Rev Michael Dwyer
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Michael
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Dwyer
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Bairnsdale VIC
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Mary's Cathedral, Sale VIC
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Sale
Seminary:
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Bairnsdale VIC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | Yarram | Curate | Dec | 1922 | Bairnsdale Advertiser, 2 December 1922; Gippsland Times, 4 December 1922; |
Biographical Notes
Personal, Gippsland Times, 4 December 1922, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62600990:
At St. Mary's Cathedral on Thursday Rev. Michael Dwyer was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Phelan. The newly ordained priest will be stationed at Yarram. Father Dwyer is a native of Bairnsdale, where his people still reside. Father Dwyer pursued his ecclesiastical studies at Manly College, Sydney.
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Social and Personal Notes, Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle, 2 December 1922, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article270860507:
Father Michael Dwyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dwyer, Riverbank, Bairnsdale, was ordained at Sale, on Thursday last by Bishop Phelan, assisted by Father Curran (Maffra), Father Callinan (Sale), Father Fitzpatrick and Father O’Mara (Cowwarr), and Father Stirling (Yarram). Father Dwyer is the first Australian native from this part of Gippsland to be raised to the priesthood. He commenced his education at St. Mary’s School, Bairnsdale, and his studies were completed at the Ecclesiastical College, Manly, Sydney, the Alma Mater of the Australian Catholic Church. Father Dwyer is at present on a visit to his parents for a few days. He will officiate at nine o’clock mass at St. Mary’s Church, Bairnsdale, to-morrow. Father Dwyer will commence duty at Yarram, on Sunday week, as assisting priest to Father Stirling.
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A Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests & Deacons in Australia 1788-2009, compiled by W.T. Southerwood, Sixth Edition, 2009, pp 80, 82: listed twice, as having died on 27 June 1956 and (erroneously) on 30 June 1922.