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About Help Contact login Rev James Phelan Title: Rev First Name: James Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Phelan Order: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Country of Birth: Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 05-Jan-1898 Place of Death: St Mary's, Penrith NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: Place of Burial: Country of Burial: Find A Grave URL: FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Bathurst diocese, NSW --- Address to the Reverend J. Phelan, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 24 April 1858, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64376306: The following Address, accompanied by a purse containing One hundred and thirty-seven sovereigns, was presented by a deputation from his congregation, on Friday week at the Deanery, to the Rev. J. Phelan, late of St. Michael's, previous to his departure for the new sphere of his labours at Hartley:— To the Rev. J. Phelan, Church of St. Michael, Bathurst. "And as a Bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way." Rev. and Dear Sir,— We, the undersigned, being a deputation of the Catholics of Bathurst, for ourselves and for and on behalf of the congregation of the Church of St. Michael, having learnt with deep regret that we are about to be deprived of your invaluable presence and services, and being aware that many pecuniary calls for charitable and patriotic purposes have been made upon you which, notwithstanding your limited means, were always generously responded to, beg respectfully that you will graciously receive at our hands the accompanying purse containing One Hundred and Thirty-seven Sovereigns, which we present as the free-will offering of your affectionate and grateful people, and as a Testimony of our appreciation of your attentive, pious, and persevering efforts in every matter connected with or conducive to the welfare of your Parishioners. With unfeigned grief, we now utter those sad words Farewell, and humbly supplicate the Almighty to bless and spare you for many years to be a useful and edifying Minister in His Holy Church. John Meillon, Sen. James Fitzpatrick Bathurst, April 16, 1858. The Rev. Gentleman replied in a few feeling and appropriate words, expressive of his deep appreciation of the good will of the people, of his gratitude for their munificent gift, and of regret at the separation which was about to take place between them, and concluded his reply by assuring them that they would be ever present in his prayers, although his personal supervision of them had ceased. --- Hartley, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 April 1869, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13180746: Monday. An address, together with a purse containing 81 sovereigns, was presented to the Rev. James Phelan yesterday, on the eve of his departure for Europe. The rev. gentleman left Hartley this morning, escorted to the railway-station by a large circle of friends. --- Testimonial to the Rev. J. Phelan, Hartley, on the eve of his departure for Europe, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 1 May 1869, p 15,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115431142. --- Departure of the Catholic Prelates, Advocate, Melbourne, 8 May 1869, p 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169267253: [..] The Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn, sailed for Liverpool in the Great Britain on Wednesday, and by the same vessel the Rev. Simon Riordan, who has been for several years on this mission, and Father Phelan of Huntley, N.S.W., are passengers. --- The Archdiocese, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 10 November 1877, p 14, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115374995: The Rev. James Sheridan, of the cathedral, is at present at Braidwood, in the place of the Very Rev. Dean White, administrator at Armidale. Father Sheridan will remain a few weeks at Braidwood until he is replaced by Father James Phelan, now in Tasmania for the benefit of his health, but who will soon proceed to Braidwood, to minister there, until the return of Dean White. --- Araluen, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 1 February 1879, p 10, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110561583: The Rev. Father Phelan expects to be leaving Braidwood in the course of next month. The Very Rev. Dean White, who left this district to administer the affairs, &c., of the Armidale diocese, purposes returning to his old flock, by whom he was so deservedly respected. His advent amongst us again will be the means of causing a commencement to be made in the erection of the proposed new convent. --- Death of the Very Rev. James Phelan, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 8 January 1898, p 14, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115384340: "The Old Guard die, but never surrender." This might be justly said of the veteran priest, the Very Rev. James Phelan, of St. Marys, South Creek who ended his days on Wednesday morning last, "with no long interval between the battlefield and the last farewell." Although seventy-seven and tried by long years of "bush" work, he held himself up bravely to the end. Only a few weeks ago he attended the obsequies of the Rev. J. Hayes at Windsor. He was then in very delicate health. Father Phelan had been connected with the Sydney diocese for over 40 years, and he was one of the few old priests who in our own days continued to receive State Aid. He was a very pious and very kind-hearted man. The Dirge and Requiem, we understand, takes place this (Friday) morning at South Creek, with the Cardinal-Archbishop presiding. --- The Late Very Rev. James Phelan, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 15 January 1898, p 14, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115383719: In our last issue we briefly chronicled the death at St. Marys, South Creek, of the Very Rev. James Phelan, one of the oldest and most venerated priests in the Sydney Diocese. We stated that Father Phelan had been "on the mission" in this colony more than forty years, and we have since found out that he came here from Ireland in 1853. He was for a long time in the Hartley-Lithgow district. Afterwards he was at Subiaco, and later on at Penrith and St. Marys, South Creek. Everyone who knew him at all knew him as a most zealous priest and a truly kind-hearted and charitable man, but only his personal friends were aware that under an exceedingly modest and simple manner he concealed a great amount of solid learning. He was an exceedingly well-read man, and in other respects was cultured and refined. After death he had the honours due to a veteran—he was seventy-seven—who had "worked in harness to the last." The Cardinal-Archbishop and his Lordship Dr. Higgins journeyed from Sydney to attend the Dirge and Requiem last Friday, and some forty-five of the clergy assisted in the solemn Office. The Rev. James Sheridan, of Penrith, was celebrant of the Mass, Rev. P. Baugh, of St. Benedict's, Sydney, deacon, and Rev. Father Martin, of Parramatta, sub-deacon. His Eminence gave the Absolutions in the church, and also officiated at the grave. Among the clergy assisting were—the Very Rev. Dr. O'Haran and the Rev. T. O'Reilly, P.P., Parramatta. --- See also The Late Father Phelan. Another Old Hartley Resident's Recollections. Mr. P. Lynch Replies to a Critic, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 19 February 1898, p 17, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115387975.

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St Mary's, Penrith NSW

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Bathurst diocese, NSW

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Address to the Reverend J. Phelan, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 24 April 1858, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64376306:

The following Address, accompanied by a purse containing One hundred and thirty-seven sovereigns, was presented by a deputation from his congregation, on Friday week at the Deanery, to the Rev. J. Phelan, late of St. Michael's, previous to his departure for the new sphere of his labours at Hartley:—
To the Rev. J. Phelan, Church of St. Michael, Bathurst.
"And as a Bird each fond endearment tries,
To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies;
He tried each art, reproved each dull delay,
Allured to brighter worlds and led the way."

Rev. and Dear Sir,—
We, the undersigned, being a deputation of the Catholics of Bathurst, for ourselves and for and on behalf of the congregation of the Church of St. Michael, having learnt with deep regret that we are about to be deprived of your invaluable presence and services, and being aware that many pecuniary calls for charitable and patriotic purposes have been made upon you which, notwithstanding your limited means, were always generously responded to, beg respectfully that you will graciously receive at our hands the accompanying purse containing One Hundred and Thirty-seven Sovereigns, which we present as the free-will offering of your affectionate and grateful people, and as a Testimony of our appreciation of your attentive, pious, and persevering efforts in every matter connected with or conducive to the welfare of your Parishioners. With unfeigned grief, we now utter those sad words Farewell, and humbly supplicate the Almighty to bless and spare you for many years to be a useful and edifying Minister in His Holy Church.
John Meillon, Sen.
James Fitzpatrick
Bathurst, April 16, 1858.

The Rev. Gentleman replied in a few feeling and appropriate words, expressive of his deep appreciation of the good will of the people, of his gratitude for their munificent gift, and of regret at the separation which was about to take place between them, and concluded his reply by assuring them that they would be ever present in his prayers, although his personal supervision of them had ceased.

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Hartley, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 April 1869, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13180746:

Monday.
An address, together with a purse containing 81 sovereigns, was presented to the Rev. James Phelan yesterday, on the eve of his departure for Europe. The rev. gentleman left Hartley this morning, escorted to the railway-station by a large circle of friends.

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Testimonial to the Rev. J. Phelan, Hartley, on the eve of his departure for Europe, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 1 May 1869, p 15,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115431142.

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Departure of the Catholic Prelates, Advocate, Melbourne, 8 May 1869, p 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169267253:

[..] The Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn, sailed for Liverpool in the Great Britain on Wednesday, and by the same vessel the Rev. Simon Riordan, who has been for several years on this mission, and Father Phelan of Huntley, N.S.W., are passengers.

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The Archdiocese, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 10 November 1877, p 14, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115374995:

The Rev. James Sheridan, of the cathedral, is at present at Braidwood, in the place of the Very Rev. Dean White, administrator at Armidale. Father Sheridan will remain a few weeks at Braidwood until he is replaced by Father James Phelan, now in Tasmania for the benefit of his health, but who will soon proceed to Braidwood, to minister there, until the return of Dean White.

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Araluen, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 1 February 1879, p 10, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110561583:

The Rev. Father Phelan expects to be leaving Braidwood in the course of next month. The Very Rev. Dean White, who left this district to administer the affairs, &c., of the Armidale diocese, purposes returning to his old flock, by whom he was so deservedly respected. His advent amongst us again will be the means of causing a commencement to be made in the erection of the proposed new convent.

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Death of the Very Rev. James Phelan, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 8 January 1898, p 14, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115384340:

"The Old Guard die, but never surrender." This might be justly said of the veteran priest, the Very Rev. James Phelan, of St. Marys, South Creek who ended his days on Wednesday morning last, "with no long interval between the battlefield and the last farewell." Although seventy-seven and tried by long years of "bush" work, he held himself up bravely to the end. Only a few weeks ago he attended the obsequies of the Rev. J. Hayes at Windsor. He was then in very delicate health. Father Phelan had been connected with the Sydney diocese for over 40 years, and he was one of the few old priests who in our own days continued to receive State Aid. He was a very pious and very kind-hearted man. The Dirge and Requiem, we understand, takes place this (Friday) morning at South Creek, with the Cardinal-Archbishop presiding.

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The Late Very Rev. James Phelan, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 15 January 1898, p 14, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115383719:

In our last issue we briefly chronicled the death at St. Marys, South Creek, of the Very Rev. James Phelan, one of the oldest and most venerated priests in the Sydney Diocese. We stated that Father Phelan had been "on the mission" in this colony more than forty years, and we have since found out that he came here from Ireland in 1853. He was for a long time in the Hartley-Lithgow district. Afterwards he was at Subiaco, and later on at Penrith and St. Marys, South Creek. Everyone who knew him at all knew him as a most zealous priest and a truly kind-hearted and charitable man, but only his personal friends were aware that under an exceedingly modest and simple manner he concealed a great amount of solid learning. He was an exceedingly well-read man, and in other respects was cultured and refined. After death he had the honours due to a veteran—he was seventy-seven—who had "worked in harness to the last." The Cardinal-Archbishop and his Lordship Dr. Higgins journeyed from Sydney to attend the Dirge and Requiem last Friday, and some forty-five of the clergy assisted in the solemn Office. The Rev. James Sheridan, of Penrith, was celebrant of the Mass, Rev. P. Baugh, of St. Benedict's, Sydney, deacon, and Rev. Father Martin, of Parramatta, sub-deacon. His Eminence gave the Absolutions in the church, and also officiated at the grave. Among the clergy assisting were—the Very Rev. Dr. O'Haran and the Rev. T. O'Reilly, P.P., Parramatta.

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See also The Late Father Phelan. Another Old Hartley Resident's Recollections. Mr. P. Lynch Replies to a Critic, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 19 February 1898, p 17, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115387975.

Rev James Phelan

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