Rev Patrick Dempsey
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Patrick
Middle Names:
John
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Dempsey
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Orange NSW
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney NSW
Country of Ordination:
Australia
Ordination Diocese:
Sydney
Seminary:
St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Rydalmere NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Rookwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Leichhardt | Curate | 1915 | Campbell | |||||
| Sydney | Lithgow | Campbell | |||||||
| Armidale | ? | 1920 | Campbell | ||||||
| Sydney | Wollongong | Campbell | |||||||
| Sydney | Rydalmere | Parish Priest | 1925 | Oct | 1949 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Dempsey, Patrick John
Born at Orange on 10 December 1880 he was educated at the Orange convent school and the Patrician Brothers College, Orange. He studied at St Columba's College Springwood and St Patrick's College Manly, and was ordained by Archbishop Michael Kelly in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on 8 December 1914. His first appointment was as assistant priest Leichhardt, following which he was transferred to Lithgow and then to Wollongong. According to Doody he was located in the Armidale diocese during 1920 (probably on loan between appointments at Lithgow and Wollongong). He was appointed parish priest of Rydalmere in 1925 and remained in that parish until he died on 1 October 1949. He was buried at Rookwood cemetery.
(Sources: Doody, Advocate 22 Nov 1919 p 10, 18 May 1922 p 18, SMH 3 Oct 1949 p 10, CW 13 Oct 1949 p 8).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)