Rev Colman Casey
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Colman
Middle Names:
J.
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Casey
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Carna, Co Galway
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Wilcannia-Forbes
Seminary:
Carlow College, Carlow, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Wellington NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Nyngan NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcannia-Forbes | Broken Hill | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Wilcannia-Forbes | Bourke | 1899 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Wilcannia-Forbes | Nyngan | Feb | 1901 | Linane Vol 2; Catholic Press, Sydney, 23 Feb 1901 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 30:
Casey, Colman J., Irish
Wilcannia-Forbes Servant
Probably this is the only priest buried in the western town of Nyngan. Details of origin, education and ordination are missing, but he appears on the scene at Broken Hill in the early days of Bishop John Dunne's regime. That was in 1892. After a stay in Broken Hill he gave service in Bourke (1899) (1901), which at that time was possibly linked with Nyngan where Casey seemed to have lived for a brief period. The circumstances of his early death at the age of 34 on 11 February 1901 are unknown.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 3)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, per Late Rt.Rev. V. Cummins, Broken Hill South.