Rev Denis Brennan
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Denis
Middle Names:
Aloysius
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Brennan
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Co Sligo
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Karrakatta, Perth WA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | Boulder City | Administrator | 1900 | 1911 | Linane Vol 1 | ||||
| Perth | Narrogin | Parish Priest | 1911 | 1915 | Linane Vol 1 | ||||
| Australia | AIF | Chaplain, Lt-Col | Feb | 1915 | 1919 | Linane Vol 1 | |||
| Perth | Narrogin | 1919 | 1926 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Perth | South Perth | 1926 | 1931 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Perth | Victoria Park | 1931 | 1937 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Perth | West Perth | 1937 | Sep | 1940 | Linane Vol 1 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 33:
Brennan, Denis Aloysius, Very Rev., Irish
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army
b. Co. Sligo 1875; ed. MH; ord. '99 for Elphin Dioc.; arr. Perth in same year. Adm. in Boulder City 1900-11; P.P. of Narrogin '11-'15. Joined A.I.F. in Feb. '15 and served on battle-field in France. Highly acclaimed as a Chaplain, the soldiers deeming him a hero. Rewarded with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. When the war was over "he was a mere shell of his former self, due to the hard life of the trenches" (Perth Catholic Record, 5.12.1940). Returned to his former parish at Narrogin, serving the period '19-'26. Served at South Perth '26-'31; Victoria Park '31-7; West Perth '37-'40, d. 3.9.1940; age 65. Burial: Karrakatta.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 8)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay through the courtesy of Robert Fimmell, Como, W.A.