Rev Charles McDonald
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Charles
Middle Names:
Henry
Preferred Name:
Surname:
McDonald
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Co Armagh
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Maynooth, Co Kildare
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Toowoomba
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Toowoomba QLD
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Toowoomba QLD
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba | Toowoomba | 1935 | 1937 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Toowoomba | Stanthorpe | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||||
| Toowoomba | Toowoomba | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||||
| Toowoomba | Miles | Parish Priest | 1948 | 1960 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Toowoomba | Goondiwindi | Parish Priest | 1960 | 1968 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Toowoomba | Oakey | 1968 | 1970 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar; Gravestone | |||||
| Australia | Army | Army Chaplain | 1940 | 1945 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar |
Biographical Notes
Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev Charles Henry McDonald, died 24 Aug 1970
Charles Henry McDonald was born on 12th March, 1909, in Co. Armagh, Ireland, to John and Elizabeth McDonald (nee Laverty). He attended the Public Elementary school and St Patrick's, Armagh. He went to St Patrick's Seminary Thurles and was ordained in Maynooth on 22nd June, 1935, by Bishop Wall of Dublin. His first appointment was in Toowoomba from 1935-37, then Stanthorpe, Toowoomba, Miles (as PP) from 1948-60), Goondiwindi as PP (1960-68) and Oakey (1968-70). From 1940-45 he was a Chaplain in the Army. He died in St Vincent's Hospital and is buried in the Toowoomba/Drayton Cemetery.
(Ref. Clerical CV)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.