Rev Thomas McCormack
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Thomas
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
McCormack
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Toowoomba QLD
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Toowoomba QLD
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Toowoomba
Seminary:
St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Allora QLD
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Toowoomba QLD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba | Stanthorpe | 1930 | 1930 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Toowoomba | Roma | 1930 | 1940 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Toowoomba | St George | Parish Priest | 1940 | 1949 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Toowoomba | Goondiwindi | Parish Priest | 1949 | 1960 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Toowoomba | Allora | Parish Priest | 1961 | 1968 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar |
Biographical Notes
Personal, Charleville Times, 4 February 1949, p 11, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79589600:
Rev. Father McCormack, of St. George, has received word of his transfer to Chinchilla, and leaves on the 4th February to take charge of that parish.
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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 Thomas Joseph McCormack, died 25 June 1968
Born on 21st May, 1906 in Toowoomba, to William and Margaret McCormack (nee Robinson). He attended Holy Name Convent and St Mary's CBC, and completed his seminary training at Springwood and Manly. Tom was ordained in Toowoomba on 8th December, 1929, by Bishop James Byrne - another of the first five ordained for the Diocese. His first appointment was at Stanthorpe in 1930, followed by Roma 1930-40. He was the Parish Priest at both St George (1940-49) and Goondiwindi (1949-60). In both centres he conducted the sheep dog trials that made his name a byword in show arenas in country Queensland and NSW - he became nationally famous for this and used some of these events to raise funds for church purposes. Up to the time of his death, he was President of the Queensland Sheep Dog Trial Association. For the last eight years of his life he was the Parish Priest of Allora. He died in the Allora Community Hospital after suffering his third coronary attack. He is buried in the Toowoomba/Drayton Cemetery. He had a very outgoing character and was very popular with the people. He also worked very hard for civic purposes in the parishes in which he was stationed.
(Ref. Clerical CV, Manly, Dec. 1968, Vol 11, No. 1 and Fr B Kane)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.