Rev Charles Daly
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Charles
Middle Names:
Wilfred
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Daly
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Hughenden QLD
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane QLD
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Brisbane
Seminary:
St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
QLD
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Nudgee, Brisbane QLD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Blackall | 1927 | 1929 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Brisbane | Toowoomba | 1929 | 1929 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Brisbane | Stanthorpe | 1929 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||||
| Toowoomba | Cunnamulla | 1930 | 1931 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Toowoomba | Charleville | 1931 | 1936 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Toowoomba | Tannymorel | 1936 | Jul | 1940 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Australia | AIF | Army Chaplain | Jul | 1940 | Feb | 1946 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||
| Toowoomba | Tannymorel | Feb | 1946 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar |
Biographical Notes
Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev Charles Wilfrid Dunsandle Daly, died 13 Nov 1955
Born 26th July, 1898 at Prairie, Hughenden (Rockhampton), to Edmund Antony and Mary Stella Daly (nee Mellish). He attended Yeronga State School, St Mary's Brisbane and Gregory Terrace. His Seminary studies took place at Springwood and Manly and he was ordained in St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane on 16th December, 1926, by Archbishop Duhig. Fr Daly's first appointment was to Blackall in 1927 followed by St Patrick's Toowoomba in 1929, Stanthorpe (1929),Cunnamulla (1930), Charleville (1931), Tannymorel (1936). He was nominated by the Bishop as Chaplain to the forces and was appointed to duty as Chaplain to the 2/2 C.C.S. Australian Imperial Forces in July of 1940, seeing action in the Middle East and in New Guinea. He was discharged in February 1946 and returned to Tannymorel. Upon retirement from Tannymorel, Fr Daly was Chaplain to the Marist Brothers College at Tamborine Mountain. He was killed in a car accident aged 56, it was presumed that he suffered a heart attack. Fr Daly is buried in Nudgee cemetery.
(Ref. Clerical CV and Fr B. Kane)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.