Very Rev Daniel Brazil

Title:

Very Rev

First Name:

Daniel

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Brazil

Order:

Date of Birth:

1872

Place of Birth:

Newport, Co Tipperary

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

1898

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland

Date of Death:

03-May-1950

Place of Death:

Swan Hill VIC

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1950

Place of Burial:

Swan Hill VIC

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251580118

Appointments Table

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Ballarat BallaratLinane Vol 1
Ballarat InglewoodLinane Vol 1
Ballarat CreswickLinane Vol 1
Ballarat BungareeLinane Vol 1
Ballarat ColacLinane Vol 1
Ballarat QuambatookLinane Vol 1
Ballarat Sea Lake19101916Linane Vol 1
Ballarat Swan HillLinane Vol 1
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Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 32:

Brazil, Daniel, Very Rev., Irish, Golden Jubilarian
A Weighty Figure in the Mallee
b. Newport, Co. Tipp. 1872; ed. AH; ord. '98; arr. Melb. in Oct. Stationed at Ballarat, Inglewood, Creswick, Bungaree, Colac. Then 40 years in the Mallee region, commencing at Quambatook, going on to Sea Lake (CD 1910-16), and then to Swan Hill where he spent 32 years. Churches stand to his credit at Ultima, Nyah, Piangil. Sponsored the building of a Josephite Convent in Swan Hill itself in 1922, together with a new brick school in 1937. Parishioners came to greatly admire the smoker of the meerschaum and the gruff exterior. Behind it they could see the common sense and solidity of character. He became an invalid in his last years and died on 3 May 1950 at the age of 77. Two of his sisters were Religious stationed in Melb. suburbs.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 7)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay.