Rev John Hennessy
Title:
Rev
First Name:
John
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Hennessy
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Lisbrook, Goold's Cross, Co Tipperary
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Brisbane
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
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
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Warwick | 1893 | 1895 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Brisbane | Brisbane | 1896 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||||
| Brisbane | Goondiwindi | Acting Parish Priest | 1897 | 1899 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Brisbane | Bundaberg | Assistant Priest | 1900 | 1904 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Brisbane | Roma | Parish Priest | 1905 | 1918 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Brisbane | Allora | 1919 | 1920 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Brisbane | Beaudesert | 1921 | 1933 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Brisbane | Wynnum | 1933 | 1940 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar |
Biographical Notes
Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev John Hennessy, died 15 Jan [sic] 1943
John Hennessy was born in Lisbrook, Goold's Cross, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, on 28th September 1868. He was educated at the local school at Ardmayle, Cashel before embarking on seminary studies. These were undertaken first at Mt Melleray and then at All Hallows. He was ordained from there for the Brisbane Archdiocese on 24th June 1893. He arrived in Brisbane in October 1893, and as a priest of that Archdiocese subsequently served in the following places: Assistant Priest, Warwick (1893-1895); Brisbane (1896); acting Parish Priest Goondiwindi (1897-1899); Assistant Priest Bundaberg (1900-1904); Parish Priest Roma (1905-1918); Allora (1919-1920); Beaudesert (1921-1933) and Wynnum (1933-1940). While at Roma he built a convent and a school. He also built a church at Wallumbilla for 450 pounds (opened free of debt on 29th June, 1913). He retired from active ministry in 1940 and for the last three years of his life lived at Scarborough. He died in the Mater Hospital and was buried in the Nudgee Cemetery. He is listed in Pugh's as being in Goondiwindi in 1895, Warwick 1896-1897, Goondiwindi 1898-1909 then Roma 1909-1910, these dates do conflict but would tend to hold with the references from Brisbane.
(Ref. Brisbane Archives, Linane H82 and Pugh's)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.