Rev William Kett
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Rev
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William
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Joseph
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Kett
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Adelaide SA
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Australia
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Centennial Park, Adelaide SA
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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 | 1908 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||||
| Port Pirie | Port Pirie | 1910 | 1914 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Georgetown | 1913 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||||
| Port Pirie | Burra | 1914 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||||
| Port Pirie | Streaky Bay | 1917 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||||
| Port Pirie | Pekina | 1919 | 1922 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Carrieton | 1922 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants |
Biographical Notes
Catholic Priest Fatally Injured, The Advertiser, Adelaide, 17 April 1952, p 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47369143:
Father William Kett, 76, of William street, Norwood, was fatally injured when his bicycle and a motor van collided in Kensington terrace, Norwood, last night.
Father Kett, who received a fractured skull, was taken in a SA ambulance to Calvary Hospital, where he was admitted. He died at 10 p.m.
The driver of the van was Brian Wilson, grocer, of Walkerville road, St. Peters. MTC's Metters and Jackson made enquiries.
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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:
Kett, William
Born: May, 1880.
Ordained: 25/5/1907.
Worked in Pekina 1908; Port Pirie 1910-14; Georgetown 1913; Surra 1914; Streaky Bay 1917; Pekina 1919-22; Carrieton 1922. Retired through ill health in 1929 to Adelaide.
Died: 16/4/1952. Buried in Centennial Park, Adelaide.
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)