Shipping. Hobson's Bay. Arrived.—October 8, The Age, Melbourne, 9 October 1862, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155007020:

Donald McKay, Black Ball ship, 2604 tons, James Price, from Liverpool, 19th July. Passengers - cabin: [...] Rev. F. McCarthy, Rev. P. O'Meara [...]

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Roman Catholic Church, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 17 December 1862, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62719607:

The Rev. Mr. McCarthy will officiate at Carcoar, on Sunday the 21st instant, at eleven o'clock a.m.
Evening Prayers &c., &c., will be holden at seven in the afternoon.
Christmas Day
The Rev. F. McCarthy will officiate at King's Plains, on the above named day, at eleven a.m.
Bathurst, December 16th, 1862.

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Country Districts, Freemans' Journal, Sydney, 1 August 1863, p 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115429869:

The Rev. Mr. Foley, Roman Catholic clergyman, of Deniliquin, performed divine service on Sunday morning last, at the Court-house, Moama. There was a numerous attendance. We understand the Rev. Francis McCarthy, from Melbourne, will officiate on Sunday next.—Rivevine Herald, July 22.

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Marriages, The Herald, Melbourne, 15 February 1864, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247591370:

Rafferty—O'Brien.— On 7th February at St. Patrick's Church, Kilmore, by the Rev. F. McCarthy, Edward B. Rafferty, son of the late Edward Rafferty, Esq., Gortakilleen, Tipperary, Ireland, to Miss Jane Davis O'Brien, daughter of Christopher O'Brien, Esq., Dublin, Ireland.

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Funeral, Kilmore Free Press and Counties of Bourke and Dalhousie Advertiser, 21 September 1865, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70059525:

On Friday afternoon a large number of friends and acquaintances followed the remains of the late Mr. John Campbell, oldest son of Mr. Peter Campbell, Union street, to the place of interment, the Kilmore General Cemetery. [...] The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. F. McCarthy.

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Marriages, The Australian News for Home Readers, 23 June 1866, p 16, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63171559:

Jones—Tilson.—On the 8th inst., at St. Kilian's, Sandhurst, by the Rev. F. McCarthy, Mr Thomas Jones, to Annie, eldest daughter, of Mr. Charles Tilson, of Cay's Diggings.

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Death, Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth, 5 September 1867, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198656610:

McCarthy.— On the 4th September, at the Catholic Presbytery, Wangaratta. the Rev. Francis McCarthy, aged twenty-eight years. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

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Death of a Roman Catholic Clergyman, Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth, 5 September 1867, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198656612:

It is with unfeigned regret we record the decease of the Rev. Francis McCarthy, for some time past parish priest of Wangaratta, who expired at the Presbytery of that township yesterday, (Wednesday, the 4th instant), at the early age of twenty-eight. Although young in years, Mr McCarthy has led a life of great usefulness, and was regarded as a most painstaking and exemplary pastor of the church with which he was connected. His loss is greatly mourned in Wangaratta not only by the members of his flock, but by the general public with whom he is held in esteem for his pious zeal and amiability of disposition. Requiescat in pace.

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Telegraphic Despatches. Victoria, Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth, 7 September 1867, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198656362:

(From our own correspondent.)
Wangaratta, Friday.
There was a very large attendance at the Rev. Father McCarthy's funeral to-day. Persons of every persuasion were present, and gentlemen from Yackandandah, Chiltern, Beechworth, and various other localities attended. The Rev. Fathers Galen, Tierney, and Moore officiated at the last offices of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Events of the Month, Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth, 21 September 1867, p 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198657426:

On the 4th instant, the Rev Francis McCarthy, curate to the Rev W. Tierney, Beechworth, died at the Catholic Presbytery, Wangaratta, after a lingering illness. The remains of the deceased gentleman were interred in the Wangaratta Cemetery on the 6th instant, the funeral being attended by persons from all parts of the district. The last offices for the dead, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, were performed by the Rev Fathers Galen, Tierney and Moore, in the presence of a large and attentive congregation. Deceased was one of four brothers, connected with the priesthood, who had all fallen victims to the insidious disease, consumption. On Tuesday, the 10th instant, a solemn office and high mass for the repose of the deceased's soul was celebrated in St Francis' Cathedral, Melbourne, the ceremonies on which occasion were of a more than usually imposing nature. The altar was draped in mourning, and a catafalque rested on a stand in the sanctuary. The office commenced at half-past ten, when a large number of clergymen took their places round the catafalque, the Very Rev M. Downing, of Geelong, presiding. The other clergymen present were the Very Rev Dr Fitzpatrick, V.G.; Rev Messrs W. M. Finn, England, O'Meara, O'Hea, Corbett, P. Riordan, McIniry, S.J.; Barry; Loridan, O'Driscoll, McNab, and Dr Bleasdale, of Melbourne and suburbs ; Power and Hayne, Geelong, J. Moore, Ballarat ; Branagan, Kilmore ; P. Moore and O'Callaghan, Castlemaine ; and Shanahan, Inglewood. The mass was celebrated immediately after the office, the Rev Mr O'Meara officiating as priest, and Fathers Finn and McNab as deacon and sub-deacon. The Rev Francis McCarthy was educated at the Missionary College of All Hallows, Drumcondra, near Dublin, and left for this colony in 1862.

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 50: "McCarthy, Francis / Ir. / AH / Melb. d. 3.9.1867."

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Kevin Condon, CM, The Missionary College of All Hallows 1842-1891, Dublin, 1986. Appendix: Matricula 1842-91:

No. 487: Francis McCarthy, 1856, St. Mary's, Tralee. Of Francis and Julia Stack, Ballyheigue, Kerry; b.13.6.'37. Ord. for Melbourne in 1862. Geelong - St Kilda - Bendigo - Castlemaine - Wangaratta. Died at Beechworth Presb., 3.6.'67.

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A Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests & Deacons in Australia 1788-2009, compiled by W.T. Southerwood, Sixth Edition, 2009, p 111: "Ballarat, Geelong, Wangaratta, Castlemaine, etc, Vic." Also listed on p 70 with a date of death given incorrectly as 3 June 1867: "Geelong, St. Kilda, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Wangaratta, etc, Vic."

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Denis M. Long, Pioneer and Early Priests, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Deceased or retired by 1929, 2021, p 62:
Fr Eugene McCarthy [brother]

This priest is mentioned in Pugh’s Almanac as being in Toowoomba in 1864 and in Dalby in 1865. The Toowoomba Prayer Calendar for deceased priests mentions that Fr McCarthy could have been the priest who died in Victoria on 7 November 1865.(1)

An obituary for Fr Eugene McCarthy reveals something of the presence of him in the diocese of Brisbane which sees him recorded as D McCarthy in the Sick and Infirm Priests Society listing of deceased priests who served in the diocese of Brisbane.

Fr Eugene was one of three brothers who came to Archdiocese of Melbourne as priests. Another brother was a priest in his native Ireland. Each of the three brothers in Australia died young.(2) Fr Edward died at Hamilton in Victoria in January 1863 as the result of a fall from a horse. A younger brother Francis died at Beechworth in June 1867.

Eugene McCarthy was born at Ballyheigue in County Kerry on 1 April 1832. He was the son of Francis and Juliana (nee Stack) McCarthy.

He entered All Hallows Missionary College in 1850 with his brother Edward who was two years younger. They came to All Hallows from St Vincent’s College Cork. Eugene was ordained for the Melbourne diocese on 29 June 1855. His brother Edward arrived in Melbourne in April 1866.(3)

Fr Eugene’s first appointment was at Geelong. In April 1859 he was transferred to Ballarat where he worked with Dr Sheil ofm who, in 1866, became bishop of Adelaide. The parishioners of Geelong gave Fr Eugene a gold watch at a farewell from that parish, held in the presbytery on 1 April 1859.(4)

While in the vast district covered by the Ballarat parish, extending from Daylesford to Meredith, he laboured generously.

The several labors of the mission compelled him at last, at the urgent advice of medical and ecclesiastical friends, to relinquish for a season his pastoral duties, and to seek in the milder climate of Queensland that total relaxation of mind and body so necessary for the renewal of an overworked constitution. Having spent some eighteen months in that beautiful climate, he returned here last January, with a renewed fund of health, to resume his priestly offices. He was appointed to the care of Richmond.(5)

Queensland records show that after a short time in Toowoomba Fr McCarthy was the first resident priest in Dalby where he was assisted by Fr William Bowe,(6) who was the first priest to die in Brisbane diocese.

Fr Eugene McCarthy died at St Mary’s Presbytery in Geelong at 7pm on 7 November 1865. This was the parish in which he began his Australian ministry nearly ten years previously.(7)

Footnotes
1. Prayer Calendar, Deceased priest who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts. 1864-2007, 2007.
2. Freeman’s Journal, Sydney, 18 Nov 1865, p.730.
3. Kevin Condon, Missionary College of All Hallows 1841 to 1891, students 274 and 275, p.300
4. Geelong Advertiser, 2 Apr 1859, p. 2.
5. Freeman’s Journal, Sydney, op. cit.18 Nov 1865, p.730.
6. Dalby parish history, twb.catholic.org.au/parish.
7. Ibid.

Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Long.