Dean Edmund O'Donnell
Title:
Dean
First Name:
Edmund
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Surname:
O'Donnell
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Place of Birth:
Nodstown, Boherlahan, Co Tipperary
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Brisbane
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Country of Death:
Ireland
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Boherlahan, Co Tipperary
Country of Burial:
Ireland
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Warwick | 1927 | 1929 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Toowoomba | Cathedral | 1929 | 1937 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Toowoomba | Pittsworth | Parish Priest | 1937 | 1940 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Toowoomba | Cathedral | Administrator | 1940 | 1948 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Toowoomba | Allora | Parish Priest | 1948 | 1950 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Toowoomba | Stanthorpe | Parish Priest | 1951 | Oct | 1957 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar |
Biographical Notes
Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev Edmund O'Donnell, died 29 Oct 1957
Born on 1st May, 1901 in Nodstown, Boher Lahan, Cashel, Ireland, to Timothy and Maria O'Donnell. He attended the local National School and Rockwell College, run by the Holy Ghost Fathers. He was ordained from St John's Seminary, Waterford, on 16th June, 1926 by Archbishop Hacket. His first appointment was to Warwick in 1927, followed by Toowoomba in 1929. He remained on the Cathedral staff until 1937 when he was appointed Parish Priest of Pittsworth. In 1940 he returned to Toowoomba to assume the duties of Cathedral Administrator, on the departure of Dr Madden to Manly Seminary. He also was given the title Dean during this period. In 1948 he went to the Parish of Allora (1948-50), followed by Stanthorpe (1951-57). For many years the production of the Toowoomba "Parish Notes" came under Dean O'Donnell's administration. Edmund never lost his Irish characteristics. He died on a trip to Ireland in 1957, from a heart attack. He is buried at Boher Lahan near his brother, Rev James O'Donnell, who served in the Brisbane Archdiocese. Both priests were nephews of Monsignor Lee (PP of Rosalie) and he is buried near them.
(Ref. Clerical CV and Fr B. Kane)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.