Rev Patrick Murphy
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
John
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Murphy
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Warwick QLD
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney NSW
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Brisbane
Seminary:
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Brisbane QLD
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Nudgee, Brisbane QLD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Manly | Lecturer, St Patrick's College | Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Brisbane | Ipswich | Curate | 1908 | Priests of 1928 | |||||
| Brisbane | Gympie | Curate | 1923 | Priests of 1928 | |||||
| Brisbane | Corinda | Parish Priest | 1923 | Jun | 1942 | Priests of 1928 |
Biographical Notes
Fr Denis W. Martin, Priests of 1928, Brisbane, 2003, pp :
Patrick Murphy
There are four Father Murphys in this photo and they are all brothers! Patrick John was the eldest, being born at Warwick in 1879. He was in fact the first priestly vocation from there which gave great joy to both James Horan and Fr Potter. That Irish-Australian farm at Swan Creek also nurtured Srs Anselm and Austin for the Mercy order.
After a bush school education, Patrick Murphy was polished up at Nudgee College for four years before proceeding to Manly. It was Cardinal Moran who ordained him at St Mary's Cathedral in 1905. And it was Cardinal Moran who had his way and kept Patrick at Manly on the teaching staff, 'so brilliant did he prove during his studies'.
But Fr Pat was not the big city type, so in 1908 he returned to work as a curate with the other Horans - Andrew at Ipswich and Matthew at Gympie. In 1923 he was appointed as Parish Priest of Red Hill and 'in all humility declined that important parish', asking for St Joseph's Corinda instead. There he remained for the 19 more years of his life as 'a saintly Priest and a model pastor, a gentle, kindly man behind whose manner lay intelligence of a high order and a heart of gold'.
After a lingering death in the Mater Hospital, Patrick Murphy died on 11th June 1942. He was buried at Nudgee Cemetery from the Corinda Church.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Martin.)