Rev Edward O'Brien
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Edward
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Preferred Name:
Surname:
O'Brien
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Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Dublin
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Melbourne VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Melbourne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Geelong | Curate | Herald, 14 January 1935 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Geelong | Administrator | Herald, 14 January 1935 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Collingwood | Herald, 14 January 1935 | |||||||
| Melbourne | Geelong | Herald, 14 January 1935 | |||||||
| Melbourne | Camberwell | Parish Priest | Jan | 1935 | Herald, 14 January 1935 |
Biographical Notes
Death Notices, The Herald, Melbourne, 14 Jan 1935, p 16, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245436654:
O'Brien.—On the 14th January, at a private hospital, the Rev. Edward O'Brien, parish priest of Our Lady of Victories Church, Camberwell, in his 70th year. Requiescat in pace. Requiem mass 10.30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Father E. O'Brien Dead, The Herald, Melbourne, 14 Jan 1935, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245436541:
The death occurred at Mount St. Evin's Hospital today of the Rev. Edward O'Brien, parish priest of Our Lady of Victories Church, Camberwell. in his 70th year.
Father O'Brien was born at Dublin in 1865. He studied at All Hallows College, Dublin, and was ordained priest in 1889. Soon afterwards he came to Australia and acted as assistant to the late Archdeacon Slattery at St. Mary's Geelong.
For some time he administered the parish during a lengthy illness of his superior and when a successor was appointed Father O'Brien was transferred to Collingwood.
He remained there for 13 years, placing the parish on a sound and progressive footing, improving the church buildings and developing the parochial organisations.
From Collingwood Father O'Brien returned to Geelong, to take charge of part of his old parish, which formed part of one newly created. A church had been built, but Father O'Brien raised the parish hall and the presbytery. Later he was transferred to Camberwell to succeed the late Rev. G. Robinson.
Here he completed the church and built up the choir.