 Nov 1950	Rev Cuthbert Dunne CP Sydney, etc
4 Nov 1951	Rev Edward V Ryan Linton, Casterton, Hamilton, etc, Vic
4 Nov 1965	Rev Thomas O'Loughlin MSC Canberra; Moonah, Tas; Sydney, etc
4 Nov 1970	Rev William Packer CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
4 Nov 1973	Bishop John Doyle MSC Sydney
4 Nov 1975	Rev Bryan Cosgrove Donovan Mansfield, Essendon, Alphington, etc, Vic
4 Nov 1990	Rev Francis Joseph Brouggy Willoughby, etc, NSW
4 Nov 1999	Rev David Clwyd Edwards Wooloowin, Banyo, Sandgate, Buranda, Qld
4 Nov 2005	Rev Clement Gailey Ordained 25/07/1942; PP at Forestville, NSW until just before the Broken Bay Diocese was established.
4 Nov 2008	Rev Peter O'Donnell CSsR
5 Nov 1894	Rev Comundus Kearney Sydney dioc
5 Nov 1914	Rev Christopher S Nulty SJ Melbourne; Sydney
5 Nov 1923	Rev Michael J Gannon CM Cordelia, etc, Qld; Bathurst, Ashfield, NSW
5 Nov 1933	Rev Patrick O'Reilly OMI Fremantle, WA
5 Nov 1934	Archbishop Robert William-Spence OP Adelaide
5 Nov 1952	Rev Thomas John Cook Maitland dioc, NSW
5 Nov 1953	Archbishop Alain de Boismenu MSC Sydney
5 Nov 1966	Rev John Eviston Willunga, etc, SA
5 Nov 1968	Rev James Lennon CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
5 Nov 1973	Rev Michael Kennedy Woollahra, Katoomba, etc, NSW
5 Nov 1983	Rev Jeremiah Patrick Foley Gulgong, Orange, NSW
5 Nov 1991	Rev Thomas Alphonsus Mulligan Melbourne dioc
5 Nov 1999	Rev Thomas William Carroll Brisbane Cathedral, Boonah, Ipswich, New Farm, St. Lucia, Kenmore, Qld
5 Nov 2010	Rev Philip Buckley Read more Born 06/05/1943; Date of Ordination: 22/07/1967 - Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Philip died in the intensive care unit of the Vienna General Hospital in Austria after falling ill while on holiday. He was ordained to the priesthood at St Patrick's Braddon on 22 July 1967 and served in the following parishes: Young, Garran, Braddon, Boorowa, Bungendore, Yass, Queanbeyan, Cooma and Kambah. His final appointment was as parish priest of Page, where he served for the past six years and where he was greatly loved and respected. Rest now in peace Philip.
5 Nov 2010	Rev Gerard Michael Sheedy Read more Born 21/12/1928; Date of Ordination: 24/07/1954 - Archdiocese of Hobart. Gerard, a priest of the Archdiocese of Hobart, was born at Spreyton, North-West Tasmania and educated at St Virgil's College, Hobart, and Corpus Christi College, Werribee, Vic, prior to being ordained on 24 July 1954. He served in the parishes of Cygnet, St. Mary's Cathedral Hobart, Glenorchy, Smithton, Newstead, and Latrobe where he was dearly loved. While in retirement at St. Finn Barr's, Invermay, Gerry celebrated Mass every Sunday at Campbell Town until he went to live at Yarrandoo Nursing Home at Somerset in 2001. Friends from all parts of Tasmania came to his Mass of Christian Burial, celebrated by Archbishop Adrian Doyle and twenty priests, at Star of the Sea Church, Burnie, on 12 November 2010. Rest now in peace dear Gerard.
6 Nov 1889	Rev Gonsalvo Kavanagh OP Adelaide
6 Nov 1899	Rev William McGrath Albury, Boorowa, Young, etc, NSW
6 Nov 1900	Rev Vincent Grogan CP Marrickville, NSW; Hobart
6 Nov 1907	Rev Denis J Byrne Dalby, etc, Qld
6 Nov 1908	Rev Robert T Fitzsimmon Rockhampton dioc, Qld
6 Nov 1919	Rev Timothy Guinee SJ Sydney, etc
6 Nov 1931	Rev Alfredus Lanzon Cooktown, Cloncurry, Ingham, Clermont, Qld
6 Nov 1951	Rev John O'Brien Bulimba, etc, Qld
6 Nov 1953	Rev Mgr Matthew Joseph Rohan Bendigo, Dookie, Benalla, etc, Vic
6 Nov 1957	Rev Maurice J Downey Sydney dioc
6 Nov 1963	Archbishop Daniel Mannix Melbourne
6 Nov 1967	Rev Thomas Fintan Madden OFM Bunbury dioc, WA, etc
6 Nov 1969	Rev Thomas Gloster Kurri Kurri, etc, NSW
6 Nov 1982	Rev Amiel Joseph Sobb Clovelly, Narrabeen, etc, NSW
6 Nov 1984	Rev William Cantwell Tighe's Hill, Shortland, Singleton, Campbell�s Hill, Maitland, Forster, Dungog, Waratah, Kurri Kurri, Merriwa, Mayfield, NSW
6 Nov 1986	Rev Leslie Francis Ring Benalla, Tatura, Rushworth, Kennington, Euroa, Wodonga, Nathalia, Vic
6 Nov 1990	Rev Thomas Dunphy CSsR Mayfield, Mona Vale, NSW; Hobart, Tas; Perth, WA, etc
6 Nov 1990	Rev Kevin Flinn SSC Port Pirie, Peterborough, Port Augusta, Renmark, Loxton, SA
6 Nov 2003	Rev William Bainbridge (Melbourne dioc)
6 Nov 2005	Rev Carmine Tricarico Melbourne dioc
6 Nov 2010	Rev Brian Byrne SVD Read more Born in 1936; Ordained in 1971 - Divine Word Missionaries. Brian was ordained in 1971 and spent many years serving in PNG, Marburg and Brisbane before moving to the Marsfield community where he began work with various migrant and refugee groups, specifically Cambodians, Vietnamese, Indonesians and Chinese. He was passionate in his advocacy work with these people and was a gifted homilist and a compassionate healer. Brian was called to God after a painful though dignified struggle with prostate and bone cancer. Rest in peace dear Brian.
6 Nov 2011	Rev John Eddy SJ Born 06/03/1933.
6 Nov 2011	Rev William Crahan Born 10/05/1927; Temora, Boorowa, Crookwell, Young, Bega, Pambula, Gunning, Goolagong, Braidwood, Delegate, Jugiong, Gundagai, North Goulburn, Yass, NSW and ACT.
6 Nov 2016	Rev Vince Whiteman Date of Birth: 8/01/1935 Date of Ordination: 20/7/1963 Diocese of Wollongong
6 Nov 2017	Rev Glen Walsh Born 14/11/1961; Ordained 01/06/1996 Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle
7 Nov 1865	Rev Eugene McCarthy Geelong, Castlemaine, Ballarat Port Fairy, St. Kilda, etc, Vic
7 Nov 1893	Rev Constantine Rossolini Gayndah, Bundaberg, Qld
7 Nov 1896	Rev David F Barry OSB Sydney; Kerang, etc, Vic
7 Nov 1911	Rev Bernard O'Dea Perth, etc, WA
7 Nov 1912	Rev John Feehan Oatlands, Tas
7 Nov 1918	Rev Joachim Guerrini OFM Bundarra, etc, NSW
7 Nov 1931	Rev Thomas Ryan Redfern, Penrith, Araluen, Parramatta, etc, NSW
7 Nov 1940	Rev Henry McArdle SJ Riverview, NSW, etc
7 Nov 1945	Rev Joseph Bowers Springwood, Chatswood, etc, NSW
7 Nov 1950	Rev James O'Donnell Sale dioc, Vic
7 Nov 1960	Rev Michael Kevin Duffy Bunbury dioc, WA; Wollongong, Port Kembla, NSW
7 Nov 1965	Rev Michael Paul Kelly OFM Sydney, etc
7 Nov 1968	Rev Peter Magganotto CP Sydney
7 Nov 1977	Rev Patrick Sarsfield Carroll Townsville, Ingham, Garbutt, etc, Qld
7 Nov 1977	Rev Richard O'Mara SJ North Sydney, Lavender Bay, NSW, etc
7 Nov 1984	Rev Vincent Dilley Newcastle, Waratah, Hamilton, Kendall, Nelson, Adamstown, Lochinvar, etc, NSW
7 Nov 1985	Rev Cornelius van Baar SVD Perth, etc
7 Nov 1991	Rev Peter McCudden Mosman Park, Kensington, Floreat, Perth dioc
7 Nov 1991	Rev Frederick Nolan Melbourne dioc
7 Nov 1993	Rev Christopher Borgia O'Donoghue North Randwick, etc, NSW
7 Nov 2004	Rev Laurence Bourke OFM Sydney, etc
7 Nov 2014	Rev Patrick Cunningham Read more Born 17/03/1929; Ordained 21/12/1951 Archdiocese of Perth. Pat died peacefully at Royal Perth Hospital on Friday November 7, after post- operative complications. The only child of Frank Cunningham and Rita Faulkner, Pat was born at the family home in Mt Lawley WA and attended the new Montessori school in the neighbourhood at the age of three. He responded to Launcelot Goody's initial canvassing to found St Charles Seminary Guildford at the age of 12 where he completed his secondary and philosophy studies and then sailed to Rome with 11 others to study at Propaganda Fide College Rome in 1948. His deep devotion to Francis of Assisi helps to explain his uncomplaining attitude to life, unassuming manner and genuine interest in people. His brilliant mind shone in his written and spoken words. For 24 years the reading Catholic population of WA devoured his printed words in The Record newspaper while church goers always delighted with his common sense inspirational homilies. He taught dozens of people the art of better communications in word and images through his work as editor, journalist and photographer. A raconteur of note, a family man loved by his cousins, a people's person. The Majellans and various lay groups and Church agencies and those outside Catholic circles trusted his astute advice and counsel. Classical Music, art and the cathedrals of Europe saw him enjoying travel. He understood and taught that human art, architecture and good music is just a shadow of the work of the Divine architect, artist and singer, and that, while a Cathedral could seems to be just a waste of space to a humanist, a person of faith could find a window to God and have their souls raised high!
7 Nov 2019	Rev John William Flynn LC Archdiocese of Sydney.
8 Nov 1910	Rev Michael O'Driscoll Lismore dioc, NSW
8 Nov 1921	Rev James O'Connor SJ Sydney; Melbourne, etc
8 Nov 1922	Rev Cornelius Treacy CSsR Melbourne, etc
8 Nov 1939	Rev Henry Dwyer Rockhampton dioc, Qld
8 Nov 1955	Rev James Murphy Kyneton, etc, Vic
8 Nov 1960	Rev Henry Ryan Archdiocese of Brisbane
8 Nov 1968	Rev Sandor Appolinaris Erdos OFM Sydney, etc
8 Nov 1973	Rev James T Norris Heidelberg, Coburg, etc, Vic
8 Nov 1973	Rev Mgr William Vincent Willis Oakleigh, Moonee Ponds, etc, Vic
8 Nov 1974	Rev John Joseph Boylan Broken Hill, etc, NSW
8 Nov 1980	Rev Mgr John Raymond Cunningham Omeo, Sale, Toora, Cowwarr, Leongatha, etc, Vic
8 Nov 1981	Rev Patrick J Carmody Kalgoorlie, Gosnells, Manning, WA
8 Nov 1988	Rev Karl Chesher OFMConv
8 Nov 1990	Bishop Bernard Wallace Banyo, Bundaberg, Mt. Morgan, Rockhampton, Qld
8 Nov 1991	Rev Francis Crowe Ballarat dioc, Vic
8 Nov 1995	Rev Herbert Balding SJ Perth; Melbourne; Sydney
8 Nov 1996	Rev Silvester Chao Melbourne dioc
8 Nov 1997	Rev Leander Baron OMI Fremantle, WA
8 Nov 1997	Rev Nicholas William Canny Port Pirie, Woomera, Boolaroo Centre, Barmera, Crystal Brook, SA
8 Nov 1998	Rev John Joseph Carroll CSsR Ballarat, Melbourne, Arncliffe, Vic, etc
8 Nov 1998	Rev John Francis Smith SM NSW; Qld; Burnie, Tas
8 Nov 2002	Rev Richard Morgan SJ Werribee, Glen Waverley, Hawthorn, Kew, Vic
8 Nov 2004	Rev Joseph Michael Medwin Glenorchy, Queenstown, Derby, St. Mary�s, Rosebery, Latrobe, Deloraine, Lenah Valley, Bellerive, Circular Head, Tas
8 Nov 2011	Rev William J Robley Read more Born 24/05/1924 ; Ordained 21/07/1956 for the Archdiocese of Sydney. Bill, ordained on 21 July 1956, was a loyal priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney, ministering in many parishes, including a long period as PP of Our Lady of the Way, Sylvania. He had a great devotion to Our Lady and visited Medjugorie many times. As a young priest, Bill would ride his motor scooter to Lithgow every fortnight to visit his parents. He loved music and often on a Sunday morning he and his seminary classmates would make their way into the bush to a place called Music Rock and play records on Bill's wind-up gramophone! Bill was loyal also to his ordination classmates, attending the annual reunion for the past 55 years and when it became too much for Bill to travel, his classmates came to celebrate with him at St John Vianney Villa Randwick, where he enjoyed the loving care of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Rest in peace dear Bill.
8 Nov 2015	Rev David R Scott Born 16/03/1926; Ordained 22/07/1950. Diocese of Parramatta
8 Nov 2022	Rev Peter Maher Born 17/06/1950; Ordained 01/08/1976. Archdiocese of Sydney.
9 Nov 1896	Rev Patrick J McKenna CM Balmain, Ashfield, etc, NSW
9 Nov 1899	Rev Michael O'Hara Sydney
9 Nov 1919	Rev Auguste Guillemin SM Sydney
9 Nov 1923	Rev Edward Langley CSsR Perth, etc
9 Nov 1928	Rev William Bonett Sydney
9 Nov 1932	Rev Nicholas Caba Sydney dioc
9 Nov 1940	Rev Richard O'Halloran CM Port Augusta dioc, SA
9 Nov 1941	Rev John Barry Watchem, etc, Vic
9 Nov 1963	Rev Mgr Patrick M Fannan Bundaberg, etc, Qld
9 Nov 1967	Rev Vincent Roy Landener Bulimba, etc, Qld - Brisbane Diocese
9 Nov 1968	Rev William C Canavan Sydney dioc
9 Nov 1968	Rev Joseph Comerford Goulburn, etc, NSW
9 Nov 1972	Rev William Henschke MSC Sydney, etc
9 Nov 1975	Rev Leslie Rumble MSC Sydney, etc
9 Nov 1977	Rev Ronald Corbett Griffith, etc, NSW
9 Nov 1982	Rev Denis Lyons SSC Melbourne, etc
9 Nov 1984	Rev Sid Mitchell SM Lismore, etc, NSW
9 Nov 1995	Rev William Brown SJ Melbourne, etc
9 Nov 2009	Rev Geoff Brumm SVD Born 12/04/1946; Ordained 16/06/1970.
9 Nov 2013	Rev Virgil Pender Born 27/11/1927; Ordained 29/06/1951. Gympie, Esk, North Ipswich; Archdiocese of Brisbane
9 Nov 2016	Rev Terence Madden PE Born 20/04/1932; Ordained 13/03/1960 Archdiocese of Brisbane
9 Nov 2020	Rev Francis Ferrie SSC Born 24/11/1930; Ordained 1955. Missionary Society of St Columban
9 Nov 2022	Rev Louis Molloy SM Born 18/12/1929; Ordained 13/12/1957. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
9 Nov 2022	Rev James Kane PE Born 01/02/1935; Ordained 14/06/1959. Diocese of Bathurst.
10 Nov 1910	Rev Thomas Mulqueen OSA Rochester, Echuca, Kyabram, Vic
10 Nov 1910	Rev Aloysius Parsch SJ Norwood, SA, etc
10 Nov 1916	Rev James O'Reilly Newcastle, Taree, etc, NSW
10 Nov 1924	Rev Thomas John Brady OSA Cooktown, Herberton, Qld
10 Nov 1935	Rev Michael O'Flynn Fortitude Valley, Gympie, etc, Qld
10 Nov 1943	Rev Richard Byrne Melbourne dioc
10 Nov 1943	Rev Cornelius O'Regan East Maitland, etc, NSW
10 Nov 1946	Rev Peter Adlum New Norfolk, Invermay, etc, Tas
10 Nov 1971	Rev Henry Brown Trundle, etc, NSW
10 Nov 1974	Rev Isidore Ruiz OSB New Norcia, WA
10 Nov 1976	Rev Wilthow Firth Swinbanks Sydney, etc
10 Nov 1978	Rev Peter Farrelly Harris Park, Croydon, etc, NSW
10 Nov 1980	Rev Jacob Noss SVD Marburg, Qld, etc
10 Nov 1989	Rev Stanislaus Joseph Tyler MSC Douglas Park, Kensington, NSW; Croydon, Ballarat, Vic; Hindmarsh, SA
10 Nov 1998	Rev Leo Francis Wright Albury, Leeton, Mulwala, Tocumwal, Finley, NSW
10 Nov 2003	Rev Peter O'Sullivan Highgate, Perth, Armadale, Kalgoorlie, WA
10 Nov 2006	Rev Leo Fitzpatrick CP
11 Nov 1880	Rev William Cormack Adelaide
11 Nov 1901	Rev James Noone Latrobe, Tas
11 Nov 1909	Rev Peter H Boyle Gordon, North Melbourne, Frankston, Clifton Hill, Williamstown, etc, Vic
11 Nov 1929	Rev Sylvanus Mansour Waterloo, etc, NSW
11 Nov 1929	Rev James O'Donnell Brisbane dioc, Qld
11 Nov 1932	Rev Victor Suleau SM Sydney
11 Nov 1958	Rev Denis Murphy Longford, Hobart, etc, Tas
11 Nov 1962	Rev John O'Shaughnessy SJ Melbourne, etc
11 Nov 1963	Rev Alexander McMullen CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
11 Nov 1966	Rev Adalbert Salemo OFMCap Leichhardt, Wynnum, Halifax, etc, Qld; Sydney
11 Nov 1976	Rev Francis I Kelly Armidale dioc
11 Nov 1980	Rev John Michael Leahy Rockhampton dioc, Qld
11 Nov 1988	Rev Istvan (Stephan) Miklos Archdiocese of Brisbane
11 Nov 1991	Rev James J Dolan Launceston, Austin's Ferry, Sandy Bay, Scottsdale, Oatlands, St. Leonard�s, Tas
11 Nov 1992	Rev Boniface Cannas OFMConv
11 Nov 2005	Rev John Walsh Perth, Denmark, Margaret River, Donnybrook/Kirup, Narrogin, Mandurah, WA
11 Nov 2014	Rev Patrick Cooper CP Read more Born 15/03/1931; Ordained 30/06/1956. Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ Pat was born in Tumby Bay, S.A., the sixth child of Eileen and William Cooper. In 1937 the family moved to Marrabel, S.A. where Pat received his primary education. From 1947 to 1949 Pat attended the Passionist Juniorate at St Ives, NSW and the following year did his Novitiate at Goulburn, NSW. From 1951 to 1956 Pat did his theological studies in Glen Osmond, Adelaide, where he was ordained in 1956. His first parochial ministry was to St Joseph's, Hobart. From 1962 to 1990 Pat served the people of Papua New Guinea from Mission Stations in Vanimo and Port Moresby. On returning to Australia Pat was appointed co-Pastor for the Parish of Bourke, NSW. After one term he was transferred to the parish of Port Augusta, SA where he served two terms as Parish Priest. His next assignment was to the parish of Glen Osmond/Parkside where he was assistant parish priest. He also served as Chaplain to the Southern Cross Nursing Homes at Fullarton and Lourdes Valley where he was very much appreciated and loved for his faithful and gentle ministry. Pat had a deep love and concern for refugees and would often be helping them. It was amazing how they were able to find him to ask for his assistance. He helped them find work and provided food and clothing and furniture for them. Many hours were spent transporting furniture all across Adelaide. He was a regular helper at the Mercy House of Welcome which had been established to assist refugees in their needs. Pat was laid to rest in the Passionist Monastery cemetery, Glen Osmond, after a funeral Mass in the St Paul of the Cross Church.
11 Nov 2015	Rev Alfred Limeburner SM Born 16/06/1926; Ordained 04/01/1957 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
11 Nov 2021	Rev John V Walsh SM Born 11/12/1930; Ordained 04/01/1957. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
11 Nov 2023	Rev Mgr Robert Aitken PA PE Born 25/05/1929; Ordained 22/07/1952. Archdiocese of Adelaide.
12 Nov 1867	Rev John T Dunne Penrith, etc, NSW
12 Nov 1869	Rev George Davitt Galen Wangaratta, etc, Vic
12 Nov 1887	Rev Michael Harrington Ryan Grafton, Newcastle, Sydney, NSW; Hobart, etc
12 Nov 1914	Rev Mgr Pierce T Corcoran Tenterfield, Bathurst, Glen Innes, etc, NSW
12 Nov 1942	Rev Patrick Egan South Yarra, etc, Vic
12 Nov 1942	Rev Michael Gallagher Cordelia, Blackall, Ipswich, Red Hill, Fortitude Valley, etc, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
12 Nov 1951	Rev Walter P Walsh Elsternwick, etc, Vic
12 Nov 1955	Rev Benedict Puesken SAC Broome dioc, WA
12 Nov 1956	Rev Aubrey J Goodman MSC Sydney; King Island, Tas, etc
12 Nov 1958	Rev Donald Shaw Queenstown, Devonport, Hobart, Tas
12 Nov 1959	Rev Cornelius Cahalane Roma, etc, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
12 Nov 1963	Rev Thomas Butler Lismore dioc, NSW; Brisbane, etc
12 Nov 1968	Rev Basil Nugent OCarm Sydney, etc
12 Nov 1982	Rev Peter Lewis SJ Melbourne, etc
12 Nov 1996	Rev Dominic Tuohy OFM Sydney, etc
12 Nov 2008	Rev Brian Stoney SJ Sydney; Melbourne, etc
12 Nov 2010	Rev Patrick McCormick OFM Born 05/06/1920; Mornington VIC, Waverley, Wahroonga, North Sydney, Kogarah, Coffs Harbour, Grafton NSW, Townsville West, Beaudesert QLD.
12 Nov 2010	Rev Gerard Monaghan Read more Born 02/05/1935; Date of Ordination: 17/07/1961 Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Gerry was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn on 17 July 1961 at St John Vianney's Church, Fairy Meadow NSW and his funeral Mass was celebrated in the same church on 16 November 2010. As a young priest he served enthusiastically at St Christopher's Parish in Canberra and acted as chaplain to the RAAF base at Fairbairn, to Canberra's hostel dwellers and to the Marian Club for single Catholics. Later he served as assistant priest in Cooma and Young, was the diocesan director of Catholic Missions and the founding parish priest of Wanniassa and later PP of his home parish of Bega. In all of his appointments he was a dynamic preacher and a charismatic pastor. Rest now in peace dear Gerard.
12 Nov 2016	Rev Thomas O'Hara SJ Jesuits - Society of Jesus
12 Nov 2019	Rev Albert Fulbrook SDB Read more Born 03/12/1936. Ordained 13/07/1991 for the Salesians of Don Bosco Albert (Bert) Fulbrook was born in Floriana, Malta, the youngest and only male of ten children, of whom only four survived beyond infancy. Life in Malta during World War II was very difficult, particularly for Bert's family after his father died in 1940, and he spent his early education in orphanages/boarding schools including with the Salesians of Don Bosco. At the age of 13 Bert was given an opportunity, along with many other youths from Europe, to migrate to Australia as a child migrant. On arrival in Australia he was placed at the Christian Brothers school at Tardun, WA. Feeling the call to religious life Bert was accepted into the Christian Brothers and was professed on 9 March 1959. He then spent nearly three decades teaching in various schools conducted by the Brothers in five States. Discerning a call to the priesthood he requested a transfer to the Salesian Congregation which took place in 1987. He made his Salesian Profession on 31 January 1990 and was ordained on 13 July 1991 in Adelaide by Archbishop Faulkner. From his ordination until 2018 he was involved in Parish Ministry in dioceses right across the nation � Perth, Sale, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth. Bert was a man of the people, universally liked by all who appreciated his wit and humour, his ability to touch hearts and lives and his warm pastoral approach and love of the scriptures. As his health began to deteriorate due to Motor Neurone Disease he moved into full time care with the Little Sisters of the Poor in Melbourne. May he rest in peace.
13 Nov 1857	Rev Nicholas Francis Coffey OFM Melbourne; Bathurst, NSW
13 Nov 1857	Rev Michael Connaughton Bathurst dioc, NSW
13 Nov 1880	Rev John Paul Roche OSB Campbelltown, Binalong, etc, NSW
13 Nov 1891	Rev Andrew Walsh Boorowa, etc, NSW
13 Nov 1892	Bishop Henry Verjus MSC Sydney
13 Nov 1903	Rev John Sherlock CP Goulburn, Sydney, NSW, etc
13 Nov 1917	Rev John Chrysostom Cleary CSsR Waratah, NSW, etc
13 Nov 1918	Rev Casper Smiers MHM Narrabri, Wilcannia, Emmaville, NSW
13 Nov 1929	Rev Samuel Hillereau SM Hunters Hill, NSW
13 Nov 1944	Rev James Patrick O'Doherty OP Adelaide, etc
13 Nov 1952	Rev Joseph Carroll Hay, NSW, etc
13 Nov 1953	Rev James O'Dea Bathurst dioc, NSW
13 Nov 1954	Rev Phillip Joseph Murphy OFM Melbourne, etc
13 Nov 1955	Rev Charles Daly Tannymorel, etc, Qld
13 Nov 1957	Rev Richard Murphy SJ Sydney, etc
13 Nov 1959	Rev John Joseph Coady Merewether, etc, NSW; Launceston, Tas
13 Nov 1965	Rev James Roche SM Sydney, etc
13 Nov 1969	Rev Mgr Francis Carson Gunning, etc, NSW
13 Nov 1976	Rev Royston Francis Brown Rockhampton dioc, Qld
13 Nov 1977	Bishop Hugh Edward Ryan Bendigo, Vic; Townsville, Qld - Second Bishop of Townsville 1938 -1967
13 Nov 1979	Rev Bede Bloxham OFM Midland, WA; Campbelltown, NSW; Melbourne, etc
13 Nov 1980	Rev Nikodemus Serzants Landsborough, Birregurra, etc, Vic
13 Nov 1981	Rev Brian McBride Sydney, etc
13 Nov 1986	Rev Edward Toohey CP Marrickville, Long Bay, Goulburn, Parramatta, Concord, NSW, etc
13 Nov 1991	Rev George Maher West Heidelberg, Brighton, etc, Vic
13 Nov 1994	Rev Peter Vincent OFM Sydney, etc
13 Nov 2001	Rev Theo Robinson OSB
13 Nov 2005	Rev Wesley Heading Peterborough, Renmark, Port Pirie, Cummins, Minnipa, Whyalla, Snowtown, SA
13 Nov 2012	Rev Stan Griffith Date of Birth 10/11/1941 Date of Ordination 05/08/1971; Archdiocese of Brisbane
13 Nov 2013	Rev Stanislaus Campbell Read more Born 09/07/1925; Ordained 30/11/1950 - Diocese of Armidale Stanislaus John Campbell was born at Gunnedah, the third of four sons of Michael John Campbell and Elsie Margaret Gallen. St Joseph's Church was the focal point of his upbringing � he was baptised, received his First Eucharist and was confirmed in the historic church, with his ordination by Bishop Doody on November 30, 1950, celebrated by family and friends. The young Stan Campbell attended St Xavier's Primary School and St Mary's College, in Gunnedah, before completing his education at St Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill. Realising at a young age that he wanted to be a priest, Stan began his study for the priesthood at St Columba's College, in Springwood, followed by a number of years at the seminary in Manly. Stan ministered in the parishes of Tamworth, Boggabri, Inverell, Werris Creek, Narrabri, Walgett, Glen Innes, Guyra, Dungowan and Wee Waa and in Quirindi for 27 years, where he was loved and well known for his careful administration of the parish's finances. Stan loved to travel and visited several overseas destinations, often bringing back souvenirs for his nieces and nephews, all of whom were devoted to him. He took a keen interest in the next generation as they arrived and the family was thrilled that he was able to perform many baptisms and weddings. Stan's fellow seminarian, Fr Mick Malone, also spoke at the funeral, describing his friend as a priest with a heart of gold'. Fr John Walsh and Fr Eric Burton from Fr Stan's class also attended the service and placed symbols of faith from Fr Stan's life on the casket. Stan spent the last few years of his life at Nazareth House, Tamworth, where he often celebrated Mass for residents. He also assisted other priests in the diocese as needed. After years of frail health, he died peacefully and now rests with God.
13 Nov 2017	Rev William Holmes Read more Born 16/01/1932; Ordained 22/01/1984 Diocese of Bunbury William Holmes, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, friend and priest died bravely after almost five years residency at Bethanie Aged High Care, Bunbury, WA. The only child of Melbourne working class parents, William and his mother grieved through the untimely death of William's father in 1943.Williams's mother laboured long hours to continue funding William's private school education, after which he became a teacher � working in Melbourne, Vic; London, UK and Perth, WA. Aged 32 years, William arrived in Perth. He met and married Marjorie and their romance flourished during 53 challenging years. Influenced by his devout grandmother, William a practising Anglican, had long felt God's call to the Anglican priesthood. Accepted for possible ordination by Adelaide's Anglican Bishop, William studied three years at theological college and was ordained deacon and then priest by the Bishop, serving in the parishes of Mt Gambier, SA; Albany and Kojonup, WA and Latrobe, Tasmania. William came to believe that Catholicism, despite weaknesses, brought people nearer to God and so he resigned from the Anglican Priesthood and with Marjorie and their son, joined the Catholic Church and moved back to Melbourne. Acknowledgement must be given to Bishop Myles McKeon who initiated William's catholic Ordination. Now unemployed, William volunteered at a Catholic Hospital and gained a theological degree from The University of Melbourne. Thankfully, Marjorie's work could support the family during this time. William's situation became known to Bishop Peter Quinn of Bunbury and with the agreement of his priests and the Australian Catholic Bishops, Bishop Quinn applied to the Vatican for approval to ordain William. Imagine William's and Marjorie's joy when after five years William was informed by Bishop Quinn that Papal approval had been received. William was ordained Catholic priest for Bunbury and loved serving in in the parishes of Bunbury, Pemberton, Northcliffe, Manjimup, Margaret River and Augusta. Working at the Marriage Tribunal became another responsibility. Retiring to Bunbury in 2006, William offered supply ministry until increasing disability forced him to stop. William's many interests included English Literature, Classical Music, Australian Politics, history, painting and going to the cinema. While congenital feet problems precluded active sport, William engaged in walking and watching cricket and football. May he now rest in peace, watching over his beloved wife, Marjorie and the family he so dearly loved.
13 Nov 2021	Most Rev William J Wright DD Read more Born in Washington DC USA 26/10/1952. Ordained Priest for Sydney 20/08/1977. Appointed Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle 04/04/2011. Installed Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle 15/06/2011. Bill, the third and youngest child of Jack and Nan Wright (both deceased) is survived by his sister, Patricia and brother, Robert. He was born in Washington DC, where his father, an economist with the Australian Central Bank (Commonwealth, later Reserve, Bank) was seconded to the International Monetary Fund. The family returned�to Australia when young Bill was only a baby. He was educated by the Sisters of Mercy at Pymble and by the Jesuits at St Aloysius' College, Milsons Point, with two years at Wimbledon College, another Jesuit school, when the family was in England. Bill was educated for priesthood at St Columba's College, Springwood (1971?73) and St Patrick's College, Manly (1974?77) and was ordained to the diaconate in October 1976 and to the priesthood on 20 August 1977 at St Mary's Cathedral. After ordination, he gained a BA(Hons), largely in History, at Sydney University. Bill served the parishes of Stanmore, Mount Druitt, Fairfield, Enmore, Dulwich Hill, Bonnyrigg, Moree, Sutherland and Liverpool. In addition, Bill was Vice-Rector of St Patrick's College, Manly (1985-1991) and Assistant Secretary to the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, in Canberra, in 1995. Bill was ordained eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle by the former Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, on June 15 2011 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton. Since his ordination as bishop, he served as the Co-Chair of the National Committee for Professional Standards and was a member of the Truth Justice and Healing Council throughout its existence (2013-18).� Bill was a member of the Bishops Commission for Church Ministry and the Bishops Commission for Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Relations and most recently was a member of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation Laity and Ministry and the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service. May he rest in peace.
14 Nov 1854	Rev John Healey South Kincumber, etc, NSW
14 Nov 1872	Rev Michael Kirwan Albany, Toodyay, Perth, WA; Newcastle, NSW
14 Nov 1893	Rev Michael McGrath Sydney; Norfolk Island; Yass, Goulburn, Carcoar, Kurrajong, Windsor, Bathurst Berrima, Mudgee, NSW
14 Nov 1900	Rev Daniel O'Reilly Melbourne dioc
14 Nov 1946	Rev John D Gavan Trafalgar, Sale, etc, Vic
14 Nov 1953	Rev Robert McCarthy SJ Melbourne, etc
14 Nov 1959	Rev Vincent Conlon SJ Melbourne, etc
14 Nov 1964	Rev Mgr Edmond McAuliffe Kensington, etc, NSW
14 Nov 1971	Rev Cornelius Hanly Tweed Heads, etc, NSW
14 Nov 1975	Rev Robert James Stapleton CP Goulburn, NSW; Mornington, Vic, etc
14 Nov 1979	Rev Patrick Joseph Duffy Beverley, Mount Barker, Armadale, WA
14 Nov 1984	Rev James Thwaites SJ Melbourne, etc
14 Nov 1985	Bishop John O'Loughlin MSC Darwin, NT
14 Nov 1988	Rev Maxwell Day Melbourne
14 Nov 1988	Rev John Joseph Gallagher Sydney, Lake Macquarie, Mt. Pritchard, etc, NSW
14 Nov 1996	Rev John Green CSsR
14 Nov 2002	Rev Nazzareno Galea Melbourne dioc
14 Nov 2007	James Edward (Jim) Dooley Rozelle, Summer Hill, Kogarah, Sutherland, Five Dock, Willoughby, Earlwood, Blacktown, Windsor, Upper Blue Mountains, NSW
14 Nov 2007	Rev James Dooley Born12/03/1930; Ordained 30/07/1955
14 Nov 2011	Rev Mgr John Jospeh Murphy PE Read more Born 25/05/1938; Date of Ordination: 27/07/1963 - Archdiocese of Melbourne. John served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for over 48 years. The Archdiocese of Melbourne is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. He served as Assistant Priest at the Parishes of West Melbourne, Alphington and Coburg and was then appointed to the Catholic Immigration Office in Melbourne, whilst undertaking pastoral work at Oak Park Parish. John retained this appointment full-time until his appointment as Dean of the Parish of Mentone. He was awarded the Order of the Medal of Australia for services to Catholic immigration in 1994 and became the foundation Director of the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office in Canberra from 1 July 1995 to 15 November 2009. John was appointed Pastor Emeritus in 2009. Rest now in peace dear John.
14 Nov 2013	Rev Dennis Corrigan Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
14 Nov 2014	Rev Paul Siebert OMI Born 22/12/1931; Ordained 13/07/1958 Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
14 Nov 2019	Rev Graeme Duro SSS Read more Born 14/06/1947. Ordained 19/08/1978 for the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Graeme was professed in the Blessed Sacrament Congregation on 3 March 1975 and ordained on 19 August 1978. Prior to joining religious life, he played professional Aussie Rules footy (St Kilda Football Club) and later served in the Victorian Police Force in the Melbourne Metropolitan Region. During his time away from the Congregation, he worked in the Victorian State Government office. Graeme served the Lord and the church faithfully and generously over many years accepting various appointments within the Province. During his time as Province leader (2006-2014) he also served on the Executive Council of Catholic Religious Victoria and Yarra Theological Union. Graeme spent his last years at St Francis' Community, Melbourne. He will be missed by his family, his SSS brothers and his many friends. He will be remembered for his courage, kindness, generosity and prayerfulness. Graeme died peacefully at St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy aged 72 years. At peace in the Lord's embrace.
15 Nov 1899	Rev James Hartigan CSsR Waratah, NSW, etc
15 Nov 1918	Rev Edward Sydes SJ
15 Nov 1920	Rev Edward C Donnelly Goulburn, NSW; Hobart, Tas
15 Nov 1933	Rev Joseph L Egan Melbourne dioc
15 Nov 1944	Rev Edward O'Keefe South Townsville, etc, - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
15 Nov 1949	Rev John Treacy CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
15 Nov 1952	Rev Mgr Gerald Bartlett Rozelle, etc, NSW
15 Nov 1959	Rev Maurice Brosnan Sunbury, etc, Vic
15 Nov 1971	Rev Cuthbert Hoy MSC Sydney; Kings Meadows, Tas, etc
15 Nov 1974	Rev John J Boylan Brewarrina, Cobar, Forbes, Trundle, NSW
15 Nov 1981	Rev Raphael Stephen Ford Rydalmere, etc, NSW
15 Nov 1985	Rev Thomas Joseph Prendiville North Beach, Gwelup, Gosnells, etc, WA
15 Nov 1990	Rev Thomas Creede CSsR Sydney, Newcastle, NSW, etc
15 Nov 1991	Rev Michael Moffatt Geraldton, Leonora, Three Springs, Bluff Point, Northampton, Dongara, WA
15 Nov 1994	Rev Edmond Stapleton Kangaroo Point, Banyo, Northgate, etc, Qld
15 Nov 2000	Bishop Barry Collins Bankstown, Mortlake, Sydney, Wilcannia-Forbes diocs, NSW
15 Nov 2001	Rev Ralph Byrne OFM Sydney, etc
15 Nov 2003	Rev Joseph Georgio SDB
15 Nov 2005	Rev Maurice Catarinich Melbourne dioc
15 Nov 2008	Rev Thomas Hunt Born 08/02/1935; Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
15 Nov 2011	Rev Peter Fraser OFM Read more Born 12/03/1936; Ordained 09/05/1970 - Franciscan Friars. Peter was the only child of Kenneth and Frances Fraser (both deceased). He was particularly close to his cousin Dr Carroll Brady who himself only died recently. Following his secondary education at CBC Manly and St Aloysius Milsons point, Peter studied law at Sydney University. He always enjoyed being able to name amongst his friends those who had achieved high status in different professions, but especially in law or medicine. Peter struggled with ill health most of 2011. He was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy two years ago. Many people would remember Peter as a very fit individual, and this sickness was a great cross for him. In July 2011 his condition worsened and he was admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital for treatment. After just over 3 months in hospital nothing further could be done he was transferred to Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home, Rooty Hill just over two weeks before he died. Peter was received into the Franciscan Friars novitiate in 1963, solemnly professed 1968 and ordained on 9th May 1970. His main ministry was in the parish apostolate, serving twice at Riverside Tas (1980-85 & 2001-2005) and Waverley NSW (1991-95 & 2006-10) as well as working at Kedron Qld (1972-74), Cranbrook NSW (1987-90), and Deeragun Qld (1996-98). He also served as a missionary in Aitape, PNG (1974-80) as well as Uganda (1990-91). Rest in peace Peter.
15 Nov 2013	Rev Joseph Francis Carroll CSsR Read more Born 03/03/1937; Ordained 26/01/1963 - Redemptorist Fathers. Joseph, the youngest of a family of 12 children, was born in Belmore to Michael and Ellen Carroll. He spent his primary education with the Sisters of St. Joseph at Belmore and then at St Thomas' Lewisham. Secondary schooling was at Christian Brothers Lewisham before attending the Redemporist Juvenate at Galong. After a year's Novitiate at Pennant Hills and seven years at the Seminary at Ballarat he was ordained at Ashfield, Sydney on January 24 1963. Joe's Ordination motto as a Redemptorist was, We are ambassadors for Christ'. Joe embodied this message of reconciliation and lived his life proudly as an ambassador for Christ. Joe gave himself selflessly to his task as Vocation Director for most of his life. He was gifted as a great discerner of vocations and he touched many lives with his ability to listen and guide. He was drawn to young people who had faith and the potential to discover their real vocation. He also served as the Director of Mayfield, Director of Edmund Gleeson House in Mayfield, a member of Provincial Council on two occasions, House bursar in Brisbane and Rector of Perth. The Province owed a great deal to this talented confrere and his words of wisdom, words of encouragement and words of challenge. Whole groups within the Church looked to him for guidance, and his natural affinity with family life made it easy for him to be welcomed into so many families all over the world. Between all of these ministeries Joe had the opportunity to further his studies at Fordham University, New York (1986-87) gaining a MA degree with honours in Religion and Religious Education, a Distinction in Pastoral Studies and also Training in Spiritual Direction. His untimely and sudden death has been a great sadness and shock to all. He is survived by one family member Sr Catherine Mary RSJ and his nieces and nephews. May he rest in peace.
15 Nov 2019	Rev William Hannon Read more Born 31/05/1924. Ordained 04/06/1950 for the Archdiocese of Sydney. William Hannon, much loved Parish Priest of St Catherine's Gymea for a quarter of a century (1979-2004), died in Galway, Ireland. � After his Requiem Mass at Caltra, Co Galway, on 18 November, Bill was buried in the adjoining graveyard. Meanwhile at Gymea, more than 400 parishioners attended a Memorial Mass concelebrated by Bishop David Cremin, Mgr Brian Rayner (PP Gymea), Fr John Grieg (PP Miranda), Fr Robert Stephens and Fr Bill Challenor. � The youngest of seven children of Michael and Mary Hannon (nee Hoare), Bill was born in the townland of Newtown, Caltra, near Ballinasloe and educated at Summer Hill College, Sligo. After ordination at St Patrick's College, Carlow on 4 June 1950, he arrived in Sydney on 1 December 1950 and devoted his life to the Australian Mission'. � His early appointments included Surry Hills, Tempe and South Hurstville, followed by Administrator at Camperdown, Maroubra, Gymea, and Manly, and Parish Priest of Katoomba and finally Gymea. � In his homily Mgr Rayner said Bill was a kind and loving priest who could not say no! He served his people as another Christ', being a gentle and holy priest. His love and generosity were always to the fore. A keen golfer, Bill played weekly at St Michael's Golf Club, where in 1993 he scored a hole in one! He was an avid South Sydney League fan from his first appointment at St Peter's Surry Hill, and he remained a loyal supporter for nearly 70 years. Bill was once reported to the Cardinal for displaying imaginative liturgical style as he endeavoured to be more inclusive of lay participation. � In the eulogy, life-time friend Tony Baine said Bill was a deeply pastoral priest. He impressed everyone he met and enriched their lives. He embraced them regardless of their religion or position in society, which drew him much acclaim. May he rest in peace.
16 Nov 1924	Rev Patrick Bernard Doyle OSA Cairns, Herberton, Qld, etc
16 Nov 1931	Rev Ferdinand Narbonne MSC Sydney
16 Nov 1933	Rev William J Howes Brisbane dioc
16 Nov 1946	Rev Thomas Dunleavy Brisbane dioc.
16 Nov 1954	Rev Denis Roche Mackay, etc, Qld
16 Nov 1964	Rev Mgr Gerard Hussey Bunbury, Highgate, WA
16 Nov 1968	Rev Charles William Holdsworth Wagga dioc, NSW
16 Nov 1970	Rev Mgr John Hugh Cullen Hobart, Tas
16 Nov 1974	Rev Patrick O'Brien Giru, Richmond, East Ayr - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
16 Nov 1990	Rev John Jerome D Buckley OSA Innisfail, Atherton, Cairns, Qld
16 Nov 2014	Rev Mgr James Murray PE Born 18/01/1924; Ordained 23/07/1950. Archdiocese of Melbourne
16 Nov 2023	Rev Mgr William Mullins Born 26/03/1924; Ordained 01/11/1975. Archdiocese of Sydney.
17 Nov 1868	Rev Peter Maganotto CP Sydney
17 Nov 1941	Rev James Lappin CP Marrickville, Goulburn, NSW, etc
17 Nov 1941	Rev John G O'Rourke Port Pirie, Georgetown, SA
17 Nov 1948	Rev John Peifer SJ Adelaide; Darwin; Sydney, etc
17 Nov 1957	Rev John Francis Egan Prahran, etc, Vic
17 Nov 1962	Rev Michael Hubert Bevan OFM Melbourne, etc
17 Nov 1967	Rev E Leo Hayes Crow's Nest, etc, Qld
17 Nov 1973	Rev Cassian Wolak OFMCap Canberra; Bowen Hills, Qld
17 Nov 1975	Rev Gerard Thomas Coghlan Mitcham, Chadstone, West Essendon, etc, Vic
17 Nov 1992	Rev Percy Jones Carlton, etc, Vic
17 Nov 1996	Rev William Pearse Smark Melbourne dioc
17 Nov 2006	Rev Michael Francis (Frank) Leonard Toowoomba dioc, Qld
17 Nov 2007	Rev Bede Mooney MSC
17 Nov 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.
17 Nov 2022	Rev John J Archbold OMI Born 09/10/1933; Ordained 21/09/1958. Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
18 Nov 1926	Rev Edward O'Malley Goomalling, WA
18 Nov 1966	Rev Philip James Reeve Camperdown, etc, NSW Read more Want to update the SQL database to provide 2 fields to describe the deceased clergy member. The existing field will record a basic description (current data). A new field will accommodate an extended description for deceased clergy. Where something is recorded in the extended description field, provide a link on deceased clergy list to �Read more�. This will �pop open� the additional description, similar to the way in which the Google Map is shown when visitors click on an address - within the general search results list.
18 Nov 1967	Rev Bronislaw Binkowski Perth, etc
18 Nov 1967	Rev Malachy Curran SDB Sunbury, Vic; Port Pirie, SA; Glenorchy, Tas
18 Nov 1974	Rev Thomas Curran Bathurst dioc, NSW
18 Nov 1981	James Bernard (Mick) Kehoe Hamilton, Birregurra, Camperdown, Charlton, etc, Vic
18 Nov 1990	Rev George R Carmody Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla, Leigh Creek, Georgetown, Radium Hill, Woomera, Snowtown, Streaky Bay, Myrtle Bank, Peterborough, SA
18 Nov 2001	Rev Gerald Moylan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
18 Nov 2002	Bishop Robert Healy South Perth, Queens Park, Maylands, Claremont, Boulder, Kalgoorlie, Willagee, Cottesloe, Perth, WA
18 Nov 2012	Rev Peter James Murphy Born 26/05/1931 Ordained 29/06/1955 Diocese of Toowoomba
18 Nov 2023	Rev Michael Doherty Born 13/10/1934; Ordained 21/12/1957. Archdiocese of Adelaide.
19 Nov 1924	Rev Maurice McKenna North Fitzroy, Geelong, etc, Vic
19 Nov 1935	Rev Mgr Francis O'Gorman Born 29/01/1854; East Maitland etc, NSW.
19 Nov 1938	Rev John Egan SJ Melbourne, etc
19 Nov 1942	Rev Thomas Masterson Claremont, etc, WA
19 Nov 1952	Rev Francis Gilmartin CSsR Perth, etc
19 Nov 1956	Rev Edward Clune Penshurst, etc, NSW
19 Nov 1956	Rev John Marshall Lambton, etc, NSW
19 Nov 1957	Rev Mgr Edward Tehan Rushworth, etc, Vic
19 Nov 1965	Rev John Byrne Yenda, etc, NSW
19 Nov 1974	Rev Maurice Roche Malabar, etc, NSW
19 Nov 1995	Rev Edward Anthony Fennessy Mentone, East Brunswick, North Fitzroy, North Brunswick, Camberwell, Dalyston, Castlemaine, East Ivanhoe, Glen Iris, Vic
19 Nov 2002	Dennis Reginald Frederick Allen Moree, Wagga, Urana, Ganmain, NSW
19 Nov 2003	Rev Pearse Aloysius O'Mahony OSA Mareeba, Innisfail, Qld; Manly Vale, NSW
19 Nov 2014	Most Rev Jeremiah J Coffey DD Read more Born in Cork, Ireland 1/1/1933; ordained Priest for Sale 22/6/1958; Consecrated Bishop of Sale 30/6/1989; retired 2/1/2008 The 7th Bishop of Sale, Jeremiah Coffey, was laid to his rest in the grounds of St Mary's Cathedral, Sale, on 2 December 2014. Jerry had suffered a serious stroke at his home in Eastwood Aged Care, Bairnsdale, and died in the Bairnsdale hospital on November 19th. Over those days many showed great love, respect and gratitude for him and his ministry in the Diocese of Sale. In 1958, Bairnsdale became his first parish in Australia, and happily for him, it was his last. He told me once that his first parish priest, at Bairnsdale, Mgr Bill Walsh (RIP), was surprised to see him arrive from Ireland, not with golf clubs but with a typewriter! Actually, Fr Tom O'Connell told me that the Monsignor was completely bamboozled by his new, young, intelligent, highly spoken-of curate. Jerry served in the parishes of Bairnsdale, Sale, Traralgon, Omeo, Iona, Yallourn and Churchill, where he served as the first PP in the newly created parish. In 1987 he arrived at Corpus Christi College Seminary in Clayton, as Moderator and staff member, soon to become Rector, in succession to the then Fr Pell. A memorable quote from Jerry from that time was during a house meeting'. He presented a White Paper, to do with the running of the seminary and the formation of priests. He told us that some needed the priest knocked into them, while some needed the priest knocked out of them! Some are afraid of burning out, but some haven't caught on fire in the first place. That night, as Rector, he told us we had no fire in our bellies'. In later years, he wouldn't remember giving that talk when reminded of it, but those who were there did. And, even well into his retirement, he still had fire in his belly: for Christ, for the Church, for the Diocese of Sale, for all of us, priests and people. Jerry served as Rector at Clayton for a couple of years before being appointed 7th Bishop of Sale by Pope John Paul II with the motto: In Joyful Hope'. Though born in Cork, Ireland, he was of the Diocese of Sale. He loved the Diocese and in return was loved across the Diocese. He said that it wasn't being a bishop that defined his life, being a priest did. He loved both the priesthood, and priests. He retired as Bishop of Sale in January 2008. Jerry was genuinely happy about the election of Pope Francis in March 2013. He would read Francis's comments, especially about the role of bishops and he'd wonder if in fact he may have got it a bit right! He said, I've known about 8 popes in my lifetime, and at last there was one who agrees with me!' Jerry loved the Eucharist. He told one of the Sisters who took him communion in hospital, and at Eastwood, that it was the Eucharist that was the foundation of his life. Celebrating Mass became a bit confusing for him. He was pleased to have Bishop Christopher Prowse's nod to stick with the old words of the Mass!! (Many of us would have appreciated such a nod!!) One tribute for Jerry said that he breathed hope (as well as a bit of exasperation) into people, inspiring many to be better than they might otherwise have been'. May he rest in peace.
19 Nov 2019	Rev Paul Stenhouse MSC Born 01/01/1935. Ordained 01/01/1963 for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
19 Nov 2020	Rev John Fitz-Walter Born 07/04/1951; Ordained 03/09/1975. Diocese of Lismore.
20 Nov 1876	Rev Peter Hughes Morpeth Vale, etc, SA
20 Nov 1926	Rev Patrick Thomas Kelly OCarm Port Melbourne, Vic; Gawler, SA
20 Nov 1941	Rev Thomas J Flanagan Perth dioc
20 Nov 1954	Rev Patrick James Flanagan Moorooka, etc, Qld - Brisbane Diocese
20 Nov 1962	Rev Mgr Patrick J O'Keefe Victoria Park, etc, Qld
20 Nov 1968	Rev Richard Peter Davies OCarm Sydney, etc
20 Nov 1969	Rev Geoffrey Brennan Lismore dioc, NSW
20 Nov 1970	Rev William O'Collins SJ Watsonia, Ballarat, Vic, etc
20 Nov 1976	Rev Brian Scrivener MSC Canberra; Toowoomba, Qld; Sydney, etc
20 Nov 1998	Rev Richard Daniel Shanahan Armidale dioc, NSW
20 Nov 2005	Rev Carl (Charles) Boes Sydney and Parramatta diocs, NSW
20 Nov 2006	Rev John Thomas Whiting CSsR CCP, Galong, Wagga, NSW, Ayr, Qld, Scoresby, Vic
20 Nov 2021	Rev Christopher Cariston Seton Born 27/10/1950; Ordained 12/09/2012. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.
21 Nov 1891	Rev Michael O'Brien Morphett Vale, etc, SA
21 Nov 1945	Rev Rudolph Rickerby Capella, etc, Qld
21 Nov 1946	Rev Philip C Smith Palmyra, etc, WA
21 Nov 1962	Rev Thomas J Hayes OMI Sorrento, Geelong, Vic
21 Nov 1964	Rev William H McDonald South Hurstville, etc, NSW
21 Nov 1965	Rev Thomas Gerard McDonnell Launceston, Campbell Town, George Town, etc, Tas
21 Nov 1978	Rev John Richard Dowd Red Hills, Toowoomba, Coorparoo, Dalby, Oakleigh, Mitchell, Pittsworth, etc, Qld
21 Nov 1996	Rev James Patrick Murphy SM Lismore, NSW
21 Nov 1996	Rev Deacon Reginald Pardoe Bunbury dioc, WA
21 Nov 2008	Rev Patrick McNamara OSM Kingsbury, Vic; Joondanna, WA
22 Nov 1918	Bishop Michael Verdon Manly, NSW, etc
22 Nov 1919	Rev Emile Talon SM Rockhampton, Qld, etc
22 Nov 1932	Rev Bernard Carey CSSp Ballarat, Vic; Sydney
22 Nov 1941	Rev Joseph Hearn SJ Richmond, Vic; Riverview, NSW, etc
22 Nov 1953	Rev Michael J Killeen North Essendon, Vic, etc
22 Nov 1965	Rev Aloysius Austin O'Donovan OFM Sydney, etc
22 Nov 1973	Rev John O'Dwyer Maitland dioc, NSW
22 Nov 1979	Rev Raymond William Marsden Sydney
22 Nov 2000	Rev D William Murphy Sandhurst dioc
22 Nov 2003	Rev Harold Buckley Stanley/Smithton, St. Mary�s, Campbelltown, Latrobe, Invermay, Tas; Booval, Boonah, Qld
22 Nov 2009	Very Rev Mgr Maurice Edward Walsh Read more Born 10/09/1923; Date of Ordination: 30/06/1952. Maurice attended Pius XII Provincial Seminary at Banyo, and was ordained a priest on June 30, 1952 at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. Following ordination, Maurice ministered in many parishes throughout the Cairns Diocese, including the Cathedral Parish, Gordonvale Parish and North Cairns Parish and served as Vicar General of the Diocese of Cairns 1975-1990, Maurice was known throughout Far North Queensland for his hospitality and for his love of rugby and cricket. His prayer life was very visible and he had a great friendship with the Blessed Virgin Mary and prayed like St Thomas Moore that we would all meet merrily in Heaven. He was true to himself, true to his faith and true to his God. Rest now in peace dear Maurice.
22 Nov 2011	Rev John Peter Joseph Born 03/12/1939; Ordained 15/06/1975; Archdiocese of Hobart.
22 Nov 2012	Rev Kelvin Kenny SAC Date of Birth 21/01/1951 Date of Ordination 29/05/1976
22 Nov 2012	Rev Tim McInnes Born 18/11/1934;Ordained 06/12/1986; Diocese of Sale, Victoria.
22 Nov 2016	Rev Peter Bernard Quin SJ Born 11/04/1930; Ordained 02/01/1964 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus
22 Nov 2018	Rev Carthage O'Dea OCSO Read more Born 02/11/1927; Ordained 25/01/1952 Cistercian Monks - Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. Carthage O'Dea, one of the 1954 Cistercian Irish founding group of Tarrawarra Abbey, Yarra Glen, Victoria, died at 93 in the monastery infirmary on 22 November 2018. He was 1927 Dublin-born to Denis and Susan O'Dea, one of five children. At baptism he was named Patrick Brendan. On completion of his Matriculation examination at Cistercian College, Roscrea, he entered the monastic community of Mt St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea on 2 September 1945. He made his solemn profession as a monk on 18 October 1950, and was ordained a priest on 25 January 1952. His brother Denis (Fr Joseph) also became a Cistercian monk, at Nunraw, Scotland. Cardinal Gilroy visited Roscrea in 1952 and asked the monks there to found an abbey in his archdiocese. By way of response, Fr Eugene Boylan was sent to explore the possibilities. Eventually, Abbot Camillus Claffey followed on a decision-making mission, accompanied by Fr Carthage, his secretary. One version is that Carthage later claimed that he did not know at the time that he was destined to remain. But Australia was to be his future and in 1958, together with the other founders, Carthage made his stability at Tarrawarra. In 1962 Carthage was sent to Rome for three years to study Canon Law at the Gregorian University, and Moral Theology at the Alphonsianum. Upon his return he taught these two disciplines to the up-and-coming generations of Aussie monks. The Marist Fathers welcomed him to Hunters Hill in 1987 to a much-appreciated renewal course. Besides his teaching role, Carthage filled a number of positions in the community. He was bursar in the early years; sub-prior from 1968 to 1992; sacristan; confessor and spiritual director. He enjoyed preparing short homilies for the 10.30 guests' Mass which were appreciated by the small congregation and he could be counted on to pull his weight during the hay season! The Tarrawarra community is grateful to Carthage and his fellow founders for bringing Cistercian life to our country. May he rest in peace.
23 Nov 1908	Rev John J Ferris Watchem, Casterton, etc, Diocese of Ballarat, Vic
23 Nov 1911	Rev William Joseph Gallagher Subiaco, Perth, WA
23 Nov 1922	Rev Andrew Mulvihill Sydney
23 Nov 1931	Rev Patrick Tuohey CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
23 Nov 1932	Rev Humbert Matthew McInerney OP Sydney, etc
23 Nov 1933	Rev Patrick O'Riordan Goulburn dioc, NSW
23 Nov 1957	Rev Francis Hubert Gallagher Urana, etc, NSW
23 Nov 1959	(Andrew) Alypius J Gilmartin OSA Cairns, Herberton, Qld
23 Nov 1992	Rev Mark Pitt-Mullis OSB Arcadia, NSW
23 Nov 2000	Rev M Vincent Cooley Melbourne dioc
23 Nov 2003	Rev Roch Allen OFM Sydney, etc
23 Nov 2004	Rev Owen Awcock OFM Sydney; Riverside, Tas, etc
23 Nov 2008	Rev Paul Barry Scott SVD
23 Nov 2010	Rev Francis (Frank) John Christie OSM Read more Born 12/09/1927; Ordained 08/07/1956 in Armagh, Ireland. Frank, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, was ordained in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh on 8 July 1956. He had a varied ministry, serving the Order of the Servants of Mary and the Church in Kwazululand and Zululand in South Africa; Chicago, Oregon, California, Portland and Colorado USA, before coming to Australia in 1981 to work in the Archdiocese of Perth in the parishes at Joondanna and Wannneroo as well as a chaplain at St John of God Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital and his last appointment at Graylands Hospital. Rest in peace dear Frank.
23 Nov 2018	Rev James Maloney CM Born 08/08/1928; Ordained 26/11/1953 Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission
23 Nov 2020	Rev Reginald G Smith Born 09/08/1927; Ordained 19/08/1972. Archdiocese of Perth
24 Nov 1897	Rev Edward Bontemps MSC Sydney, etc.
24 Nov 1943	Rev Jean Baptiste Chevreuil SM Sydney
24 Nov 1954	Rev James Bartley Milton, etc, NSW
24 Nov 1965	Rev Laurence Godwin North Richmond, etc, Vic
24 Nov 1980	Rev David Allan Teggins Inverell, Tamworth, Gunnedah, etc, NSW
24 Nov 1989	Rev William James McCormack Charleville, Quilpie, Augathella, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick, Cambooya, Dalby, Harlaxton, Qld
24 Nov 1990	Rev Edward Nowlan Melbourne dioc
24 Nov 1990	Rev John Scullion SJ Melbourne, etc
24 Nov 1991	Rev James Opie Melbourne dioc
24 Nov 1998	Rev Kevin John Graydon MSC Kensington, Douglas Park, Wollongong, NSW; Toowoomba, Camp Hill, Qld; Taroona, Tas
24 Nov 2001	Rev Hubert Fautch SVD
24 Nov 2011	Rev Dr Con Keogh OAM Read more Born 13/07/1921. Date of Ordination: 18/03/1945 - Archdiocese of Sydney. Con entered the seminary in Springwood at 18, and was ordained in Rome, where he obtained degrees in philosophy and theology. He returned to Sydney in 1951 and became professor of philosophy at Springwood. He later taught at St Patrick's College, Manly. In 1954 Fr Con suffered a mental breakdown that resulted in him being hospitalised twice. His treatment included shock therapy without anesthesia, which left him �shattered, unable to remember, and still very disturbed, stun�ned and mortally afraid�. In the absence of group therapy and support groups for the mentally ill, Fr Con attended Alcoholics Anony�mous, where he met others who were not alcoholics but were recovering from breakdowns. Together they established a weekly gathering for ex-psychiatric patients, and met at the Hurstville presbytery following an invitation from then parish priest, Tom Dunlea. Con wrote extensive notes about the outcomes of the meetings, and many of his writings are still used by more than 250 Grow communities around Australia today. Following his recovery, Con worked in parishes around Sydney and in prison chaplaincy before devoting himself to Grow from 1968. He underwent a triple by�pass in 1995 and from then on cut back his workload. In 2004 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the community through Grow. Rest now in peace dear Con.
24 Nov 2014	Rev Mgr Aldo Rebeschini PE Read more Born 25/08/1933; Ordained 21/12/1957 - Archdiocese of Melbourne Monsignor Aldo Rebeschini PE, died peacefully at St Catherine's, Balwyn North, in the prayerful presence of Sister Maria PDDM, from Justin Villa. Aldo was born in Wonthaggi on 25 August 1933. He was educated at St George's, Carlton and St Joseph's, North Melbourne, entering Corpus Christi College, Werribee in 1950. In 1954 Aldo commenced studies at Propaganda Fide College, Rome, and was ordained to the priesthood on 21 December 1960. On returning to Melbourne, he was appointed Assistant Priest to St Mary's, Thornbury (January 1960), Geelong (February 1963), and Brunswick North (February 1964). In 1968 Archbishop James R. Knox appointed him as his Private Secretary and he continued in this position until His Eminence's appointment to the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments and Divine Worship (1974), remaining faithfully alongside His Eminence throughout his various appointments at the Holy See. During his years in Rome his silent efforts in the Vatican Archives assisted in the necessary research which later contributed to the cause of Saint Mary MacKillop. Following the death of Cardinal Knox in 1983, Aldo returned to Melbourne as Assistant Priest at St Joseph the Worker, Reservoir North (December 1983). He became Parish Priest of St Clement of Rome, Bulleen (January 1985), and St Gabriel's, Reservoir (November 1988). In January 1997 he was appointed the Rector of Corpus Christi College, Clayton, and oversaw the preparations for the transition to the new site at Carlton. In January 1999 he was appointed Parish Priest of St. Mary's, Ascot Vale. In 2002, due to ill health, he retired as Pastor Emeritus to George Maher House, followed by residency at Justin Villa and recently to St. Catherine's. Aldo will be remembered for his humble and dedicated priestly service. He was a man of extraordinary intelligence who willingly assisted fellow seminarians who found the rigours of study a difficult task. He admired the tireless witness of his parents' faith, hard-work and determination. He was a son of immigrants and this engendered in him a deep pastoral empathy for the many who claimed Australia as their home. He kept his feet firmly on the ground and responded generously to requests made of him to the serve the Church in unique situations. His kindness and generosity will be remembered by many. He will be fondly remembered as a dedicated priest and a man of prayer, who desired to serve the Church after the heart of the Good the Shepherd. May he rest in peace.
24 Nov 2015	Rev Mgr William John Caffrey Read more Born 12/06/1925; Ordained 24/07/1949 Diocese of Sale. Bill, son of Hugh and Win and one of the four Caffrey Boys' was proud of his rural Tinamba origins. He attended the Tinamba Primary School and progressed for his secondary education to St Patrick's College, Sale. On completing his matriculation in 1942 he studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College Werribee. Ordained on 24 July 1949 for the Diocese of Sale he spent the following 51 years working in over half the parishes in the Diocese. He ministered from Mallacoota in the east, to Kooweerup in the west, from Leongatha along the Bass coast to Dargo on the High Plains. To the thousands he met on the journey as pastor and friend he was the kindest and gentlest of men, so sensitive and dedicated to the service of his people. His lived his often quoted motto a teaspoon of honey attracts more bees than a barrel of vinegar'. He was a much loved and respected member of the presbyterate. His brother priests loved his company, loved to share his table, and enjoyed his whimsical wit, his dry humour, his play on words and endless quotes from P.G. Woodhouse. He served dutifully on Diocesan Bodies such as the Council of Priests and the College of Consultors and his contribution was respected and appreciated by the many Bishops whom he served most loyally. His presence over many years of service was a unifying influence in the Diocese. He brought people together. He was a sign, and instrument of unity in a most down to earth fashion. Bill died peacefully at O'Mara House Traralgon. Rest In Peace, much loved Monsignor Bill Caffrey.
24 Nov 2022	Rev James Knight SVD Born 27/12/1936; Ordained 07/08/1966. Divine Word Missionaries - Society of the Divine Word.
25 Nov 1936	Rev Joseph A O'Donnell Sydney dioc
25 Nov 1941	Rev John P Considine Enfield, etc, NSW
25 Nov 1951	Rev Patrick McKenna CM Ashfield, Bathurst, NSW; Malvern, Vic, etc
25 Nov 1955	Rev Richard Farrelly Hamley Bridge, etc, SA
25 Nov 1957	Rev Bernard Massey Penrith, etc, NSW
25 Nov 1961	Rev C Bede O'Brien CP Sydney, etc
25 Nov 1978	Rev Gerard Toner OSA Innisfail, Tully, QLD; Rochester, Diocese of Sandhurst; Vic; Diocese of Sale, Vic
25 Nov 1982	Rev Edward Power SDB Sunbury, Chadstone, Vic; Adelaide, SA; Engadine, Lysterfield, NSW
25 Nov 1983	Bishop James P O'Collins Geraldton, WA; Ballarat, Vic
25 Nov 1987	Rev Patrick Croke Enfield, Kincumber, NSW
25 Nov 1993	Rev Gerald Goss CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
25 Nov 2001	Rev Thaddeus (Ted) Murray SDB Engadine, NSW
25 Nov 2002	Rev John Francis Leech Midland, Bunbury, Subiaco, Kondinin, Cunderdin, York, Glendalough, Southern Cross, Leederville, WA
25 Nov 2009	Rev Justin Ives CP Born 22/04/1941; Ordained 02/01/1965.
26 Nov 1890	Rev Francis Fitzpatrick Sydney
26 Nov 1910	Rev Joseph Dowling OC Sydney; Melbourne
26 Nov 1923	Rev Michael Barrett Linton, Smythesdale, Bungaree, Swan Hill, etc, Vic
26 Nov 1923	Bishop John Gallagher Goulburn, Wagga, NSW
26 Nov 1951	Rev John McKenna Bathurst dioc, NSW
26 Nov 1954	Rev Leo Thomas McArdle OP
26 Nov 1963	Rev Michael Rudolph Pivko OFM Sydney, etc
26 Nov 1964	Rev Patrick Ryan Reservoir, etc, Vic
26 Nov 1964	Bishop Leo Scharmach MSC Sydney
26 Nov 1981	Rev Peter Bertrand Auty SSS Melbourne; Broken Hill, Trangie, Forbes, NSW
26 Nov 1986	Rev Parker John Moloney Born 12/05/1916; Ordained 25/07/1943; Yass, Candelo, Pembroke, Barellan, Farrer, NSW and ACT.
26 Nov 1987	Rev Gregory Thomas McMahon North Sydney, Goulburn, etc, NSW
26 Nov 1990	Rev Kevin Mangan SSC Essendon, Vic; Sydney
26 Nov 1991	Rev Owen Kevin Oxenham Brisbane dioc
26 Nov 1993	Rev John P Curtain OCarm
26 Nov 1997	Rev Jacobus Julius (Jim) deMooy Curtin, Dixon, O'Connor, Braddon, Canberra Cathedral, Waramanga, ACT
26 Nov 1998	Rev Patrick Treacy Boland Drummoyne, Broadway, Rose Bay, Pyrmont, Strathfield, Kensington, Balmain, NSW
26 Nov 2007	Rev Gregory McKenna ('Mac') Larkin SJ Perth; Melbourne; Norwood, SA; Sydenham, NSW; Sandy Bay, Tas, etc
26 Nov 2014	Rev Gerard Patrick Mulholland SVD Read more Born 18/07/1956; Ordained 25/11/2006. Society of the Divine Word Gerard Mulholland SVD was a much loved member of the Divine Word Missionaries. Born in Maryborough, Queensland, Gerard was the second child in a family of four to parents Patrick and Winifred Mulholland. Gerard held many jobs before deciding to become a priest and throughout his varied working life his dedication to service remained his driving motivation. In the late 90s Gerard volunteered with the St Vincent de Paul Society in PNG. While he was there he decided to join the SVDs. Their charism and multicultural quality greatly appealed to him. After ordination in 2006, Gerard's first assignment was to Fatima in PNG in the Archdiocese of Mt Hagen as assistant priest, and Chaplain to Holy Trinity Teachers' College. An injury forced him to move back to Australia in late 2009. He was then appointed Director of The Janssen Spirituality Centre in Boronia, Victoria. Gerard's next appointment in 2011 was as Administrator of St Cecilia's Parish in Hamilton, Qld. He concurrently held the position of PP of the large and culturally diverse parish of St Mark's, Inala. He remained there until his health deteriorated late in 2013. Gerard served as Communications Coordinator for the AUS Province. This role suited him while he continued to seek medical advice. Gerard remained in this role despite being diagnosed in June 2014 with Motor Neurone Disease. He never lost his sense of humour despite suffering from this unforgiving illness. Gerard passed away in Macquarie University Hospital and his funeral was celebrated at St Mark's, Inala on 2 December, 2014.
26 Nov 2016	Rev Michael John Bonner Born 30/06/1931: Ordained 29/06/1963 Diocese of Cairns
26 Nov 2022	Rev Anthony Bolt MSC Born 11/10/1932; Ordained 26/07/1958. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
26 Nov 2023	Rev Gerard Patrick Dowling OAM DE Born 30/08/1932; Ordained 27/07/1958. Archdiocese of Melbourne
27 Nov 1871	Rev William McGinty Berrima, NSW; Ipswich, Bowen Heads, Townsville dioc, etc, Qld
27 Nov 1898	Rev Gerald Byrne Williamstown, Essendon, Sale, North and South Melbourne, St. Kilda, Gordon, Meredith, Keilor, etc, Vic
27 Nov 1912	Rev Stephen Joseph Burke Manly, Balmain East, Lewisham, etc, NSW
27 Nov 1933	Rev Michael J O'Rourke Brisbane dioc
27 Nov 1949	Rev Michael Murray SJ Richmond, Vic, etc
27 Nov 1957	Rev James Thomas Mullin Arncliffe, etc, NSW
27 Nov 1971	Rev Erminio Rossetti SDB Kimberleys, WA, etc
27 Nov 1978	Rev John Neal Shannon Surfers Paradise, etc, Qld - Archdiocese of Brisbane
27 Nov 1978	Rev William Joseph Wallace OSA Cairns, Mareeba, Chillagoe, Gordonvale, Qld; Kyabram, Vic
27 Nov 1984	Rev Michael McCurtin Georgetown, Pekina, Whyalla, Ceduna, Minnipa, Renmark, etc, SA
27 Nov 1988	Rev Michael Joseph Philbin Bunbury dioc, WA
27 Nov 1991	Rev Mgr Grantly Sebastian Lake Archdiocese of Brisbane
27 Nov 1992	Rev Anthony Fabian Leddin OSA Tully, Qld
27 Nov 1997	Rev Frederick Harry Myhill-Taylor Coolamon, NSW
27 Nov 1997	Rev Bernard Kennedy Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, NSW
27 Nov 2004	Rev Gerard Joseph O'Callaghan Melbourne dioc
27 Nov 2016	Rev Peter Lucas OP Dominicans - Order of Preachers
27 Nov 2019	Rev Joseph Francis Vianney Flannery Read more Born 16/04/1929. Ordained 29/06/1956 for the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Joseph Francis Vianney, one of three children born to John Flannery and Mary O'Leary, was born in Clonmel, Ireland, Joseph attended Christian Brothers in County Tipperary and studied at the Waterford Seminary in the Waterford & Lismore Diocese, Ireland. Following his studies, he was ordained in Ireland and travelled to Australia where he was Incardinated into the Archdiocese of Brisbane on 29 December 1956. His first appointment in the Brisbane Archdiocese was as an Assistant Priest at the Cathedral of St Stephen from 25 December 1956 to 01 January 1960. Following this, Joseph went on to serve as an Assistant Priest and Administrator in a number of parishes, with his first appointment as a Parish Priest beginning at St Benedict's, East Brisbane in April 1980. He later went on to become Parish Priest at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Everton Park and faithfully served this Parish for close to 40 years. Joseph, who died peacefully in his home, will be remembered as a great pastor and friend.
27 Nov 2021	Rev Stanislaus Barry CM Born 14/08/1926; Ordained 21/07/1951. Vincentians - The Congregation of the Missions.
28 Nov 1888	Rev John? Costelloe Hobart, Tas; Berrima, NSW
28 Nov 1891	Rev Patrick Brennan CSSp Ballarat, Vic
28 Nov 1907	Rev Michael Morris Charleville, Fortitude Valley, Qld
28 Nov 1932	Rev Ferdinand Hartzer MSC Randwick, NSW; Thursday Island, Qld, etc
28 Nov 1959	Rev Michael Kelliher Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
28 Nov 1960	Rev Mgr Victor F Peters West Maitland, Hamilton, etc, NSW
28 Nov 1964	Rev Timothy J O'Callaghan West Footscray, etc, Vic
28 Nov 1971	Rev Michael Moylan Taree, Merriwa, etc, NSW
28 Nov 1973	Rev Joseph Fitzgerald SJ Melbourne, etc
28 Nov 1990	Rev Charles Mayne SJ Melbourne, Werribee, Vic; Adelaide; Canberra, etc
28 Nov 1995	Rev William Keith Bush Date of Ordination 30/11/1933; Army Chaplain during WWII, PP of Meadowbank 1948-1988
28 Nov 2002	Rev Eliazar Joseph Phillips OCarm Coorparoo, Qld; Hilton, WA; Alberton, Port Pirie, Whyalla, SA
28 Nov 2015	Rev Justin Woodford Read more Born 06/10/1949; Ordained 11/09/1981 Diocese of Ballarat
28 Nov 2017	Rev Gerard Mahony CP Read more Born 22/04/1922; Ordained 14/08/1947 Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ Gerard was born in Werris Creek, NSW in 1922. The family moved to Erskineville in Sydney, and then to Livingstone Road, Marrickville. � After completing his Passionist formation he was engaged as a teacher at the junior seminary at St. Ives and from there he was elected as Provincial at the age of 35 years, in 1957. He served as leader of communities, attended two General Chapters in 1968 and 1970, to be part of the re-writing of our Passionist Rule as called for by Second Vatican Council. Gerard attended every Provincial Chapter, during his life as a Passionist until 2015. Faithfulness, perseverance, doggedness and unpretentious are words that characterise Gerard. � Gerard gave over 200 parish missions and 300 retreats in his lifetime. He gave many missions with Gerard Glynn, and also with Sr. Carmel Gardiner RSM. A priest and a religious sister working together to give missions was something entirely new at that time. This style of ministry reveals Gerard's openness to change and his willingness to step into and create that future. He lived in the �old church�, pre-Vatican II, and then fifty years and more in the Church after the Council. He was very much part of the changing church, and was a great influence for others being able to understand the changes and welcome them. He showed, until his death, a treat capacity for reading, thinking and trusting in God. He was faithful to prayer and the daily discipline as the bedrock of his Passionist life. One of his random thoughts on Prayer was, �Meditation is not simply saying prayers, thinking thoughts; it is taking a stance. It is a way of living in the present, living in an awareness of this Presence.� Gerard lived out that saying. � Gerard produced many writings on history and spirituality. He was up with the latest thinking and writing and that was reflected in his thinking. The past was to be honoured, the present was to be participated in fully and the future was to be looked for with hope. � Gerard's last words just a short time before he died were, �Another day to be lived and to be lived fully. God is so good. I have really enjoyed today. I enjoyed living today. Thanks, God! Today it was my intention to move to Concord, but what are my intentions worth? My oxygen levels were low so they thought it better to stay here at Balmain for a few more days. People here are all wonderful - the cleaning people, sweeping the floor for me, the ones who bring the meals and cups of tea - they are all so kind and friendly. I am going to get better - I haven't reached the end of the road yet. I am only 95 and I can't even see the end of the road. I think there's another book in me yet.� � A little while later, whilst on their rounds, the nursing staff found that he had died. Perhaps he hadn't opened his eyes again. His was a seamless move on the next part of the journey - on the same road he shared with us and will continue to share with us. Gerard is buried at Rookwood cemetery.
29 Nov 1911	Rev James J Haggard (or Huggard) Bathurst, Bourke, NSW
29 Nov 1914	Rev Michael Bernadine Gaynor OFM Waverley, Edgecliff, NSW, etc
29 Nov 1922	Rev Paul (Patrick) O'Dwyer OCarm Gawler, SA
29 Nov 1940	Rev Mgr Joseph Mulcahy Mackay, etc, Qld
29 Nov 1945	Rev Joseph Lebeau MSC Sydney
29 Nov 1947	Rev Laurence McQuestion Capella, etc, Qld
29 Nov 1960	Rev Edmund Sheehan Boorowa, NSW
29 Nov 1968	Rev William Gaudreau CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
29 Nov 1968	Rev Mgr Edmund Joseph O'Donnell Sydney dioc
29 Nov 1968	Rev John Sexton CSsR Galong, NSW, etc
29 Nov 1972	Rev John Meagher SJ Melbourne; Sydney, etc
29 Nov 1978	Rev Henry P Collins SSC Sydney
29 Nov 2000	Rev James Sullivan OMI Fremantle, Lesmurdie, WA; Eagle Junction, Qld; Sefton, NSW; Camberwell, Geelong, Vic
29 Nov 2013	Rev Francis Fletcher MSC Read more Born 01/01/1932; Ordained 21/07/1956 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Frank Fletcher made his first profession on 26 February 1950 and was ordained in Sydney on 21 July 1956. After ordination Frank spent almost 10 years teaching at Chevalier College, Bowral, NSW, before becoming the first Vocations Director for the province. On returning from US studies at Manhattan College, he worked in formation in Canberra and Croydon and as Novice Master in 1981. Further studies in Toronto led to his completion of a thesis, drawing on the work of Bernard Lonergan, and his receiving a doctorate in theology. Frank was one of the founders of the Archdiocese of Sydney's Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (ACM) in 1989 and one of the city's most well-known and beloved priests. He worked for many years at the Aboriginal ministry in Erskineville and is remembered for his warmth, compassion, understanding, and his great humility. Frank, who had been in frail health and in care in recent years at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Randwick, died at the Prince of Wales Hospital. His funeral Mass was celebrated in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, Randwick on 6th December, 2013. May he rest in peace.
29 Nov 2022	Rev Dennis Riley Read more Born 23/08/1949; Ordained 26/08/1978. Archdiocese of Brisbane. Dennis, born in Sydney NSW, to parents John and Veronica, had three siblings - Maureen, Peter and James. Dennis attended St Aloysius Primary School, Cronulla and completed his secondary schooling at De La Salle Catholic College, Cronulla and Christian Brothers, Sutherland. Following his schooling years, Dennis went on to take on Lay Missionary work in Papua New Guinea. His experience in this work led him to later commence his training for the Priesthood at St Paul's Seminary in Sydney, New South Wales. In August 1978, he was ordained a Priest in Cronulla, with his first appointment as an Assistant Priest in the Archdioceses of Brisbane beginning in the Sacred Heart Parish, Booval. After a year in Booval, Dennis moved to the St Oliver Plunkett's Parish in Cannon Hill for four years and also took on a Hospital Chaplaincy appointment for Mt Olivet Hospital. His first appointment as a Parish Priest began in 1989 at St Joseph's Parish Kangaroo Point where he remained for 20 years. Dennis retired in 2012 and resided at Camp Hill. He was much loved by his family, friends and fellow Priests and will be remembered for his care and concern for others, particularly the sick, elderly and the disadvantaged.
30 Nov 1889	Rev Joachim van der Heuvel OFMCap Armidale dioc, NSW
30 Nov 1918	Rev James? Healy Brisbane dioc
30 Nov 1926	Rev John Collins Trentham, South Yarra, Balaclava, North Brunswick, Flemington, etc, Vic
30 Nov 1928	Rev Joseph Cahill SJ Sydney, etc
30 Nov 1931	Rev Gerald Doyle St. Arnaud, Watchem, Donald, etc, Vic
30 Nov 1937	Rev Samuel Moreau SM Sydney, etc
30 Nov 1950	Rev Fulgentius Cubero OSB New Norcia, WA
30 Nov 1954	Rev Mark Tyrell OFM Sydney
30 Nov 1955	Rev Francis Morrell MSC Sydney, etc
30 Nov 1980	Rev Kevin Grogan SJ Adelaide, etc
30 Nov 1989	Rev Mgr Hugh Doogan Forest Lodge, NSW
30 Nov 1990	Rev Nicholas Simonazzi OFMCap Griffith, NSW; Melbourne
30 Nov 1992	Rev Joseph Mullins SMA Beaconsfield, Glendalough, WA
30 Nov 1997	Rev John Ryan OMI Fremantle, WA; Moe, Vic; Sefton, NSW; Beaudesert, Qld
30 Nov 2005	Rev Terence Wicks SM Sydney, etc
30 Nov 2010	Rev Mgr Clarence Alfred Fisher Read more Born 10/11/1924; Date of Ordination: 25/07/1951 - Diocese of Armidale. Clarence was born in Dungowan (south-east of Tamworth) and received his education from the Sisters of St Joseph, Dungowan and later at De La Salle College, Armidale. Following his 1951 ordination, Clarence was appointed to Inverell, where he spent the first three years of his priestly ministry. This was the start of many moves around the Diocese of Armidale. He will be remembered with love for his warm and genuine hospitality shown to all who were part of his official and unofficial gatherings! Rest now in peace Clarence.
30 Nov 2022	Rev Allan Connors SM Born 06/03/1928; Ordained 23/07/1952. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary.
Dec	Rev Gabriel Lyons OSA Kyabram, Vic, etc
Dec	Rev Patrick Moore Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Dec	Rev Arthur Murphy Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Dec	Rev Thomas Neville Sandhurst Diocese, Victoria.
Dec	Rev John Roach OP Sandhurst dioc, Vic; Adelaide
Dec 1854	Rev John Healy Kincumber, NSW
Dec 1916	Rev Timothy Healey Sandhurst dioc, Vic
Dec 2017	Rev Antoun Bou Antoun Born 12/10/1933; Ordained 06/03/1976 Maronite Diocese
1 Dec 1929	Rev Patrick Bernadine Lawler OFM Sydney, etc
1 Dec 1934	Rev John McMullen CP Sydney; Adelaide, etc
1 Dec 1934	Rev Edward McSweeney OFMCap Melbourne, Geelong, etc, Vic
1 Dec 1941	Rev Joseph Bertin SM Sydney
1 Dec 1946	Rev Francois Dupont SM Gladstone, Qld, etc
1 Dec 1947	Rev Frederick Bormann Sydney
1 Dec 1949	Rev Charles Foley Daceyville, etc, NSW
1 Dec 1958	Rev Alphonsus Winter CSsR Townsville, Qld, etc
1 Dec 1960	Rev Edmond Francis Crowe Gulgong, Wellington, etc, NSW
1 Dec 1970	Rev Mgr William Joseph McCunnie Ballarat dioc, Vic
1 Dec 1976	Rev Peter Cullen Maidstone, Moonee Ponds, Carlton, etc, Vic
1 Dec 1979	Rev William Kehoe SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
1 Dec 1984	Rev Herman Windelschmidt OMI Canberra, ACT
1 Dec 1989	Rev William Brennan WF Erskineville, NSW, etc
1 Dec 1994	Rev Anthony Joachim Glynn SM Sydney
1 Dec 2000	Rev Brendan Hanratty Hobart dioc
1 Dec 2006	Rev John Flannery SM
1 Dec 2006	Rev Michael O'Flaherty
1 Dec 2007	Rev Antoine Merhab OLM
1 Dec 2007	Rev Harry Kennedy Born 03/05/1939; Ordained 20/07/1963; Diocese of Broken Bay.
1 Dec 2015	Rev Charles Vincent (Vince) Hurley SJ Read more Born: 24/02/1930 Ordained: 12/12/1970 Jesuits Fathers. A Jesuit for 53 years and a priest for 45 years, Vince died of a heart attack at his Aged Care residence in Brisbane. Born in Ipswich, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1962 after having been a teacher and primary school principal in the Queensland state system. He had a great love of learning and teaching and seemed to have complete recall of all he read. After his formation at Loyola College (Watsonia), Canisius College (Pymble) and Jesuit Theological College (Parkville), he returned to Brisbane for his priestly ordination (1970) in Holy Spirit Church, Auchenflower. Vince lectured in Education for two years at a Catholic Teachers' College in Melbourne (forerunner of Australian Catholic University), then was assigned to Brisbane, firstly to St Leo's College within the University of Queensland for nearly 12 years, then Toowong parish for four years. At St Leo's the guest rooms were nearly always full with people doing retreats under his direction. He was much sought after by the Religious of Queensland. He also taught at Pius X Seminary and was chaplain to doctors and nurses. At Toowong he continued his retreat work and spiritual direction, ministries that were his mainstay for the rest of his life. He subsequently brought them to Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality (Melbourne) for two years and Canisius CIS (Sydney) for 11 years. From 1994-2013 he was the national director of the Apostleship of Prayer; his prayer leaflets, incorporating a Morning Offering and the Pope's monthly intentions, were circulated nationwide. Vince spent most of his last decade back at Toowong, involved as ever in the ministry of the Spiritual Exercises, even taking it to Singapore, where he was a resource for the Canossian Sisters and where he had a massive stroke, from which he never fully recovered. Nonetheless he made efforts to maintain his clientele, offering spiritual direction via Skype and while still in hospital. An indefatibable spiritual guide, he loved to engage people and empower them to read, think and live more fully.
1 Dec 2020	Rev Deacon Jim Doyle Born 21/05/1925; Ordained 01/01/1991 Diocese of Bunbury
2 Dec 1902	Rev Peter Connolly Bathurst dioc, NSW
2 Dec 1916	Rev Peder M Jorgensen Port Lincoln, etc, SA
2 Dec 1918	Rev Louis Bellesini Diocese of Sandhurst, Vic
2 Dec 1921	Rev Daniel Francis McGrath Naracoorte, etc, SA
2 Dec 1928	Rev Patrick J Nicholson Melbourne dioc
2 Dec 1928	Rev Patrick O'Donnell Sydney?
2 Dec 1953	Rev Patrick Crotty OSA North Queensland
2 Dec 1964	Rev Mgr Kevin H Kelly Ayr, etc - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
2 Dec 1964	Rev Mgr Christopher C Sullivan Lithgow, etc, NSW
2 Dec 1971	Rev Paul Johnson CP Loxton, SA, etc
2 Dec 1973	Rev John Rutkowski SDB Glenorchy, Tas; Brooklyn Park, SA
2 Dec 1974	Rev Justin Paul McGlynn Sydney dioc
2 Dec 1996	Rev Keith Edward Turner CSsR
2 Dec 1997	Rev James Ryan OSA Archdiocese of Brisbane, QLD
2 Dec 2006	Rev John (Bede) Doyle SJ Born 29/11/1916; Ordained 05/01/1948; Sydney; Hobart etc.
2 Dec 2009	Rev Brian Morrison Born 24/10/1933; Ordained 14/09/1968; Bunbury, Harvey, Bayswater, Perth, WA.
2 Dec 2009	Rev Leo Hill MSC Born 26/04/1932; Ordained 26/07/1959; Sydney, Kings Meadow, Tas etc.
2 Dec 2020	Rev Patrick McKenna PE
3 Dec 1871	Bishop John Brady Sydney; Perth
3 Dec 1897	Rev John Hayes Darlinghurst, Wollongong, Windsor, Boorowa, Bombala, etc, NSW
3 Dec 1902	Rev Daniel Malone SM Sydney
3 Dec 1906	Rev James Joseph Hayes Sale dioc, Vic
3 Dec 1922	Rev Patrick O'Moore Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
3 Dec 1924	Rev John McAuley Koroit, Hamilton, etc, Vic
3 Dec 1942	Rev August (Andrew) Kleintitschen MSC Sydney
3 Dec 1952	Rev William Byrne CSsR Sydney, etc
3 Dec 1959	Rev Alphonsus O'Dwyer Neerkol, etc, Qld
3 Dec 1966	Rev John William Graham MSC Toowoomba, Qld, etc
3 Dec 1973	Rev Mgr John Byrne Sydney dioc
3 Dec 1988	Rev Charles John Keller Campsie, Camperdown, Earlwood, Strathfield, Manly, Caringbah, NSW
3 Dec 1993	Rev David A Cagney Sale dioc, Vic
3 Dec 1994	Rev Elisha Christopher O'Shea Bunbury dioc, WA, Perth, Beaconsfield WA
3 Dec 1997	Archbishop Domenico Enrici North Sydney, NSW
3 Dec 2023	Rev Mgr Peter Shannon PE Born 28/060/1932; Ordained 17/06/1956. Diocese of Bathurst.
4 Dec 1870	Rev Matthew Downing OSA Port Arthur, Tas; Geelong, Ballarat, Keilor, Vic, etc
4 Dec 1899	Rev Matthew O'Callaghan Hobart, Launceston, Queenstown, Campbell Town, etc, Tas
4 Dec 1902	Rev Edward Francis Walsh Launceston, Deloraine, Tas
4 Dec 1926	Rev Andrew John Enright CP Goulburn, NSW, etc
4 Dec 1955	Rev James Henry O'Grady Preston, etc, Vic
4 Dec 1960	Rev Joseph Hallet Sydney, etc
4 Dec 1965	Rev Mgr Leslie Clarence McKenna Crookwell, etc, NSW
4 Dec 1969	Rev Bernard Cahill Springsure, etc, Qld
4 Dec 1970	Rev Augustin Sheridan MSC Sydney, etc
4 Dec 1978	Rev James Sheahan Orange, etc, NSW
4 Dec 1981	Rev James Bell SM Sydney, Lismore, NSW, etc
4 Dec 1982	Rev Mgr John Tuomey Lake Cargelligo, Grenfell, Bega, etc, NSW
4 Dec 1984	Rev Mortimer Fitzgerald Melbourne dioc
4 Dec 1986	Rev Robert Alford Meekatharra, etc, WA
4 Dec 1990	Rev Charles Gregory Abbott MSC Bathurst Island, Port Keats, Thursday Island, NT; Palm Island, Camp Hill, Qld; Beagle Bay, WA, etc
4 Dec 1991	Rev Mgr Leo Hatswell Wagga dioc, NSW
4 Dec 1991	Rev Desmond Russell CSsR Perth, etc
4 Dec 1993	Rev Clement Godwin SVD
4 Dec 2000	Rev James Bernard McCann OMI Moe, Springvale North, Camberwell, Vic; Hurstville, Sefton, Penshurst, NSW; Eagle Junction, Qld; Lesmurdie, WA; Hillcrest, Tea Tree Gully, SA
4 Dec 2000	Rev Michael Cusack Sydney
4 Dec 2002	Rev John Browne Barellan, Bribbaree, Weethalle, ACT
4 Dec 2002	Rev Edward J Donovan SMA Perth, Beaconsfield WA
4 Dec 2010	Rev Kingston Summerhayes MSC Read more Born in 1927. Ordained in 1952 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Kingston was born at Oriental Bay, NZ, and received his education from the Marist Brother at Randwick NSW and Douglas Park QLD. Following his ordination in 1952, Kingston spent the next few years teaching at Chevalier, before heading to the Northern Territory where he ministered in various parishes from 1955 � 1987. In 1988 he went to Japan where he remained until he returned to live at Kensington in 2006. His final years were spent at St Joseph's Home, Kensington, where he was cared for with love. Rest now in peace dear Kingston.
5 Dec 1901	Rev Thomas Vincent Corcoran OSA Cairns, Qld, etc
5 Dec 1907	Rev James Holehan Stanley, Burnie, Port Arthur, Cygnet, Richmond, Longley, Kingston, Tas
5 Dec 1911	Rev Edward Malone OSA Rochester, Vic, etc
5 Dec 1915	Rev Philippe Sautel SM Sydney
5 Dec 1936	Rev James E Boran Sydney dioc
5 Dec 1949	Rev Arthur Little SJ Sydney, etc
5 Dec 1950	Rev Ernest A Cooke Sydney
5 Dec 1960	Rev John F Cullinan Streaky Bay, etc, SA
5 Dec 1971	Rev Terence Warren CSsR Perth; Ballarat, Vic, etc
5 Dec 1974	Rev John Francis McMahon Bathurst dioc, NSW
5 Dec 1977	Rev Joseph Burke OMI Beaconsfield, WA; Sefton, NSW; Springvale North, Vic; Kalinga, Qld
5 Dec 1977	Rev Sydney Frederick Morey Swan Hill, Terang, Mildura, Horsham, etc, Vic
5 Dec 1989	Rev James McCormack CSsR Galong, NSW, etc
5 Dec 1991	Rev Vincent de Paul Ryan OFMCap Plumpton, Leichhardt, NSW; Wynnum, Qld
5 Dec 1994	Rev Thomas James Wright Goulburn, Braidwood, Temora, Canberra, Yarralumla, Braddon, Farrer, NSW; ACT
5 Dec 1995	Rev Kevin Patrick Ellis Melbourne dioc
5 Dec 1997	Rev John Martin Ballarat dioc, Vic
5 Dec 2005	Rev Hugh Patrick Leonard Croydon, Lalor Park, NSW
5 Dec 2006	Rev Denis Matthew Doyle Broken Hill, Bourke, Barham, Parkes, Forbes, NSW
5 Dec 2015	Rev Campion Murray OFM Read more Born 28/11/1926; Ordained 22/07/1951 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor Campion Murray OFM played a significant role in the Australian Province of the Franciscans as scholar, lecturer and provincial minister. He also served in the General Administration in Rome, Secretary for Formation. Campion also played a significant role in the Australian Church - president of the Yarra Theological Union, Director of Assumption Institute, member of committees and Boards. He died at Nazareth House, East Camberwell, Victoria, not long after his 89th birthday. Campion made his first profession in 1944 and was ordained in 1951.
5 Dec 2017	Rev Paul Tarpey Born 16/02/1944; Ordained 29/11/1991 Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
5 Dec 2021	Rev Lyall Cowell Ordained 18/10/2012. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
6 Dec 1895	Rev Joseph Peters SJ Adelaide, etc
6 Dec 1930	Rev Mgr Thomas J Rooney Bendigo, Elmore, Dookie, etc, Vic
6 Dec 1940	Rev Thomas Segrief SM Sydney, etc
6 Dec 1942	Rev Dominick O'Brien Brisbane, Qld; Lewisham, NSW; Adelaide
6 Dec 1956	Rev Andrew P Smith Rockhampton dioc, Qld
6 Dec 1962	Rev Harry Harding Sydney dioc
6 Dec 1966	Rev William Joyce CSsR Brisbane, etc
6 Dec 1969	Rev Maurice Thomas Burke OP
6 Dec 1974	Rev Martin Louis Gleeson Beech Forest, Donald, Mortlake, etc, Vic
6 Dec 1985	Rev Edward Roche CSsR Newcastle, NSW, etc
6 Dec 1986	Rev James McSweeney Yorketown, Naracoorte, Millicent, Gawler, etc, SA
6 Dec 1988	Rev Stephen Lennon OSB New Norcia, Perth, WA
6 Dec 1990	Rev Anthony Savino OFMCap Melbourne; Adelaide
6 Dec 1998	Rev John Williams Melbourne dioc
6 Dec 2000	Rev Patrick J Laws SDB Oakleigh, Ferntree Gully, North Brunswick, Vic; Brooklyn Park, Port Pirie, SA; Engadine, NSW
6 Dec 2000	Rev Peter Columba O'Reilly OPraem Perth, Dianella, York, WA
6 Dec 2014	Rev Francis Carey SSC Columban Fathers - Missionary Society of St Columban
6 Dec 2014	Rev James J O'Meara Read more Born 08/10/1931; Ordained 21/07/1956. Archdiocese of Sydney Jim, whose father was James and mother Leonora (Tims) was born in Kogarah and ordained in St. Mary's Cathedral on 21 July 1956. His brothers Michael (dec'd) and Frank both became Franciscans. Two siblings Nora and Therese survive him, two others John and Betty predeceased him. After postings at Kensington, Camperdown, Carlingford, Liverpool, Manly, Greenacre, Revesby, Sylvania, Moorebank, Epping and a few others, plus a stint on loan at Deniliquin, he became P.P. at Springwood in 1977, followed by Belfield in 1986 and Sans Souci in 1992 whence he retired in 2011 to live locally. He relished dispensing the mysteries of God. He even enjoyed administration and the more mundane tasks of parish life. He equally delighted in retirement with the freedom it afforded him to further explore all things classical, both religious and secular - music, languages, history, art, Europe's cities, churches, castles, and culture � and old movies. He was a grand host, meticulously circularising his classmates each year or likewise gathering some other group and joyfully regaling the guests. Jim took St. Paul at his word when he told the Philippians he wanted them to be �always happy� (Phil.4:4). Jim was a happy priest. He always smiled and chuckled despite disabilities galore and all the discomforts and tedious therapies they implied. All of us, especially his extended family, will miss his magnanimity and lively presence. Jim's Funeral Mass was celebrated in St Finbar's Church, Sans Souci on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. The burial was in the Rookwood Catholic Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
6 Dec 2015	Rev Francis James Keogh Born 07/08/1920; Ordained 25/07/1946 Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn
6 Dec 2017	Rev Harry Hughes Born 12/08/1931; Ordained 22/07/1967 Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle
7 Dec 1887	Rev Denis McGuinn Clare, SA, Camden, Dubbo, NSW
7 Dec 1889	Rev William Lenane Melbourne dioc
7 Dec 1931	Rev Mgr Michael Shanahan Inglewood, Creswick, Warrnambool, Hamilton, Vic
7 Dec 1933	Rev Ambrose (Patrick) Wade OCarm Middle Park, Vic
7 Dec 1938	Rev Francis McDermott Neutral Bay, etc, NSW
7 Dec 1944	Rev James O'Reilly Euroa, Benalla, etc, Vic
7 Dec 1953	Rev Peter Anthony Grealy OFM Sydney, etc
7 Dec 1974	Rev Mgr Michael McKenna Clifton, Toowoomba, etc, Qld
7 Dec 1974	Rev John McMahon CM Bathurst, NSW
7 Dec 1992	Rev Justin Michael King Toowoomba dioc, Qld
7 Dec 1993	Rev Walter Thomas O'Grady Dundas Valley, etc, NSW
7 Dec 1995	Rev Daniel Downey Bunbury dioc, WA
7 Dec 2008	Rev Gregory Denis Moore OCarm Read more Born 28/09/1915; Ordained 18/11/1943; Greg was born in Middle Park on 28 July 1915 and received the initial sacraments in the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. He joined the Carmelites when he was 21 in 1936 but the further his studies progressed the more he seemed to deteriorate in health. His ordination had to be postponed and the doctors were not optimistic about his life expectancy. They did not realise how determined their man was. Greg was ordained by Archbishop Mannix in 1945 and remained at the Monastery at Donvale teaching and studying. He developed a love for Latin and English classics which he retained all his life. Greg was elected Prior Provincial in 1955 and during his term the Order accepted responsibility for the parishes of Wentworthville in Sydney and Hilton in Perth and opened the secondary college, Whitefriars, at Donvale. His next appointments were pastor of the parishes of Coorparoo in Brisbane and Hilton in Perth and prior of the Carmelite communities attached to them. He ministered at Northhampton, Tom Price and Paraburdoo for the next 21 years. Greg lunched each day at the miners' canteen. After retirement at the age of 75 he lived at Nazareth House in Geraldton and said daily Mass for the community. Greg always remained connected with his Order and wore the Carmelite habit. He took great interest in the affairs of the Province. He died on 7 December 2008. His Carmelite confreres and priests of the diocese celebrated the Funeral Mass led by Bishop Justin Bianchini. Greg was buried at the Carmelite cemetery in Donvale, Victoria. Rest in peace dear Greg.
7 Dec 2009	Rev Ronald Bopf OSA Dioceses of Sandhurst, Sydney & Brisnbane
7 Dec 2010	Rev Thomas Boland Read more Born 28/02/1929; Date of Ordination: 29/06/1953 - Archdiocese of Brisbane. Tom was the youngest of six children was educated first at St Laurence's then at Nudgee College. He completed his secondary education at Banyo seminary and was ordained priest on 29 June 1953. His first parish appointment was Wavell Heights 1954 and in1956 Rome beckoned and there he studied at the Gregorian University gaining a doctorate in Church History. Returning to Australia in 1960 he became resident Church History professor at Banyo Seminary. After sixteen years in that position, he was appointed parish priest at St. Lucia, where he enjoyed two years of parish ministry before returning to Banyo as Rector of the seminary. A great deal of Tom Boland's life was spent as lecturer both at the Seminary and the Queensland University. What matters most to those who knew Tom Boland was his sociability. Quiet and reserved he may well have been, yet he took his place in company with conversation and interest. We pray now that he may see and enjoy an eternity and that somehow we who knew and loved him might share in his reflection. Rest in peace Tom.
7 Dec 2012	Rev Mgr John O'Shea Born19/09/1925; Ordained 12/06/1955; Archdiocese of Perth.
7 Dec 2015	Rev Kevin Ouvrier SSS Read more Born 1930 - 07/12/2015 Blessed Sacrament Fathers Kevin Ouvrier SSS was a dedicated priest and religious in the Australian Province of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation. Over five decades he served as Provincial Treasurer, Provincial Consultor, Assistant Provincial, Community Leader and Director of Students. Born in Manly in 1930, Kevin gained his Leaving Certificate at Christian Brothers College before studying accountancy at Sydney Technical College and economics at the University of Sydney. Attracted by the eucharistic spirituality of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation at St Peter Julian's Church, Haymarket, he began his novitiate in Bowral in 1957 and completed it in Toowoomba, Queensland. After first profession on 27 February 1959 and studies at the Seminary of Christ the King at Lower Plenty, Kevin was ordained in Sydney by Bishop Thomas Muldoon on 10 July 1965. His early years of priesthood were spent at St Peter Julian's. Late in 1968, in the turbulent years following Vatican II, he was appointed Director of Students at Lower Plenty. Dramatic losses convinced him that a fresh start was essential, so at the beginning of 1970 a new house of studies was established in Sydney at East Roseville. In July 1972 he began a three-year term as Community Leader at Haymarket, as well as being a Provincial Consultor and a member of the Commission responsible for religious formation in Australia, India and Sri Lanka. In November 1975 he resumed the role of Director of Students, this time at Chatswood. His interest in spirituality enabled him make a significant contribution to provincial seminars while his professional qualifications led to his appointment as Provincial Treasurer between 1978 and 1984. He remained an active member of the Province Finance Committee even in retirement. After serving further terms as Community Leader at Haymarket in 1987-88 and again in 1993-96, he became Resident Coordinator of the retirement community at Chatswood until ill-health obliged him to relinquish the position in mid-2005. He subsequently moved to an aged-care facility in Mittagong before returning to Sydney in 2011 to St John Vianney Villa in Randwick, run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. Kevin's golden jubilee of priesthood was celebrated at a special Mass and festive luncheon held at the villa on 15 July 2015. His health continued to decline until he died peacefully, aged 85, on 7 December 2015. May he rest in peace.
7 Dec 2015	Rev Brian Larkey Read more Date of Birth: 14/08/1932 Date of Ordination: 20/07/1957. Diocese of Parramatta The son of Clement and Mary Larkey, Brian grew up in the Sydney suburb of Belmore with his sisters Imelda and Pauline and brother James. The young Brian was educated at St Joseph's Primary, Belmore, and by the Christian Brothers at Chatswood. Following his secondary education, Brian entered St Columba's Seminary, Springwood, before going on to St Patrick's Seminary, Manly. On 20 July 1957 he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Gilroy in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. When the Diocese of Parramatta was established in 1986, Brian read the mandate of appointment at the Mass of Installation of Bishop Bede Heather. Brian was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta from 1986-1991. He was NSW Director of the 1986 Papal Visit when Pope John Paul II came to the newly established Diocese of Parramatta. During his time as Parish Priest of St Finbar's Parish at Glenbrook, Brian was responsible for having the new church built and installing the beautiful pipe organ, which was featured in the annual Music and Readings for Christmas on 20 December 2015. Brian's other priestly appointments included the parishes of Chatswood, Rozelle, Bondi Beach, Carlingford, Avalon, Maroubra, Neutral Bay, Lewisham, Golden Grove, Parramatta, Glenbrook and Baulkham Hills. He was Director of the Catholic Family Life Centre from 1973-83. Brian retired from parish ministry in 2002. May he now rest in peace.
7 Dec 2020	Rev Francis Young Read more Born 30/04/1944 Ordained 23/05/1970 Diocese of Sale People could say of Frank Young that he was a mixture of ocker larrikin, serious thinker and warm-hearted friend. He loved to portray a somewhat larger than life persona. The motor bike and leathers, including his chaplaincy' to the grand prix circuit at Phillip Island, the hard driving, the outdoor work and the gathering with cattlemen all created an impression. This was topped up with a deep throated laugh that went on and on, a rumble from deep within. He always had some story of his exploits to share and he would laugh in the retelling. At the same time, he continued to think about questions of theology and religious practice. He would compare Catholic Christian faith with various Protestant positions seeking to understand these and uphold his own conviction. He had a strong faith and trust in Christ. Frank attended the Cloverlea State School and later boarded at St Patrick's College in Sale where he learnt the rule of the refectory that leftovers after the first doling out of meals went to the other end of the table. When Frank practised this rule of survival at the seminary and took his place regularly at the end of the table he became Ender'; a nickname that stuck among his seminary confreres. He was ordained in St John's Trafalgar, on 23 May 1970. He served as assistant priest in Sale, Maffra and Leongatha. He was parish priest in Omeo, Foster, Iona and Maryknoll and Maffra. The Eucharist meant a lot to Frank, as did the pastoral ministry of priesthood. He loved to draw people in to the mystery celebrated and offered in the Mass. After 11 years in Maffra, and with his health causing increasing problems, he accepted the offer of retirement, choosing to continue to live in Maffra and celebrate or concelebrate Mass when he could. His courage and good humour were evident through these later trials and continued to refine his faith in the Lord. May he rest in peace.
8 Dec 1891	Rev Thomas Donaghy Fitzroy, Geelong, Coburg, Bairnsdale, Gordon, Vic
8 Dec 1910	Rev Patrick O'Donohue Sale dioc, Kew, etc, Vic
8 Dec 1911	Rev James Ambrose Nowlan OSA Port Adelaide, Kapunda, SA
8 Dec 1928	Rev Michael Brady Gawler, Adelaide, Willunga, Riverton, SA
8 Dec 1929	Rev Mgr Patrick Hurley Adelaide dioc
8 Dec 1934	Rev Christopher McDermott CSsR Perth, etc
8 Dec 1960	Rev Ernest Sommereux MSC Sydney
8 Dec 1965	Rev Mgr Patrick Masterson Cowra, etc, NSW
8 Dec 1972	Rev Leo Ryan Melbourne dioc
8 Dec 1976	Rev James Joseph Dempsey Lismore, etc, NSW
8 Dec 1986	Rev James English Melbourne dioc
8 Dec 1988	Rev Phillip Michael O'Reilly OP
8 Dec 1990	Rev Lachlan Larkin Murrurundi, etc, NSW
8 Dec 1993	Rev John (Sean) Monaghan SJ Werribee, Hawthorn, Vic; Sydney
8 Dec 1994	Rev Patrick Fitzgerald SSS Melbourne, etc
8 Dec 1995	Rev Lawrence Joseph Attard Osborne Park, Southern Cross, Wongan Hills, Guildford, WA
8 Dec 2004	Rev Thomas Tevington OSA Cairns, Herberton, Innisfail, Qld; Echuca, Vic; Manly Vale, NSW
8 Dec 2006	Rev Michael O'Flaherty Cue, Big Bell, Wiluna, Meekatharra, Mingenew, Geraldton, Morawa, Perenjori, Mullewa, WA
9 Dec 1885	Rev Patrick Francis Hanrahan Newtown, NSW
9 Dec 1929	Bishop William Henry Cleary Ararat, Ballarat, Vic
9 Dec 1929	Rev Charles B Keogh SJ Sydney, etc
9 Dec 1933	Rev Timothy Crowley Sydney?
9 Dec 1935	Rev Charles Cuffe SJ Adelaide, etc
9 Dec 1958	Rev Joseph Wemmers MSC Sydney, etc
9 Dec 1966	Rev Dominic Richard Furlong Ryde, etc, NSW
9 Dec 1969	Rev Andrew Francis Molan Alphington, etc, Vic
9 Dec 1976	Rev John Guilfoyle SMA Beaconsfield, WA
9 Dec 1989	Rev Kevin O'Mara SDB Engadine, NSW, Glenorchy, Tas; Ferntree Gully, Brunswick, Sunbury, Vic; Port Pirie, Brooklyn Place, SA
9 Dec 1992	Rev Peter Noonan New Town, Lutana, etc, Tas
9 Dec 1999	Rev Jeremiah Joseph Dineen Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Lismore, Ballina, Casino, MacLean, Coffs Harbour, Bowraville, Macksville, Wauchope, South Murwillumbah, NSW
9 Dec 2004	Rev V Ian Falconer SJ Melbourne, etc
9 Dec 2010	Rev John Begley SJ Born 31/12/1921; Parkville, Werribee, Watsonia Vic, etc.
9 Dec 2010	Rev Peter Hing-Sum Tsang SDB Ordained 20/03/1967.
9 Dec 2011	Rev Peter Robb CSsR Read more Born 09/02/1922; Ordained 07/09/1947 - Redemptorist Fathers. Peter used to say that the most enriching period of his life was the 15 years he spent in the mountains with tribal Filipinos. In 1973, he was ministering to some families who had been squatters in Manila but had been forcibly resettled in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains. One bright morning, some strangers appeared. They were members of the Dumagat people. Pete exchanged a few words with them in broken Tagalog. He asked, �Where do you come from?� They gave a nod of the head with a movement of the eyebrows towards the mountains. Then one of them gave the Gospel invitation: �Come and see�. That's how his mission in the mountains began. He learned many things from the tribal Filipinos. He sensed that they lived with an interior harmony and in tune with the rhythm of nature and that this was �a kind of secret prayer�. Pete was born in the town of Alexandra near Melbourne in 1922. He became a Redemptorist in 1942 and was ordained in 1947. In 1950 he went to the Philippines where he served for 40 years. In 1990 he moved to Hong Kong where he ministered particularly to Filipino domestic workers. Peter returned to Australia in 2002 and spent his final years as a member of the Redemptorist community in Kew. Rest in peace dear Peter.
9 Dec 2018	Rev Deacon John Bosco Tipiloura Ordained: 03/08/2007 Diocese of Darwin
9 Dec 2018	Rev James Victory Read more Born 08/07/1941; Ordained 19/07/1965 Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes Jim, a priest of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, was ordained to the priesthood at the Broken Hill Cathedral in 1965 and from then on was much loved in all parishes he served - Broken Hill, Forbes, Deniliquin, Balranald, Barham, Wentworth, Hillston, Hay and Moama. After retiring to Albury in 2013, Jim continued to work as supply priest for the Wilcannia-Forbes, Wagga Wagga and Sandhurst Dioceses where he was welcomed with open arms, especially in Thurgoona Parish where he became very involved. At one stage Jim went to Norfolk Island so the people there could have Mass during an important festive time. Jim had a great love of music played the piano, accordion and the violin by ear and he dabbled in other instruments like the flute. Jim was a great mentor to young priests and a support and friend to fellow priests. He would always put others before himself and was always such a loved family member. Jim's love for his Diocese and its people is reflected in his comment, �It came upon us like an assault when +George and Co decided to shut the Diocese down. We all fought like hell to keep it as it was. Eventually, one born in Forbes, Columba Macbeth-Green, was appointed as bishop. According to church records in Forbes I had been his baptiser as a baby' priest�the Lord has been good to me and I offer Him my thanks.� It was good to see so many of the surrounding priests at Jim's Memorial Mass at Thurgoona and also to see quite a number of his classmates in the priesthood make the trip from Sydney and other parts of the state. The concelebrated Funeral Mass was held at Broken Hill a couple of days later. Jim will be dearly missed but his memory will continue to live on through each and every one of us.
9 Dec 2019	Rev Anthony Mannix CM Read more Born 29/04/1935. Ordained 18/07/1959 for Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission. Anthony was born April 1935 and baptised the same day. He was educated at Bethlehem Convent school, Ashfield and then De La Salle College, Ashfield. He entered the Vincentians in 1952 and was ordained in July 1959 with quite a number of other candidates including five other Vincentian classmates at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. Among Vincentians they became known as �The Big Six�. Following his ordination Tony began his advanced studies in and deep love of the scriptures. He was sent to Catholic University of America to learn the biblical languages. This was followed by studies at the Angelicum University and the Biblicum, Rome. There followed very fruitful and exciting years of teaching and going deeper into the scriptures in the light of Vatican II. He commenced at Guilford at St Charles Seminary, Western Australia, then St Francis Xavier Rostrevor, South Australia and Mosgiel New Zealand. Tony was meticulous in his study, preparation and delivery of lectures to students and priests alike. �His biblical expertise earned him a great respect from his colleagues both Catholic and Protestant.� Tony was also called to Leadership in the Community: he was Director of the Daughters of Charity (1984-1990); he was asked to be the Provincial Leader of the Vincentians (1991-1996); and he became the President of St Stanislaus College, Bathurst (1999-2002). This was followed by a number of parish/pastoral appointments, the last ten years here in Bathurst, resident at Rose Street, Bathurst. There are three, striking theological areas to which Tony always returned in his talking, thinking and research: the pervasiveness of the Word of God: to live in the presence of God in the Scriptures, dwelling deeper and deeper in that presence; the centrality of Baptism: as core to identity and mission; being attentive to the Spirit as we listen and respond to the local Church. A good Priest, a loyal friend, a highly regarded scripture scholar and a thorough gentleman. Rest now in peace.
9 Dec 2020	Rev Maurice Sullivan CM Born 10/01/1938; Ordained 10/02/1962 Vincentians - The Congregation of the Mission
10 Dec 1900	Rev Charles Benedict O'Gorman OSA Croydon, Cooktown, Qld, etc
10 Dec 1903	Rev John Joseph Cahill Brewarrina, Orange, etc, NSW
10 Dec 1929	Rev William Droste SAC Broome dioc, WA
10 Dec 1939	Rev Patrick Kerwick Sydney dioc
10 Dec 1952	Rev Robert O'Dea Griffith, etc, NSW
10 Dec 1967	Rev Stefan Maslo CSsR Brisbane, etc
10 Dec 1971	Rev Edmond Morris SJ Melbourne, etc
10 Dec 1972	Rev William Holland SJ Sevenhill, SA, etc
10 Dec 1973	Rev Mgr John Michael Ring Kandos, etc, NSW
10 Dec 1978	Rev Neil Francis Collins Sydney, Manly, NSW
10 Dec 1979	Rev Dominic Morris CP Leopold, Vic; Templestowe, Oxley, Qld; Adelaide
10 Dec 1980	Rev Louis Dominic Whelan OP
10 Dec 2000	Rev William Malone Beverley Hills, etc, NSW
10 Dec 2003	Rev Thomas Joseph O'Sullivan Sydney and Maitland/Newcastle diocs, NSW
10 Dec 2011	Rev James Doyle Born 15/04/1927.
10 Dec 2015	Rev Donal O'Neill PE Read more Born 03/02/1924; Ordained 25/07/1948 Diocese of Sandhurst As a young priest, particularly whilst stationed at St Kilian's, Bendigo, Don was deeply involved with the NCGM as Chaplain, and carried out his duties with great enthusiasm. Later, Don embraced the National Catholic Rural Movement and in later years undertook the charge of being the Diocesan representative on the Victorian Ecumenical Council and led the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission. After ordination on 25t July 1948, Don's appointments included Wangaratta, Bendigo, Tallangatta, Benalla, Beechworth and Shepparton, then as Parish Priest at Elmore, Myrtleford, Euroa and Golden Square until his retirement in 1994. May his gentle soul rest in peace.
10 Dec 2016	Rev John Stankiewicz Born 10/05/1947; Ordained 29/04/1973 Diocese of Wagga Wagga
10 Dec 2019	Rev John O'Connor Read more Born 06/03/1925. Ordained 30/06/1958 - the Diocese of Cairns. John was born in Toowoomba, educated at the Helidon and Cooparoo Convents, the Boondall State School and Nudgee College (Scholarship & Junior). He was first employed in the Mines Department as a record clerk. He enlisted in the RAAF on his 18th birthday; trained as a wireless Air Gunner in Australia and England; posted to 460 Squadron RAAF Bomber Command, Lincolnshire on 2nd April 1945; discharged on 3rd December 1945. Became a forester with the Forestry Department in 1947. In 1950 graduated from Queensland University with a degree in Forestry Science. Resigned from the Forestry Department in 1951, �realising I had a vocation to the Priesthood.� After six months study of Latin, he entered Pius XII Seminary Banyo in 1952. John was ordained on 30th June 1958 at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, volunteering to serve in the Cairns Diocese from 30th January 1959. John was appointed as assistant priest to Tully where he served from 1956 to 1962. He was next appointed Parish Priest of Dimbulah serving there from 1963 to 1979. Next he was appointed Parish Priest of Silkwood and served there from 1979 to 1990. In June 1990 John moved into semi-retirement, living at his shack' at Tully Heads and continuing on in his ministry of Visitation and supplying for Masses in the Tully Parish, while able to fish more. John was a much loved country Priest, well known for his turn of phrase', his love of the Priesthood, his astuteness, his successes in coaching athletics and for his passion for fishing. He was an avid supporter of the Cowboys in the NRL being photographed on occasions with Jonathan Thurston. His Vigil was at Silkwood and his Funeral Mass was at Tully, being buried in the Tully Cemetery. Rest now in peace.
10 Dec 2021	Rev Mgr John Patrick Allman Read more Born 18/08/1925 Ordained 22/07/1951 Diocese of Sale. The great life of Monsignor Allman will echo for generations to come across the Diocese of Sale. A young man from Denison, via Heyfield was ordained on 22 July 1951 at St Mary's Cathedral Sale. It was a day of rejoicing as a local man responded to the call of God in Jesus Christ to become a priest for the Diocese of Sale. He was a man of Gippsland. His deep spiritual life was formed by his sense of his home and its people. He had been formed in faith at the hearth of the family farm in Denison. How does one measure the influence which Monsignor Allman has had upon the Catholic Diocese of Sale? So many years of his ministry had been centred upon St Mary's Cathedral, and in service of the bishops of Sale who relied upon his administrative skills, vision, business acumen and his gifted pastoral outreach. His love of St Mary's Cathedral and the profound influence which shaped its history and restoration will resound. Above all he was a dedicated pastor to the people of Sale, Traralgon and surrounding districts. His last Mass was celebrated at his bedside at O'Mara House. He whispered every prayer. He gazed upon the consecrated host and chalice with eyes as though fixed on heaven: A moment when time and eternity were united. He blessed his bishop, clergy, people of Sale invoking the intercession of Our Lady. There was nothing more to do other than await the great victory he had preached through his words and actions the promise of eternal life. May he rest in peace.
11 Dec 1862	Rev Pedro Aragon OSB Dardanup, Fremantle, New Norcia, WA
11 Dec 1885	Rev Austin J Ford Parramatta, Darlinghurst, Balmain, etc, NSW
11 Dec 1899	Rev Timothy O'Shea Born 05/09/1874; Roma, etc, Qld.
11 Dec 1920	Rev Augustin Le Petit SM Sydney
11 Dec 1924	Rev Thomas F Brazil Northcote, Geelong, Williamstown, etc, Vic
11 Dec 1931	Rev Patrick Power SJ Sydney, etc
11 Dec 1942	Rev Peter McBride Swan Hill, Smythesdale, Bendigo, etc, Vic
11 Dec 1945	Rev James McCormack Rockdale, etc, NSW
11 Dec 1949	Rev Wilfred Ryan SJ Adelaide; Melbourne, etc
11 Dec 1951	Rev Timothy Halpin SJ
11 Dec 1952	Rev Mgr James Joseph Norris Bombala, Cooma, Nowra, Broadway, etc, NSW
11 Dec 1955	Rev Hugh Patrick McMenamin Devonport, Tas
11 Dec 1955	Fintan (Peter) J O'Beirne Graceville, etc, Qld
11 Dec 1956	Rev Charles Murphy North Leichhardt, etc, NSW
11 Dec 1967	Rev Michael Francis Quinn Blackall, Queensland - Diocese of Rockhampton
11 Dec 1980	Rev Richard Harney Wodonga, Vic, etc
11 Dec 1983	Rev Mgr Maurice Joseph Bayard Naracoorte, Keswick, Parkside, SA
11 Dec 1986	Rev Michael John Fitzgerald Maitland dioc, NSW
11 Dec 1987	Rev Brian Considine CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
11 Dec 1989	Rev Joseph Francis Callaghan Warwick, Charleville, Quilpie, Mitchell, Helidon, Oakey, St. George, Chinchilla, Taroom, Wallumbilla, Pittsworth, Goondiwindi, Toowoomba, Qld; Wilcannia-Forbes dioc, NSW
11 Dec 1992	Rev William Dougherty Lane Cove, etc, Sydney dioc, NSW
11 Dec 1997	Rev Michael A Keohane OMI Fremantle, WA; Sorrento, Vic; Hurstville, NSW; Eagle Junction, Qld
11 Dec 1998	Rev Finian P Twomey OSA Kyabram, Vic; Brisbane, Tully, Cairns, Atherton, Herberton, Qld
11 Dec 1999	Rev Robert William Nink Castlemaine, Sunshine, North Dandenong, Kilmore, Chelsea, Kealba, Hampton, Vic
11 Dec 2001	Rev Charles Tommasi Hervey Bay, Goodna, Moorooka, Ormiston, etc, Qld
11 Dec 2015	Rev Mgr Donald J Victory Born 02/08/1930; Ordained 20/12/1953 - Diocese of Port Pirie
11 Dec 2015	Rev Patrick Fahey OSA Read more Born 06/05/1933 Ordained 08/02/1958 Augustinian Fathers Patrick Fahey was born at Yeppoon, Queensland. An Augustinian since 1950 he was ordained in the United States on 8 February 1958, and ministered in Augustinian parishes and secondary schools. With a Roman doctoral degree in liturgical theology, in 1980 he became a tertiary lecturer in Rome and at 1984 at the Union Theological Institute and then at Australian Catholic University in Sydney, and was elected as Augustinian Provincial from 1998 to 2006. Patrick is remembered as a dedicated teacher, a highly talented musician and choir director, and as a Provincial who drew the Australian Augustinian Province into closer co-operation with the seven other jurisdictions of the Order throughout the Asia-Pacific. May he rest in peace.
11 Dec 2019	Rev Mgr James O'Loughlin STL Read more Born 25/05/1931. Ordained 07/12/1954 for the Archdiocese of Adelaide. James O'Loughlin came from the small SA country town of Pinnaroo. He entered St Francis Xavier Seminary at an early age, completed his secondary education, commenced theological studies and was then chosen to complete his studies in Propaganda College in Rome. He was ordained in Rome on 7 December 1954. After seven years as Assistant at Thebarton, he was appointed Parish Priest in the Barossa Valley. He later served as PP of St Marys and Payneham. Throughout his ministry Jim held a number of leadership positions in the Archdiocese and served on several committees, including several terms on the Council of Priests. Notably he was part of the inaugural Diocesan Pastoral Team set up by Archbishop Faulkner in 1986, the first to establish a leadership team including a Religious sister and a lay woman. In that position he was also Vicar General. In April 2002 Jim was appointed a Prelate of Honour with the title of Monsignor. Jim retired in May 2006, but remained active for some time. He always kept a lively interest in the activities of the Diocese and the wellbeing of fellow priests, and regularly attended Senior Priests gatherings where he often stirred up vigorous debates. Mgr James O'Loughlin died with grace and dignity at Estia Health on Wednesday 11 December. His funeral Mass was celebrated at St Augustine's Church Salisbury, his final parish, and he was buried in the nearly Pioneer Catholic Cemetery. In the words of Madge Maguire (fellow DPT member) Mgr Jim is remembered "as a priest, mentor, spiritual director, enduring supporter of his fellow priests, a promoter of the role of lay people in leadership, a firm believer in the Universal Church, an irascible disrupter and more particularly as a man of deep prayer and contemplation." May he rest in peace.
11 Dec 2020	Rev James Byrne Born 10/03/1939; Ordained 29/06/1964 Diocese of Toowoomba.
12 Dec 1871	Rev Ferdinand F Junillon SM Sydney
12 Dec 1882	Rev Patrick McElligott Clunes, etc, Vic
12 Dec 1882	Rev Patrick? McElroy Maitland dioc, NSW
12 Dec 1885	Rev Patrick James Hanrahan Menangle, Newtown, etc, NSW
12 Dec 1893	Rev John B MacMahon Adelaide dioc
12 Dec 1898	Rev Patrick O'Leary Singleton, Scone, East Maitland, etc, NSW
12 Dec 1904	Rev Edward Francis Brereton Geraldton, Kanowna, Cue, etc, WA
12 Dec 1933	Rev James Hickson SM Sydney
12 Dec 1947	Rev Patrick (Paddy) Joseph Gibbons Melbourne dioc
12 Dec 1947	Rev Kevin McKeown CP Goulburn, NSW, etc
12 Dec 1961	Rev Denis Gilmore SJ Sydney, etc
12 Dec 1978	Rev Patrick Murphy SVD Marburg, Qld, etc
12 Dec 1981	Rev Arthur William Ryan Kolijo, Currajong, Collinsville, Easter Ayr, Stuart, Bowen Giru, Charters Towers, South Townsville - Diocese of Townsville, Queensland
12 Dec 1987	Rev Mgr Richard Michael I Redden Adelaide dioc
12 Dec 1987	Rev Geoffrey Till SM Lismore, Bellambi, Sydney, NSW; Burnie, Tas; Geelong, Vic
12 Dec 1991	Rev Kevin Aspinall Sydney, Laidley, Mt. Gravatt, New Farm, NSW
12 Dec 1992	Rev Kevin Hannan OCarm
12 Dec 1994	Rev Patrick (Peter) J Slattery OCarm
12 Dec 1996	Rev Francis Sharkey Melbourne dioc
12 Dec 1997	Rev Alan Alexander Corry MSC Toowoomba, Qld; Garden Point, Alice Springs, Daly River, Nhulunbuy, Darwin, NT
12 Dec 2005	Most Rev Joseph Eric D'arcy MA PhD DD Dphil (Oxon) Born in Brighton Vic, 25/4/1924; ordained Priest for Melbourne 24/7/1949; Appointed Bishop of Sale 23/3/1981; consecrated 1/7/1981; appointed Archbishop of Hobart 24/10/1988; retired 26/7/1999.
12 Dec 2009	Rev Roger McGinley SAC Read more Born 08/04/1922; Ordained 20/07/1946; Roger, ordained in 1946, was a people's priest, living out the charism in groups such as charismatic renewal, as chaplain to the teams of Our Lady, as part of the apostolic groups at Kew, as giver of retreats and as parish priest in Silverwater, Sydney and Queen of Apostles, Riverton Perth. He was a passionate man, an enthusiast, a man of the Spirit. He led people in ways of prayer and derived inspiration from Aboriginal and Celtic spirituality. He had a great love of nature and saw God as the heart of the mysteries of creation. Those who knew him remember too how much he enjoyed a meal with family, friends and confreres. His spirituality is summed up in the words he wrote as epilogue to the collected poems of his loved father, Frank McGinley. "Wherever you are, dear reader, I hope you are looking for peace. I hope that what our dear father gave us in the McGinley family may also be with you always. That is, a sense of humour, an ability to smile at everything and above all, the strength to say often: Thanks be to God for all his mercies and graces and blessings to us" Rest now in peace Roger. Your work is done and your good deeds go before you.
12 Dec 2010	Rev William Donegan PE Born 02/06/1925; Archdiocese of Melbourne.
12 Dec 2018	Rev William McKeown Born 26/02/1928; Ordained 26/06/1953 Archdiocese of Brisbane
12 Dec 2019	Rev David Shelton OMI Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
12 Dec 2019	Rev William Grundy Read more Born 30/08/1933. Ordained 23/11/1958 for the Diocese of Cairns. Bill was born in Stanthorpe, second child and first son of George & Molly Grundy, to whom five more children were born. He received his primary schooling in a number of Queensland country schools, taught almost exclusively by his father and his Secondary education was at St Joseph's Christian Brothers College, Brisbane. From 1952 to 1955 Bill was a student at Pius XII Seminary Banyo, Brisbane, joining the Cairns Diocese in 1954. From 1955-1959 he studied at Propaganda College, Rome and was Ordained in Rome on 23rd November 1958 by Cardinal Gregory Peter Agagianian. Bill's appointments: 1959-1964 Assistant priest at St Monica's Cathedral, Atherton and North Cairns; 1965-1967 Parish Priest of Malanda, variously Inspector of Schools, Director Catholic Education, Propagation of the faith, Auditor Marriage Tribunal. 1981-1989 Parish Priest of Babinda, 1981-1989 Parish Priest of Edmonton. 1989-1990 Sabbatical: post-graduate studies in Nemi (Italy), Louvain (Belgium), tour of the Holy Land and a Summer supply in the parish of St Boniface, Bay City, Michigan, USA. 1991-1993 Parish Priest of Parramatta Park and 1993-2014 Parish Priest of Babinda. He resigned due to ill health in 2014 and retired to Babinda. Bill's vigil was at St Rita's Church, Babinda on 22nd of December and his Funeral Mass held the next day at St Rita's School Multi-Purpose Court, Babinda with Bishop James Foley presiding and assisted by Fr Dan (Bill's brother) and priests of the Cairns Diocese. Bill's other siblings - Brother Bob (CFC) Sr Rosemary (PBVM) and Sr Patsy (PBVM) participated in the Liturgy. Parishioners past and present came, honouring his pastoral ministry over twenty-nine years. Bill, a much loved Pastor in Babinda, was laid to rest in the Babinda Cemetery.
13 Dec 1863	Rev John? Keaveney Bathurst dioc, NSW
13 Dec 1895	Rev William Drinan SJ Sydney, etc
13 Dec 1926	Rev Daniel J Byrne Auburn, NSW; Templestowe, Vic
13 Dec 1938	Rev John Bennett CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
13 Dec 1943	Rev Michael Griffin Melbourne dioc
13 Dec 1943	Rev James McDade Grenfell, etc, NSW
13 Dec 1948	Rev John J Brennan Dongara, etc, WA
13 Dec 1956	Rev John McCarthy Sydney dioc
13 Dec 1957	Rev Alan E N Johnston Perth dioc
13 Dec 1961	Rev Ernest James Glancy Barham, etc, NSW
13 Dec 1968	Rev Gerald Payne Ararat, Hopetoun, Sea Lake, etc, Vic
13 Dec 1970	Rev Matthew O'Donnell CP Perth, WA; Darwin, NT
13 Dec 1975	Rev Cornelius Sheehan Melbourne dioc
13 Dec 1997	Rev Ferdinand Parer OFM South Brisbane, etc
13 Dec 2002	Rev Gerard Anthony Fitzgerald Toowoomba, Goondiwindi, Warwick, Qld; Parkes, NSW
13 Dec 2006	Rev Maurice Leo Gerald Goldspink CM Bathurst, Runaway Bay, Ashfield, NSW; Southport, Wandal, Sarina, Blackall, Qld; Malvern, Vic
13 Dec 2006	Rev Paul Francis Stack Bombala, Cooma, Braddon, Barellan, Bega, Bateman's Bay, Canberra-Goulburn and Wollongong diocs
13 Dec 2011	Rev Brian Jackson CM Read more Born 13/04/1935; Ordained 18/07/1959 - Vincentian Fathers. Brian's family was well known in the Ashfield area where he grew up. His father, Darrell, an optometrist and the owner of a popular pharmacy, was Mayor of Ashfield (1959-1962). Brian was educated at De La Salle College, Ashfield and joined the Vincentian community in February 1954. He was ordained with five other Vincentian priests in St Mary's Cathedral on 18 July 1959. Brian left Australia very soon after ordination to pursue his studies in History, Religious Education and Liturgy at Catholic University, Washington USA, gaining the award of Doctorate in History in 1963. His priestly ministry was the Seminary apostolate - at St Joseph's Seminary, Eastwood, Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, New Zealand, St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide and Pacific Regional Seminary, Suva. The seminary apostolate was his great love and he excelled at it. Brian will be fondly remembered by his fellow Vincentians and many generations of alumni of the seminaries as a very competent and engaging lecturer, wise counsellor and stalwart friend. Much loved by his family and many friends. He now rests in peace with the Lord and St Vincent in the joys of heaven.
13 Dec 2017	Most Rev John J Gerry DD Born in Rosalie QLD, 1/6/1927. Ordained Priest for Brisbane 21/12/1950. Consecrated 29/7/1975. Titular Bishop of Louth (Ireland). Retired 11/2/2002.
13 Dec 2022	Rev Romuald Green OFM Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor.
14 Dec 1873	Rev Christopher Vincent Dowling OP Maitland, Newcastle, etc, NSW
14 Dec 1916	Rev Patrick Murphy Newtown, etc, NSW
14 Dec 1926	Rev Peter J Murphy Manly, Braidwood, etc, NSW
14 Dec 1938	Rev Thomas B Walsh Melbourne dioc
14 Dec 1970	Rev John Patrick Pierce Heidelberg, etc, Vic
14 Dec 1976	Rev Bonaventure Thom CP Sydney; Melbourne; Adelaide; Goulburn, NSW
14 Dec 1977	Rev William Grennan Bundaberg, etc, Qld
14 Dec 1982	Rev John Cullen Rosebery, etc, NSW
14 Dec 1997	Rev Joseph Downey SDB Brooklyn Park, SA; Engadine, Baulkham Hills, NSW
14 Dec 1999	Rev Alfred Natali OSA Cairns, Silkwood, Qld
14 Dec 2003	Rev Juan Antonio (John) Masso Op Dei Sydney
14 Dec 2004	Rev Mgr Bede Cecil Smith Bathurst dioc, NSW
14 Dec 2004	Rev Wilfred Egan Ordained 21/07/1961; Launceston, Derby, Penguin, Bellerive, New Norfolk, Invermay, St. Mary�s, etc, Tas
14 Dec 2005	Rev John Lawrence O'Neill Melbourne dioc
14 Dec 2015	Rev Patrick Bourke OSA Read more Born 28/07/1936 Ordained 18/02/1962 Patrick died in Melbourne in his eightieth year after a long struggle with dementia. He joined the Augustinians in Ireland in was ordained at Rome in February 1962 and began ministry in Australia eight months later as an associate pastor in Sydney. He taught at Villanova College at Coorparoo in Brisbane 1965-1975 and was then parish priest at Mareeba in the Diocese of Cairns 1975-1980. He then served as an associate pastor of Augustinian parishes in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, where his talents often drew him especially to hospital ministry. His final appointment was as full-time chaplain at Calvary Health Care, Bethlehem, Melbourne 2005-2010. Struck by failing health, he spent the last three and a half years as an inpatient at Corpus Christi Aged Care Facility at Clayton, Melbourne. After a Requiem Mass at South Yarra in Melbourne, he was interred in the Augustinian section of Frenchs Forest Cemetery in Sydney. Rest now in peace dear Patrick.
14 Dec 2022	Rev Joseph Hynan PE Read more Born 11/03/1935; Ordained 11/06/1960. Archdiocese of Melbourne. After undertaking seminary studies in St Patrick's College, Carlow, Eire, Joseph was ordained on 11 June 1960 at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow Eire. Shortly after, he arrived in Melbourne and was appointed Assistant Priest in the parish of Ormond (1961) followed by Newport (1965), Oakleigh (1970) and Mount Waverley (1973). He was then appointed Parish Priest at Dandenong North (1974), Kyneton (1986), Forest Hill (1994), Oakleigh (2002) and Balwyn (2006). Upon retirement in 2010, Joseph was appointed Pastor Emeritus. Joseph served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the Archdiocese of Melbourne for 62 years and we are most grateful for his untiring service. May he rest in peace.
15 Dec 1875	Rev Michael Doyle Maitland dioc, NSW
15 Dec 1897	Rev Anton Strele SJ Darwin, Sevenhill, SA, etc
15 Dec 1916	Rev John Basil Conway Perth dioc
15 Dec 1920	Rev Andrew Jullien MSC Sydney
15 Dec 1921	Rev Mgr John Healy Thebarton, Adelaide, etc, SA
15 Dec 1925	Rev Joseph Francis Rogers Ballarat, Bungaree, etc, Vic
15 Dec 1929	Rev George? E Herlihy Sydney dioc
15 Dec 1961	Rev Francis Manask Adelaide dioc
15 Dec 1970	Rev Peter Humphreys Merrylands, Concord, etc, NSW
15 Dec 1972	Rev Ernest McFarlane MSC Sydney, etc
15 Dec 1978	Rev Joseph Mortimer Kerrins MSC Douglas Park, Randwick, Kensington, NSW, etc
15 Dec 1980	Rev J Vincent O'Sullivan Lesmurdie, Bedford, WA
15 Dec 1980	Rev Bryan Strangman MSC Bowral, Douglas Park, NSW, etc
15 Dec 1986	Rev Eric Loorham Nagambie, Nathalia, Wangaratta, Shepparton, etc, Vic
15 Dec 1996	Rev Richard Benignus O'Donnell OSA Brisbane; Manly Vale, NSW; Echuca, South Yarra, Vic
15 Dec 2003	Rev Albert Havas Canberra-Goulburn dioc
15 Dec 2010	Rev Thomas Fennell Read more Born 08/06/1916; Ordained 07/06/1932 in Carlow, Ireland. Thomas was born in Co Laois, Ireland and ordained at St Patrick's College, Carlow, the day before his 26th birthday. Three years later he departed Ireland for Australia with 35 other priests, arriving in Sydney after seven weeks at sea. Thomas ministered in the parishes of Bexley, Leura, Mount Pritchard, Forest Lodge, Cronulla and Haberfield as well as Japan following World War II. After retiring in 1989, he spent the next 20 years as a self-described �priest on lesser duties�, filling in for priests and celebrating Mass in more than 27 parishes. Rest now in peace Thomas.
15 Dec 2011	Rev John Smith Born 02/04/1941; Diocese of Parramatta.
15 Dec 2021	Rev Deacon Ernie Carey
16 Dec 1888	Rev John Doyle O'Sullivan Hamilton, Portland, Horsham, Diocese of Ballarat, Vic
16 Dec 1888	Rev John O'Sullivan Warrnambool, Geelong, Portland, Mortlake, Hamilton, Vic
16 Dec 1898	Rev Michael V O'Shea Perth dioc
16 Dec 1899	Rev Jeremy Tuohy CSSp Ballarat, Vic
16 Dec 1905	Rev James Foley SM Sydney
16 Dec 1908	Rev Bernard P Keogh Perth dioc
16 Dec 1918	Rev Patrick Fidelis Kavanagh OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
16 Dec 1926	Rev Robert J McNamara Pittsworth, etc, Qld
16 Dec 1928	Rev Joseph Henry Morris Maroubra, etc, NSW
16 Dec 1938	Rev Thomas Alphonsus Meredith OSA Rochester, Echuca, Vic, etc
16 Dec 1940	Rev Severino Pietro Mambrini OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
16 Dec 1941	Rev Daniel Joseph Devane Warracknabeal, Terang, Bungaree, etc, Vic
16 Dec 1954	Rev Raymond Saunders CP Sydney
16 Dec 1961	Rev Cyril Daniel Reginald Musgrave Sydney, Melbourne & Stanley Tas
16 Dec 1980	Rev William Harney Wodonga, Kerang, etc, Vic
16 Dec 1986	Rev Romano Cavalieri OSB Smithfield, NSW
16 Dec 1986	Rev Daniel McLoghlin SJ Adelaide; Melbourne; Dynnyrne, Tas
16 Dec 1988	Rev Mgr William Henry Nesdale Port Lincoln, Georgetown, SA
16 Dec 1992	Rev Ronald Lee-Archer, Bellerive Devonport, etc, Tas
16 Dec 1992	Rev Ronald John Lee-Archer Latrobe, Devonport etc Tas
16 Dec 2002	Rev Leo Kelly Melbourne dioc
16 Dec 2005	Rev John (Jack) Lindon Myers OFMCap Murrurundi, Tamworth, NSW, etc
16 Dec 2006	Rev Kevin Hannan Melbourne dioc
16 Dec 2006	Rev Francis Jeremiah Herlihy SSC Essendon, Vic
16 Dec 2006	Rev Kevin Hannan PE
16 Dec 2010	Rev Deacon David John Huntley Read more Born 23/05/1942; Ordained 16/04/2004 for the Diocese of Broken Bay. In 2000, with the blessing of his beloved wife Judy and his four children, David was accepted into the first group of aspirants for the permanent diaconate in the Diocese of Broken Bay. He was ordained on 16 April 2004 and appointed to the parishes of Berowra and Asquith where he and Judy were actively involved in all aspects of parish life. David also studied at the Catholic Institute of Sydney and received his BTheol from the Sydney College of Divinity. Rest now in peace David.
16 Dec 2014	Rev James Vincent (Vin) Creed PE Read more Born 22/10/1913; Ordained 23/07/1939. Archdiocese of Melbourne Vin, who had the honour of being the Archdiocese of Melboune's oldest priest, died peacefully at De Paul Villa, Ashmore, Queensland, aged 101 and in the 76th year of priesthood. He was ordained a priest at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 23 July 1939. Vin was appointed assistant priest at the parishes of Frankston (1940), St Patrick's Cathedral (1944), East Brunswick (1949) followed by appointments as parish priest at Jordanville (1953), Seymour (1965) and Caulfield (1970). He retired to Rosebud as Pastor Emeritus in 1982. Vin enjoyed a long, happy retirement in Queensland and had been well loved and supported by members of his family along with the care shown to him by the local priest and parishioners of Mary Immaculate Parish, Southport. Rest now in peace Vin.
17 Dec 1900	Rev Patrick J McGuiness Glen Innes, Kempsey, Moree, Narrabri, NSW; Cooktown, Roma, etc., Qld
17 Dec 1903	Rev Francis J O'Neill North Adelaide, Salisbury, etc, SA
17 Dec 1911	Rev John McAuliffe Bathurst, Forbes, etc, NSW
17 Dec 1919	Rev Thomas Enright Stanthorpe, Blackall, Wynnum, etc, Qld
17 Dec 1924	Rev William Burke MSC Sydney, etc
17 Dec 1935	Rev Joseph Murphy Northcote, Elsternwick, etc, Vic
17 Dec 1935	Rev Cornelius Sheehan West Brunswick, Collingwood, etc, Vic
17 Dec 1942	Rev William Patrick Cashman Charleville, South Brisbane, etc, Qld
17 Dec 1945	Rev John Connellan Mildura, Hopetoun, etc, Vic
17 Dec 1946	Rev John P Carney Melbourne dioc
17 Dec 1949	Rev William Norman Close Inglewood, Hamilton, Stawell, etc, Vic
17 Dec 1952	Rev John Flahavan Naremburn, etc, NSW; Geraldton, WA
17 Dec 1955	Rev George Kilbride CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
17 Dec 1973	Rev Henry Lachanie SSS Melbourne
17 Dec 1976	Rev Patrick Francis O'Dowd Ballarat, Port Fairy, Hamilton, Terang, Warrnambool, etc, Vic
17 Dec 1980	Rev Conleth Cummings Ferntree Gully, Trentham, Hastings, etc, Vic
17 Dec 1991	Rev Bartholomew Spandaro OSB New Norcia, WA
17 Dec 1992	Rev Thomas Griffin SSC Melbourne, etc
17 Dec 1993	Rev Ernest Peter Phibbs Clifton Gardens, etc, NSW
17 Dec 2004	Rev Ronald Illidge Moorooka, Gayndah, Gympie, Beaudesert, Goodna, Rochedale/Springwood, Daisy Hill, Qld
17 Dec 2009	Rev James Albert Harcombe SM Read more Born 06/07/1913; Date of Ordination: 30/11/1939 - Marist Fathers. Jim was born in Young, NSW and was educated by the Sisters of Mercy, the Marish Brothers and the Christian Brothers. After his ordination in 1939, Jim spent a year teaching at St John's College, �Woodlawn� Lismore. He then joined the Marist's Home Mission Band at Ashgrove (Brisbane), where he remained for 13 years. Jim was the first Australian born Provincial (1954�59) and from 1950 spent the rest of his active life as a Home Missioner, first at Ashgrove for a year and then at Malvern (Victoria), for 40 years. Thanks to many vocations after World War II, as Provincial of the Marists, Jim was able to support the Japanese Mission and respond to requests for new schools and parishes in Australia staffed by Marist Fathers. He was leader of the Marist Fathers during their great period of expansion. Jim considered it a great privilege to have represented the Province at the Rome canonizations of Peter Chanel and Marcellin Champagnat. Jim who retired in 2000 was man of great character and integrity, a priest with very much the spirit of Mary' his mother. Rest now in peace dear Jim.
17 Dec 2009	Rev Robert Leaver Read more Born 14/05/1932; Ordained 18/07/1960; 100s who packed the church and an outside marquee in his home town of Yenda saw Bob farewelled at a Requiem Mass concelebrated by the Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Most Rev Gerard Hanna and thirty priests on 20 December 2009. Sadly he died just short of his 50th year of priesthood. A nine hour operation in Sydney after having been diagnosed with cancer revealed there was no hope for recovery, and Bob was flown back to Wagga Wagga and died in Calvary Hospital. At one stage he was administrator at St Michael's Cathedral, but he enjoyed working in country parishes where he endeared himself to people of all faiths, especially the sick and elderly. He had an easy manner and extraordinary patience. His devotion to the Mass and dispensing of the Sacraments were a high priority in his priestly work His love of horses was well known. Not race horses - except where he broke a few in to become riding hacks �but shown horses. Bob was asked to judge horses and their riders at many country shows and many pony clubs have been grateful to him as a riding instructor. Bob was the loving brother of Marjorie, Phyllis, Gertrude (deceased), and Jim (deceased). Rest now in peace dear Bob.
17 Dec 2015	Rev Peter McGrath OFM Born 15/10/1939: Ordained 10/07/1965 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
17 Dec 2015	Rev Mark Rigney SSS Read more Born 14/04/1928; Ordained 25/08/1978 Blessed Sacrament Fathers Mark Rigney was born Brian John Rigney in Sydney on 14 April 1928. After completing his Intermediate Certificate, he worked for the PMG then in insurance. Attracted by its eucharistic spirituality, he joined the Blessed Sacrament Congregation in 1950 and made his first profession of vows as Bro Mark on 5 April 1953. In 1973, after serving as a brother in several of the Province's communities, he moved to the formation house at Chatswood to undertake studies for the priesthood at St Paul's Seminary, Kensington. Ordained on 25 August 1978, Mark's first appointment was to St Francis' Church in Melbourne. Early in 1982 he joined five other confreres for a six-month renewal programme in Melbourne's Surrey Hills. In 1984 he became superior of the community at St Peter Julian's in Sydney. Three years later Mark was appointed parish priest of the Como-Kensington parish in Perth, a role which he found very satisfying and which led to lasting friendships. Subsequent assignments were to St Peter Julian's and The Shrine in Toowoomba, Queensland. In 1994 Mark took part in the Redemptorists' renewal programme at the Marianella Centre in Dublin. In 1996 he returned to Perth to help minister at the city chapel of All Saints before the community was withdrawn in 1998. Based again at Chatswood, now a retirement house, he worked for periods of time in the Lismore diocese. In 2006 he underwent hip replacement surgery and retired to The Sister Anne Court in Darlinghurst. When his health deteriorated he was transferred to the adjoining Gertrude Abbott Nursing Home where he died on 17 December 2015. Mark will be remembered for many things, not least his unwavering faith, pastoral zeal, forthright opinions, unmistakeable voice, support for the Australian XI, and appreciation of conviviality. May he rest in peace.
17 Dec 2019	Rev Peter Grice Born 05/07/1943. Ordained 29/06/1968 for the Archdiocese of Brisbane.
18 Dec 1888	Rev Thomas Keane Sydney
18 Dec 1896	Rev David McIniry SJ Sydney, etc
18 Dec 1916	Rev Michael Barron Bathurst dioc, NSW
18 Dec 1926	Rev Patrick J O'Flynn Cygnet, etc, Tas
18 Dec 1941	Rev John Norris North Melbourne, etc, Vic
18 Dec 1957	Rev William Henry Corcoran CSSp Mt. Magnet, Northampton, etc, WA
18 Dec 1960	Rev Robert Mageean CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
18 Dec 1970	Rev Thomas P Page Athelstone, etc, Qld
18 Dec 1982	Rev Mgr Thomas Oswald Wallace Manly, Darlinghurst, Bondi, NSW
18 Dec 1984	Rev James Joseph Wiemers Texas, Goondiwindi, Cunnamulla, Augathella, Beaudesert, Crows Nest, Toowoomba, etc, Qld
18 Dec 1985	Rev James Pringle CSsR
18 Dec 1987	Rev Thomas Costello SJ Lavender Bay, NSW, etc
18 Dec 1989	Rev Michael Flanagan Melbourne dioc
18 Dec 1996	Rev Kenneth Byrne Marayong, etc, Parramatta dioc, NSW
18 Dec 2000	Rev Edmund Bradley O'Connor SJ Melbourne; Sevenhill, SA; Streaky Bay, Kimberleys, WA
18 Dec 2002	Rev Louis Michael Travers Mt. Gambier, Adelaide, Hectorville, Salisbury, Richmond, SA
18 Dec 2012	Rev Brian Schmidt Read more Born 02/06/1926; Ordained 01/07/1961 - Archdiocese of Adelaide. Brian was one of two children of James and Annie Schmidt. He received his early schooling at St Joseph's school in Port Lincoln, and later at Unley Primary School. During World War II he served with the Royal Australian Air Force and on discharge in September 1946 worked as painter at the Osborne Power House. He commenced his studies for the priesthood at St Francis Xavier's Seminary in 1953 and was one of the first to do all his studies in Adelaide. He entered the seminary as a late vocation after only a basic education, ten years in the workforce and some introductory lessons in Latin - in those days an essential tool for priestly studies. Study was tough for him - aged 26 and he had to fit in with a class of 14 and 15 year olds. An added difficulty was that he had a bad a stammer. He would spend endless hours reading aloud to himself in an empty dining room while the rest enjoyed themselves at sport. Brian was ordained priest in St Francis Xavier's Cathedral on 1 July 1961 and served as Assistant in the parishes of Glenelg and Semaphore, and then as PP in Kangaroo Island, Kingston in the South East, Birdwood and finally at Balaklava where he spent 12 years before retiring in Jan 1996. He also served on the Council of Priests for several years and on retirement he took up residence at Murphy Villa and was a member of the Senior Priests Care Committee. He also continued some pastoral work among the residents of Southern Cross Homes until his legs began to fail him. He was a genuine, humble man, with no illusions about himself. He was kind and generous with what he had. He was very hospitable. Despite his speech difficulties, his sermons were down to earth, practical, spiced with relevant anecdotes (often from his own life), occasional bits of humour and never too long. He was a dedicated and conscientious priest with the Mass and the Eucharist at the centre of his life. He died peacefully at the Tappeiner Court Nursing Home at Kensington. Rest now in peace Brian.
18 Dec 2015	Rev Desmond Howard Cameron PE Read more Born 09/07/1922 Ordained 23/07/1950 Archdiocese of Melbourne Desmond Cameron who died peacefully at Anglesea Aged Care was aged 93 years and was in the 66th year of his priesthood. Des entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee in 1942 and was ordained by Archbishop Mannix on 23 July 1950. He served temporarily as Assistant Priest at Dalyston, Elsternwick, Coburg, Castlemaine, Thornbury, Meredith, Ascot Vale and West Brunswick. In 1962 he was appointed Parish Priest of Yea, followed by Eltham, Werribee, Moonee Ponds, Newport and Spotswood, retiring as Pastor Emeritus in 1998. He was well known for his priestly goodness and generous service to his people. Since the 1980's Des gave powerful witness as he lived with his disability and continued to minister to his people. He bore his personal suffering with great courage, determination and through his deep faith witnessed to others by his hope that he shared his suffering with Christ. Upon his retirement in 1998 he headed off to Angelsea, just outside Geelong, Victoria. His family, friends and visitors marvelled at his independence which remained a hallmark of the man. May he rest now in peace.
18 Dec 2016	Rev Sean P O'Connell Read more Born 24/09/1940; Ordained 23/07/1966 Archdiocese of Melbourne Sean Patrick O'Connell died at the Austin Hospital on Sunday, 18 December 2016 aged 76 years. Ordained a priest at St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne on 23 July 1966, Fr Sean served as Assistant Priest at the parishes of Flemington, Werribee and Clifton Hill. He was appointed Parish Priest of Coburg in 1979, preceded by four years as an Assistant Priest - a total of nearly 42 years at the parish. During this time, Fr Sean was Director of Australian Catholic Relief and was also Acting Director of Catholic Immigration. News of Fr Sean's death has come as a terrible shock to his family, friends, and parishioners. Diagnosed with a serious illness in recent days, his life slipped quickly and peacefully away. He was a tireless pastor wedded to the people of St Paul's and the many who were welcomed there over generations for family baptisms, weddings and funerals. Fr Sean learned to speak Italian in order to minister to his people. He respected the Italian sense of sacramentality: prayerful touch, procession, emotional expression and devotion. He not only spoke Italian but thought like an Italian. He approached pastoral decisions as an Italian would approach traffic lights in Rome. At the time of his Golden Jubilee, Fr Sean did not want to receive any gifts from his parishioners. He chose to give them a gift of a fountain recalling the Tre Fontane' of Rome, which marks the place of St Paul's martyrdom. The fountain at St Paul's outside the walls in Coburg flows today as a symbol of the generous priestly service of Fr Sean O'Connell whose deep faith, commitment and pastoral love has flowed over generations of the Catholic faithful in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
18 Dec 2018	Rev John Dobson Born 08/05/1945; Ordained 05/08/1971 Archdiocese of Brisbane
18 Dec 2021	Rev James M Esler SM Born 02/12/1922; Ordained 04/01/1956. Marist Fathers - Society of Mary
18 Dec 2021	Rev Anthony Dixon Stott OFM Read more Born 28/06/1929; Ordained 06/07/1963. Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor. Anthony Stott joined the Franciscans from New Zealand in 1956 after working for several years as a surveyor. After ordination in 1963, he was assigned to Collie and Midland parishes (WA) before he volunteered for the Franciscan mission based in Aitape, north-west Papua New Guinea. There he was a missionary pastor (1969-1979), and occasionally put his surveying skills to work for construction of mission roads and churches. Legend has it that he was once asked to check the actual boundary for a new fence between the Poor Clares Monastery and neighbouring St John of God Brothers house. Tony's survey showed that the Sisters' property included the Brothers' kitchen! An oversight by an earlier surveyor or haphazard builder or just the way things were done in Papua New Guinea? The Sisters enjoyed the story and the Brothers provided tasty treats for the Sisters. Returning to Australia in 1980, Tony was soon assigned back to where he began in Collie parish in Bunbury Diocese (1984-1989), thence to Riverside West (Tasmania) and Waverley (Sydney). From 1996 until retirement in 2008, Tony took up resident priest' roles in Townsville parishes. In Bowen, a religious Sister was the parish leader and, in Mundingburra, a lay person was the parish administrator. It was a new experience for Tony and he managed to adapt gradually to such team ministry in the circumstances of a clergy-poor diocese. Tony retired to the Franciscan friary in Waverley NSW and was later transferred to St Joseph's Nursing Home, Kensington, when his health declined. There he resided for two years with men and women religious, some of whom had also worked in Papua New Guinea. Tony was a mixture of a gregarious man and one who was happy in his own company. He was observant and curious about the idiosyncrasies and peccadillos of friars and acquaintances. He enjoyed food and wine, music and theatre, the company of others, and speculative discussions about life, church and people. May he rest in peace.
19 Dec 1845	Bishop John Baptiste Epalle Sydney
19 Dec 1914	Rev John J Hughes Bathurst dioc, NSW
19 Dec 1928	Rev Mgr Patrick Fouhy Laidley, etc, Qld
19 Dec 1944	Rev John Joseph Hughes Broken Hill, Cobar, etc, NSW
19 Dec 1950	Rev Eugene Carolan Perth dioc
19 Dec 1953	Rev Vincent A Wheeler Brisbane dioc
19 Dec 1969	Rev Mgr Thomas Farrelly South Grafton, etc, NSW
19 Dec 1976	Rev Edmond Joseph Keogh Gordon, Mansfield, Black Rock, etc, Vic
19 Dec 1977	Rev John Flynn SSS Melbourne; Toowoomba, Qld, etc
19 Dec 2001	Rev Arthur Raymond Owens Bendigo, Kerang, Yarrawonga, Tallangatta, Dookie, Vic
19 Dec 2005	Rev Benjamin Hartridge Bathurst dioc, NSW
19 Dec 2006	Rev Terence Purcell Kogarah, Elizabeth Bay, Manly, Kingsgrove, Cronulla, Como, Gymea, Broadway, NSW
19 Dec 2015	Rev Raffaele Beltrame Read more Born 10/07/1929; Ordained 21/06/1954 Rafaello Beltrame who was born in Treviso, Italy, brought light to the lives of everyone he met and that was evident from the hundreds of people who attended his funeral. There was no shortage of kind words for the man who served as a priest for 61 years. A humble man, Rafaello would no doubt have shrugged off the acclaim he was given this day. In life he made sense of what it is that Christ asks of us,' Bishop Gerard Hanna said. Christ urged his disciples to always allow their light to shine and that lesson from the sermon (Matthew 5:1-12) could well have been the outstanding hallmark of Father Rafe's life. Yes it would perhaps embarrass him to hear me say that. He would never have made such a claim for himself and I won't violate his modesty by exaggerating his character. In short, he was a good person and he would be the first to admit that the light of his faith had its source in Jesus Christ.' In 1956 his bishop received a letter from Griffith that requested an Italian missionary priest. The bishop responded and asked one of his priests to volunteer. Rafaello immediately raised his hand and after three months at sea and not knowing a word of English, he arrived in Australia. He was sent to St Joseph's in Leeton in 1957 and remained there until 1966. He then made the move to Griffith, the final move he would make, and faithfully served the people of of this community from 1966 until his retirement in 2013. Rafaello loved to spread the Italian culture wherever he went. He had the same profound understanding as his hero, St John Paul II had, that the culture of life is what society means today. He would zoom around town on his motorbike, promoting everything that is good and beautiful of the Italian culture, namely their love of family, their delicious foods, their rhythmic folk music and their hard work ethic. For three generations he baptised, heard confessions, celebrated mass, prepared children and often adults for the sacraments and married many, many couples. Rafaello Beltrame was buried out the front of the church, alongside Father O'Dea. May he now rest in peace.
19 Dec 2016	Rev Keith Gorman SSC Read more Date of Birth: 21/1/1920 Date of Ordination: 18/12/1943 - Columban Fathers Keith, Society of St Columban, died at Mercy Place Aged Care, Parkville, Victoria, one day after the 73rd anniversary of his ordination and a month before his 97 birthday. Keith was born in Brisbane, Qld and came to St Columban's, Essendon, in 1937 to begin his preparation for missionary priesthood. At that time ANZ Columban seminarians usually went to Ireland for their theology studies but the outbreak of WWII made travel to Ireland unsafe and so in 1940 Keith travelled to the Columban seminary in Omaha, Nebraska, to continue his studies and was then ordained in 1943 in Buffalo, NY. After some years serving in parishes in Australia, Keith was appointed to Japan in 1948 where he ministered in the dioceses of Yokohama and Wakayama until 1964 when he returned to Australia to work in various roles in the Columban Houses and Seminary. Later he began a ministry of chaplaincy to the aged which he continued for some years. He helped found ROTA � Religious of the Third Age � in Melbourne and wrote a number of articles on the theme of ageing. In retirement he lived at St Columban's, Essendon. Keith is remembered as a humble man who always had time and respect for everyone, excluding no one. He was fun-loving and always ready to laugh, share a joke � even one on himself � and join in whatever was going on. He was much loved. May he rest in peace.
19 Dec 2017	Rev Brian Matthew Rooney Read more Born 19/09/1930; Ordained 20/07/1963 Diocese of Parramatta Brian was the third of six children of Charles and Margaret Rooney. After his schooling in Sydney he worked for ten years with the NSW Public Service. In that time he was active in the Genesians, an amateur theatrical group. He entered St Columba's, Springwood in 1956 and was ordained at St Mary's Cathedral on 20 July 1963. Amid his early appointments Brian spent two years on loan to Geraldton, where he served at Tom Price. Throughout his life he had strong connections with the West: his elder brother practised medicine in Perth, and his younger brother Robert, later Abbot Bernard, is a monk of New Norcia. The new parochial district of St Clair in western Sydney was Brian's first appointment as Parish priest (1981-1994). He later served as Pastor in Westmead (1998-2003) and in North Parramatta (2003-2008). In his retirement he continued to do relief ministry. Brian was of gentle and kindly character, with a whimsical manner and a dry sense of humour that often expressed itself in sharp and amusing epigrams. He was much loved by family, friends and parishioners, who attended his funeral in great numbers. He served the Church well and faithfully. Brian died peacefully at home in his sleep. May he rest in peace.
20 Dec 1905	Bishop James Maher Adelaide, Pekina, Port Augusta, SA
20 Dec 1933	Rev John Gowen Hamilton, Sale, South Melbourne, Keilor, St. Kilda, etc, Vic
20 Dec 1934	Rev Mgr John Patrick Moynagh Rozelle, etc, NSW
20 Dec 1941	Rev Edward Hanrahan Cobargo, etc, NSW
20 Dec 1941	Rev Mgr Thomas Lynch North Fitzroy, East St. Kilda, etc, Vic
20 Dec 1956	Rev Antoine Plasse SM Sydney
20 Dec 1959	Rev John Dobson Sydney, etc
20 Dec 1964	Rev Stephen O'Rourke Creswick, Portland, Bungaree, etc, Vic
20 Dec 1973	Rev Dermot Michael Heffernan Maitland dioc, NSW
20 Dec 1987	Rev Maurice Ernest Walsh Nowra, Gosford, Bondi Beach, Darlinghurst, Concord, Pymble, Lewisham, Bexley. NSW
20 Dec 2000	Rev Edward Peter John Murphy SD Oakleigh, Bairnsdale, Vic; Engadine, NSW; Brooklyn Park, SA
20 Dec 2010	Rev Kevin Mark Young MSC Read more Born 14/09/1925; Ordained in 1951 - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Kevin, the second child of Roy Bede Young and Louisa Pickett was educated by the Marist Brothers in Newcastle and the Christian Brothers at Lewisham. After his ordination in 1951 his initial appointment was as a teacher at Chevalier and Downlands (1952 � 1955), followed by a year of pastoral ministry in Darwin before returning to Downlands in 1957. In 1958 he joined the Eastern Papuan Mission where he stayed until he moved to Fiji in 1983 as Superior of the MSC Scholasticate in Suva. Kevin retired to Kensington in 2008. Rest now in peace dear Kevin.
20 Dec 2013	Rev John O'Hara SSC Read more DOB 18/02/1930 - Blessed Sacrament Fathers. John was born in Port Lincoln, S.A., in 1930 and became a harbour master there before joining St. Columban's Mission Society in 1957. After ordination in 1963 he was appointed to South Korea where he worked in parish ministry in several dioceses over 30 years. Upon returning to Australia in 1996 John worked in a number of parishes in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. He died in St. Vincent's Private Hospital, Melbourne, on December 20, 2013. John's Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Vincent's Church, Strathmore, followed by burial in the Columban plot at the Melbourne General Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
20 Dec 2015	Rev Bernard Hammond SSS Read more Born 04/12/1918; Ordained 27/07/1958 Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Bernard Hammond SSS was born into a large farming family at Heyfield, Victoria. At the time of his death (aged 97), he was the oldest member of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation in Australia. Educated at local schools up to Intermediate Standard, he worked on the family farm, then at the Maffra Co-operative Milk Products Company. During WWII he enlisted in the Army; sadly active service in New Guinea resulted in a form of life-long post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-war he worked for several years at the Whittaker Clothing Company in East Brunswick. Attracted by the Eucharistic spirituality of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation at St Francis' Church, Bernie followed his brother Terry into the novitiate at Bowral and made first profession on 19 March 1953. After studying first at St Francis' then at the newly opened seminary at Lower Plenty, he was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral on 27 July 1958 at a time when vocations were plentiful in the province. In early 1959 he was posted to the Eucharistic Shrine and Novitiate in Toowoomba and served as novice-master from 1960. In May 1965, only six years after ordination, he succeeded Fr Len McKenna as Australian Provincial, but less than 18 months later he was badly injured in a car accident and had to resign. He eventually recovered sufficiently to take up successive appointments in Sydney, Bowral and Melbourne. In August 1978 he became superior of the small community undertaking a new Eucharistic Mission in Bunbury, WA. He later described this time as the happiest in his life. When the venture was closed down in 1981 he was granted leave to continue working in the diocese. In time he moved into a retirement village there, returning to Melbourne only in the late 1990s, first to Reservoir, then to Healesville. Soon after his golden jubilee of priesthood in 2008 he took up residence at the province retirement house in Box Hill. Despite his remarkable age, Bernie was able to remain there almost to the end. A series of falls prompted his admission to Aurrum Aged Care in Healesville, where he died after only a few days' residence. May he rest in peace.
20 Dec 2019	Rev Sean McGearty Read more Born: 15/01/1934 Ordained: 08/06/1958 (Ireland) Sean McGearty, the last of the Irish missionary priests to serve in the Archdiocese of Adelaide, was born in Ballinor, County Meath, Ireland. His ecclesiastical studies were at St Kieran's College, in Kilkenny and he was ordained priest in St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny on 8 June, 1958. After arriving in Adelaide in December that year Sean served as Assistant priest at a number of parishes before being appointed Parish Priest at Christies Beach and later at Naracoorte. He never lost his love for the home country and made many visits throughout his time in Australia. In December 1979 he received word that is mother was dying. He returned home immediately and was told he could stay in Ireland until his mother died. However his mother did not die until some years later. Sean stayed in Ireland and during the 1980's he assisted in the local parish of Tullamore and was the foundation member of the Irish Families Genealogical Society. He returned to Adelaide ten years later. After eight years as PP of Naracoorte, Sean resigned and took up a new ministry of service to country priests, supplying while they were on holidays or study leave. Despite declining health he maintained this work almost until his death. He died on 20 December 2019. Many attended the Requiem Mass which was celebrated in St Joseph's Church, Brighton on 7 January, and Sean's body was returned to Ireland to be interred in his home town. Ar dheis D� go raibh a hanam
20 Dec 2021	Rev Kevin Johnston Born 25/04/1925; Ordained 14/06/1959. Diocese of Bunbury.
21 Dec 1867	Rev Jeremiah Moynihan Kapunda, SA; Melbourne
21 Dec 1884	Rev John J Pollard Forest Lodge, Moruya, etc, NSW
21 Dec 1894	Rev Albert? Refe CSSp Ballarat, Vic
21 Dec 1906	Rev Patrick (Thomas) Sheehy OFMCap Moree, NSW, etc
21 Dec 1911	Rev Patrick J Shanahan Bendigo, Pyramid Hill, etc, Vic
21 Dec 1912	Rev Charles Venning SM Sydney
21 Dec 1918	Rev Jean Marie Janny OC Beagle Bay, WA
21 Dec 1919	Rev Edmund McGrath Scone, etc, NSW
21 Dec 1930	Rev Bartholomew Murphy Numurkah, Kerang, Nathalia, etc, Vic
21 Dec 1942	Rev Edward Harris MSC Sydney dioc
21 Dec 1953	Rev Peter Kockx SSS Melbourne
21 Dec 1965	Rev Maurice McCarthy Haberfield, etc, NSW
21 Dec 1967	Rev Rudolph Blockinger OFMCap Leichhardt,NSW; Wynnum Central,Queensland.
21 Dec 1969	Rev Ignatius Bossence MC Canberra; Brisbane, etc
21 Dec 1970	Rev William Cruice CSsR Perth, etc
21 Dec 1975	Rev John Leighton Edwell Thirroul, etc, NSW
21 Dec 1976	Rev George Cody MSC Sydney, etc
21 Dec 1978	Rev Thomas Michael Purcell Maitland dioc, NSW
21 Dec 1980	Rev Conleth Coughlin OFM
21 Dec 1981	Rev James Duffy Sale dioc, Vic
21 Dec 2008	Rev James Edward Bolton OSA Dioceses of Syndey, Cairns, Brisbane, Sandhurst and Parramatta
21 Dec 2010	Rev Stephen Peter Hawe Born 26/12/1918; Albany, Collie, Waroona, Kojonup, Pemberton, Dardanup, Bridgetown, Boyup Brook, Wagin/Dumbleyung, WA.
21 Dec 2017	Rev Kevin James Flanagan Read more Born 26/08/1928; Ordained 22/07/1963 Diocese of Wagga Wagga Kevin James Flanagan, dearly loved priest of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga, was buried on December 28, 2017. This is the homily preached at his funeral by Fr Bernard Moylan who reflects on the life of a pastor of people. I am here today because Kevin Flanagan and I once made a pact that, depending on who died first, we would speak at the other's funeral. But to speak at Kevin's funeral is a more Herculean task than I anticipated � he would have a far easier assignment with mine � because Kevin is so well-loved, so well-known and his name evokes so many stories. Without impugning in any way the ministry of others in the region, few, regardless of denomination or creed, would question the assertion that Kevin was regarded virtually as the pastor of Albury. How that came to be, was not only due to the length of time that he spent here but also to the fact that he was blessed with an outgoing, gregarious disposition which excluded no one. He was as comfortable with a Supreme Court judge as he was with a hotel barmaid. When he would come to Sydney where I now live, I couldn't leave him alone for a few minutes without returning to find him conversing with some stranger at a bus stop or exchanging pleasantries with a lady with carefully coiffed hair walking her dogs. Since when, I wondered, did Kevin develop such an interest in toy poodles with a Scandinavian clip? He was a �people person� through and through and the vocation he chose was, in that sense, not only most eminently well-suited to his personality but one, in these difficult days for men of the cloth, which enabled a bright light to shine on the scattered pieces which now surround an empty pedestal. He was an authentic voice in a pummelled and humiliated church struggling to find its feet again. But there wasn't much of the cloth about Kevin. He did not wear clerical clothes yet would be one of the most recognizable faces in the whole region. Whether it be in the hospitals, the race course, the Commercial Club or the main street, everyone seemed to acknowledge and respect Fr Kev or just Kevin. It was a fascinating, albeit frustrating experience, to accompany him on any outing � constant waving, constant stopping and constant cheery banter. I never asked him why he eschewed the clerical collar but I know that he had an innate aversion to clericalism', that attitude which underscores the privileged status of clergy over the laity. It is virtually impossible to describe the spirituality of the Christian who is a minister on the exclusive basis of his office. Minister and layman are both called to sanctity of life; both are guided by the Spirit who bids them choose, freely and responsibly, their own better way'. Kevin understood that instinctively and, for this reason, he would frequently bewail the immediate donning of clerical collars beneath their pastel blouses and well-tailored suits, by the women ordained in the Anglican Church. To him, it seemed, a wholly unnecessary affectation. He did not take exception to their ordination but he did question their rush to become identifiable clerics. I know that the merits and demerits of clerical dress is a moot point, but for him, priesthood was what you do and what you are, rather than how you dress. It was about service, especially to the vulnerable and the disempowered rather than symbolic status or sacramental power. In his view, cucullus non facit monachum. The cowl does not make the monk. A man from Murray River country Like so many others, I encouraged Kevin to retire earlier, certainly before his ninetieth year! I think he knew he should. His once rude health was waning. He had little memory lapses. Breathing became more of an effort. His voice had lost its strength. Riding a bike to the Mercy Hospital became impossible. Even popes now have an expiry date. The years may have condemned - we can do nothing about that - but age did not seem to weary Kevin .He still kept in close contact with people and events. He just couldn't let go. But life, as we know, is a whole series of letting go � our youth, our ambitions, our dreams, our health, our independence � and he seemed conflicted. The Murray River coursed through his bloodstream from the time he was born on its banks in Tocumwal in 1928. If the Murray River is the life blood of this region, it was Kevin's lifeblood as well. Of all his sporting activities � golf, cycling, squash, swimming, tennis, skiing � none surpassed his love of kayaking. The river was his cathedral. It was where he came closest to God. He loved the river, the bush ambience, the song of the magpies, the occasional sighting of a platypus, the whiff of the gum trees and, above all, he loved the people of the Murray River region. In those colourful words of Pope Francis, he undoubtedly had the smell of the sheep' about him. His was a ministry of welcome not exclusion. He worked with people as they are, not as they ought to be, perhaps taking pastoral risks to meet human need, even if in the process - again to use the words of Pope Francis � the Church gets soiled by the mud of the streets'. So letting-go was just too much. At last, he has finally had to let go but now into the arms of the loving Christ whom he sought to serve throughout his long life. The irony is that I know of few people who could have better filled in their days of retirement. He loved dinner parties, he loved sports of all types, he loved the theatre and the movies, he loved traveling. He loved life in all its myriad facets. Retirement for Kevin would never have meant sitting alone wondering whether to have a shave or complete the crossword puzzle. He had too many things to do, far too many people to visit. Although he appreciated the good things of life � a gourmet meal or a nice malt whisky - he never over-indulged in anything. He was, on the contrary, quite abstemious. The pleasures that life offered, he took in small sips rather than big gulps. He knew exactly when enough was enough and so was able to maintain his svelte figure throughout his entire life. He always dressed conservatively but neatly and for years gloried in the name given him by the late Fr Peter Quinn � dapper Dan'. A friend to all, a man of the people But service was essentially what it was all about for Kevin. He refused to show the slightest petulance toward those who incessantly interrupted him during meals. He was a soft touch and word quickly passes around. He found it hard to say no' to anybody and he attempted the impossible task of pleasing everybody. That would occasionally get him into some thorny predicaments. The number of people whom he accompanied as they passed into the world beyond would be legion. He held their hands, they prayed together, if possible, and he would later quietly move among the newly bereaved family members, somehow knowing what to say at a time when words do not come easily. Having that special predilection for the marginalised and those with whom life had dealt harshly, the prisoner, the reject, the fringe dweller, were high on his list of priorities. Long before Pope Francis, he had taken to heart his words that a healthy church is a church of the streets that isn't afraid to take risks and get bruised.' That risk-taking that Pope Francis calls for can get messy. But life itself is messy. Not everything always runs according to plan. Knowing that the church has also much to learn from the experience of such people on the margins, he treated them all with real not simulated respect. The local Koori community also quickly came to acknowledge that they always had a friend in Fr Kev and he would be the one to whom they would frequently turn in all of life's crises. His family was likewise never neglected and knew that they could call on Kevin in all the changing vicissitudes of their own lives. Kevin said he had originally wanted to be a missionary priest and in 1971 was given permission by then Bishop Frank Carroll to work temporarily among the Huli people in the Southern Highlands of PNG with the American Capuchins. He took to this work like a fish to water, trekking miles in rugged conditions, mingling with fairly primitive indigenous people - the area was totally uncharted until the 1930s - learning their customs and their language was a joy for him. He never lost that affection for the people of Papua New Guinea and could well have stayed there forever. I accompanied him in 1991 when he returned for the 25th anniversary of the Capuchin foundation in Mendi and I witnessed for myself the genuine fondness that the indigenous people still held for him. Yet, he must have been quite robust to endure the unhealthy climate and harsh conditions of the Southern Highlands, for when I returned home after my very brief stay, I was immediately admitted to hospital with amoebic dysentery. While he was in the missions, we used to send money to aid in their work. Immediately upon returning to Australia, Kevin bought himself a Volvo, at that time one of our most prestigious cars. We taunted him with questions about how that was possible and queried what had really happened to our mission contributions. He always chuckled. He revelled in self-deprecating humour and self-mockery. He also had a liking for the whimsical and the absurd, Pythonesque comedy, the two Ronnies' repartee and Fawlty Tower imbroglios would send him to bed still giggling. But paper work and administration were never Kevin's forte. He would willingly admit to his dereliction in that area � perhaps another reason why PNG suited his pastoral style. He would prefer to be holding a glass of champagne mingling with people of all kinds, discussing the footy or the Easter Racing Carnival or the latest foreign movie. When a mother was once searching for her child's unrecorded baptism at St Patrick's, Albury - Kevin was an assistant there before moving to Nth Albury � she confirmed to me again and again that Fr Kevin had performed the ceremony. Why, he was even at the party afterwards' she assured me. That perhaps is the problem', I ventured to suggest. We were eventually able to update our records. Creative, authentic and spontaneous Liturgy was another area in which Kevin never felt unduly constrained. He put his own interpretation on Christ's pronouncement about the Sabbath being made for man, not man for the Sabbath and applied it loosely to liturgical matters. Like a good party, petty rules could never hold him back. He did tell me that when in the Manly seminary with Tony Doherty - they were the senior members of the class both having worked prior to entering - they often felt as if the clock had turned back and they had reverted to being schoolboys. He was once given permission by the seminary authorities to visit a dentist in the city but with the strict proviso that he return straightaway with no deviations supposedly to avoid the temptations of the Corso and the Manly promenade. But on the way back, he suddenly decided to do something especially daring and went into one of those art deco Greek Cafes, popular at the time to imbibe a coffee. While nonchalantly sipping the illicit brew, he suddenly noticed two seminary professors enter the shop. There he was with no escape route, caught in flagrante delicto. Petrified with fear of dismissal from the seminary for arrant disobedience, he slid beneath the table of his cubicle until both he - and they - disappeared. The comicalness of the situation didn't escape him � a black-suited, grown man in broad daylight skulking beneath a milk bar table. As the charismatic pastor of Redfern parish in Sydney, Ted Kennedy, used to say: They kept us in short pants'. Kevin's budding clerical career could well have ended on that fateful day and Albury might have been deprived of one of its most revered pastors. Perhaps the somewhat cavalier attitude to minor rules he regarded as quite fatuous, had its genesis in St Patrick's College Manly. Kevin was, above all, a respected and holy priest even though I might sound a tad flippant concerning his all too relaxed modus operandi. People quickly sense the authentic and it was his very humanness which drew people to him. We even minister best sometimes from our own weakness and brokenness which help us to acknowledge our need to depend completely on God and to connect to others in heart-to-heart ways. It can be in and through our wounds and imperfections that we become useful in God's hands � wounded healers' as the late spiritual writer, Henri Nouwen, called such ministers. Even St Paul had to admit that God's power is at best in weakness. What works is not knowing it all and having it, not uncompromising rigidity, which like bad religion masks the face of God, but mercy and compassion, illustrated in the unexpected papacy of the present incumbent from Argentina, admired by many but unsettling to quite a few. Kevin rightly saw mercy and compassion as being at the very core of a priest's ministry and he was also able to find grace and holiness in a secular world that struggles to name its spiritual longing. At the conclusion of the 2014 Extraordinary Synod, Pope Francis said that the church must never be afraid to eat and drink with prostitutes and sinners � not afraid to roll up her sleeves to pour oil and wine on peoples' wounds'. That well describes Kevin Flanagan's church. Like the rest of us, Kevin was certainly human and he had his failings and his foibles; in fact, he could be, at times, quite exasperating. Even canonised saints are not devoid of character flaws. Having recently read Renzo Allegri's La Vita ed i Miracoli di Padre Pio, I was struck by the fact that this pious, miracle-working Capuchin monk who bore the wounds of Christ on his body could also be, at times, quite brusque, even rude, and had a very short temper. When Jesus was complimented by the rich young man seeking spiritual guidance, he replied: No one is good but God alone'. In other words, perfection resides solely, uniquely and exclusively in God. A man of prayer But, most importantly and most essentially, Kevin was a man of prayer, as every successful minister of the gospel must be, and he loved his chosen work. One of the many ways in which this shone through was his unflagging good humour and his untiring patience. Controversies and areas of friction wouldn't deflect him and, while he might be mildly critical, he never allowed cynicism or rancour to slacken the hand he had placed so resolutely to the plough fifty four years ago. We all have different personalities and, if some things can induce either tears or laughter, as they often do, Kevin invariably opted for the laughter. I never once saw him lose his temper or even his cool. He may have but I never witnessed it. And during his final months on this earth, in great discomfort, struggling for every breath, his once vigorous body disintegrating and having to submit to the indignity of others attending to all of his needs, he never complained. He tried in fact to assume an air of normality. But just as Kevin finally has had to make the definitive surrender, the Lord bids us to let go as well. Letting go is very hard. The apostles didn't want to let go of Christ but he told them that if he didn't go from them, he couldn't send the Holy Spirit. Mary Magdalene wanted to hold on to the Risen Jesus but he gently told her not to cling to him because he had not returned to the Father. Although for many, Kevin Flanagan is the only parish priest in the parish of North Albury they have ever known, they, too, have to let him go. Every life involves many leave-takings, great and small. This is one. There will be others. It takes the lived Christian experience to convey this idea of letting go and it takes a poet to put the experience in a nutshell. Cecil Day Lewis, the Anglo Irish poet laureate and father of the actor, Daniel Day Lewis, wrote a poem called Walking Away, occasioned by watching his son walk off to school for the first time. I quote the final few lines: I have had worse partings but none so gnaws at my mind still Perhaps it is roughly saying that God alone could perfectly show How selfhood begins with a walking away And love is proved in the letting go We believe that Jesus' cry on the cross: It is finished', is not an ending but the perfection of a task given him by the Father. It is said that a Roman officer, observing the tide of battle flowing successfully for his troops and with the knowledge that the enemy had been routed, would sound the trumpet and similarly shout aloud: It is finished'. For Kevin, too, the battle of life is over. Rest and victory are his prize. The best is yet to come, beyond what mere human words can even attempt to describe and no one is more deserving of that prize than Kevin James Flanagan. May his magnanimous soul now rest contentedly in the happiness of God's home.
22 Dec 1912	Rev William (Laurence) King CSsR Stawell, Ballarat, Vic; etc, Broken Hill, NSW
22 Dec 1916	Rev James Benedict Breen Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Kangaroo Point, etc, Qld
22 Dec 1920	Rev James Hanly CM Balmain, Ashfield, NSW, etc
22 Dec 1922	Rev Philip M Cassidy Moruya, etc, NSW
22 Dec 1930	Rev John Bonnar Wagga dioc, NSW
22 Dec 1935	Rev Mgr Michael Quinn Murwillumbah, etc, NSW
22 Dec 1938	Rev Edward Aloysius Kenrick OSA Cooktown, Qld, etc
22 Dec 1946	Rev Ignatius Le Mesurier CP Sydney, etc
22 Dec 1947	Bishop John Aloysius Coleman Armidale dioc, NSW
22 Dec 1958	Rev Mgr Edward Francis Bond Concord, etc, NSW
22 Dec 1959	Rev Vincent Pelc OFMConv
22 Dec 1960	Rev Veremund Ubach OSB New Norcia, WA
22 Dec 1964	Rev Kevin Robert Northeast OP Camberwell, Vic, etc
22 Dec 1965	Rev John Butler Moruya, etc, NSW
22 Dec 1967	Rev Thomas O'Callaghan Brisbane dioc
22 Dec 1968	Rev Mgr Francis Patrick Maguire Seymour, etc, Vic
22 Dec 1968	Rev Albert Scherzinger SAC Melbourne, etc
22 Dec 1972	Rev Patrick Augustine Doyle OSA Dioceses of Cairns, Sandhurst and Birsbane
22 Dec 1972	Rev Martin Laginskie OSB New Norcia, WA
22 Dec 1973	Rev Mgr John Murphy Perth dioc
22 Dec 1977	Rev Joseph Zagami CM Eastwood, NSW, etc
22 Dec 1984	Rev Ernest Conlan MSC Sydney; Kings Meadows, Tas, etc
22 Dec 1988	Rev Phillip Frederick O'Donnell Hobart, Tas; Bondi, Haymarket, Rose Bay, Clovelly, Chatswood, Kogarah, Auburn, Bankstown, NSW
22 Dec 1992	Rev Denis Francis Bourke CM Eastwood, NSW; Guildford, Kwinana, WA; Rostrevor, SA; Bendigo, Vic
22 Dec 1996	Rev Frederick Maurice Chamberlin Melbourne Cathedral, East St. Kilda, East Brighton, Epping, Caulfield, Vic
22 Dec 2004	Rev John William Wall Hobart, Sandy Bay, Latrobe, Tas
22 Dec 2012	Rev Raymond Hornby OH Born 28/06/1931; Ordained 07/03/1986
22 Dec 2012	Rev John Halloran CM Read more Born 25/11/1929; Ordained 30/11/1955 - VIncentian Fathers. John was born in Gulgong NSW where he undertook his primary schooling followed by his secondary education at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst. John experienced some personal tragedies in his life, including the death of his mother when he was a young boy and the tragic deaths of his elder brother, his sister in law and his nephew. He entered the Vincentian community in 1949 and was ordained a priest on 30/11/1955. John had many varied ministries over the next 57 years of priesthood which included: educating youth, parish apostolates, hospital chaplaincies, supply ministry, ministry with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, working with a community of people rebuilding broken lives and even ministry in mainland China for four and a half years. John was a man of great personal prayer, spending at least 3-4 hours each day in prayer. This sustained and nourished his ministry. He was an exceptionally innovative and highly creative pastor and his giftedness was shown in his work of founding the parish of John XXIII in Modbury, SA in the early 70's and also his ministry in Malvern, VIC and Southport on the Gold Coast. He was an inspiring mentor to many younger priests and was much sought after as a confessor and a spiritual director. His great love was the liturgy and perhaps his greatest gift was leading the laity in the celebration of prayerful and spiritual liturgies. He will be greatly missed by his family, his confreres and many people in different parts of Australia, Fiji and even China, whose lives he touched deeply. May he rest in peace.
22 Dec 2017	Rev Timothy O'Toole CP Read more Passionists - Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Tim was born and raised in Geelong. During his formation he spent a period of time in PNG and returned there five years after ordination for four years. Tim was always a popular community member because of his personal warmth, his ability to mimic and to laugh at himself. He struggled with self-belief which endeared him to ordinary people. In his younger days Tim shared his love of music with fellow students. He was a fan of Irish and Australian bush music, enhanced by his ability to play the piano accordion, tin whistle and cornet. � Tim served at St Ives, Hobart and Bourke, but it was at endeavour Hills where he truly left his mark, having lived there for sixteen years. The last seven of these years he served as parish priest. He was greatly loved for his pastoral care, sensitivity, compassion and ever-ready availability. Tim was transferred to Marrickville as parish priest in 2016, but having survived heart surgery and the insertion of a pace-maker, he could not survive cancer. In his final weeks the cancer moved rapidly, but he died with great resignation and peace. Huge funeral Masses were held in Marrickville, Endeavour Hills and Geelong where he was finally laid to rest.
22 Dec 2018	Rev Thomas Shanahan Born 01/10/1932; Ordained 24/07/1956 Diocese of Armidale
23 Dec 1853	Rev John Coyle Perth, WA
23 Dec 1884	Rev Joseph Lentaigne SJ Sydney, etc
23 Dec 1889	Rev William Coffey Liverpool, Rose Bay, etc, NSW
23 Dec 1896	Rev Joseph Clampett OFM Ballarat, Geelong, Vic, etc
23 Dec 1897	Rev Thomas Hughes Nanango, Warwick, Toowoomba, etc, Qld
23 Dec 1915	Patrick John Capistran O'Keefe OFM Yass, NSW, etc
23 Dec 1940	Rev Nicholas Goedert SM Sydney, etc
23 Dec 1940	Rev Thomas Sigrief SM Sydney
23 Dec 1953	Rev Mgr John Sharkey Tumut, etc, NSW; ACT
23 Dec 1960	Rev Edmund Bernard Ryan Wagga dioc, NSW
23 Dec 1966	Rev Mgr Thomas Lynch Canberra and Goulburn dioc
23 Dec 1972	Rev Osmond Thorpe CP Adelaide, SA
23 Dec 1974	Rev John J Byrne SJ Melbourne, etc
23 Dec 1974	Rev Michael Glennen Penshurst, Horsham, Cororooke, etc, Vic
23 Dec 1987	Rev Alfred Schupp SDB
23 Dec 1987	Rev Norman Andrew Withnell Tighe's Hill, Maitland, Mayfield, NSW
23 Dec 1989	Rev Francis Xavier Whitely SJ Sydney, etc
23 Dec 1997	Rev John Joseph O'Dwyer Guildford, Bentley, Claremont, Northam, Mount Barker, Cunderdin, Perth dioc
23 Dec 2004	Rev James Hawkins SJ Melbourne, etc
23 Dec 2005	Rev Bernardino Zabatta OFMCap Adelaide, etc
23 Dec 2007	Rev Denis Power Mount Gravatt, East Rosalie, Caloundra, Coorparoo, Gympie, Ipswich, Qld
23 Dec 2012	Rev Mark West OH Born 3/12/1930; Ordained 17/07/1965.
23 Dec 2018	Rev Antony Ruhan SJ Read more Born 02/07/1928; Ordained 06/01/1960 Jesuits - The Society of Jesus A very tall man, Tony Ruhan began Engineering at Sydney University before joining the Jesuits in Melbourne in 1947. During his formal training he completed a Bachelor of Science at Melbourne University and spent three years teaching at the fledgling Saint Ignatius' College in Adelaide. At the start of 1960 he was ordained in Sydney. As a young priest Tony went to Rome to do a biennium in Philosophy at the Gregorian University. After Tertianship at St Andra i Lavanttal, Karnten, in Austria, he undertook a PhD in the History of Ideas and Methods at the University of Chicago. Subsequently, his first enduring appointment was as a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (1972-79). They were volatile times. At one stage he found himself trying to keep warring factions apart. He was known to cause uproar at public meetings. Fellow Australian Jesuit Fr Ian Dillon intervened to save his life on one occasion. Tony also worked in nearby villages. It was his first experience of life on the frontiers, something that was to become a hallmark of his ministry. His next experience of that was in South Korea, where he went in late 1980 to teach at Sogang University. After a couple of years he moved out of there to live with people being evicted by the government from their rooms. He remained with them for the next 12 years, living in acute poverty in the face of rampant corruption. Then he headed for his third frontier, Kampala, Uganda, where, as part of JRS Eastern Africa, he tried to help Sudanese refugees (1994-96). For the most part he lived alone near the camps until UNHCR pulled workers out in the face of attacks from Idi Amin's rebels. He found his final frontier back in Australia, where he spent the last 22 years of his life ministering to homeless people in inner Sydney, initially in the Jesuit parish at St Canice's, Kings Cross, where he would occupy himself with menial tasks in the soup kitchen. With two doctorates Tony was admirably equipped for life as an academic, but he became disillusioned with that milieu in Seoul when it failed to address chronic injustice; so he withdrew from it to devote himself to people living on the margins. He called it �playing a different game�. He had scant regard for honorifics, status or personal achievement, regarding his own academic accomplishments as little more than straw. He refused to allow them to separate him from the poor and needy. Courageous and challenging, he lived life radically, preferring to be in a simple inner city apartment rather than a comfortable community. His fierce intellect contrasted with an almost childlike naivety and honesty when it came to assessing people and situations. He was open to other religious traditions and indigenous cultures.
24 Dec 1884	Rev Patrick McGuiness SM Sydney, etc
24 Dec 1900	Rev Richard Doyle Carrieton, etc, SA
24 Dec 1902	Rev Thomas McEnroe SJ Sydney, etc
24 Dec 1934	Rev Peter Mulligan Sydney
24 Dec 1935	Rev Simon Hegarty CM Malvern, Vic; Ashfield, NSW, etc
24 Dec 1949	Rev John Nolan Yarram, Warragul, Morwell, etc, Vic
24 Dec 1950	Rev Daniel Patrick O'Hare Valley, etc, Qld
24 Dec 1954	Rev Gerald James Bartley Milton, etc, NSW
24 Dec 1955	Rev Peter Baker SJ Sydney; Melbourne
24 Dec 1979	Rev Patrick Francis Cunningham Epping, Bondi Beach, Fairfield, etc, NSW
24 Dec 1989	Rev Eugene C Clifford OSA Innisfail, Herberton, Tully, Qld
24 Dec 1996	Rev Francis Vincent Hefferan OFM Childers, Nambour, etc
24 Dec 2002	Rev Maurice James Carse SSS Toowoomba, Qld; Gordon, Vic; Dampier, Karratha, WA; Khancoban, Wagga, NSW
24 Dec 2002	Rev Lewis O'Leary CSsR
24 Dec 2017	Rev Bryan Tiernan SAC Read more Born 10/04/1928; Ordained 23/01/1955 Pallottines - Society of the Catholic Apostolate The Pallottine Community was saddened by the death of Fr Bryan Tiernan in his 90th year. Bryan was born on 10/4/1928 in Randwick, NSW and was ordained a priest on the 23/1/1955. He went as a missionary to India the following year and was a founding father of the now flourishing Pallottine communities there. Returning to Australia, he was active in the planning and financing of Pallotti College at Millgrove, Victoria. In WA, he served Aboriginal people for nearly 30 years and helped to establish the Perth Aboriginal Catholic Ministry and the Aboriginal Mobile Ministry. In retirement, Bryan was a chaplain at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, for 10 years. Kind and considerate, gentle and unassuming, he endured his last months of debilitating illness with great patience, courage and serenity. A man of great faith and piety, he was released from his sufferings�early on�Christmas Eve at Margaret Hubery Nursing Home in Rossmoyne, WA. Rest in peace.
24 Dec 2021	Rev Michael Butler Born 19/03/1930; Ordained 07/09/1974. Archdiocese of Sydney.
24 Dec 2022	Rev Desmond Leo Purcell SJ Read more Born 21/10/1932; Ordained 02/01/1964. Jesuits - The Society of Jesus Born in Melbourne and educated by the Christian Brothers at Victoria Parade, Des entered the Society of Jesus at Loyola, Watsonia, in 1950. During his formation he completed an Arts degree at Melbourne University and taught at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne. On 2 January 1964, he was ordained at the Cathedral next door to the College. In 1965 Des travelled to India for the final year of his spiritual formation. This was a turning point. He stayed on in India, working for �Famine Relief� in Bihar. In 1966 he went to Kerala to meet the Superior Generals of the Franciscan Clarists and the Congregation of Mother Carmel and invited them to work in Hazaribag. This was a masterstroke that made a huge difference to the apostolate there in subsequent years. At the age of 35 Des embarked on Hindi studies and taught at St Xavier's, Hazaribag and St Joseph's, Mahuadanr. After undertaking an MA in Guidance and Counselling at the Ateneo de Manila, he returned to India as a retreat giver. In 1976 Des moved back to Australia, where he worked in Perth (as a counsellor to Religious), Melbourne (as Province Secretary, retreat director and director of a spiritual formation program for Catholic teachers), Brisbane (as Parish Priest at Toowong), then Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne as a retreat director. During his many years in the Canberra Archdiocese, he did Mass supplies in a swag of country towns. As he explained in a newspaper interview, �I spent my early years as a priest in India, going around from village to village, so sleeping out and moving on has been part of my life as a priest�. Open to new experiences and welcoming to all, Des as a spiritual director was a master of discernment, an encourager, honest responder and compassionate listener. For him, joy was always a sign of God's love. He took joy in parish initiatives that involved the laity, in the visits of an Indian missionary or the planning of a family gathering. His whole approach was summed up in Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (2013), which filled him with joy. His last couple of years were spent in care at Nazareth House in Melbourne, where he died peacefully on Christmas Eve, aged 90.
25 Dec 1878	Rev Daniel Lordon Ballarat, Melbourne, Vic, etc
25 Dec 1888	Rev Henry England West Melbourne, Vic, etc
25 Dec 1890	Rev Marie Louis Cullieret Hobart
25 Dec 1895	Rev Richard P Collins Geelong, etc, Vic
25 Dec 1909	Rev Placide Huault SM Hunters Hill, NSW
25 Dec 1916	Bishop John Dunne Albury, Wilcannia, NSW
25 Dec 1919	Rev Thomas Enwright Ipswich, Stanthorpe, Blackall, Wynnum, Qld
25 Dec 1951	Rev Francis Kenny MSC Sydney; Hindmarsh, SA; Hobart, etc
25 Dec 1960	Rev E A McNabb OCarm
25 Dec 1960	Rev Aloysius Nesbitt CP Sydney
25 Dec 1967	Rev Mgr Daniel Cremin Laidley, etc, Qld
25 Dec 1967	Rev Mgr Arthur Edward Owens Yarrawonga, etc, Vic
25 Dec 1973	Rev Stanislaus Roche OSA Rochester, Kyabram, Vic
25 Dec 1979	Rev Hugh Donnelly SSC Melbourne, etc
25 Dec 1986	Rev Mgr Cornelius Roberts Manly, NSW; Banyo, Qld
25 Dec 1989	Rev Edward Lyons CM Ashfield, Marsfield, NSW, etc
25 Dec 2005	Rev John Stratton SSC Essendon, Vic, etc
25 Dec 2011	Rev Makino Makoto MSC
25 Dec 2011	Rev Hubert Kelly Read more Born 12/03/1919. Date of Ordination: 1/08/1948 - Archdiocese of Perth. Hubie studied at Springwood and Manly and following his ordination in 1948 served in Perth Parishes until 1953 when he went to Wagin as assistant in the area defined as Bunbury Diocese when it was established in 1954. From that time until his retirement, Hubie served in that diocese with outstanding dedication. His last appointment was a nine year appointment as Chaplain to Hosea House of Prayer in Dardanup, where he worked with and supported a long time friend, Sr Romanus Dee. Hubie loved the country and one of his great joys was to have a car so that he was able to move quickly around country places, to visit people, to go to other Mass centres, to feel the joy of green fields, sheep and cattle, the crops, the native vegetation - the whole countryside in each season of the year! Hubie grew to know and to love the people in each of the parishes to which he was sent, including Kojonup, Pemberton, Boyup Brook, Kojonup, Gnowangerup, Lake Grace and Bunbury, and through his involvement with Marriage Encounter and Charismatic Prayer groups, Healing Ministry and the Guild of St Luke. In his own quiet way he was very forward thinking. He truly valued how as a result of Vatican II, people were encouraged to work closely with priests in the different ministries. Rest in peace dear Hubie.
25 Dec 2011	Rev Hans Dopheide SDB Read more Born 26/11/1936; Ordained 20/03/1967; Salesians of Don Bosco. Hans Dopheide was born in the Netherlands on 26 November 1936. Following World War II his family migrated, first to New Zealand and then to Australia in 1954. Hans joined the Salesians doing his novitiate at Sunbury in 1957 and was professed on 31 January 1958. He remained at Sunbury for philosophy and practical training. He went to Italy for Theology and was ordained on 20 March 1967 at Salerno. Following his ordination Hans returned to Sunbury until 1985 where he held variously the positions of Teacher, Prefect of Studies, Prefect of Agriculture and Vice Rector. Hans then volunteered for the missions spending ten years at Alafua, Samoa building and running a Technical Centre. His final missionary placement was in Pakistan 2000-2005 where again his energy was chanelled into building a Technical Centre. When his health began to fail, Hans returned to Ferntree Gully, Victoria, his final years were spent receiving high level care in a dementia unit. Hans was a man of tremendous talents which he shared willingly� music, agriculture, technology, finance and boundless energy � all of which were driven by Don Bosco's love of God and young people. Hans died on Christmas Day 2011 and is buried in the Salesian Cemetery, Sunbury. Rest in peace Hans.
25 Dec 2014	Rev Mgr John Frawley PE Born 01/08/1925; Ordained 13/08/1982 Diocese of Bathurst
25 Dec 2019	Rev John Edmond Barry OSA Read more Born: 13/02/1933. Ordained: 08/02/1958 (Augustinian Fathers) John Edmond Barry, the eldest of the children of Thomas and Eileen Barry (nee O'Hara), was born in Townsville. John lived and undertook his early schooling in various places in Queensland during his early years. John's mother's family had strong Cairns connections and it was there John came to know the Augustinians. The family eventually moved to Brisbane settling in Nundah. John undertook his high school education at Nudgee College. John entered the Augustinian novitiate at Whinstanes, Hamilton (Brisbane) in 1951 and professed his first religious vows in 1952. The followed years of study in the United States where John was ordained on the 8th February, 1958. In 1959, after returning to Australia, John briefly served in the parish of St James, Coorparoo and began teaching at Villanova College, Coorparoo until 1970. John was held in high respect by his students many of whom were present for the Requiem Mass held at St James. In 1970, at the age of 37 years, John was elected as Provincial of the Australian Province of the Augustinians, the first Australian born Augustinian elected to that position. He served as Provincial until 1978. These were years of renewal in the Church in the post-Conciliar period. For the Augustinians it was a period when the Order was rediscovering the riches of Augustinian Spirituality. John's leadership served the Augustinians well. John's appointment as Parish Priest at Echuca in 1979 was interrupted by a serious heart attack and the following months of recovery. Eventually John was appointed to assist at St Joseph's Parish, South Yarra. This would become the ministry which would become a major focus for John. He served in the parish from 1980-1982 and then again from 1987-2010. For 1990-2008 he was Pastor. He developed extensively the parish's existing commitment to community outreach initiatives and a justice and peace focus. For a brief interlude (1983-1986), John was director of the Augustinian Prayer House at Clayfield in Brisbane. In 2011, despite being in his late 70s, he accepted a request to be Prior of the Augustinian Formation Community in Brookvale, Sydney. John was an inspiring mentor and example to those in formation as well as to those formally appointed to formation ministry. In January, 2019, John returned to his beloved South Yarra. His health declined significantly over the year and he died on Christmas Day. Requiem Masses were held at both South Yarra and Coorparoo and John is buried at Nudgee Cemetery. Rest in Peace.
25 Dec 2020	Rev Joseph Dooley PE Born 22/04/1937; Ordained 21/06/1964. Diocese of Bathurst
26 Dec 1909	Rev Louis Hubert MSC Sydney
26 Dec 1914	Rev Joseph J McCarthy South Melbourne, Brighton, etc, Vic
26 Dec 1915	Rev John Carden Adelaide dioc
26 Dec 1921	Bishop William Bernard Kelly Perth, Geraldton, WA
26 Dec 1952	Rev Michael V Prendergast Jamestown, etc, SA
26 Dec 1957	Rev Thomas Quigley Krambach, etc, NSW
26 Dec 1957	Bishop James Whyte Forest Lodge, Camperdown, NSW
26 Dec 1965	Rev Cyril Cahill CSsR Maitland, NSW, etc
26 Dec 1970	Rev John Northey MSC Sydney; Hobart, etc
26 Dec 1971	Rev John Patrick Murphy CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
26 Dec 1973	Rev Walter Baker Parramatta, etc, NSW
26 Dec 1978	Rev Joseph Guerrino Colussi SDB Oakleigh, Vic; Engadine, Lysterfield, NSW
26 Dec 1979	Rev Patrick Joseph Bushell Manangatang, Penshurst, etc, Vic
26 Dec 1998	Rev William Kevin Glover SM Hunters Hill, Sydney, Toongabbie, NSW; West Sunshine, Vic; Gladstone, Qld; Esperance, Margaret River, WA
26 Dec 2003	Rev Eugene McSweeney CSsR
27 Dec 1887	Rev Peter P O'Meara Hobart; Melbourne
27 Dec 1890	Rev Mathias Hager SJ Norwood, Sevenhill, SA, etc
27 Dec 1933	Rev James Farrell SJ Adelaide, etc
27 Dec 1935	Rev Timothy McCarthy Diocese of Ballarat, Vic
27 Dec 1952	Rev Mgr Patrick Joseph Hartigan Narrandera, Rose Bay, etc, NSW
27 Dec 1955	Bishop H J O'Neill Sydney
27 Dec 1961	Rev Cyril Raphael Oxenham OP Helensburgh, NSW; Melbourne, etc
27 Dec 1969	Rev James Kelly Millicent, etc, SA
27 Dec 1973	Rev Mgr James Blakeney Temora, etc, NSW
27 Dec 1973	Rev John Brohan Canberra and Goulburn dioc
27 Dec 1978	Rev Vincent James Carroll Kingaroy, etc, Qld
27 Dec 1983	Rev Edward Durkin Melbourne dioc
27 Dec 1987	Rev Edmund McSweeney Bunbury dioc, WA
27 Dec 2010	Rev Anthony Hicks Read more Born 19/07/1939; Ordained 23/05/1970 for the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Tony faithfully served the Church and ministered to the people of God for 40 years, as assistant priest at the parishes of Manifold, Essendon, Kilmore, Fawkner, St Kilda East and St Patrick's Cathedral. He was administrator at Caulfield Parish and later parish priest at Heidelberg West, Surrey Hills and Wattle Park parishes. Tony also served at Centacare and the Marriage Tribunal and as chaplain at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. Rest in peace dear Tony.
27 Dec 2012	Rev Deacon Theodore Tipiloura Read more Ordained 03/12/2003;Diocese of Darwin. With great sadness the Diocese of Darwin informed us of the death of Deacon Theodore Tipiloura. Theodore, the first to be chosen by the Bathurst Island community for the order of Deacon, was ordained by Bishop Ted Collins MSC on 3 December 2003 on Bathurst Island. He and his wife, Marie, studied at Nungalinya College and both gained Certificates in Theology. The day after his ordination, in what was his first official liturgical role, Theodore assisted the Bishop as Deacon when Paul Webb (dec'd) and Vincent Nguyen were ordained in St Mary's Cathedral. Theodore ministered on both Bathurst and Melville Islands and will be remembered for his contribution to the life of the Church on the Tiwi Islands. We hold Marie and his family in our prayers. Rest now in peace Theodore.
27 Dec 2015	Rev John Batchelor SJ Read more Born: 16/12/1913 Ordained: 05/01/1949 Jesuits - Society of Jesus Following a series of small strokes, John died in Sydney 11 days after his 102nd birthday, having been a Jesuit for 80 years and a priest for 67 years. From Marnoo in regional Victoria and without means during the Great Depression, he was unable to complete his secondary education. Upon learning of his plight, the Jesuit Provincial promptly accepted him into the novitiate (1935). After his formation at Loyola College (Watsonia) and Canisius College (Pymble), John was assigned to the schools ministry for 47 years. In later life he worked as a hospital chaplain and assisted in Norwood parish, Adelaide, where he had particular care of the sick and elderly. In 1951 John was a Founding Father of St Ignatius' College, Norwood. A primary school teacher, he counted a future bishop (Gregory O'Kelly SJ) amongst his earliest students there. He saw the school through its first decade and returned for two later stints, when he coordinated religious education in the Junior School and later assisted students with special needs. He also taught at Jesuit schools in Perth (during World War II, when many sons of servicemen were numbered amongst the boarders) and Melbourne, but his 21 years in Adelaide were probably his most significant. A man of disarming simplicity, he had a natural affinity with young children and endeared himself wherever he went. Even after retiring to Canisius College/Arrupe House (Sydney) at the age of 86, he offered chaplaincy services to an aged care home, where he himself took up residence in the last four months of his life. John's gentle, good nature and winning smile touched many people's lives. He had the ability to stand back and see life as a whole. A reflective, selfless person, he was at peace with God and his neighbour.
27 Dec 2018	Rev Deacon James Phelan Born 06/02/1943; Ordained 17/08/1996 Diocese of Parramatta
28 Dec 1909	Rev Michael Joseph O'Flinn Port Augusta (Port Pirie) dioc, SA
28 Dec 1913	Rev Thomas Aloysius Nealon Raymond Terrace, etc, Maitland dioc, NSW
28 Dec 1914	Rev Aristide Gandolfi Adelaide dioc
28 Dec 1936	Rev William Paul McNally Sydney dioc
28 Dec 1939	Rev Francis O'Connell Brisbane dioc
28 Dec 1942	Rev Timothy Manning CM Bathurst, NSW, etc
28 Dec 1948	Bishop Ernest Coppo SDB Kimberleys, WA
28 Dec 1958	Rev Giles Amorotti OFM
28 Dec 1967	Rev Joseph Ciantar SDB Sydney; Melbourne
28 Dec 1975	Rev Philip Keenan CM Ashfield, NSW; Bendigo, Vic, etc
28 Dec 1991	Rev Paul Havlik Hobart dioc
28 Dec 1993	Rev Patrick Lowry OMI Moe, Vic; Lesmurdie, WA
28 Dec 2000	Rev James Mullins Shenton Park, Victoria Park, Bunbury, Northam, Brentwood, Melville, North Beach, Mosman Park, Merredin, Osborne Park, Maylands, WA
28 Dec 2007	Rev John Barker Melbourne dioc
28 Dec 2010	Most Rev Joseph Angelo Grech DD Read more Born in Balzan Malta 10/12/1948; Ordained Priest in Balzan for Malta 30/11/1974; Consecrated 10/2/1999. Appointed Bishop of Sandhurst, Victoria, 8/3/2001. Maltese-born Joe's commitment to the people of the Diocese of Sandhurst was that of a man with a deep love for humanity and a great enthusiasm for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He frequently spoke out on the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia, and he matched these words with pastoral action, through his involvement in the establishment of services in remote detention centres. His enthusiastic manner, unique and charismatic style of preaching and gentle pastoral sensibility helped many young people encounter the spirit of Jesus Christ. Rest in peace dear Joe.
28 Dec 2014	Rev Robert Pocock Read more Born 07/05/1935; Ordained 22/10/1963. Diocese of Geraldton Robert passed away peacefully at Nazareth House, Geraldton, WA. Born in Bendigo, in the Diocese of Sandhurst, Robert was educated at St Liborius School, Eaglehawk and Marist Brothers College, Bendigo. He received his seminary formation at Corpus Christi Seminary, Melbourne and was ordained on 22 October 1963 for the Congregation of the Most Blessed Sacrament by Bishop Arthur Fox. On 10 October 1977 Robert was incardinated into the Diocese of Geraldton, WA, having first arrived in the diocese in September 1972. Robert's appointments in the Diocese of Geraldton were: Assistant Priest Cathedral Parish (1972-1977), Diocesan Chancellor (1976-1985), Administrator Cathedral Parish (1978-1985), Parish Priest Carnarvon (1986-1992), Parish Pariest Karratha (1992-2004), Vicar General (1994-2007)' Priest in Charge Wickham (2005-2014). Robert also spent time as Assistant Priest at Fawkner, Archdiocese of Melbourne (1991-1992). After years of faith-filled ministry, Robert retired in March 2014. May he rest now in peace.
28 Dec 2015	Rev Warren Mossfield Read more Born 15/06/1937; Ordained 06/01/1966 Diocese of Wagga Wagga Born at Annandale in Sydney, Warren's first job after leaving school was in the Valuer-General's Department in Albury and it was there that he decided to enter the priesthood. Warren died nine days before the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest by Pope Paul VI on January 6, 1966. Priests from around the Wagga Diocese joined with Warren's family, former parishioners and seminary classmates to celebrate his life at a Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial in St Michael's Cathedral. In his eulogy, Frank Mossfield spoke of his brother's love of family and his sporting talents, including rugby league and cricket and the happy times the family shared. Warren served in 10 parishes in the Wagga Diocese, including South Wagga, Griffith, Tarcutta, Albury and Jerilderie from 1967. He also served in Townsville between 1975 and 1978 and at the Vianney College seminary in Wagga between 1998 and 2001. His last appointment was at Holbrook, between 2004 and 2007. May he rest in peace.
28 Dec 2023	Rev Mgr Michael Berbari Born 01/08/1940; Ordained 26/03/1967. Archdiocese of Sydney.
29 Dec 1898	Rev John O'Reilly Maitland, Murrurundi, Branxton, etc, NSW
29 Dec 1900	Bishop D Rosendo Salvado OSB New Norcia, WA
29 Dec 1904	Rev Emmanuel Claude Royer Melbourne, etc
29 Dec 1907	Archbishop Daniel Murphy Hobart
29 Dec 1920	Rev Charles Flaus SM Gladstone, Qld, etc
29 Dec 1946	Rev Martin James Doyle Brisbane dioc
29 Dec 1950	Rev Edward Glowrey St. Arnaud, Ballarat, etc, Vic
29 Dec 1955	Rev John Monaghan SM Hunters Hill, NSW, etc
29 Dec 1960	Rev James Thomas Fitzpatrick Sale dioc, Vic
29 Dec 1979	Rev Sylvester Peppe OSB Smithfield, Rydalmere, NSW
29 Dec 1990	Rev Daniel O'Shea OFM Sydney, etc
29 Dec 1990	Rev Victor Turner SJ Melbourne, etc
29 Dec 1997	Rev Mgr John Meaney Leichhardt, Dulwich Hill, Ashbury, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney Cathedral, Lidcombe, NSW
29 Dec 2007	Rev Daniel Dee Sale, Leongatha, Vic
29 Dec 2008	Rev Mgr John Edward Grannall Born 30/08/1931; Ordained 01/08/1955; Orange, Lithgow, Dubbo, Cowra, Bathurst, Dunedoo/Coolah, Portland, NSW.
29 Dec 2009	Rev Berard Winnett OFM Born 22/10/1918; Ordained 25/07/1949; Sydney, Tamwoth, NSW, etc.
29 Dec 2017	Rev John Baptiste Tran Born 24/12/1943; Ordained 27/11/1987 Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
29 Dec 2020	Most Rev Geoffrey J Robinson DD Read more Born in Richmond NSW 10/08/1937. Ordained Priest for Sydney 21/12/1960. Consecrated Titular Bishop of Rusuca 08/03/1984. Retired 15/07/2004. HOMILY BY BISHOP PETER INGHAM My friends whenever somebody we love dies, I believe, we too die a little bit ourselves. We know that we can never be exactly the same again. An area of life - a familiar voice, footstep, a shared memory - has suddenly disappeared and cannot ever be recreated. It is a heart-rending experience because Geoff, whom we loved and still love, has a place in our hearts, but we can no longer find a place in his. A violence has been done to us, because we have lost a place where we loved to rest. So, mixed with our sadness and grief there may well be even some anger, that the balance of our lives has been so roughly upset. And there's nothing wrong if our prayer is telling God we feel angry - God is big enough to take that. Yet woven into all this mixed emotion, there is also a deep gratitude to God for all that Geoff has been to us. In our different ways we came to know, to love and to appreciate Bishop Geoff Robinson. Geoff played a part in our lives and has left his influence upon us - that's the power of goodness and love, generosity, justice and truth. Our love and appreciation for Geoff and his love and appreciation for us have, even if only in a small way, affected all of us. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here today or be tuning in to this Mass. Act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with God Geoff has chosen the scripture for today's Mass and, if he is measuring himself up against the ideal God asks of us, namely to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with God, we would say Geoff has passed the test admirably. The Canon Law Society Journal has described Geoff as a man of truth and integrity, a dedicated priest, a pastoral Bishop, a renowned Canon lawyer and a humble servant of the people of God. People have spoken to me about Geoff's courage, that he has been a prophetic voice for the Church, that he has been someone who really made a difference, made a great contribution to humanity, that he has been a light in the darkness. Others have spoken about Geoff's superb intellect, his clear mind, his ability to focus, his determination. Whatever he undertook, there were no half-measures with Geoff. Everything he did, he did well with all his heart. He had an open attitude that was inclusive particularly of marginalised people. Anyone who knew Geoff realised they were in the presence of a thoroughly good man. To mark Bishop Geoff's 60th anniversary of priesthood, a plaque on the wall of Saint Joseph's Church, Enfield, expresses that the parishioners are grateful and blessed to have had Bishop Geoff in residence since October 1988. The parishioners are honoured to call him our Bishop'. It says he is our preacher, our counsellor, our teacher, our listener, our friend and faith-journey companion. This community is blessed to have been brought closer to Christ by his ministry. He has shown us that he is a true disciple of our loving God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. On everyone's behalf, I offer our deepest sympathy and the comfort of our presence and prayers to Geoff's brother, Denis, his sisters Patricia, Frances and Helen and to their families, to the Archdiocese of Sydney which he served so wholeheartedly, to the parishioners of St Joseph's, to his many collaborators and colleagues, and to his many friends and admirers among the people of God, laypeople, religious, bishops, priests and deacons. Geoff had a coronary bypass on Christmas Eve in 1992, which he said became a deeply spiritual experience that caused him to go back to the foundations of his own beliefs and to look at everything in his life again in the light of his near encounter with death. Scripture first love Bishop Geoff's love of Holy Scripture still flourished and sustained him right to the end. As a young priest in Rome, he had obediently accepted Cardinal Gilroy's wish that he study Canon Law. His own preference would have been to study Sacred Scripture. Scripture has nourished Geoff's spirituality and prayer and this has always flowed through to his commitment to his moral sense of truth, of justice, and of charity. When Geoff successfully organised a series of Scripture seminars throughout Sydney in the 90s, teachers and parishioners flocked to them showing a thirst for the Word of God. Geoff wanted to improve the biblical literacy of teachers and of the wider community. In 1994, Geoff was granted a 10-week study leave. It was a field study during which he spent a week in the Sinai desert, three weeks in Turkey (Asia Minor of first century Christianity) and six weeks in Israel. His study leave led to a book he published in 1997 called Travels in Sacred Places. Geoff dedicated the book to all people who struggle with their ideas of God, people who seek to hand on to others a knowledge and love that will sustain them. In October 1994, Geoff published his book on Saint Mark's Gospel (almost 600 pages) entitled, A Change of Mind and Heart. This began as a series of talks to teachers in Catholic schools. Geoff's writings through his many books and through his homilies easily reached and enlightened his readers and listeners. Geoff sought to promote conversation within and beyond the Catholic Church exemplified by his organisation of the Ecumenical Halifax-Portal Lectures and his involvement in Catalyst for Renewal and Spirituality in the Pub. As someone said: Geoff always saw beyond what he saw. Canon Law career In 1967, Geoff became Lecturer in Canon Law at Saint Patrick's Seminary, Manly, during those challenging years of the revision and renewal of the Code of Canon Law, to accommodate the teachings of the 2nd Vatican Council. Geoff not only was part of the unanimous vote of Canon Lawyers to form the Canon Law Society of Australia and later of New Zealand, but he also served on its Executive for 14 consecutive years, serving as Secretary for six years and as President for eight years. Our Bishops' Conference enlisted the Canon Law Society to comment on the draft texts of the Church's new Code of Canon Law by way of amendments and the drafting of new canons. Geoff was the convener, the organiser and was inspirational in his ability to bring others with him. On the international level, Geoff was part of a core group of canonical advisors who made a positive contribution to the shape of the Church's new code of law promulgated in 1983. Geoff was the architect of an Institute of Tribunal Practice in 1978 to train people who work in Church Tribunals. Geoff devised its structure and content and organised the lecturers. It is still ongoing, now under the Canon Law Society and reaches out beyond Australia, to Papua New Guinea, to the south west Pacific, and to south east Asia. Geoff's 1984 book, Marriage, Divorce, Nullity - a Guide to the Annulment Process in the Catholic Church was revised to accommodate changes in Vatican jurisprudence and re-printed in 2000. It has since been translated into other languages. When, in 2008, Geoff received the Owen Oxenham Award for Outstanding Service, the President of the Canon Law Society, Rev. Professor Ian Waters said: Bishop Geoff's superb intellect, his generosity and his availability have resulted in significant contributions in the areas of Sacred Scripture, of Catholic Education, of Ecumenism, of Spirituality and Professional Standards. Education and Professional Standards Any of us who were at Geoff's ordination as Auxiliary Bishop in 1984 would have heard him say that, as important it was to be ordained the Bishop, the most important day of his life was the day he was baptised. In respect of that, Geoff simply wanted to be buried as a Christian'. Bishop Geoff's appointment as Vicar for Education in the Archdiocese of Sydney, as Chair of the Catholic Schools Board and Chair of the Education Commission NSW opened up a new field for his conscientious pastoral engagement. People who worked with Geoff in this capacity speak of how he was always fully informed and alert to the wide-ranging agenda impacting on Catholic Education and able to respond in a clear and highly intelligent manner. Geoff could balance sometimes competing demands of the State political agenda impacting on Catholic schools and the rightful position of the Church on such matters. He maintained and prioritised an excellent relationship with the Catholic Education Office and the Executive Director of Schools. He promoted strong relationships between School and Parish, particularly between the Principal and the Parish Priest. Geoff would always insist on considered, balanced and evidence-based decision-making in relation to major restructuring, such as with school closures, amalgamation of schools, or the founding of new schools. Geoff was always available as a source of wise counsel on sensitive issues, giving his time to discuss options, implications while respecting the role of the person seeking his advice. In general, he always acted with integrity and a strong sense of justice, particularly for those for whom life was challenging. Geoff was always the pastor with the mission of the Church uppermost in his mind. Bishop Geoff always seemed ahead of the game. Another good example of that was his perception which led to his intuition about the impact of what the sexual abuse crisis would bring. Geoff stood for a truth we didn't like and did not want to own, because so many, at all levels of the Church, were in denial of what was coming to light. Geoff's commitment to truth and justice made him suffer for his beliefs. I joined the Bishops' Conference in 1993 when Geoff was chair of the Bishops' Committee now designated Professional Standards. By 1996 it was largely Geoff's leadership that gave us Towards Healing - pastoral protocols on how to receive complaints of abuse by church personnel. Next step was Integrity in Ministry, a code of conduct setting standards of behaviour for those involved in the ministerial life of the Catholic Church. Geoff outlined further steps in the process of the church facing up to this issue, an issue which has done irreparable damage not only to victims and survivors, but also to secondary victims: their families, the parish, the school communities and other people as well as to the credibility of the Church at large. Geoff began by personally listening to victims, hearing their stories, witnessing the pain and damage done to them. Through that, he began to understand something of the complexity of factors which lead to abuse. He also realised the need to get into the mentality of those responsible for abusing. Geoff urged us, his brother bishops, to listen to victims and to deal decisively with complaints of abuse. He saw the need to go further, trying to understand the weaknesses and failures in the Church's systems which enable such a betrayal of trust and power. All this was years before the Royal Commission of 2014. At the time, some thought Geoff was going too far. Subsequent events have shown that we all owe Geoff a tremendous debt of gratitude. Didn't Jesus say, The truth will set you free? I believe history will show Geoff Robinson to be one of the very significant leaders of the Catholic Church in our country, a real champion. His focus was on the pastoral side of reaching out both to victims and perpetrators with compassion and mercy. He was a light in the darkness, ahead of his time - prophetic. As with all prophets, he suffered for his honest appraisal of our situation. In many ways, the wheel has come full circle. For while the Vatican was initially alarmed at Geoff's proactive stance and he was even taken to task by the Nuncio at the time, we now have Pope Francis setting up the Vatican's Commission for the Protection of Minors, and the Pope's spokesman Fr. Hans Zollner endorsing the very insights Geoff had taken, back at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st-century. A prophet is not welcome in his own country. Confronting power As Bishop Power wrote: [Geoff] was a faithful son of the Church wanting the Church to be its best self while knowing it was ecclesia semper reformanda - the Church continually in need of reform. Bishop Geoff's courageous book, Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church - Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus came from his deep-held desires for the Church to be true to its mission of bringing Christ to the world and from his own great honesty and courage in naming the challenges facing the church today. Through the liturgy of this Mass of Christian Burial, we gather in friendship here, to ask God to forgive whatever sins Bishop Geoffrey may have committed through human frailty. We ask God to take care of Geoff, now that his earthly life is over. We commit his bodily remains to the earth, but his spirit lives on. We all cherish many happy memories of what Geoff has been to each of us. Through this Mass we share in the sacrifice of our redemption, the mystery of Christ who has gone before us through death on the Cross and has, by his resurrection, bequeathed to us all, the one sure ground of hope and fulfilment. Death is a mystery with which we can hardly grapple at all satisfactorily without faith; death, without faith, leaves us puzzled and disturbed. Pope Saint John the 23rd said: The priest is to be a good Shepherd who seeks to reach souls and to look upon the truth. The Pope then added, Truth and goodness are like two wings to keep us airborne. Any bird will testify you need both the left and the right wings to be able to fly! So today let us not so much more mourn Geoffrey's death as celebrate his homecoming, his birth to eternal life. We give thanks to God for Geoff's life, dedicated to the Lord in the service of his Church. We give thanks to God for the example Geoff's goodness, generosity, and consistency gives us; and we give thanks to God for the lessons that we have learnt from Geoffrey Robinson. May Bishop Geoff's gentle soul rest contentedly today in the happiness of God's home where Jesus, the way, the truth and the life...has gone ahead to prepare a place for him and for each and every one of us. May Geoffrey rest in the Lord's peace and receive the reward of his goodness. Amen.
29 Dec 2022	Rev Andre Nahhas Born 1945. Ordained 06/11/1983. Archdiocese of Perth.
29 Dec 2023	Rev Dr William Aliprandi Born 28/05/1935; Ordained 18/07/1959. Diocese of Broken Bay.
30 Dec 1877	Rev Patrick Murtagh Mudgee, Muswellbrook, etc, NSW
30 Dec 1913	Rev Malachy O'Callaghan CM Balmain, Ashfield, NSW
30 Dec 1917	Rev Patrick Dowling Manly, Mascot, etc, NSW
30 Dec 1924	Rev James Isidore Larkin OFM Sydney, etc
30 Dec 1932	Rev Bertrand Mangan CP Marrickville, NSW
30 Dec 1954	Rev Mark William Tyrrell OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
30 Dec 1975	Rev Cornelius Donovan Sydney, etc
30 Dec 1975	Rev William McGoldrick Brisbane dioc
30 Dec 1979	Rev George Todd Berwick, Bairnsdale, Cranbourne, etc, Vic
30 Dec 1984	Rev John Keenan Mona Vale, etc, NSW
30 Dec 1993	Rev William Gorman O'Connor Seven Hills, Parramatta dioc, etc, NSW
30 Dec 2000	Bishop John Ahern Torpie Gatton, Ipswich, Ekibin, Holland Park, Brisbane cathedral, Banyo, Cairns, Qld
30 Dec 2005	Rev Donald Leivesley Drummoyne, Annandale, Beverley Hills, Collaroy Plateau, NSW
30 Dec 2007	Rev Joseph Furst CP Templestowe, Vic; Marrickville, NSW; Hobart, Tas; Port Augusta, Wilmington, Glen Osmond, SA
30 Dec 2013	Rev Patrick McHugh Read more Born 23/12/1930; Ordained 29/06/1959 - Archdiocese of Brisbane. Patrick McHugh lived a life of joy amidst hardships, suffering and trauma, until his last breath on December 30, 2013. He was ordained to the priesthood at St Stephen's Cathedral on June 29, 1959, and Archbishop Mark Coleridge received his body into the cathedral once more, this time into eternal joy and rest. He spent several years moving around the archdiocese, including time at Wavell Heights, Booval, Gympie, Lutwyche, Gatton, Wishart, the Cathedral, Beenleigh, Dutton Park, Nundah, Darra/Jindalee and Villa Maria. Patrick was responsible for building St Catherine's Church, Wishart, in the 1970s. He retired in 2003, and spent his last years at Emmaus Retirement Village. Brisbane priest Fr John Sullivan was in the seminary when he met Fr McHugh, and gave a touching homily at the funeral Mass. Reflecting on Pope Francis' challenge for priests to smell of the sheep' and be real pastors of the soul, Fr Sullivan said Patrick knew that already. He'd done it all his priestly life.' Rest now in peace Patrick.
30 Dec 2017	Rev Lawrence (Laurie) Sullivan SSS Read more Born: 04/12/1925 Ordained 18/01/1956 - Blessed Sacrament Fathers Laurie Sullivan died peacefully at St Vincent's Private Hospital, Fitzroy on 30 December 2017, aged 92. Born in 1925, Laurie was the youngest of six children in a farming family at Merrigum, near the central Victorian town of Tatura. As a boy, his vocation to the priesthood was inspired by the Augustinian Fathers who ministered in the large country parish of Kyabram, travelling from church to church on a Sunday after fasting from midnight the night before. He was also influenced by the Redemptorist Fathers, who moved from parish to parish, preaching missions to renew the religious faith of local communities. After completing his secondary education at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, NSW in 1948, he entered the novitiate of the Blessed Sacrament Congregation at Bowral, NSW, where he made his first profession of religious vows on 19 March 1951. His studies for the priesthood were undertaken in Melbourne at St Francis' Church and later at the Congregation's seminary in Lower Plenty (Templestowe). On 18�January�1956 he was ordained to the priesthood at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. Within months of ordination, Laurie accepted a posting to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) where the Australian province had opened a missionary foundation. Over the next several decades, he served three terms as community leader in Colombo and two terms as director of students at Kandy. Back in Australia from mid 1994, he ministered in Perth, WA before finally returning to St Francis' Church, Melbourne in 1999. He remained at St Francis' until mid 2017, when declining health prompted his transfer to residential aged care at Mercy Place, Parkville. Laurie Sullivan is gratefully remembered for his long years of service and pioneering leadership in Sri Lanka. A gentle and much-loved pastor, he was widely known for his spiritual guidance and counsel to those in need. To local members of the secular institute Servitium Christi and the Eucharistic Associates at St Francis' Church, he was a devoted spiritual advisor and chaplain. May he rest in peace.
31 Dec 1884	Rev James Joseph Garvey Tamworth, Moruya, Woollahra, Lithgow, Darlinghurst, etc, NSW
31 Dec 1887	Rev Peter F O'Shea Balmain, etc, NSW
31 Dec 1925	Rev Hilary Mara CP Glen Osmond, SA; New Town, Tas, etc
31 Dec 1936	Rev David Griffin Armidale dioc, NSW
31 Dec 1940	Rev Timothy Hartnett Boorowa, etc, NSW
31 Dec 1942	Rev John Flynn OMI Fremantle, Glendalough, WA
31 Dec 1943	Rev James Byrne Wagga dioc, NSW
31 Dec 1949	Rev Kevin Moriarty Melbourne, etc
31 Dec 1961	Rev Peter Paul O'Doherty West Wyalong, Goulburn, NSW; Canberra, ACT
31 Dec 1963	Rev Patrick Stokes OSA Sandhurst dioc, Vic; Manly Vale, NSW
31 Dec 1981	Rev Emilio Da Bove SDB Sunbury, Vic
31 Dec 1982	Rev Daniel Joseph Lee Brisbane dioc
31 Dec 1987	Rev Francis Leo Kearnan Cottesloe, Guildford, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Perth dioc
31 Dec 1992	Rev Mgr John F Kelly Melbourne dioc
31 Dec 1992	Rev Patrick Culligan Bungaree, Ballarat East, Ballarat, Charlton, Gordon, Hamilton, Horsham, Nhill, and Warracknabeal - Ballarat Diocese
31 Dec 1993	Rev Joseph Walsh Maitland dioc, NSW
31 Dec 1995	Rev Stephen Palinkas SVD
31 Dec 1995	Rev John Stockdale Adelaide, SA; Bendigo, VIC; etc.
31 Dec 2002	Rev Matthew Keaney SJ Melbourne, etc
31 Dec 2011	Rev Eamon (Ned) Purcell CSSp Broadmeadows, V, etc.
31 Dec 2014	Rev Denis McCarthy OMI Born 10/08/1925; Ordained 29/06/1950. Oblates - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
31 Dec 2016	Rev Michael Brown OFM Born 12/07/1922; Ordained 06/08/1955 Franciscan Friars - Order of Friars Minor
31 Dec 2023	Rev Edward (Don) V Murray Born 24/05/1931; Ordained 21/12/1960. Diocese of Toowoomba.