Rev James Byrne
Title:
Rev
First Name:
James
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Byrne
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Lisselton, Co Kerry
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Melbourne
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Melbourne VIC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Daylesford | 1893 | 1895 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | Collingwood | 1895 | 1896 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | Geelong | 1896 | 1899 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | Flemington | 1899 | 1905 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | Iona/Bunyip | 1905 | 1913 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | Daylesford | 1913 | 1917 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Melbourne | St Kilda West | Linane Vol 2 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 5:
Byrne, James, Irish
First Pastor in Iona, Victoria
Born somewhere in County Kerry he came to Victoria on the 'Curzo', 6.10.1893. He had been ordained in mid 1893 at All Hallows College, Dublin. Like a good number of priests in the regime of Dr. Carr he was kept on the move yet proved by his 43 years of service that he was one of the "unsung heroes". Service at Daylesford 1893-5; Collingwood 1895-6; Geelong 1896-9; Flemington 1899-1905. Building up the new parish of Iona-Bunyip claimed his attention from 1905 to 1913; then back once more to the hills of Daylesford from 1913 to 1917. Then came an appointment to the important charge of St. Kilda West. The building of the church at Elwood (St. Columba's) stands to his credit. An overseas trip in 1925 ushered in a period of ill-health. Probably the remaining ten years were ones of enforced inactivity either at St. Kilda or elsewhere. R.I.P. 15.6.1936. Burial: Mortuary Chapel, Melbourne General Cemetery. Age: 68.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 11)
Ref.: MDHC Archives, 24 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.