Monsignor William Nesdale

Title:

Monsignor

First Name:

William

Middle Names:

Henry

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Nesdale

Order:

Date of Birth:

1893

Place of Birth:

Adrigole, Co Cork

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

14-Jun-1919

Place of Ordination:

St John Lateran, Rome

Country of Ordination:

Italy

Ordination Diocese:

Port Pirie

Seminary:

Date of Death:

16-Dec-1988

Place of Death:

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1988

Place of Burial:

Georgetown SA

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197253514

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Port Pirie Hawker1920Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Port Pirie19201922Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Pekina1922Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Burra19221929Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Hawker19291930Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Peterborough19301941Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Port Lincoln19411961Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Georgetown19611978Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
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Biographical Notes

Fr Frank Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants: Recalling the Spirit of the Deceased Priests of the Diocese of Port Augusta and Port Pirie 1888-2008, 2008:
Nesdale, William Henry

Born: 1893 in Co Cork, Ireland.
Ordained: 14/6/1919 in Rome.
Worked in Hawker 1920; Port Pirie 1920-22; Pekina 1922; Burra 1922-29; Hawker 1929-30; Peterborough 1930-1941; Port Lincoln 1941-61 ; Georgetown 1961-78. Retired to Wallaroo 1978.
Diocesan Consultor 1940. Domestic Prelate 1957.
Died: 16/12/1988. Buried at Georgetown.
Wise observer of human nature.

Memories: Growing Up With Irish Priests
by Father Paul Bourke

Paul Bourke reflects on some Irish Priests from his childhood to his early days as a Priest.

Monsignor Nesdale
Like all the Irish Priests he was the boss and simply authoritative in a way that couldn't disagree. He is my first memory as a Priest and would roll his R's like no one I'd heard before, during his Sermons. Occasionally he would take the place of his Curates at the weekly Wednesday School RI at Wanilla and we certainly listened! He was old, stern but human, kind and knew us all. One week at RI he gave my young brother Jack, who would have been about 6, a Prayer Book for being able to recite the Creed. I was jealous for not being asked but I guess Mum was proud. I would have been more than ten years ordained when he died so he was always old in my life.

(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)