Monsignor Arthur Conway
Title:
Monsignor
First Name:
Arthur
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Conway
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Rahan, Co Offaly
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Cathedral, Genoa
Country of Ordination:
Italy
Ordination Diocese:
Port Pirie
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Orroroo SA
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Carrieton SA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Pirie | Pekina | 1929 | 1931 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Port Augusta | 1931 | 1933 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Booleroo Centre | 1933 | 1936 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Minnipa | Parish Priest | 1936 | 1942 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||
| Port Pirie | Carrieton | 1942 | 1973 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants |
Biographical Notes
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:
Conway, Arthur J
Born: 16/9/1899 in Rahan, Oppaly, Ireland.
Ordained: 26/5/1926 in Genoa Cathedral, Italy.
Arrived in Diocese 30/9/1926. Worked in Pekina 1929-31; Port Augusta 1931-33; Booleroo Centre 1933-36; Minnipa (first Parish Priest) 1936-42; Carrieton 1942-73.
Retired to Orroroo in 1973.
Domestic Prelate. Diocesan Consultor. Diocesan Director Mission Societies.
Died: 18/10/75. Buried at Carrieton. A sad life but no doubt a good priest in many ways.
by Father Paul Bourke
Paul Bourke reflects on some Irish Priests from his childhood to his early days as a Priest.
Monsignor Conway
The first Priest to die after I was ordained and one I came to know by reputation. He was 'the authority' in so many peoples' lives ruling with his great use of words. An orator of formidable ways and the showiest of Monsignors in his dress and style. All in the area knew him and abided by his leadership. Even the afternoon phone was not put through to him for fear of interrupting his nap. A man of extremes and eccentricities whose bluff could be called, but you had to be game.
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)