Rev Francis McMahon
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Jeremiah
Middle Names:
Francis
Preferred Name:
Francis
Surname:
McMahon
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Oamaru
Country of Birth:
New Zealand
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Dunedin
Country of Ordination:
New Zealand
Ordination Diocese:
Dunedin
Seminary:
Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, New Zealand
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Dunedin
Country of Death:
New Zealand
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Andersons Bay, Dunedin
Country of Burial:
New Zealand
Find A Grave URL:
Biographical Notes
Ordination details: Holy Cross College Students Ordained to the Priesthood, New Zealand Tablet, 29 April 1925, p 29, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT19250429.2.38. "Assistant at St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin."
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Death Notices in the New Zealand Tablet (Volume 1, A to K) May 1873 to Apr 1996 (with Obituary Notices for Otago and Southland), compiled by Michael Rombouts, Dunedin, 2000:
McMahon Fr. Francis Jeremiah (d 25 Jul 1991, aged 90 yrs) at Sacred Heart Home, Brockville, Dunedin; born 1900 at Oamaru; Fr. McMahon spent his latter years at the Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home, Brockville, Dunedin, and had been a priest for 67 years; he with his twin brother, Tom, were the youngest of a family of 10; he was educated at parish schools in the town before beginning secondary studies and preparation for the priesthood at Holy Cross College, Mosgiel; he was ordained on Nov 9, 1924 in St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin; for a number of years after ordination he was a priest at St Joseph's Cathedral; his work included much care of the young, the sick and the dying at Dunedin Hospital and other similar institutions; subsequently he combined lecturing at Holy Cross College wtih parish duties at St Mary's Church, Mosgiel, its school and other parish organisations on the Taieri; later he served parishes in Milton, Omakau and at St Mary's, Invercargill, and Forbury; in his earlier days he was Director of Religious Education for the diocese and of the Correspondence Course for children who had no opportunity of attending Catholic schools; he was prominent in rugby and athletics in his youth; he lived for many years at Teschemakers College near Oamaru; a nephew is Dr. Brian McMahon; identical twin of Tom who died nearly 3 years ago; buried Andersons Bay cemetery. [Tablet 7 Aug 1991, obituary & photo]