Rev Michael O'Flynn
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Michael
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
O'Flynn
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Lecken, Cappoquin, Co Waterford
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Waterford
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Armidale
Seminary:
St John's College, Waterford, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Bundarra NSW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale | Tamworth | Assistant Priest | 1936 | Nov | 1942 | Campbell | |||
| Armidale | Cathedral | Nov | 1942 | Campbell | |||||
| Armidale | Walgett | Locum Tenens | 1946 | Campbell | |||||
| Armidale | Ashford | Parish Priest | Sep | 1946 | 1952 | Campbell | |||
| Armidale | Bundarra | Parish Priest | 1952 | Aug | 1953 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
O'Flynn, Michael
Born at Lecken, Cappoquin, Co Waterford, Ireland on 14 July 1911. He attended the Affane National School, then the Christian Brothers College, Lismore. He studied at St John's College, Waterford, and was ordained at Waterford for the Armidale diocese with Thomas P Geary on 21 June 1936. He arrived in the Armidale diocese on 11 November 1936 and was appointed assistant priest, Tamworth, where he remained until November 1942 when transferred to the cathedral parish. He was known as having a good tenor voice. In September 1946, after six months as locum tenens at Walgett he was appointed parish priest, Ashford. He remained there for six years. A new church at Bonshaw, opened in late 1950, is regarded as his finest achievement. He was then transferred to Bundarra at the end of 1952 but suffered from illness which increasingly was apparent for the last two months of his life. He died on 26 August 1953. He is buried in Bundarra cemetery, The inscription on his tomb reads 'Parish Priest of Bundarra, aged 42 years'. An uncle, also Michael O'Flynn, was a priest in the Brisbane Archdiocese, located at Gympie at the time of the nephew's death.
(Sources: AE 26 July 1944 p 6, 28 Aug 1953 p 4, IT 28 Aug 1953 p 3, 31 Aug 1953 p 2).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)