Catholic News. Diocese of Port Augusta. Departure of Father Bieronski, The Southern Cross, Adelaide, 28 February 1908, p 11, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166970550:

The Rev. Jas. Bieronski, who has been recently in charge of the Carrieton district, leaves Adelaide to-day by the German mail steamer on a trip to his native land, Russian Poland, with the object of improving his health, which has been failing for nearly two years past. Father M. O'Flynn will have charge of the Carrieton district during his absence.

Father Bieronski has been well known in the Port Augusta diocese as a zealous priest for the past eight years. He is a native of Russian Poland, having been born at Sielce, in the province of Pieterkof, in 1866. He was educated and ordained for the diocese of Port Augusta through the good offices of the late Bishop Maher and the present Bishop (Dr. Norton), and before he came to Adelaide he held the post of rector of the College of St. John the Baptist, in Rome, for two years, under the control of the late Pope Leo XIII, and the late Cardinal Parrochi, Prefect of Rome. He arrived in Adelaide in 1899, and was for a time assistant priest to the Very Rev. T. O'Connor, of the Pekina district. He was also assistant to the Very Rev. John O'Mahony, at Port Augusta, for two years, and was likewise with the present Bishop (Dr. Norton) at Petersburg for nearly three years. He then spent some months with Father Doyle at Jamestown, and afterwards returned to Port Pirie with Father O'Mahony. Recently Father Bieronski has been successively in charge of the Georgetown, Hawker, and Carrieton districts. He is held in great esteem by all Catholics who have been under his care, and was given a testimonial on his departure from Georgetown, of which he had charge during Father Louwyck's visit to India. He has driven over a great deal of country, and has earned praise from competent bushmen for the manner in which he has been able to perform the trying journeys. On several occasions Father Bieronski gave successful missions to his countrymen the Poles at Sevenhill College, with the permission of His Grace the Archbishop and his own Bishop, and he expresses his thanks to the Poles for their tokens of gratitude. Father Bieronski was unable to say farewell to his brother priests of the Port Augusta diocese, owing to the great distances they are apart: but he gave Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament last Sunday at the church in Carrieton for them all.

Father Bieronski is acquainted with many countries, and he speaks four languages—Polish, Italian, English, and Latin—fluently, and could use other languages if the need arose. He goes first to Poland, on the advice of Dr. Hynes, who thinks that his native land is the only thing to restore him. He will afterwards visit Rome, and hopes to be present at the celebration of the Pope's jubilee in September next. He trusts to return to Australia with his health restored for further hard work in a year's time. He expresses himself as deeply grateful to His Grace the Archbishop, the Bishop of Port Augusta (Dr. Norton), and the Catholic people generally for their kindness towards him; and he especially tenders his deepest thanks to the Fathers of the Society of Jesus at Sevenhill and Norwood for the kind treatment which he received at both places.

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Deaths, The Advertiser, Adelaide, 4 May 1944, p 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43203281:

Bieronski.—On May 3, at Adelaide, Rev. Father James Bieronski, late of Port Augusta Diocese. Aged 80 years. Requiescat in pace.

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Funeral Notices, The Advertiser, Adelaide, 4 May 1944, p 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43203281:

Bieronski — Requiem Mass will be celebrated in St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wakefield Street, on Thursday Morning, at 10 o'clock, for the repose of the soul of the late Rev. Father James Bieronski (of Port Augusta Diocese). His funeral will leave immediately after Mass for the Catholic Cemetery, West terrace.

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Death of Fr. J. Bieronski, The Southern Cross, Adelaide, 5 May 1944, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167781218:

After an illness of many years, the Rev. Fr. James Bieronski, who was attached to the Diocese of Port Augusta, died on Wednesday last at Adelaide, at the age of 80 years. This (Thursday) morning Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated in St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide, for the eternal repose of his soul; the funeral will take place after the Cathedral Requiem and Obsequies to the Catholic Cemetery, West Terrace. Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, and lux perpetua luceat ei.

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, pp 25-26:

Bieronski, James, Polish
Porkers in the Presbytery Cellar
Exact origin and education unknown. Served in the Port Augusta Diocese and Adelaide at Petersburg, Hawker, Carrieton, Pekina etc. As well as nurturing pigs in the presbytery precincts he displayed other eccentricities such as dubbing himself a Monsignor and carrying a revolver. His last days were spent in the Parkville Mental Hospital where he died on 3.5.1944. There is no marking on his grave in the West Terrace Cemetery. Attended to by Fr. Chandler OP in last illness.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 4.)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, based on information from the late Mgr. Conway, Carrieton, and other informants.

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A Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests & Deacons in Australia 1788-2009, compiled by W.T. Southerwood, Sixth Edition, 2009, p 56: "Carrieton, Port Augusta, Kooringal, Peterborough, Hawker, etc, SA"

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Fr Frank Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants: Recalling the Spirit of the Deceased Priests of the Diocese of Port Augusta and Port Pirie 1888-2008, 2008:
Bieronski, James

Born: 25/7/1866 in Zagorze (a suburb of Warsaw).
Ordained: 1899 in Rome, Italy.
Came to Port Augusta Diocese 23/12/1899 to minister to Polish people. Worked in Port Pirie 1899-90, 1905-06; Peterborough 1902-05; Hawker 1905; Port Augusta 1907; Carrieton 1908,1916; Surra 1917, 1922; Jamestown 1905, 1917-18; Pekina 1920; Tarcoola 1921. In addition he gave missions, etc., for Polish people at Sevenhill and Polish Hill River.
Died: 3/5/1944 in Adelaide. Buried first at West Terrace Cemetery. In accordance with his wishes his remains were transferred to Sevenhill on 21/2/2001. There is much more information in the Diocesan History Centre at Peterborough.
Note research carried out by Marisa Loren. "Remembered as a kind man especially to the poor and children."
There is a story that he first came to Australia as a young boy with his father - a bootmaker. I can see no evidence for this.

(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)