Joseph Clampett OFM
Title:
First Name:
Joseph
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Surname:
Clampett
Order:
OFM
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Limerick, Co Limerick
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Bunyip 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat | Ballarat | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Melbourne | Geelong | Linane Vol 2 |
Biographical Notes
Ballarat, Geelong, Vic, etc
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The Argus, Melbourne, 14 July 1864, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5750660:
In reference to the report that a Roman Catholic priest had eloped with a young lady from Geelong, and subsequently married her at Melbourne, the Geelong Advertiser says:—"Having alluded to the scandulam magnatum of a Roman Catholic priest having entered into the bonds of matrimony, we had better in order to put an end to speculation on the subject, state that Mr. Clampett is the Benedick."
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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, pp 42-43:
Clampett, Joseph, OFM, Irish, Left Mission
Ten Children and an Unmarked Grave
The exact origins are unclear, but he was ordained for the Irish Province of the Franciscans in 1850. He arrived in Victoria in 1862 and was highly regarded by fellow Franciscans, among them Archdeacon Sheil with whom Clampett worked at Ballarat in 1864. If a letter in the keeping of the MDHC was written by Joseph (as is presumed, but it is not signed) he was a man of no mean ability. While in Geelong in 1864 his affection for a cousin, Kate by name, became too strong and thereby hangs the future tale. Dean James Hayes OSA appears in correspondence to slightly gloat over the departure from the ranks, others did not - and to the credit of his fellow Franciscans he seems to have kept his place in their treasured necrology of deceased members. Marriage took place with some pomp in St. James' Anglican Church, Melbourne and he later joined that community, becoming an Archdeacon in South Australia and in Christ Church, Echuca (in the year 1878 at least). But the Anglican part of his career is largely unknown. What is known is that the progeny were numerous - 10 in all. Fertility of body was matched fortunately with fertility of mind and conscience. He could see the need for reconciliation, and so it was that on his deathbed in St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, this happy event was brought about. Strangely the wife (or perhaps the numerous offspring) left him in an unmarked grave, CC268, in the Melbourne General Cemetery after his happy death on 23 December 1896.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 5)
Ref.: MDHC Archives, Fitzroy.