Rev Wallace Cornell SDB

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Wallace

Middle Names:

Leon

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Cornell

Order:

SDB

Date of Birth:

17-May-1921

Place of Birth:

Bacchus Marsh VIC

Country of Birth:

Australia

Date of Ordination:

02-Jul-1950

Place of Ordination:

Bollengo

Country of Ordination:

Italy

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

10-Jul-1986

Place of Death:

New Rochelle NY

Country of Death:

USA

Date of Burial:

1986

Place of Burial:

Country of Burial:

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Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Port Pirie Port PiriePrincipal, Salesian College1957Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Australia ?Provincial Superior, Salesian Order19641969Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Australia ?Provincial Superior, Salesian Order19761981Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Port Pirie1982Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
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Biographical Notes

Sunbury, Oakleigh, Chadstone, Vic; Brooklyn Park, SA; Lysterfield, NSW

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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:
Cornell, Wallace, SDB

Born: 17/5/1921 in Bacchus March, Victoria.
Childhood on a farm at Doreen, Victoria. Seven brothers and sisters. Went to Good Samaritan School at Epping, Victoria. Baptised at age 13 by Fr Tom Carroll.
Applied for Corpus Christi College, Werribee, but failed medical. First Vows as Salesian in 31/1/1942. Brooklyn Park 1944. Studied at Sunbury, Oakley, Victoria and Bollengo, Italy.
Ordained: 2/7/1950 in Bollengo, Italy.
Founding Principal at Salesian College in 1957, Port Pirie until 1962. Salesian Provincial 1964-69 and 1976-81. Returned to Port Pirie in 1982.
Died: 10/7/1986 in his sleep in New Rochelle NY, USA. Aged 65.
"A man of proven worth."

(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)