Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-2024

List of Deceased Clergy for the 13th of October
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
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