Very Rev Patrick Walsh
Title:
Very Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
Francis
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Surname:
Walsh
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Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
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Date of Death:
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Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Tenterfield NSW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale | Tamworth | Assistant Priest | Jan | 1912 | Campbell; ACD 1913 p 30, 1914 p 33, 1915 p 33, 1916 p 45, 1917 p 49, 1918 p 49; Catholic Press, 11 January 1912 | ||||
| Armidale | Bingara | Parish Priest | 1925 | 1930 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Guyra | Parish Priest | 1930 | 1947 | Campbell | ||||
| Armidale | Tenterfield | Parish Priest | 1953 | Sep | 1956 | Campbell; Gravestone; ACD 1956 p 184 | |||
| Armidale | Armidale | Jan | 1912 | ACD 1912 p 29; Catholic Press, 11 January 1912 |
Biographical Notes
Clerical Changes, The Catholic Press, Sydney, 11 January 1912, p 31, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105176452:
The following clerical changes for the Armidale diocese have been announced: [...] the Rev. Father Walsh, who recently arrived from Ireland, goes to Tamworth.
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NSW death registration: Patrick Joseph B. Walsh; 23963/1956; parents Edward and Margaret; Tamworth district.
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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Walsh, Patrick Francis
Date and place of birth unknown [1870). Details of education unknown. Place of study unknown. Date and place of ordination unknown. A nephew of Bishop P J O'Connor he came to the diocese around 1922. His first assignment was as assistant priest Tamworth, where he spent a number of years. In 1925 he was appointed parish priest of Bingara, remaining in that position until 1930 when went to Guyra to establish the parish. In 1947 he took a year's leave and returned to Ireland. Following resumption of duty in the diocese he took ill early in 1949 and was forced to resign. He went to Nazareth House Tamworth to live, but recovered sufficiently to be appointed parish priest Tenterfield in 1953. He died in Tenterfield on 21 September 1956 and was buried in Tenterfield cemetery.
(Sources: Advocate 6 Feb 1930 p 14, 24 Feb 1949 p 4, Foley, O'Connor, headstone)
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)