Dean Patrick Healy
Title:
Dean
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Healy
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Kilcummin, Co Kerry
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney, Co Kerry
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Sydney
Seminary:
Irish College, Paris, France
St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Balmain NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Rookwood NSW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | St Benedict's | 1864 | Campbell | ||||||
| Sydney | Cathedral | Campbell | |||||||
| Sydney | Grafton | Campbell | |||||||
| Sydney | Bega | Campbell | |||||||
| Sydney | Maitland | Campbell | |||||||
| Sydney | Balmain | Jan | 1903 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
Grafton, Bega, Balmain East, etc, NSW
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Healy, Patrick
Born Kilcummin, near Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland 1837. Educated in Kilcummin. He studied at the Irish College, Paris for two years then returned to Ireland to complete his studies at Maynooth. He was ordained during February 1864 in St Mary's cathedral, Killarney by Bishop Moriarty. Travelled to Sydney in April 1864 and was first appointed to St Benedict's, Broadway, then St Mary's cathedral Sydney, following which he spent time in country areas. The north coast region is not specifically mentioned in the published obituary, but in a brief history of the Clarence district part of the Diocese of Lismore he is recorded as having replaced briefly W X Johnson in 1869. He was then followed by Michael Harrington Ryan. The report then continues that 'P Healy who returned to Grafton, but only for a short period replaced M H Ryan on his departure for Newcastle'. He next spent 18 years based in Bega, and was at one time at Maitland, where he handed over the region to Bishop James Murray when he arrived to take over his diocese. He returned to Sydney and was appointed to St Augustine's parish, Balmain, replacing Vincentians who had managed the parish. He died at Balmain of a brain haemorrhage on 11 January 1903 and was buried at Rookwood cemetery. Two uncles in Ireland were priests, and a younger brother also became a priest, but died of an accident in Ireland at age 28.
(Sources: FJ 17 Jan 1903 p 17, 13 May 1937 p 36, SMH 12 Jan 1903 pp 6, 10, MDHC A-Z H62).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)