Rev Bernard O'Brien

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Bernard

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

O'Brien

Order:

Date of Birth:

15-Apr-1885

Place of Birth:

Drumod, Co Monaghan

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

22-Jun-1913

Place of Ordination:

All Hallows, Dublin

Country of Ordination:

Ireland

Ordination Diocese:

Armidale

Seminary:

All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland

Date of Death:

10-Sep-1958

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1958

Place of Burial:

Uralla NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/295387218

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Armidale Wee WaaAssistant PriestCampbell
Armidale BingaraCampbell
Armidale TenterfieldCampbell
Armidale GunnedahAssistant Priest1920Campbell
Armidale ArmidaleCampbell
Armidale BundarraParish Priest14Mar192819Jan1930Campbell
Armidale BingaraParish Priest19Jan19301931Campbell
Armidale GuyraParish Priest1931Sep1949Campbell
Armidale UrallaParish PriestSep19491952Campbell
Armidale ArmidaleChaplain to BishopCampbell
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Biographical Notes

Irish birth record, https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1885/02645/1975424.pdf: "Superintendent Registrar's District Cootehill, Registrar's District Cootehill. 1865. Births Registered in the District of Cootehill in the Union of Cootehill in the Counties of Cavan & Monaghan. No. 315. On 15 April 1885 at Drumod, Co. Monaghan, birth of Bernard, male, father Owen O'Brien of Drumod, farmer, mother Anne O'Brien formerly Connolly; informant: Owen O'Brien his mark, father, of Drumod; 16 April 1885."

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

Born in Drummond, Co Monaghan, Ireland on 15 April 1885. Educated at the Derrygooney National School, and then at Mount Melleray. Studied at All Hallows College, Dublin. Ordained at All Hallows on 22 June 1913, and arrived in the Armidale diocese in October 1913. His first appointment was briefly to Wee Waa as assistant priest, then he was transferred to Bingara, then two years later to Tenterfield where he remained for four years. In 1920 he was appointed assistant priest at Gunnedah for three years, then transferred to Armidale for five years. On 14 March 1928 he became parish priest Bundarra, transferring from there to Bingara on 19 January 1930. He was only in that town for a year and was then appointed parish priest at Guyra in mid 1931, which position he held for 18 years until moving to Uralla in September 1949. In 1952 he was awarded the Cross 'Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice' by the pope, having requested that he not be appointed a Domestic Prelate (Monsignor). Towards the end of 1952 failing eyesight and general ill health forced his resignation from that parish, when he was appointed as personal chaplain to Bishop Doody, living at Bishop's House. After 12 months in Armidale he accepted the position of chaplain at Nazareth House, Tamworth, but was only there for six months when the Uralla parish became vacant again, with the transfer of James Healy to Gunnedah. He asked to be allowed to return to Uralla (June 1954) and remained in the parish until his death after a month in Lewisham Hospital on 10 September 1955 for illness. He was buried at Uralla.
(Sources: FJ 1 Jan 1920 p 20, AE 31 Oct 1952 p 3, 12 Sep 1955 p4, AAHC).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)