Rev Stephen Burke
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Stephen
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Burke
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Jarrow-on-Tyne
Country of Birth:
England
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St John Lateran's, Rome
Country of Ordination:
Italy
Ordination Diocese:
Sydney
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Lewisham 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 | Manly | Professor, St Patrick's College | 1904 | Linane Vol 1 | |||||
| Sydney | Balmain East | 1904 | Linane Vol 1 | ||||||
| Sydney | Lewisham | Nov | 1912 | Linane Vol 1 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, pp 37-38:
Burke, Stephen Joseph, D.D., English
Professor at S.P.C. Manly
b. London 24.12.1871. Came to Syd. with his parents: John and Mary (nee Golden); ed. at St. Ignatius, Riverview and PCR. A compatriot of the poet, Chris Brennan who studied in Bonn Germany. Ord. in St. John Lateran's by Card. Parrochi on 19.5.1894. Coming back to Syd. he was appointed to the teaching staff at Manly when the College a11d 3urke himself' had their ups and downs in fortune. This is told in the recent book of K.T. Livingston, 'The Emergence of an Australian Catholic Priesthood, 1835-1915'. After 1904 (circa) Burke was assistant to Fr. Michael Rohan at Balmain East, and for some five years was assistant to Mgr. Phelan at Lewisham. He died of a throat infection on 27.11.1912 and is interred in Rookwood.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 6 under Bourke)
Ref.: as quoted and MDHC File,Torquay.