Rev Daniel Lee
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Daniel
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Lee
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Brisbane QLD
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Patrick's College, Manly NSW
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Rockhampton
Seminary:
St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
North Rockhampton QLD
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Roma | Curate | 1922 | 1926 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Brisbane | Blackall | Parish Priest | 1926 | 1931 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||
| Rockhampton | Marian | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||||
| Rockhampton | Sarina | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||||
| Rockhampton | Yeppoon | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Rockhampton | Alpha | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||||
| Rockhampton | Barcaldine | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||||
| Rockhampton | Rockhampton | Chaplain, Mater Hospital | 1954 | 1970 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 |
Biographical Notes
Fr Denis W. Martin, Priests of 1928, Brisbane, 2003, p 68:
Daniel Lee
Ben Chifley was the locomotive driver who became Prime Minister; Daniel Lee was the locomotive driver who became a Priest. On leaving school in Rockhampton, he had joined the Queensland railways and worked his way up through the grades from cleaner to fireman, to driver.
Daniel Joseph Lee was ordained at St Patrick's College, Manly in November 1922 for the Rockhampton Diocese. Just how he comes to be in Brisbane in 1928 cannot be explained as he is listed as being in Blackall in the 1920s. Then he was Parish Priest at Yeppoon and latterly Chaplain at the Rockhampton Mater Hospital.
He had been a priest for a little over 60 years when he died on 31st December 1982 and was buried in the North Rockhampton Cemetery.
There was a Brisbane Fr Lee, Thomas, who died in 1919 and rests in the Warwick Cemetery.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Martin.)
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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:
Daniel Joseph Lee, died 31 Dec 1982
Daniel Joseph Lee was born in Brisbane on 3rd January, 1894, the son of Edward and Bridget Lee. He was educated at St Patrick's Convent, Fortitude Valley and St James' College, Water Street. On leaving school he became an engine driver for a number of years with the Queensland Railways. Seminary studies were commenced in 1915 at St Columba's, Springwood and St Patrick's, Manly. On their completion, he was ordained Priest, for the Brisbane Archdiocese, by Archbishop Kelly, in Sydney on 30th November, 1922. Subsequently he served in the following places: Assistant Priest, Roma (1922-26); Parish Priest, Blackall (1926-31). In the Rockhampton Diocese he served in the following places: Parish Priest, Marian, Sarina, Yeppoon, Alpha and Barcaldine; Chaplain Mater Hospital, Rockhampton, (there 1954-70). He died in 1982 and was buried in North Rockhampton Cemetery.
(Ref. Brisbane Archives)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.