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Prayer for March 29th

WE BELIEVE, GOD OF GLORY, THAT YOU WILL BRING WITH JESUS THOSE WHO HAVE DIED BELIEVING IN HIM.

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 29th of March:

2016
Rev Dominic Cremasco SVD Born 2/02/1922; Ordained 2/09/1957 Divine Word Missionaries
2017
Rev Jim Petry MBE Born 23/07/1923; Ordained 22/05/1948 Archdiocese of Perth Read more
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.
1870
Rev James Parle Richmond, Port Fairy, Vic
1864
Rev Joseph F O'Donoghue Archdiocese of Melbourne
1909
Rev Berthold (Joseph) Hart OCarm Melbourne
1938
Rev Denis Ambrose Guinan OSA North Queensland
1963
Rev Eric Dwyer CSsR Pennant Hills, NSW; Hobart, etc
1972
Rev Michael Cussen CSsR Ballarat, Vic; New Town, Tas
1973
Rev Martin Wallace SJ Adelaide, etc
1978
Rev Emilio Creola SJ Adelaide
1994
Rev Gerge Matthew Maher Ballarat dioc, Vic; Wentworth, Bourke, Balranald, NSW
2004
Rev Francis Chapman SSC Essendon, Vic; Turramurra, NSW
2007
Rev Henry Gilbert (Harry) Davis Sydney, Broken Bay dioc, NSW
2009
Rev Colin James Ogilvie Born 13/09/1941; Ordained 30/09/1988; Broken Hill and Cobar, Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes

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

Rev John Carter Sandhurst dioc, Vic
1872Rev Peter Bruno Powell St. Leonards, Penrith, etc, NSW; Penola, Mt. Gambier, Adelaide dioc, SA; Perth, Albany, WA; Melbourne, Vic
1886Rev Martin Meagher Crookwell, etc, NSW; Hobart dioc
1889Rev Francis? Costello Sydney
1906Rev Michael Farrelly Sandhurst dioc, Vic

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