Rev Stephen Brennan

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Stephen

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Brennan

Order:

Date of Birth:

30-Oct-1919

Place of Birth:

Cappoquin, Co Waterford

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

24-Jun-1944

Place of Ordination:

All Hallows, Dublin

Country of Ordination:

Ireland

Ordination Diocese:

Armidale

Seminary:

All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland

Date of Death:

15-Jul-1993

Place of Death:

Glen Innes NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

Place of Burial:

Glen Innes NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

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Biographical Notes

T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Brennan, Stephen

Born 30 October 1919 at Cappoquin, Co Waterford, Ireland. Details of education unknown. Studied at All Hallows College, Dublin. Ordained at All Hallows for the Armidale diocese on 24 June 1944. His first appointment was to Glen Innes as assistant priest to Maurice Tobin, Vicar General of the diocese. He remained there as a curate for a number of years. After the pressure of work affected his voice he was given 12 months of leave and then reappointed to Glen Innes at Tobin's request. He then remained at Glen Innes until Tobin's death in April 1955. He was then appointed as parish priest of Werris Creek, then Inverell, and finally returned to Glen Innes in 1974 as parish priest, where he remained until 1989, when he retired to live privately in the town. He died in Glen Innes on 15 July 1993, and is buried in Glen Innes cemetery.
(Source: AAHC, headstone)

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)