Rev Thomas Kavanagh OFMCap

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Thomas

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(Bernard)

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Kavanagh

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OFMCap

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1989

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Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
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Armidale Emmaville1884Campbell
Armidale BingaraCampbell
Armidale Tenterfield1885Campbell
Armidale BingaraMar1886Campbell
Armidale Gunnedah1887Campbell
Armidale TamworthFeb1889Campbell
Armidale ArmidaleFreeman's Journal, 11 July 1891
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Biographical Notes

Emmaville, Bingara, Tenterfield, Gunnedah, Tamworth, NSW.

The Black and White Veil at Gunnedah, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 11 July 1891, p 18,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115572432:

One of those beautiful and interesting ceremonies to be seen only in the Catholic Church took place in St. Joseph's, Gunnedah, on Wednesday, the 1st July. The Bishop of the Diocese, the Right Rev. Dr. Torreggiani, officiated, and the priests present were—Very Rev. Dean Sullivan, P.P., Gunnedah ; Very Rev. Dean Mitchell, O.S.F.C., Inverell; Rev. Father Kavanagh, O.S.F.C, Armidale; and Rev. Father Ryan, Gunnedah. [...]

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Kavanagh, Thomas (Fr Bernard) (OSFC)

Possibly born in Blackburn, England, date unknown. Education details unknown. He entered the Capuchins on 4 April 1869. On 30 October 1875 he transferred from the English Province to the Irish Custody. The circumstances of his recruitment for the Diocese of Armidale are not known, nor the date of his arrival in the diocese. He worked for a time in Emmaville (1884), then Bingara. In 1885 he was at Tenterfield, but was again in Bingara in March 1886. He possibly was in Gunnedah in 1887. In February 1889 he was based in Tamworth. According to Foley he was known for his 'intensely red beard and his no less fiery temper'. His subsequent movements after leaving the diocese are unknown. The date and place of his death are unknown (but possibly he died on 13 October 1889). Place of burial unknown.
(Sources: Colbourne, FJ 2 Feb 1884 p 10, 7 Jun 1884 p 8, 16 May 1885 p 10, 3 Apr 1886 p 10, 2 Mar 1889 p 18, MDHC A-Z K6).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)