Jeremiah Morrissey | ANZ Clergy


About Help Contact login Rev Jeremiah Morrissey Title: Rev First Name: Jeremiah Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Morrissey Order: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: 1878 Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Maitland-Newcastle Seminary: Carlow College, Carlow, Ireland Date of Death: 16-Jun-1896 Place of Death: At sea Country of Death: France Date of Burial: Place of Burial: Country of Burial: Find A Grave URL: FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Muswellbrook, Gunnedah, Newcastle, etc, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld --- Local and General, Singleton Argus, 16 November 1887, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82615245: On Sunday last an old and esteemed resident of Singleton, Mrs Catherine Heaney, died at her mother's residence. Mrs Heaney, who was 48 years of age, lived in this district all her life, and for the last few years had been suffering, but about six weeks ago she became seriously ill, and on Sunday last peacefully passed away. Her remains were interred yesterday in the Roman Catholic cemetery. Solemn Requiem Mass and office for the repose of her soul were celebrated in St Patrick's Church [...] The Rev M. Foran (Pastor of the district), Rev Fathers Sheehy and O'Donohoe (of Maitland), Rev J. Morrissey (of Branxton), Rev P. Mooney (of Singleton), and Rev J. Flynn, (the brother of the deceased lady), chanted the solemn office for the dead, Fathers O'Donohoe and Flynn being the chanters. The office concluded, the Solemn Requiem Mass was sung, Father Flynn being the celebrant, with Fathers Sheehy and Mooney as Deacon and sub-Deacon respectively. [...] --- Irish News. (From Contemporaries.) A Sad Fate, The Catholic Press, Sydney, 22 August 1896, p 18, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104408474: It has now been ascertained that one of the passengers on board the ill-fated Drummond Castle was the Rev. J. Morrissey, of Ballyneety, Dungarvan. The rev. gentleman was for a time on the mission in Australia, and afterwards in Natal, from which latter place he was coming home to see a good mother who had met with some adversity in the world, she and her family having been evicted from their farm some years ago. When the sad news was conveyed to the mother she utterly broke down, and is prostrate with grief. The sad story was not revealed to her until some days after the news reaching her friends in Dungarvan. --- Personal, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 24 October 1896, p 20, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111103042: Concerning an Australian priest whose death has been recorded in the Freeman, the Catholic Times (England) has the following paragraph:—"A correspondent at Marianhill, Natal, informs us that Father Morrissey, a Catholic priest, went down in the ill-fated Drummond Castle. Father Morrissey left Marianhill after a stay of over five years for Mount Melleray, where he intended to visit prior to returning home. The rev. gentleman booked for England in the third-class as plain Mr. Morrissey. Unfortunately, he missed two previous boats owing to want of room and delay in getting his luggage from up country. He was ordained at Maynooth, and was on the mission in Maitland, Australia. Relatives of his live at present in Sydney." --- T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005: Morrissey, Jeremiah Date and place of birth, but Ireland. Details of education unknown. Studied at Carlow College, and ordained in 1878 (exact date unknown) by Bishop Walshe of Kildare for the Maitland diocese. He arrived in Melbourne on his way to Sydney on 1 December 1878 on the Essex. He was based at Muswellbrook in 1879, then in Gunnedah (1880-1881). He next served at Dungog, spent more time at Gunnedah (1885-1886), and then was at Newcastle, followed by Branxton. It appears he may have spent some time at Rockhampton from 1892. In 1896 he was travelling back to Ireland on the ship Drummond Castle, which sank off Ushant, France on 16 June 1896. He was drowned at sea. (Sources: Advocate 27 Jul 1878 p 7, 7 Dec 1878 p 7, Campbell, MDHC A-Z M132). (Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Jeremiah

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Morrissey

Order:

Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

1878

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Maitland-Newcastle

Seminary:

Carlow College, Carlow, Ireland

Date of Death:

16-Jun-1896

Place of Death:

At sea

Country of Death:

France

Date of Burial:

Place of Burial:

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Muswellbrook, Gunnedah, Newcastle, etc, NSW; Rockhampton, Qld

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Local and General, Singleton Argus, 16 November 1887, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82615245:

On Sunday last an old and esteemed resident of Singleton, Mrs Catherine Heaney, died at her mother's residence. Mrs Heaney, who was 48 years of age, lived in this district all her life, and for the last few years had been suffering, but about six weeks ago she became seriously ill, and on Sunday last peacefully passed away. Her remains were interred yesterday in the Roman Catholic cemetery. Solemn Requiem Mass and office for the repose of her soul were celebrated in St Patrick's Church [...] The Rev M. Foran (Pastor of the district), Rev Fathers Sheehy and O'Donohoe (of Maitland), Rev J. Morrissey (of Branxton), Rev P. Mooney (of Singleton), and Rev J. Flynn, (the brother of the deceased lady), chanted the solemn office for the dead, Fathers O'Donohoe and Flynn being the chanters. The office concluded, the Solemn Requiem Mass was sung, Father Flynn being the celebrant, with Fathers Sheehy and Mooney as Deacon and sub-Deacon respectively. [...]

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Irish News. (From Contemporaries.) A Sad Fate, The Catholic Press, Sydney, 22 August 1896, p 18, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104408474:

It has now been ascertained that one of the passengers on board the ill-fated Drummond Castle was the Rev. J. Morrissey, of Ballyneety, Dungarvan. The rev. gentleman was for a time on the mission in Australia, and afterwards in Natal, from which latter place he was coming home to see a good mother who had met with some adversity in the world, she and her family having been evicted from their farm some years ago. When the sad news was conveyed to the mother she utterly broke down, and is prostrate with grief. The sad story was not revealed to her until some days after the news reaching her friends in Dungarvan.

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Personal, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 24 October 1896, p 20, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111103042:

Concerning an Australian priest whose death has been recorded in the Freeman, the Catholic Times (England) has the following paragraph:—"A correspondent at Marianhill, Natal, informs us that Father Morrissey, a Catholic priest, went down in the ill-fated Drummond Castle. Father Morrissey left Marianhill after a stay of over five years for Mount Melleray, where he intended to visit prior to returning home. The rev. gentleman booked for England in the third-class as plain Mr. Morrissey. Unfortunately, he missed two previous boats owing to want of room and delay in getting his luggage from up country. He was ordained at Maynooth, and was on the mission in Maitland, Australia. Relatives of his live at present in Sydney."

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Morrissey, Jeremiah

Date and place of birth, but Ireland. Details of education unknown. Studied at Carlow College, and ordained in 1878 (exact date unknown) by Bishop Walshe of Kildare for the Maitland diocese. He arrived in Melbourne on his way to Sydney on 1 December 1878 on the Essex. He was based at Muswellbrook in 1879, then in Gunnedah (1880-1881). He next served at Dungog, spent more time at Gunnedah (1885-1886), and then was at Newcastle, followed by Branxton. It appears he may have spent some time at Rockhampton from 1892. In 1896 he was travelling back to Ireland on the ship Drummond Castle, which sank off Ushant, France on 16 June 1896. He was drowned at sea.
(Sources: Advocate 27 Jul 1878 p 7, 7 Dec 1878 p 7, Campbell, MDHC A-Z M132).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)

Rev Jeremiah Morrissey

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