Rev Joseph Mulhall SJ
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Rev
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Joseph
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Mulhall
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SJ
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Dublin
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Ireland
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Melbourne VIC
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Australia
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Boroondara, Kew VIC
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Australia
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Biographical Notes
Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Mulhall, Joseph
Pastor; born Dublin, 22 May 1820; died Melbourne, 13 February 1897, aged 76.
Joseph Mulhall entered the Society, 22 September 1839, and was ordained in 1850. He worked first in Jesuit colleges in Belgium and Holland, and spent a year at Milltown Park, 1865-66, as minister. He also gave retreats.
On 12 April 1867 he arrived in Melbourne and went to the parish of Richmond where he worked for 30 years. During those years he was minister, procurator and consultor, as well as superior and parish priest, 1878-93. He was also in charge of the sodalities for women and boys, and was a consultor of the mission.
Mulhall developed a very painful spinal disease, for which a surgical operation proved unsuccessful. This resulted in loss of strength and finally, death. He displayed at all times remarkable energy and zeal for the schools in his region and established the Convent of the Faithful Companions of Jesus within the parish of Richmond. It was during his time as pastor that the large parish Church was finally built.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)