Very Rev Michael Prendergast

Title:

Very Rev

First Name:

Michael

Middle Names:

Vincent

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Prendergast

Order:

Date of Birth:

30-Sep-1884

Place of Birth:

Co Waterford

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, Rome, Italy

Date of Death:

26-Dec-1952

Place of Death:

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

Place of Burial:

Jamestown SA

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197290122

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Port Pirie Port Pirie19131914Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Port Augusta1915Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie BurraCresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Port Pirie1920Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Hawker1925Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Carrieton1929Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Pekina1932Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants
Port Pirie Jamestown19371952Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants; Gravestone
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Biographical Notes

Death Of Rev. Dr. M. Prendergast, The Chronicle, Adelaide, 1 January 1953, p 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93936502:

The Rev Dr Michael Prendergast, who died at Calvary Hospital, aged 68, was priest-in-charge at Jamestown.

Until recently Dr. Prendergast had been senior priest in the Port Pirie Roman Catholic diocese and also a diocesan consultor.

Born in Ireland and educated at Mount Melleray Seminary, and at Propaganda College, Rome, Dr. Prendergast came to Australia about 40 years ago.

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Deaths, The Chronicle, Adelaide, 1 January 1953, p 25, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93936535:

Prendergast.—On December 26, at Calvary, Very Reverend Michael Vincent Prendergast, D.D., Parish Priest of Jamestown. Aged 67 years. Requiescat in pace.

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Fr Frank Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants: Recalling the Spirit of the Deceased Priests of the Diocese of Port Augusta and Port Pirie 1888-2008, 2008:
Prendergast, Michael V, DD

Born: 30/9/1884 in Ireland.
Diocesan Consultor 1930.
Worked in Port Pirie 1913-1920, 1922; Port Augusta 1915; Surra 1916; Hawker 1925; Carrieton 1929; Pekina 1932; Jamestown 1937-52.
Died: 26/12/1952. Buried at Jamestown.
31/10/1915: "Black pony bolted on way to Hookina thus relieving the monotony of the journey."

(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)