Rev Wally Fingleton SM

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Walter

Middle Names:

Patrick Joseph

Preferred Name:

Wally

Surname:

Fingleton

Order:

SM

Date of Birth:

1915

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Date of Ordination:

1944

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Date of Death:

15-Apr-2012

Place of Death:

Townsville QLD

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

23-Apr-2012

Place of Burial:

Villa Maria, Hunters Hill NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

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Biographical Notes

Death notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April 2012:

Fingleton, Reverend Father Walter (Wally) Patrick Joseph SM.
Died in Townsville on April 15, 2012, aged 97.
Wally was the son of James and Belinda, brother of Les, Kitty, Jack, Glen (all deceased) and Linda.
A priest of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) for 68 years, Wally worked as a missionary in Bougainville and the Shortland Islands for 26 years, then in parish ministry in many parishes, particularly in the Canberra-Goulburn Diocese.
Wally was greatly loved by his family, friends and Confreres and wonderfully cared for by Mary Connor for over 30 years.
Always a gentleman, he loved to share a story and had a deep and trusting faith.
May he rest in peace
Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial for Reverend Father Walter Fingleton SM will be offered in Holy Name of Mary Church, Villa Maria, Mary Street, Hunters Hill on Monday (April 23, 2012), commencing at 1.30 p.m.
Interment will take place in the Marist Fathers Cemetery within the grounds of Villa Maria, 1 Mary Street, Hunters Hill.