The Australian Catholic Directory • Deceased Priests

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Prayer for January 16th

REMEMBER, LORD, THESE LEADERS OF YOUR FAITH-FAMILY, WHO GAVE YOU HONOUR AND GLORY IN PRIESTLY LIVES.

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 16th of January:

2013
Rev John McSweeney Born 11/07/1919; Ordained 24/06/1944; Archdiocese of Sydney
2012
Rev Douglas Rowe sfp Perth, Midland WA
2012
Rev Elias Ayoub
2019
Rev James M Honner Born 01/05/1936; Ordained 16/07/1960 Archdiocese of Adelaide Read more
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.
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.
1861
Rev Timothy O'Rourke Kilmore, Vic
1885
Bishop Matthew Quinn Bathurst, NSW
1899
Rev Charles Chiniquy Hobart, Tas, Melbourne, Vic, etc
1912
Bishop Louis Andre Navarre MSC Sydney, Thursday Island
1914
Rev Mgr John Hoyne Hamilton, Ballarat, Vic, Hobart, Tas, Bathurst dioc, NSW
1943
Rev Anthony Walsh York, WA, etc
1949
Rev John Francis Coughlin Horsham, Donald, Inglewood, Vic
1951
Rev William Cain Ballarat dioc, Vic
1952
Rev Patrick Dalton SJ Melbourne, etc
1955
Rev Thomas O'Connor CSsR Ballarat, Vic, etc
1967
Rev William O'Regan Proserpine, etc, Qld
1985
Rev Cornelius Sexton Dover Heights, etc, NSW
2001
Rev Joseph Flynn Sale dioc, Vic

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

1881Rev Thomas O'Callaghan Sandhurst dioc, Vic
1897Rev David Kiniry SJ Melbourne
1972Rev Francis Milburn Bacchus Marsh, Melbourne VIC

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