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About Help Contact login Rev John Gateley SJ Title: Rev First Name: John Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Gateley Order: SJ Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1846 Place of Birth: Roscommon Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 08-Aug-1910 Place of Death: Melbourne VIC Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1910 Place of Burial: Boroondara, Kew VIC Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208194995 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Gately, John Pastor; born Roscommon, Ireland, 21 March 1846; died Melbourne, 8 August 1910, aged 64. John Gately entered the Society at Milltown Park, 14 August 1878, as a diocesan priest of the Elphin diocese at the age of 32. He had been a teacher in the Colleges of Sligo and Athlone. After one year of noviciate and one year tertianship he taught rudiments and arithmetic, classics and English at Tullamore College, 1880-86. A year of theology at Ona, Spain, 1886-87, followed. He taught at Clongowes and the Crescent, Limerick, 1887-96, before going to Australia in 1896. He taught at St Patrick's College and St Aloysius' College, Bourke Street, Sydney, 1897-99, and later spent the rest of his life working in the parishes of Hawthorn, 1899-02, North Sydney, 1902-08 and 1909-10, and Lavender Bay, 1908-09. He died suddenly in the parish of Richmond after hearing confessions. He was described as a fiery person, but was generally appreciated by his people. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

John

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Gateley

Order:

Date of Birth:

21-Mar-1846

Place of Birth:

Roscommon

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

08-Aug-1910

Place of Death:

Melbourne VIC

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1910

Place of Burial:

Boroondara, Kew VIC

Country of Burial:

Australia

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208194995

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Gately, John

Pastor; born Roscommon, Ireland, 21 March 1846; died Melbourne, 8 August 1910, aged 64.

John Gately entered the Society at Milltown Park, 14 August 1878, as a diocesan priest of the Elphin diocese at the age of 32. He had been a teacher in the Colleges of Sligo and Athlone. After one year of noviciate and one year tertianship he taught rudiments and arithmetic, classics and English at Tullamore College, 1880-86. A year of theology at Ona, Spain, 1886-87, followed. He taught at Clongowes and the Crescent, Limerick, 1887-96, before going to Australia in 1896.

He taught at St Patrick's College and St Aloysius' College, Bourke Street, Sydney, 1897-99, and later spent the rest of his life working in the parishes of Hawthorn, 1899-02, North Sydney, 1902-08 and 1909-10, and Lavender Bay, 1908-09. He died suddenly in the parish of Richmond after hearing confessions. He was described as a fiery person, but was generally appreciated by his people.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev John Gateley SJ

Biographical Notes