Rev James Walker
Title:
Rev
First Name:
David
Middle Names:
George James
Preferred Name:
James
Surname:
Walker
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Sydney NSW
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Armidale NSW
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Armidale
Seminary:
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Tamworth NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Armidale NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale | Gunnedah | Assistant Priest | 1955 | 1956 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Quiirindi | Assistant Priest | 1957 | 1961 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Armidale | diocesan Director of Education/Director of the Propagation of the Faith | 1961 | 1964 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Armidale | Arrnidale Teacher's College | 1969 | Campbell | |||||
| Sydney | Sydney | Sydney Teacher's College | 1971 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
Personal Paragraphs, Catholic Leader, Brisbane, 27 August 1972, p 23:
Fr David George James Walker, BA, MEd, of Bishops' House, Armidale, who died in a train travelling from Sydney recently, was a lecturer at Sydney Teachers' College. He had also been Armidale's Diocesan Director of the Propagation of the Faith from 1961 to 1964. Death is believed to have taken place about 40 miles from Tamworth. Fr Walker had been in ill-health for some time and had recently obtained leave from the Department of Education, to which had been attached until this year.
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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Walker, David George James (James)
Born in 1915 in Sydney, exact date unknown. Details of education unknown. He attended the University of Sydney where he obtained his degrees of BA and MEd. He then practised as a teacher and counsellor with the NSW Department of Education for some time, and then entered St Patrick's College, Manly in 1952. He was ordained on 2 August 1955 by Bishop E J Doody in Armidale. His first appointments were as assistant priest Gunnedah (1955-1956), then Quirindi (1957-1961). He then was transferred to Armidale and became diocesan Director of Education and Director of the Propagation of the Faith (1961-1964). In May 1964 he was appointed as a lecturer at the Teacher's Training College, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, and moved to Port Moresby in a similar role in 1965. A period of attachment followed to the PNG Diocese of Vanimo. In 1967 he went to Peru, remaining there for twelve months. Bad health forced his return to Australia and Armidale in 1969. On return to Armidale he joined the staff of the Armidale Teacher's College, and transferred to the Sydney Teacher's College in 1971. Following more bad health he was given leave from the Department of Education and returned to live quietly in Armidale. Known for his particular love of trains he died unexpectedly on the train during a trip back to Armidale from Sydney, on 9 August 1972. He is buried in the Armidale cemetery.
(Sources: AE 9 Aug 1972 pp 1, 25, CW 17 Aug 1972 p 26)
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)