Monsignor Anselm Bourke OSB
Title:
Monsignor
First Name:
Nicholas
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Anselm
Surname:
Bourke
Order:
OSB
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Dublin
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
West Perth WA
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 | York | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Perth | Northam | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Perth | Busselton | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Perth | Perth | Vicar General | 1887 | 1911 | Linane Vol 1 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 29:
Bourke, Nicholas Anselm, OSB, V.G., Rt.Rev., Irish
Pioneer Teacher and Devoted Servant in Perth
b. in Dublin 10.9.1834; arr. Perth with Dr. Serra in 1855. While working as a Catholic teacher he studied for the priesthood at the early Subiaco Monastery. Ord. and professed as an OSB in '58. He had some country experience at York, Northam, Busselton and in 1887 was recalled to Perth to become V.G. Served until 1911 under Bishop Matthew Gibney, enjoying a plenitude of powers and being highly exacting with the priests in the diocese. His letters in the Perth Archives have at times an extreme air of formality and a pedagogical terseness, for e.g. he calls the frustrated Cistercians in the Kimberleys "runaway missionaries" when they left in the early 1900's. Yet for all his testiness and foibles he was a painstaking administrator and worthy servant. Given monsignorial honours in 1898. Retired to live in West Perth, 1911. d. at St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco on 2.6.1924; age 89. A Diamond Jubilarian with 65 years of service. Burial: Karrakatta.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 6.)
Ref.: Perth Cathedral Archives; History of the Catholic Church in Western Austalia 1829-1979, by Fr. D.F. Bourke CM (published '79); MDHC Files at 24 Brunswick St., Fitzroy and Torquay, etc.