Rev Thomas Stephenson

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Thomas

Middle Names:

Christopher

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Stephenson

Order:

Date of Birth:

1884

Place of Birth:

Kilmeadon, Co Waterford

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

1908

Place of Ordination:

Rome

Country of Ordination:

Italy

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Irish College, Rome, Italy

St John's College, Waterford, Ireland

Date of Death:

03-Nov-1936

Place of Death:

North Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1936

Place of Burial:

Armidale NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/295592124

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Armidale GunnedahAssistant PriestCampbell
Armidale TamworthCampbell
Armidale MungindiCampbell
Armidale BingaraCampbell
Armidale BarrabaCampbell
Armidale InverellCampbell
Armidale BundarraJun1926Jan1927Campbell
Armidale ArmidaleCampbell
Armidale TamworthCampbell
Armidale GunnedahCampbell
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Biographical Notes

T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Stephenson, Thomas Christopher

In various locations the surname is spelt 'Stevenson'. Born (1884), Kilmeadon, Co Waterford, Ireland, he was educated at Mount Melleray, then Mungret College, Limerick. He then studied at St John's College, Waterford, followed by St Sulpice, Paris, where he was ordained Deacon. He then attended the Irish College, Rome. He was ordained in Rome in June 1908. He was fluent in French and Italian. He came to the Armidale diocese after ordination, his initial appointment to Armidale for 6 years. He was then placed at Gunnedah as assistant priest, followed by periods in Tamworth, Mungindi, Bingara, Barraba and Inverell. He was on leave overseas in Ireland for two years (1924-1925), during which time he tried life with the Cistercian Order. He then returned to the diocese and Bundarra, June 1926 to January 1927. Further appointments to Armidale, Tamworth, Gunnedah and Inverell followed. He spent some time as chaplain at De La Salle College, Armidale. He died on 3 November 1936 in the Mater Misericordiae hospital, North Sydney, following a prolonged illness. He was buried in Armidale cemetery. A cousin, P Stephenson SJ, was based in Melbourne.
(Sources: FJ 1 Jan 1920 p 20, 12 Nov 1936 p 21, AE 4 Nov 1936 p 4, 6 Nov 1936 p 9, Foley, headstone).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)