Very Rev Michael O'Sullivan

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Very Rev

First Name:

Michael

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O'Sullivan

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Date of Ordination:

08-Apr-1877

Place of Ordination:

Adelaide SA

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Australia

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Adelaide

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Date of Death:

28-Apr-1897

Place of Death:

Liverpool NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

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Australia

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Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
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End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Adelaide KapundaCampbell
Armidale ArmidaleCampbell
Armidale ArmidaleDiocesan ConsultorACD 1890 p 77
Armidale ArmidaleBishop's SecretaryADC 1890 p 78
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Biographical Notes

Photograph: Some of the Priests of the Diocese of Armidale, Catholic Press, Sydney, 7 May 1903, p 22, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104517902.

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Deaths, Advocate, Melbourne, 29 May 1897, p 14, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170170465:

O'Sullivan.—On 28th April, at Liverpool, N.S.W., the Very Rev. M. O'Sullivan, eldest son of the late James and Mary O'Sullivan, of Port Fairy; brother of Marian and J. W. O'Sullivan, Postmaster, Yarrawonga; Mrs. P. Cantwell, Mt. Egerton; and Sister Mary de Ricci, Dominican Convent, W. Maitland. R.I.P.

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
O'Sullivan, Michael

Date and place of birth unknown. Details of education unknown. Place of study unknown [Sevenhills South Australia]. Ordained 8 April 1877 in Adelaide. First appointments were in Adelaide. He was a member of the 1883 Commission that investigated Mother Mary MacKillop. He then was based for a time at Kapunda, following which he transferred to the Armidale diocese, based in Armidale. The reasons for the transfer are not clear, although there is a suggestion he ran up heavy debts, Bishop Reynolds of Adelaide being forced to guarantee debts of £129 in January 1886. Within the Armidale diocese he was appointed Inspector of Catholic Schools and a Diocesan Consultor. For reasons that are unknown, he subsequently was admitted on some unknown date to the Liverpool Asylum, outside of Sydney, a hospital for destitutes. He died on 28 April 1897 at Liverpool. Place of burial unknown. His parents were living at Port Fairy Vic at the time of his death. A sister was a member of the Dominican Order at West Maitland (Sr M de Ricci OP).
(Sources: Advocate 7 Apr 1877 p 15, 31 Aug 1878 p 7, 25 Sep 1886 p 9, 29 May 1897 p 14, 5 Jun 1897 p 17, MDHC A-Z O236).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)