Rev Patrick Tangney
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Tangney
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Listry, Co Kerry
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
All Hallows, Dublin
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Adelaide
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Listry, Co Kerry
Country of Death:
Ireland
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Milltown, Co Kerry
Country of Burial:
Ireland
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Cathedral | Assistant Priest | Dec | 1918 | 31 | Jan | 1925 | Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy | |
| Adelaide | Naracoorte | Parish Priest | 31 | Jan | 1925 | Feb | 1934 | Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy | |
| Adelaide | Hectorville | Parish Priest | 1 | Feb | 1934 | Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy | |||
| Adelaide | Lower North Adelaide | Parish Priest | 30 | Mar | 1961 | Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy |
Biographical Notes
Listry Priest's Death, Kerryman, 15 February 1969, p 5:
The death took place on Tuesday morning of the Very Rev Patrick Tangney at the home of his sister, Miss May Tangney, Listry Cross. The late Fr. Tangney was ordained at All Hallows College, in 1917 for the Australian mission and was attached to the Archdiocese of Adelaide where he retired from his parochial duties in 1961. Since then he resided with his sister in the old family homestead and celebrated one of the public Masses in his native parish church each week up to last Sunday. The interment took place in the church grounds, Milltown, on Wednesday.
Late Fr Tangney
Rev. Patrick Tangney (77), Listry, Milltown, who has died, had retired about seven years ago from the diocese of Adelaide, Australia.
He was ordained in 1914 [sic] and worked all his priestly life in Australia. He was a cousin of the Dean of Kerry, Rt. Rev. Mgr. Moriarty, P.P., V.G., Tralee and Rt. Rev. Canon Moriarty, P.P., V.G., Castletownbere.
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Archdiocese of Adelaide, Biographies of deceased clergy, coordinated by Monsignor John Swann, available from https://adelaide.catholic.org.au/our-people/biographies-of-deceased-clergy, accessed on 6 November 2025:
Fr Patrick Tangney
Biography:
Early years
Patrick Tangney was born at Listry, Co Kerry in Ireland on March 12, 1894. He studied for the priesthood at Killarney Seminary and then All Hallows College, where he was ordained in the College Chapel on June 17, 1917. He also completed a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Ministry in Adelaide
He came to Adelaide the following year arriving in Adelaide on December 6, 1918 and soon after was appointed assistant priest in the Cathedral parish.
On January 31, 1925 he was appointed parish priest of Naracoorte where he remained for nine years. In February 1934 he became the parish priest of Hectorville.
Hectorville was a new parish and on February 1, 1934 Tranmere/Magill was cut off from the Norwood Mission and became part of the newly formed Hectorville parish. Ten years later on April 1, 1944 Tranmere became a parish in its own right with Fr Martin Comey appointed as the first parish priest.
His next and final appointment was as parish priest of Lower North Adelaide.
While at North Adelaide he began to have serious health problems and as a result he retired on March 30, 1961 and returned to Ireland to live with his family.
He died on February 11, 1969 at home in Listry, Co Kerry. Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated in the parish church at Listry and he was buried in the parish cemetery at Listry.
May he rest in peace.
Reproduced by permission of Monsignor John Swann and the Archdiocese of Adelaide.