Rev Richard Collins
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Richard
Middle Names:
Patrick
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Collins
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Youghal, Co Cork
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Geelong VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Geelong VIC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Carlton | 1888 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Williamstown | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Melbourne | Castlemaine | 1892 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Cathedral | 1892 | Linane Vol 2 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 68:
Collins, Richard P., Irish
Collector for Building St. Patrick's Cathedral
This Richard, to be distinguished from Richard of South Melbourne, was born in 1855 at Youghal, County Cork. He studied in turn at All Hallows and Maynooth and was ordained for the Diocese of Cloyne and the English Mission sponsored by the same Diocese in 1879. After serving on the English Mission for nine years, he came to Victoria, arriving on the 'Ormuz' in July 1888. After serving at Carlton, Williamstown and Castlemaine until 1892 he was appointed to the Cathedral staff. Archbishop Carr and Dean Donaghy, Cathedral Adm. deemed that Richard would be an asset in helping to collect on the large building fund debt, and so he was assigned to a task which he dutifully carried out until his sudden death on Christmas Day 1895. He died at Geelong, but whether or not he was using that parish as headquarters in collecting is not clear. Likewise the circumstances of his death at the age of 40 are unclear. He rests in the Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, among the many priests buried in the vicinity of the Mortuary Chapel.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 8)
Ref.: MDHC Archives, Fitzroy.