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About Help Contact login Rev Thomas McEnroe SJ Title: Rev First Name: Thomas Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: McEnroe Order: SJ Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1834 Place of Birth: Virginia, Co Cavan Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 24-Dec-1902 Place of Death: Sydney NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1902 Place of Burial: Gore Hill NSW Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300595440 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: McEnroe, Thomas Pastor; born Virginia, Co Cavan, Ireland, 21 July 1834; died Sydney, 24 December 1902, aged 68. Thomas McEnroe entered the Society at Milltown Park, Dublin, as a secular priest, 9 August 1865. He revised his theology at Louvain, 1869, was a rural missionary, 1874-76, and arrived in Australia in 1878. Then he set off for New Zealand, and first taught in the college at Waikari, then was in Dunedin as minister, and finally, from 1882, cared for the parish of Invercargill until 1888. He returned later to North Sydney and parish work until 1890, and after a year at Riverview, worked in the parish of Richmond, 1891-93, and North Sydney, 1893-97. During these years he gave retreats inter-state. He was in the parish of Hawthorn, 1897-01, and, finally, lived at Loyola College, Greenwich, in failing health. He died, however, after bravely trying to stop a bolting horse. He was a very upright, zealous and hardworking priest; also meticulous and methodical, which made him a good procurator. However, he was inclined to be harsh in his views and sharp in expressing them, and not a very comfortable companion in a small community. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Thomas

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

McEnroe

Order:

Date of Birth:

21-Jul-1834

Place of Birth:

Virginia, Co Cavan

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

24-Dec-1902

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1902

Place of Burial:

Gore Hill NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300595440

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
McEnroe, Thomas

Pastor; born Virginia, Co Cavan, Ireland, 21 July 1834; died Sydney, 24 December 1902, aged 68.

Thomas McEnroe entered the Society at Milltown Park, Dublin, as a secular priest, 9 August 1865. He revised his theology at Louvain, 1869, was a rural missionary, 1874-76, and arrived in Australia in 1878. Then he set off for New Zealand, and first taught in the college at Waikari, then was in Dunedin as minister, and finally, from 1882, cared for the parish of Invercargill until 1888.

He returned later to North Sydney and parish work until 1890, and after a year at Riverview, worked in the parish of Richmond, 1891-93, and North Sydney, 1893-97. During these years he gave retreats inter-state. He was in the parish of Hawthorn, 1897-01, and, finally, lived at Loyola College, Greenwich, in failing health. He died, however, after bravely trying to stop a bolting horse.

He was a very upright, zealous and hardworking priest; also meticulous and methodical, which made him a good procurator. However, he was inclined to be harsh in his views and sharp in expressing them, and not a very comfortable companion in a small community.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Thomas McEnroe SJ

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