The Australian Catholic Directory • Deceased Priests

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Prayer for May 27th

TURN YOUR FACE, JESUS, TOWARDS THESE UPRIGHT ONES WHO SERVED YOUR BODY AS FAITHFUL PRIESTS.

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 27th of 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.
1867
Rev Antoine Freydier Dubreul SM Sydney
1883
Rev Michael Dwyer St. Arnaud, etc, Vic
1890
Rev David Lee Sydney dioc
1902
Rev Ferdinand Guilloux SM Sydney
1909
Rev James Michael Kissane Ballarat dioc, Vic
1912
Rev Edward Joseph Fallon Boorowa, NSW; Geraldton, WA; Goulburn, Tumut, Temora, etc, NSW
1921
Rev James Aloysius T A Fitzgerald OFM Waverley, NSW, etc
1932
Rev Benedict Abel CP Marrickville, Goulburn, NSW; New Town, Tas
1932
Rev William Bannon CSsR Maitland, NSW, etc
1955
Daniel (David) J Griffin Bribbaree, etc, NSW; Canberra and Goulburn dioc
1969
Rev Maxwell W Irvine North Ipswich, etc, Qld
1981
Rev John Morgan Melbourne dioc
1985
Rev Karl Heesh SM Lismore, Hunters Hill, NSW
1995
Rev Michael John Delahunty Bruce Rock, Brentwood, East Fremantle, WA
2001
Rev John Brendan Rogers OFM Edgecliff, Paddington, NSW; Townsville, Kedron, Qld; Eaglehawk, Vic
2003
Rev Phillip Kehoe OSA Echuca, Vic; Mareeba, Qld; Kyabram, Vic; Coorparoo, Qld
2004
Rev Lawrence Gallagher Ballarat dioc, Vic

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

Rev William Hall Sandhurst dioc, Vic

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