Rev Walter Ebsworth
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Walter
Middle Names:
A.
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Ebsworth
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Box Hill VIC
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Melbourne VIC
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Melbourne
Seminary:
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
East Melbourne VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Melbourne VIC
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Mansfield | Curate | Catholic Leader, 9 October 1977 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Brunswick | Curate | Catholic Leader, 9 October 1977 | ||||||
| Melbourne | St Francis' | Curate | Catholic Leader, 9 October 1977 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Cathedral | Curate | 1929 | Catholic Leader, 9 October 1977 | |||||
| Melbourne | Toorak | Parish Priest | 1929 | 1971 | Catholic Leader, 9 October 1977 |
Biographical Notes
Died on eve of publication of Dr Mannix book, Catholic Leader, Brisbane, 9 October 1977, p 17:
Melbourne. — Fr Walter Ebsworth, 82, retired parish priest of Toorak, died here a few weeks before publication of a biography of Archbishop Mannix, which he had written.
Following his retirement from Toorak, where he was parish priest for 42 years, Fr Ebsworth devoted his time to researching the life of Archbishop Mannix.
This assignment was given him by the Melbourne Diocesan Historical Commission, following the death of Fr James Murtagh.
Fr Ebsworth was the author of a number of ACTS pamphlets, and two books — The History of St Patrick's Cathedral (1939) and Catholic Pioneer Victoria (1972).
Catholic Pioneer Victoria, reprinted in book form 130 full-page articles in The Advocate on the pioneering days of 26 early missions in Victoria.
Following his ordination in 1918 by Archbishop Mannix, Fr Ebsworth had curacies at Mansfield, Brunswick, St Francis, City, (when it was a parish church) and six years at St Patrick's Cathedral, before being appointed in 1929 to pioneer the tiny parish of Toorak, the 100th created in the Melbourne archdiocese.
Fr Ebsworth was the youngest son of Alfred and Elizabeth Ebsworth and was born at Box Hill (Melbourne) in 1895.
His father an Englishman, was brought out in 1865 by Wilson and McKinnon to publish The Argus and the Australasian, considered the leading journals of Victoria, but now non-existent.
Weekly diary
Fr Ebsworth's three brothers — Richard, Kevin and John (all doctors) — and a sister (Marie) predeceased him.
Fr Ebsworth's biography of Archbishop Mannix is expected to be launched at a public meeting late this month at Christ College.
It is a work of over 560 pages, including 100 pictures and a weekly diary of incidents involving Archbishop Mannix over the period 1913 (the year of his arrival in Melbourne as Coadjutor Archbishop) and his death in November 1963.