Epitome, The North Australian, Brisbane, 16 January 1864, p 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77437168:

On Sunday, 10th instant, after eleven o'clock service, in the Romanist house of worship at Ipswich, his Lordship, the Right Rev. Dr. Quinn, attended by the Rev. Mr. Brennan, the Rev. Mr. McGinty, Rev. Mr. Golden, and the Rev. Mr. Moynehan, conferred the four initiatory "Minor Orders" of the Roman priesthood, on a young gentleman named Devitt.

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Wanted, The North Australian, Brisbane, 30 January 1864, p 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77435287:

Information wanted of the whereabouts of Timothy Golden, and Daniel Golden; who came to Victoria in 1857; and when last heard of were at Dunedin [_____], Otago, New Zealand. Communications in reply to be addressed to
Rev. Father Golden, Brisbane.
Otago Times, please copy, four insertions, weekly.

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The Ipswich Catholic Building Society, Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, 7 May 1864, p 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123608180:

At a Meeting of the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Ipswich, held in the Schoolroom adjacent to the Church on Sunday, the 24th April, 1864, the following gentlemen, namely,— The Rev. P. Golden, Dr. O'Doherty, Mr. P. O'Sullivan, Mr. J. Johnston, Alderman Byrne, Mr. Michael O'Sullivan, Mr. P. Cleary, Mr. J. P. Quinn, and Mr. J. Parkes, in conjunction with the Reverend. Henry Brun as President, and Mr. Ambrose Sullivan as Secretary, were nominated as a Committee to consider and report upon the best mode of providing a suitable place for the reception of the Sisters of Mercy, pending the erection of a permanent Convent; and at an Adjourned Meeting of the Parishioners, held at the same place on Sunday, the Ist of May, 1864, and numerously attended,—the Rev. Henry Brun in the chair,—the following Documents and Resolutions were unanimously adopted:— [...]

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Marriages, Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, 3 June 1865, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123148615:

On the 4th May, at St. Mary's, Ipswich, by the Rev. P. Golding, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Murphy, Thorn-street, to John T. Webster, youngest son of the late John Sutton Webster, Nottingham, England.

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Local and General News, Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser, 17 July 1866, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123333625:

On Saturday last, the Rev. Father Golding, for some time past attached to St. Mary's Church, Ipswich, left this scene of his labours en route for Europe. The rev. gentleman during his sojourn here made many friends who will regret his departure. Had it not been for the short notice given it was the intention of the Roman Catholic portion of the community to present him with a testimonial. His destination is France, and we wish him a safe and pleasant journey.

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The Rev. Mr. Golding, Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser, Toowoomba, 19 July 1866, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75516585:

On Saturday last, the Rev. Father Golding, for some time past attached to St. Mary's Church, Ipswich, left this scene of his labours en route for Europe. The rev. gentleman during his sojourn here made many friends who will regret his departure. Had it not been for the short notice given it was the intention of the Roman Catholic portion of the community to present him with a testimonial. His destination is France, and we wish him a safe and pleasant journey. — Q. Times.

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Missing Friends, West Coast Times, Hokitika NZ, 2 May 1868, p 1, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18680502.2.2.7:

Ellen Golden, Sister of Rev. P. Golden, County Cork. Write to your Sister, Hannah Golden, G.P.0., Melbourne.
(ANZCC note: Relevance unconfirmed.)

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New Zealand Gazettes, Daily Southern Cross, Auckland, 28 May 1867, p 5, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18670528.2.23:

The name of the Rev. Patrick Golden, of the Roman Catholic Church, has been placed on the list of officiating ministers within the meaning of the Marriage Act.

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Irish death record, https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1873/020675/7254710.pdf: Superintendent Registrar's District Macroom, Registrar's District Inchigeela. 1873. Deaths Registered in the District of Inchigeela in the Union of Macroom in the County of Cork. No. 497: On 9 October 1873 at Doondarirke, Kilnamartara, death of Patrick Golden, male, bachelor, 42 years, Roman Catholic Clergyman; of Phthisis, four years, certified; informant: Andrew Golden, present at the death, of Doondarirke, 16 October 1873.

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Auckland Star, 12 May 1874, p 2, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18740512.2.10:

According to announcement made on Sunday last in the various Catholic Churches of this city a solemn requiem mass was celebrated this morning in St. Patrick's Cathedral for the repose of the soul of the Rev Patrick Golden, who died at Macroom, County Cork, Ireland, on the 11th October, 1873. The celebrant was the Rev Walter McDonald, the deacon the Rev G. O'Dwyer, sub-deacon the Rev J. Golden. The deceased was a brother of the last-named clergyman, and a student of Carlow, Genoa, and St. Mary's Oscot Colleges. It may be mentioned that the "month's mind" for the deceased took place on the 10th November in the parish church of Kilnamatyra, where his remains are interred, The lamented gentleman possessed talents of a high order as a scholar and musician. He spoke several languages, and added wonderful mental capacity to a herculean bodily frame. He died in the 42nd year of his age, and the 15th of his priesthood, sincerely regretted by his numerous friends. St Patrick's was draped for the occasion, and the choir, under the able direction of Miss Shanaghan, executed the music of the mass in a beautifully touching manner.

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Thames Advertiser, 14 May 1874, p 2, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18740514.2.7:

A solemn requiem mass was celebrated on Tuesday morning in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, for the repose of the soul of the Rev. Patrick Golden, who died at Macroom, County Cork, Ireland, on the 11th October, 1873. The deceased was a brother of the Rev. Father Golden, late of the Thames.

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 46: "Golden, Patrick. Irish. Carlow. Brisbane, N.Z."

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Denis M. Long, Pioneer and Early Priests, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Deceased or retired by 1929, 2021, p 91:
Priests of whom we know little

The names of these priests appear on the Sick and Infirm Priests’ Sustentation Society prayer card for deceased priests, but of whom our knowledge is limited.

Patrick Golden arrived in Moreton Bay on the Fiery Star as a co-chaplain with Fr Patrick Dunne on 20 November 1863. He had been ordained from St Patrick's College Carlow in 1859 for the diocese of Shrewsbury in England.(1) In 1860 he was curate in the parish of St Albans in Macclesfield Cheshire. Prior to his arrival in Australia he supervised the construction of the historical church at Birkenhead which was designed by the noted English architect Augustus Pugin, whose plan was used for the St Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane.(2) Fr Golden was stationed in Brisbane for some time and was ministering in Ipswich in 1866. Fr Tom Linane says that he went to New Zealand.

Footnotes
1. Fr Jon McEvoy, Carlow College 1793-1993: the ordained students and teaching staff of St Patrick's College, Carlow, 1993.
2. Catholic Press, Sydney, 31 Dec 1903, p. 11.

Reproduced by permission of Fr Denis Long.