Rev Michael Hayes
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Michael
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Hayes
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Curraghlahan, Doon, Co Limerick
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
All Hallows, Dublin
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Brisbane
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
South Brisbane QLD
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Toowoomba QLD
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 |
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| Brisbane | Rosalie | Curate | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Brisbane | Maryborough | Curate | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Brisbane | Caboolture | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Brisbane | Helidon | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Toowoomba | Crows Nest | Parish Priest | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||||
| Toowoomba | Tannymorel | Parish Priest | 1930 | 1931 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||
| Toowoomba | Oakey | Parish Priest | 1931 | 1951 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 | ||||
| Toowoomba | Allora | Parish Priest | 1951 | Feb | 1960 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Priests of 1928 |
Biographical Notes
Irish birth record, https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1894/02249/1846461.pdf: "Superintendent Registrar's District Tipperary, Registrar's District Cappagh. 1894. Births Registered in the District of Cappagh in the Union of Tipperary in the Counties of Limerick & Tipperary. No. 270. On 25 May 1894 at Croughlaghan [Curraghlahan], Co. Limerick, birth of Michael, male, father Michael Hayes of Croughlaghan, farmer, mother Catherine Hayes formerly Clifford; informant: Michael Hayes, father, of Croughlaghan; 16 July 1894; Joseph Fitzgerald, Registrar."
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Fr Denis W. Martin, Priests of 1928, Brisbane, 2003, p 116:
Michael Hayes
There have been three other Fr Hayes in the Archdiocese - Thomas, Owen and Leo - but Michael Joseph Hayes does not seem to have been related to any of them. Michael arrived in 1921 from Ireland, a product of Mt Melleray and All Hallows College.
He was curate at Rosalie and Maryborough before becoming Parish Priest of Caboolture and then Helidon. In the division of 1929, he stayed in the Toowoomba Diocese, being successively Parish Priest of Crow's Nest, Tannymorel, Oakey and finally Allora from 1951-1960.
In ill health, he was brought down to the Mater Hospital in Brisbane where he died on 19th February 1960.
Bishop Brennan buried him from St Patrick's in Toowoomba. Referring to his appointments, he said 'In all of these places he is remembered with reverence and gratitude: a good and faithful priest he surely was'.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Martin.)
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Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev Michael John (Michael T) Hayes, died 19 Feb 1960
Born c1893, Michael Hayes was really Michael John Hayes, but because there was another M J Hayes in the Seminary, he was branded Mick Tom (M.T.) He arrived from Ireland in 1921, a product of Mt Melleray and All Hallows College. He was curate at Rosalie and Maryborough before becoming Parish Priest of Caboolture and then Helidon. After the formation of the Toowoomba Diocese, he became Parish Priest of Crows Nest. He was appointed as the first P.P. to the new Parish of Tannymorel in 1930. Appointments were also in Oakey (1931-51) and Allora (1951-60). Whilst in Allora he extended the Church including a new Sanctuary. He was very Irish in his mannerisms and speech, and hard to get on with, tough on people and demanding of their resources. Unfortunately he was not very popular with anybody. He died on the 19th February 1960 and is buried in the Toowoomba/Drayton Cemetery.
(Ref. Fr B. Kane)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.