José-Maria Enedáguila


About Help Contact login Rev José-Maria Enedáguila SJ Title: Rev First Name: José-Maria Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Enedáguila Order: SJ Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1934 Place of Birth: Erandio, Vizcays Country of Birth: Spain Date of Ordination: 09-Jul-1966 Place of Ordination: Santander Country of Ordination: Spain Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 20-Apr-2018 Place of Death: Sydney NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 2018 Place of Burial: Macquarie Park, Ryde NSW Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252708145 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017, post-publication supplement: Enedaguila, José-Maria (Castilla) Spanish chaplain; born Erandio (Vizcays), Spain, 8 December 1934; died Sydney, 20 April 2018, aged 83. José-Maria Enedaguila was the youngest of six siblings. His mother died when he was only two years old. He was educated at the Public Institute, Burgos, Spain, and attended the military academy, Burgos, 1951-53, before entering the Jesuits at Orduna (Vizcays), Spain, 29 September 1953. His juniorate, 1955-58, was at the same place, while philosophy studies, 1958-61, were at the Facultad de Filosofia de Loyola (Guipuzcoa), Spain. Regency was at the Colegio de la Merced, Burgos, teaching Greek, Spanish literature, and religion, 1961-63. He studied theology at the Universidas Pontificia de Comillas, Santander, 1963-67, where he was ordained, 9 July 1966, by Bishop Angel Riesgo. Tertianship followed at the Convento de San Jeronimo, Murcia, directed by Fr Jose Arroyo. Further studies included catechetics, 1970, theological renewal, 1972, and a course on the Spiritual Exercises, 1978. He was professed 15 August 1971 at the Residencia del Sagrado Corazor, Valladolid. He arrived in Australia in 1974 and was appointed to the Spanish migrants in Sydney, first living at Lavender Bay until 1979, working in Surry Hills and Maroubra, and then from the Mt Pritchard Presbytery, and the parishes of Cabramatta and Villawood in 1980. Together with Father Manuel Carracedo, Enedaguila developed a programme of evangelisation for the Spanish community by preparing and educating a group of lay leaders. Another pastoral programme, the Catholic Spanish Mission, was created to further develop the mission to the Spanish communities. The Peregrino, a Spanish bulletin commenced in 1983, and Mass attendance over weekends grew. In 1998 a special house was purchased for the communities with its own chapel. This was Enedaguila's ministerial life, living at Loyola House, Mount Druitt and working in Fairfield, from 1992. In 2017, his health declining, he retired to aged care at the Rosary Village, Yennora, until 23 February 2018, and finally to Residential Gardens for Spanish Speaking Frail Aged, Rooty Hill. He is remembered for his dedication over 42 years to the Spanish communities of Sydney, working with love and commitment, never taking a holiday. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

José-Maria

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Enedáguila

Order:

Date of Birth:

08-Dec-1934

Place of Birth:

Erandio, Vizcays

Country of Birth:

Spain

Date of Ordination:

09-Jul-1966

Place of Ordination:

Santander

Country of Ordination:

Spain

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

20-Apr-2018

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

2018

Place of Burial:

Macquarie Park, Ryde NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252708145

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017, post-publication supplement:
Enedaguila, José-Maria (Castilla)

Spanish chaplain; born Erandio (Vizcays), Spain, 8 December 1934; died Sydney, 20 April 2018, aged 83.

José-Maria Enedaguila was the youngest of six siblings. His mother died when he was only two years old. He was educated at the Public Institute, Burgos, Spain, and attended the military academy, Burgos, 1951-53, before entering the Jesuits at Orduna (Vizcays), Spain, 29 September 1953. His juniorate, 1955-58, was at the same place, while philosophy studies, 1958-61, were at the Facultad de Filosofia de Loyola (Guipuzcoa), Spain. Regency was at the Colegio de la Merced, Burgos, teaching Greek, Spanish literature, and religion, 1961-63. He studied theology at the Universidas Pontificia de Comillas, Santander, 1963-67, where he was ordained, 9 July 1966, by Bishop Angel Riesgo. Tertianship followed at the Convento de San Jeronimo, Murcia, directed by Fr Jose Arroyo. Further studies included catechetics, 1970, theological renewal, 1972, and a course on the Spiritual Exercises, 1978. He was professed 15 August 1971 at the Residencia del Sagrado Corazor, Valladolid.

He arrived in Australia in 1974 and was appointed to the Spanish migrants in Sydney, first living at Lavender Bay until 1979, working in Surry Hills and Maroubra, and then from the Mt Pritchard Presbytery, and the parishes of Cabramatta and Villawood in 1980.

Together with Father Manuel Carracedo, Enedaguila developed a programme of evangelisation for the Spanish community by preparing and educating a group of lay leaders. Another pastoral programme, the Catholic Spanish Mission, was created to further develop the mission to the Spanish communities. The Peregrino, a Spanish bulletin commenced in 1983, and Mass attendance over weekends grew. In 1998 a special house was purchased for the communities with its own chapel.

This was Enedaguila's ministerial life, living at Loyola House, Mount Druitt and working in Fairfield, from 1992. In 2017, his health declining, he retired to aged care at the Rosary Village, Yennora, until 23 February 2018, and finally to Residential Gardens for Spanish Speaking Frail Aged, Rooty Hill.

He is remembered for his dedication over 42 years to the Spanish communities of Sydney, working with love and commitment, never taking a holiday.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev José-Maria Enedáguila SJ

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