Rev Bill Henry
Title:
Rev
First Name:
William
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Bill
Surname:
Henry
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Brisbane QLD
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane QLD
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Brisbane
Seminary:
St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Brisbane QLD
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Nudgee, Brisbane QLD
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Wooloowin | Assistant Priest | 1939 | Feb | 1942 | Funeral brochure; Catholic Leader, 8 May 2005 | |||
| Australia | Army | Chaplain | Feb | 1942 | Jun | 1946 | Funeral brochure; Catholic Leader, 8 May 2005 | ||
| Brisbane | Rosalie | Assistant Priest | 1946 | Jun | 1952 | Funeral brochure; Catholic Leader, 8 May 2005 | |||
| Brisbane | Greenslopes | Parish Priest | Jul | 1952 | 1961 | Funeral brochure; Catholic Leader, 8 May 2005 | |||
| Brisbane | Laidley | Parish Priest | 1 | Jul | 1961 | Jan | 1990 | Funeral brochure; Catholic Leader, 8 May 2005 |
Biographical Notes
Funeral brochure, 25 April 2005:
William Joseph Henry was born on 12 March 1914 in Red Hill, Brisbane, one of seven children born to Denis Joseph Henry and Sarah Bliss. He is survived by his sister Josie Flanagan. Other family members were: Jack, Annie McErlean, Molly Griffin, Joe, and Sr. M St. Denis RSM [Tess]. His primary education was at St. Brigid's, Red Hill and Sacred Heart, Sandgate, secondary at St. James's School, Brisbane and St. Joseph's, Gregory Terrace. His seminary education was at St. Columba' s College, Springwood and St. Patrick's College, Manly. Bill was ordained to the Priesthood on 8 December 1938 in St. Stephen's Cathedral. He served as an assistant priest in Wooloowin [1939-1942], then as an Army Chaplain from February 1942 until June 1946 where he served in Papua New Guinea with the 15th Battalion A.M.F., attached to the 29th Brigade. Then he was assistant priest at Rosalie until June 1952. In July of that year he was appointed Parish Priest of Greenslopes until mid 1961. From 1 July 1961 he was Pastor of St. Patrick's Laidley until his retirement in January 1990. In retirement he lived at Clontarf and more recently at Eventide, Brighton where he died on the afternoon of Anzac Day, 25 April, 2005.
May he experience forever the joy and eternal peace of the Risen Lord.
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Chaplain dies, aged 91, Catholic Leader, Brisbane, 8 May 2008, p 5:
A Brisbane archdiocesan priest for more than 66 years, has died at the age of 91.
Fr Bill Henry (pictured) passed away at Eventide nursing home in Brighton, on Brisbane’s northside, on Anzac Day, April 25.
Fr Henry was ordained in St Stephen’s Cathedral on December 8, 1938 and was an army chaplain during the Second World War, serving from 1942-46 in Papua New Guinea and Bougainville with the 15th Battalion of the Australian Military Force, attached to the 29th Brigade.
He also ministered in Wooloowin (1939-42), Rosalie (1946-52), Greenslopes (1952- 61) and Laidley (1961-90) parishes before retiring to Clontarf, north of Brisbane, where he lived until moving to Eventide about six years ago.
Archbishop John Bathersby of Brisbane celebrated Fr Henry’s funeral Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral on April 29.
Archbishop Bathersby said Fr Henry was “a lovely gentle priest whose ministry touched the lives of a multitude of people for the better”.