Monsignor Edward Rohan

Title:

Monsignor

First Name:

Eamon

Middle Names:

Joseph

Preferred Name:

Edward

Surname:

Rohan

Order:

Date of Birth:

1907

Place of Birth:

Ogonneloe, Co Clare

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

15-Jun-1933

Place of Ordination:

Waterford

Country of Ordination:

Ireland

Ordination Diocese:

Armidale

Seminary:

St John's College, Waterford, Ireland

Date of Death:

17-Oct-1987

Place of Death:

Tamworth NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1987

Place of Burial:

Tenterfield NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215920845

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Armidale QuirindiAssistant PriestDec1933Campbell
Armidale TamworthCampbell
Armidale InverellCampbell
Armidale BundarraParish PriestCampbell
Armidale MungindiParish PriestCampbell
Armidale BingaraCampbell
Armidale MoreeCampbell
Armidale TenterfieldParish Priest1971Sep1982Campbell
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Biographical Notes

T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Rohan, Eamon Joseph (Edward)

Born in Ogonneloe, Co Clare, Ireland, exact date unknown [1907]. Educated at the national school Ogonneloe, then at the Jesuit College in Mungaret, Limerick City. Commenced priestly studies at St Flannan's College, Ennis, Co Clare. Ordained at St John's College, Waterford on 15 June 1933 for the Armidale diocese. On arrival in the diocese in December 1933 he was appointed assistant priest Quirindi. He then served in Tamworth and Inverell before being appointed as parish priest Bundarra. From there he became parish priest at Mungindi, Bingara and Moree before his final appointment as parish priest Tenterfield in 1971. He was made a Domestic Prelate (Monsignor) in 1967 while at Moree. He retired from Tenterfield in September 1982 to live at Nazareth House, Tamworth, where he died on 17 October 1987. He was buried in Tenterfield cemetery. The inscription on his headstone reads '50 years service in Armidale diocese'.
(Sources: NDL 20 Oct 1987 p 4, TS 19 Oct 1987 pp 1, 7, headstone).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)