Rev Francis Lyons SJ
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Rev
First Name:
Francis
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Surname:
Lyons
Order:
SJ
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Place of Birth:
Limerick
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Place of Death:
Adelaide SA
Country of Death:
Australia
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Place of Burial:
West Terrace, Adelaide SA
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Biographical Notes
Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Lyons, Francis
Teacher, pastor; born Limerick, Ireland, 30 November 1883; died Adelaide, 11 April 1933, aged 49.
Francis Lyons entered the Society at Tullamore, Ireland, 23 September 1901, and after his juniorate there, studied philosophy at Jersey, 1904-07, and taught at Galway for a year. He was sent to Australia in 1908, and taught at Riverview, 1908-13, also being involved with the boarders. He returned to Ireland and Milltown Park for theology, 1913-17, taught at Galway, 1917-20, and completed tertianship at Tullamore, 1920-21.
He taught at Clongowes, 1922-29, and returned to Australia and the parish of Norwood, 1929-33. His health declined during this time.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)