Rev Theodore Bongaerts
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Theodore
Middle Names:
Henry
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Bongaerts
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Ravenstein
Country of Birth:
Netherlands
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Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Gawler SA
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
West Terrace, Adelaide SA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Port Adelaide | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Adelaide | Mount Barker | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Adelaide | Willunga | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Adelaide | West Terrace | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Adelaide | Kadina | May | 1872 | Linane Vol 1; Irish Harp, 1 June 1872 | |||||
| Adelaide | North Adelaide | May | 1872 | Linane Vol 1; Irish Harp, 1 June 1872 | |||||
| Adelaide | Gawler | Linane Vol 1 |
Biographical Notes
Clerical Changes, The Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald, Adelaide, 1 June 1872, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224364273:
The Rev. T. Bongaerts has been removed from Kadina to the charge of St. Laurence's, North Adelaide. [...]
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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 28:
Bongaerts, Theodore, Dutch
An early recruit from Holland
b. 1838 at Ravestein; ed. at Haeren for the Utrecht Diocese; ord. 1862 (circa); served at Bengen before being recruited by Bp. P.B. Geoghegan. arr. Adel. 15.8.1863. Served in many places, inc. Port Adel., Mount Barker, Willunga, West Terrace, Kadina, Nth. Adel., Gawler. He had the distinction of setting up the St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage in Aug. 1866. d. 20.1.1875. Buried in West Terrace Cemetery; age 36.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 6.)
Ref.: MDHC File, Brunswick St., Fitzroy (Geoghegan Letters).