Rev Peter McCabe
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Peter
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
McCabe
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Behernagh, Virginia, Co Cavan
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Carlow
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Adelaide
Seminary:
Carlow College, Carlow, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Adelaide SA
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
West Terrace, Adelaide SA
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Mount Gambier | 19 | Jan | 1947 | Dec | 1952 | Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy | ||
| Adelaide | Brighton | Assistant Priest | 20 | Dec | 1952 | 4 | Jan | 1958 | Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy |
| Adelaide | Tailem Bend | Parish Priest | 4 | Jan | 1958 | Jan | 1959 | Gravestone; Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy |
Biographical Notes
Not listed in either Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979 or A Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests & Deacons in Australia 1788-2009, compiled by W.T. Southerwood, Sixth Edition, 2009.
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Archdiocese of Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy, coordinated by Monsignor John Swann, available from https://adelaide.catholic.org.au/our-people/biographies-of-deceased-clergy, accessed on 6 November 2025:
Fr Peter McCabe
Biography:
Early Life
Peter McCabe was born at Beherna, Virginia in Co Clare, Ireland on November 25, 1918. He was educated at Old Castle, Co Meath. His ecclesiastical studies were undertaken at St Patrick’s College, Carlow, and this is where he was ordained priest on June 3, 1945.
Work in South Australia
Fr Peter arrived in Adelaide on January 1, 1947. After a very short stay in Adelaide he was appointed Assistant Priest at Mount Gambier which he took up on January 19. After nearly six years in Mount Gambier he was appointed Assistant Priest at Brighton on December 20, 1952.
In April 1957 he took a month’s leave travelling back to Ireland to visit family and friends. And on the following year on January 4, he was appointed Parish Priest of Tailem Bend. Sadly this was to last only a year.
Fr Peter was a good friend of Fr Martin Comey, then Parish Priest of Tranmere.
Early Death
Fr McCabe died in Calvary Hospital on January 13, 1959 at the early age of 40 years. His good friend Martin Comey died four days later, aged 45 years.
Funeral Mass for Fr Peter McCabe was celebrated in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on January 15, 1959 and he was buried in West Terrace Catholic Cemetery.
May he rest in peace.
Reproduced by permission of Monsignor John Swann and the Archdiocese of Adelaide.