Fr Frank Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants: Recalling the Spirit of the Deceased Priests of the Diocese of Port Augusta and Port Pirie 1888-2008, 2008:
Haendle, Karl, SJ

Born: 25/8/1847 in Austria.
Was a secular Priest before entering the Jesuits on 20/11/1878.
Arrived in Australia in June 1882. He was at Manoora 1884-86; St Mark's, Port Pirie, 1889-90 doing missionary work in the Crystal Brook area; Kooringa (Burra) 1891-92; Norwood 1893-98; Kooringa 1899; Georgetown 1900.
In 1901 he transferred to the Irish Province and from then worked at Sevenhill and Norwood.
Died: 2/8/1915 at Sevenhill. Aged 67.

(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Händl, Karl

Missionary, pastor; born Austria, 25 August 1847; died Sevenhill, South Australia, 2 August 1915, aged 67.

Karl Händl entered the Society, 20 November 1878, as a secular priest, and was sent to Australia four years later, arriving in June 1882. He was at Manoora, 1884-86; St Mark's, Port Pirie, 1889-90, doing missionary work in the Crystal Brook district; at Kooringa, 1891-2; Norwood, 1893-8; Kooringa, 1899; and Georgetown, 1900. That year he was also a mission consultor. Then he went to Sevenhill as vice-superior and minister and was involved in pastoral work.

In 1901 he transferred to the Irish province. From 1901-05 he was superior and parish priest of Norwood, and then, 1905-15, was minister at Sevenhill, and superior for the year 1912. In his later years he was moderator of the Apostleship of Prayer for the Adelaide archdiocese.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)