Rev Patrick Cremin
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Cremin
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
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:
Melbourne VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Bunyip VIC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | West Melbourne | 1904 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Melbourne | South Melbourne | 1904 | 1907 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | Carlton | 1907 | 1910 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | Oakleigh | 1911 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Melbourne | East Malvern/Glen Huntly | Parish Priest | 1912 | 1920 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||
| Melbourne | Iona | 1934 | 1947 | Linane Vol 2; Gravestone |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, pp 106-107:
Cremin, Patrick, Irish
Builder Of Glenhuntly Church, Melbourne
County of origin hasn't been ascertained and the only family detail on the A to Z file is that he had a brother a priest in the Sandhurst Diocese, James, who arrived in Victoria in January 1905. Patrick was educated at Maynooth for the Limerick Diocese, and is found on Canon Hamill's list in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (March 1968). Ordination was conferred on 19 June 1898. First appointment was to St. Mary's West Melbourne where he remained until 1904. In turn he was at South Melbourne 1904-7, Carlton 1907-10, Oakleigh (1911). His first full pastorate was to East Malvern-Glenhuntly in 1912, where in the first three years he built church and presbytery. Perhaps other building achievements also stand to his credit. After 22 years of service in an area that grew from paddocks to suburbia, he was transferred to the country parish of Iona which must have reminded him of the Irish countryside with the lush potato fields in Koo-wee-rup, Cora Lynn, and Nar-nar-goon. It was an area as well where the Faith, like the 'spuds', grew deep roots, as instanced by the fact that he had three well-attended schools in his parish taught by the Josephite Sisters. One year's holiday in the 'Old Dart' in 1927 was enough, and he was glad to return to pastures green until it was time to lay the bones to rest in the Garfield Cemetery nearby. The death date supplied is 30 August 1947, just a year short of a Golden Jubilee of service. There is a photo taken of him in the 'Advocate' of 6.11.1924 with a group of children from the Ormond School.
(Footprints, Vol. 3, No. 4)
Information: The late J.J. McLean, 'Advocate' staff, Melbourne