Rev William Shinnick
Title:
Rev
First Name:
William
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Surname:
Shinnick
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Place of Birth:
Co Cork
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Country of Ordination:
Ireland
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Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Marblehead MA
Country of Death:
USA
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Place of Burial:
Marblehead MA
Country of Burial:
USA
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Biographical Notes
Denis M. Long, Pioneer and Early Priests, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Deceased or retired by 1929, 2021, pp 91-92:
Priests of whom we know little
The names of these priests appear on the Sick and Infirm Priests’ Sustentation Society prayer card for deceased priests, but of whom our knowledge is limited. [...]
William Shinnick was stationed in Ipswich parish in 1869. He also ministered in the dioceses of Ballarat and Adelaide.(1) He migrated to America.
The Rev William Shinnick was the pastor of the Catholic Church Star of the Sea, Marblehead in Essex County Massachusetts for 25 years. He had been a missionary in Australia in the 1850s.(2)
Fr William died at Marblehead on 24 January 1912 and was buried in the parish cemetery of the Star of the Sea at Marblehead.(3)
Footnotes
1. Fr W Southerwood, Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests & Deacons in Australia 1788-2009.
2. Ancestry.com. Shinnick family information.
3. Ancestry.com. Death & Cemetery registers in USA.
Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Long.