Rev Patrick Riordan
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Riordan
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Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Co Limerick
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Joseph's College, London
Country of Ordination:
England
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Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Sydney NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Waverley NSW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst | Bathurst | Editor, Bathurst Record | 1876 | 1896 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Bingara | 1899 | Campbell | ||||||
| Armidale | Emmaville | 1900 | 1900 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Riordan, Patrick
Born in 1841 in Limerick, Ireland, exact location and exact date of birth unknown. Details of education unknown. Place of study unknown. Ordained in 1874 (exact date unknown) at St Joseph's College, London by Bishop (later Cardinal) Vaughan after taking his MA at London University. He was a friend of Cardinal Manning. He arrived in Australia about 1874, date unknown. He had been engaged in literary pursuits in London and Dublin. He became editor of the Bathurst Record in 1876 to about 1896, and was a contributor to The Freeman's Journal under the pseudonym 'Vox Populi'. He spent about 23 years in the Bathurst diocese, where he became quite a public man. He transferred to the Armidale diocese in 1899, and initially was appointed to Bingara (1899), where his health gave way, and then briefly to Emmaville (1900). He died in St Vincent's hospital, Sydney on 13 March 1900. He was buried in Waverley cemetery, following a funeral from St Charles' Church, Waverley. A brother was a priest in the USA.
(Sources: FJ 22 Jul 1899 p 12, 31 Mar 1900 p 8, MDHC A-Z R30).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)