Very Rev Michael Foran
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Very Rev
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Michael
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Foran
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Maitland NSW
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Australia
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Australia
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Singleton NSW
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Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst | Bathurst | Lecturer, St Stanislaus College | Campbell | ||||||
| Maitland-Newcastle | Branxton | 1876 | 1883 | Campbell | |||||
| Maitland-Newcastle | Murrurundi | 1883 | 1885 | Campbell | |||||
| Maitland-Newcastle | Singleton | Parish Priest | 1885 | Sep | 1893 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
Diocese of Bathurst, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 10 February 1872, p 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120727031:
The following clerical changes have been made in the Bathurst diocese. The Rev. Father McGirr, late president of St. Stanislaus College, to the important mission of Forbes; the Rev. Father Nugent, late of Forbes, to Fort Bourke; the Rev. Father Kelly, from Fort Bourke, to Bathurst; the Rev. Father Walsh, from Tambaroora, to Orange. The Rev. Father Horan, succeeds the Rev J.J. McGirr as president of St. Stanislaus College. He will be assisted by the Rev. Father Foran.
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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Foran, Michael
The date and place of his birth unknown. Details of education unknown. Place of study unknown. It is known that he sailed from London on 10 October 1870 on Glendower, and arrived in Sydney in February 1871. He was in Maitland immediately afterwards, completed his studies and was ordained in Maitland in 1871. He was then appointed to the staff of St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, where he remained for a time, next appearing in Newcastle, where he was reported as having devoted himself to intemperance and mixed marriages. He then transferred to Branxton (1876-1883). It appears he may have spent some time in a northern part of the diocese in 1877 in areas within the current Armidale diocesan boundaries. His next appointment was to Murrurundi (1883-1885) and finally Singleton (1885). He took an overseas holiday in Europe for much of 1881 and 1882. He died in Singleton on 24 September 1893 and is buried in Singleton.
(Sources: Advocate 24 Dec 1870 p 8, 18 Feb 1871 p 4, 1 Apr 1871 p 11, 10 Feb 1872 p 6, 12 Feb 1876 p 17, 3 Jun 1876 p 8, 19 Feb 1881 p 16, Campbell, Doody, MDHC A-Z F70).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)