Monsignor Patrick CondonTitle: Monsignor First Name: Patrick Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Condon Order: Date of Birth: 1882 Place of Birth: Co Waterford Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: 17-Jun-1906 Place of Ordination:
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Seminary: Date of Death: 18-Sep-1957 Place of Death: Inverell NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1957 Place of Burial: Inverell NSW Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: Appointments Table
Items per page: 0 of 0 Biographical NotesClerical Changes, The Catholic Press, Sydney, 11 January 1912, p 31, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105176452: The following clerical changes for the Armidale diocese have been announced: The Rev. Father Condon of Bingara goes to Narrabri; [...] --- T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005: Born Priestown, Clonmel, Ireland 7 March 1882. Educated at the National School, Tooraneena, then at Mount Melleray. Studied at St John's College, Waterford. Ordained for the diocese of Waterford on 17 June 1906. Loaned to the Armidale diocese he travelled on the ss Suevic, and arrived in Armidale on 17 January 1907, and never left, celebrating 50 years in the diocese. Assigned initially to the cathedral, he then served in Bingara, Narrabri, and Quirindi, his first appointment as parish priest being to Barraba when it was established as a separate parish. He remained in Barraba for 17 years. He then transferred to Uralla, where he spent 14 years, then finally to Inverell, from September 1949. He died in Inverell on 18 September 1957. He was buried in Inverell. He was the oldest and most senior of the priests of the diocese at the time of his death. He was a substantial financial supporter of the training of priests. (Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.) |