Rev Patrick Murphy
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
John
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Murphy
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Danesfort Cross Roads, Co Kilkenny
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Kilkenny
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Maitland-Newcastle
Seminary:
St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Singleton NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Queen St, Singleton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland-Newcastle | Murrurundi | Assistant Priest | Oct | 1894 | Campbell | ||||
| Maitland-Newcastle | Merewether | 1898 | Campbell | ||||||
| Armidale | Emmaville | Aug | 1904 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Murphy, Patrick J
Born in Danesfort, Co Kilkenny, Ireland in [1869] he was educated at St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, and studied for the priesthood at St Kieran's College. He was ordained in 1894 by Dr Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory for the Maitland diocese and commenced as assistant priest Murrurundi after arriving in the diocese in October 1894. In 1898 he transferred to Merewether, where he worked for two years. Because of ill health he then was appointed to Emmaville, where he worked for two years, until the increasing effects of consumption forced him to resign from that position. He was replaced at Emmaville by Casper Smiers. He then moved around the Australian States for some time, particularly Queensland, in an effort to recover his health, without success. He died at Singleton on 31 May 1907, and was buried at Singleton. A cousin was a Fr P Meagher of the Maitland diocese.
(Sources: Campbell, Advocate 20 Oct 1894 p 11, Singleton Argus 1 Jun 1907 p 4, 4 Jun 1907 p 2, MDHC A-Z M182).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)