Rev David Teggins
Title:
Rev
First Name:
David
Middle Names:
Allan
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Teggins
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Tamworth NSW
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Tamworth NSW
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Armidale
Seminary:
St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Wamberal NSW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale | Gunnedah | Campbell | |||||||
| Armidale | West Tamworth | Campbell | |||||||
| Armidale | South Tamworth | Campbell | |||||||
| Armidale | Inverell | 1972 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Teggins, David Allan
Born in Tamworth on 21 December 1943 his primary schooling was at St Laurence's school, Broadmeadow and St Columbanus's school, Mayfield. High schooling was at St Joseph's, Taree and Mount Carmel Christian Brothers College, Tamworth. He then studied at St Columba's College, Springwood and St Patrick's College Manly. He was ordained by Bishop Henry Kennedy in Tamworth on 8 December 1968. He then served as assistant priest at Gunnedah, then West Tamworth, South Tamworth and Inverell. On 24 November 1972, while based at Inverell, he suffered extensive brain damage in a motor vehicle accident near Bingara. After hospitalisation in Bingara he was transferred to St Vincent's hospital, Sydney and eventually moved to the St John of God Hospital, Richmond, where he spent the remaining years of his life in care. In mid 1980 the parishioners of Inverell raised funds to send him, his parents and a carer to Lourdes, during which visit he was received by Pope Paul VI in a private audience in Rome. He died on 24 November 1980. He was buried in Wamberal cemetery near where his parents were living at the time.
(Sources: CW 28 Nov 1968 p 13, NDL 10 Dec 1968 p 2, Bingara Advocate 29 Nov 1972 p 1, IT 27 Nov 1972 p 2, 14 Dec 1980 p 30).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)