Rev John Kelly
Title:
Rev
First Name:
John
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Kelly
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Dublin
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Sydney
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Darlinghurst | 1867 | 1869 | Freeman's Journal, 11 June 1870 | |||||
| Sydney | Cockatoo Island | Chaplain | Mar | 1869 | Sydney Morning Herald, 13 March 1869 | ||||
| Sydney | Darlinghurst Gaol | Chaplain | Jan | 1870 | Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1870 | ||||
| Sydney | Cathedral | Jan | 1870 | Jun | 1870 | Freeman's Journal, 11 June 1870 |
Biographical Notes
Foreign Missionary College of All Hallows—Pentecost Ordinations, Freeman's Journal, Dublin, 17 June 1867, p 7:
During the solemn festival of Pentecost the Most Rev. Dr. Moriarty, Lord Bishop of Kerry, conferred the various ecclesiastical orders upon the College students of All Hallows, in the Collegiate Chapel of the institution: [...] Priesthood [...] John Kelly, Sydney [...]
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The Government Gazette, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 March 1869, p 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13184061:
The following notifications appear in yesterday's Government Gazette:—
Appointment.—The Rev. John Kelly has been appointed Roman Catholic Chaplain at Cockatoo Island.
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The Government Gazette, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1870, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13199500:
The Rev John Kelly, to be Roman Catholic Chaplain of Darlinghurst Gaol, vice the Rev. J. A. Byrnes.
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Funeral, Empire, Sydney, 11 June 1870, p 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63108068:
The Friends of the late Rev. John Kelly are invited to attend his Funeral; to move from St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, This (Saturday) Morning, at 10 o'clock.
James Curtis, Undertaker.
59, Hunter-street.
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Death of Father John Kelly, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 11 June 1870, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115294508:
It is with regret we have to record that the Archdiocese has lost a most excellent missionary priest in the person of the late Rev. Father John Kelly, who died at half-past eight on Thursday evening. For a year and a half after his arrival in the colony he was stationed at the Church of the Sacred Heart in this city, but in consequence of declining health, he was placed for a time with the Venerable Archdeacon Rigney, and afterwards transferred to St. Mary's Cathedral, where he has been officiating for the last six months. Up to Tuesday night last he was about the usual duties of his sacred office, and on Wednesday only showed symptoms of a critical state. On Thursday morning it became evident that his last hour was close at hand, and so on Thursday, in full possession of his consciousness, and fortified by all the rites of the Church, he calmly yielded up his gentle spirit. During his last hours he was sedulously attended by his Grace the Archbishop, who gave him great consolation, by the Vicar-General, and many of the other priests of the city. After Solemn Dirge and High Mass at 8 o'clock this day, the funeral will leave immediately for the cemetery at Petersham.
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Kevin Condon, CM, The Missionary College of All Hallows 1842-1891, Dublin, 1986, p 322:
John Kelly, 1862, Mr Moon's School, Peter St. Of Thomas and Margaret Moran, Doora, Killaloe (and Dublin). b. 24.4.1838. Ord. for Sydney, 11.6.'67. Darlinghurst - S. Mary's, Sydney. Died, 9.6.1870; buried at Petersham.