Rev Lorenzo O'Mara
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Rev
First Name:
Lorenzo
Middle Names:
Joseph
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Surname:
O'Mara
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Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Australia
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Melbourne VIC
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Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
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| Melbourne | Geelong | The Argus, 27 Aug 1859 | |||||||
| Melbourne | Melbourne | 1863 | The Argus, 25 April 1861 |
Biographical Notes
Geelong, Portland, Melbourne, Vic
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Geelong, The Argus, Melbourne, 27 Aug 1859, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5687023:
There is one matter connected with the public affairs of the West which has inadvertently escaped my notice, that is, the death of the Rev. Mr. Michael O'Brien, a very popular young clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church here. [...]
[...] At half-past 10 the Solemn Office and High Mass commenced. The Right Reverend Dr. Geoghegan, Bishop elect of Adelaide, being the celebrant; the Very Rev. Lawrence Shiel, of Ballaarat, deacon; and the Reverend Francis Hayden, of Melbourne, subdeacon; and the Reverend Eugene McCarthy, of Ballaarat, was master of the ceremonies. The chaunters were—the Rev. James Bernard Hayes, Dean of Geelong; and the Reverend Lorenzo Joseph O'Mara, also of Geelong. [...]
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Diocese of Melbourne, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 2 Feb 1861, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115760652:
A solemn office and requiem mass were chaunted in St. Francis Church, last Saturday, at eleven o'clock a.m., for the repose of the soul of the Rev. Timothy O'Rourke, late Catholic Pastor of Kilmore. [...] Amongst the clergy present were the Very Dr. Patrick, V.G.; Rev. J. Bleasdale, Rev. J. Moore, Rev. L. O'Mara, Rev. H. England, Rev. L. Lordon, and Rev. W. M. Finn, Melbourne; [...]
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Marriages, The Argus, Melbourne, 25 April 1861, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5699635:
LUFFMAN—KEENAN. —On the 11th inst., by special licence, at St. Francis's Cathedral, by the Rev. L. O'Mara, George Alfred Luffman, of London, to Bridget Mary, eldest daughter of Eugene Keenan, late of Limerick, Ireland.
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Deaths, The Argus, Melbourne, 12 October 1863, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5737149:
O'Mara.—On the 11th inst., at 9 Lonsdale-street east, the Rev. Lorenzo J. O'Mara, aged thirty-three years. Home papers please copy.
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Funeral Notices, The Argus, Melbourne, 12 October 1863, p 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5737151:
The Funeral of the late Rev. Lorenzo J. O'Mara will move from 9 Lonsdale-street east, near St. Francis's Church, to the Melbourne General Cemetery, on to-morrow, Tuesday, 13th inst., at 11 o'clock a.m. John Daley, undertaker, La Trobe and Spring-streets, Melbourne.
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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 56: "O'Mara, Lorenzo James/Ir./Melb. 1859-63."