Rev Patrick Corbett
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Corbett
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
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 | Hay | 1893 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Sydney | Balmain West | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Sydney | Gosford | 1900 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Sydney | Milton | Parish Priest | 1903 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Sydney | Picton | 1903 | Sep | 1909 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 81:
Corbett, Patrick, Irish
Curate to the Famous Michael Treacy
It would be wrong to assume that Patrick Corbett was mis-behaving when he was sent on loan from Sydney to Fr Michael Treacy at Hay - a part of the newly-formed Wilcannia Diocese. This was in 1893 when Treacy's presbytery was not as yet regarded as a Penal Reformatory for delinquent curates. That situation would arise later on and during the long stay of the Pronotary Apostolic at Deniliquin. Anyhow it marked the first appointment of Patrick Corbett - a fledgling from County Limerick. He had been ordained in 1891 from All Hallows, having received an earlier education at Mount Melleray. How he fared on the expansive mission at Hay (or in his relationship with the Pastor) is not recorded. He was left there close on five years, and on recall to Sydney was sent as assistant to Fr John Moynagh at Balmain West. About 1900 or 1901 he had a parish to himself at Gosford, whether as P.P. or as a temporary administrator is not clear from the Directory of that year. After a brief stay of 1-2 years he was transferred to Milton on the south coast as P.P. Again the stay was short, and about 1903 he was assigned to the one-man mission of Picton, with Appin (one of the very early missions) and Menangle as outer churches to attend to. Seven years was the stay at Picton, before death came his way on 29 September 1909. The writer knows nothing of his character and circumstances of his passing at the early age of 41. (The Melbourne Advocate gives 43). The reading on his tombstone at Rookwood, sent in by Mrs Sheila Tearle of Hurstville, states that he gave 16 years of service in Australia.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 10)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay.