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Prayer for October 22nd

LET YOUR FAITHFUL PRIESTS REJOICE FOREVER, O HOLY GOD, FOR YOU HAVE PURIFIED THEM IN DIVINE LOVE.

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

This is an historical record of the death of clergy in Australia for the 22nd of October:

• 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
• 1887
  Rev Peter Jonghe (Young)  Sydney dioc
• 1910
  Rev Joseph O'Malley  Sydney; Hawthorn, Vic; Norwood, SA
• 1921
  Rev Benedict Falvey OP  Melbourne, etc
• 1945
  Rev Patrick McGinley  Nanango, Rockhampton, etc, Qld
• 1949
  Rev Patrick Griffin SJ  Melbourne, etc
• 1950
  Rev William Gywnne SJ  Sydney, etc
• 1957
  Rev Benedict Barranco OSB  New Norcia, WA
• 1965
  Rev Harold Scanlon CSsR  Sydney; Hobart, etc
• 1974
  Rev Charles Devereux  Charters Towers, etc, Qld
• 1988
  Rev Francis Moylan OCD  Sydney, etc
• 2002
  Rev Thomas Mescall OSA  Coorparoo, Cairns, Brisbane, Qld; Echuca, Vic
• 2004
  Rev Bruno Morotti CS  

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

• Rev Michael Conlon   Ballarat dioc, Vic
• 1879Rev Michael Renehan   Drayton, etc, Qld; Sydney
• 1880Rev Eugenio Ricci   Toowoomba, Qld
• 1887Rev F Farrelly   Sydney
• 1889Rev Patrick Riordan   Portland, Melbourne, etc, Vic
• 1903Brosnan   Sydney
• 1930Rev Richard Timothy Daly   Goulburn dioc, NSW
• 1979Rev John Comerford   Rockhampton, Mackay, Bundaberg, Blackall, Tambo, Aramac, Marian, etc, Qld
• 1987Rev Denis Daly   Sydney

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