Rev William O'Byrne
Title:
Rev
First Name:
William
Middle Names:
Francis
Preferred Name:
Surname:
O'Byrne
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Lismore, Co Waterford
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Rome
Country of Ordination:
Italy
Ordination Diocese:
Port Pirie
Seminary:
Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, Rome, Italy
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Port Pirie SA
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Port Pirie SA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Pirie | Port Pirie | 1908 | Southern Cross, 29 March 1934; Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||||
| Port Pirie | Port Augusta | 1911 | Southern Cross, 29 March 1934; Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||||
| Port Pirie | Peterborough | 1911 | 1915 | Southern Cross, 29 March 1934; Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Hawker | Parish Priest | 1916 | Southern Cross, 29 March 1934; Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Port Augusta | Parish Priest | 1920 | Southern Cross, 29 March 1934; Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Port Pirie | Port Pirie | Assistant Priest | 1933 | Mar | 1934 | Southern Cross, 29 March 1934; Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants |
Biographical Notes
Death of Rev. Fr. O'Byrne, Port Pirie. Popular and Beloved Priest, The Southern Cross, Adelaide, 29 March 1934, p 10, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168913934:
As we go to press there has come the news of the death of Rev. Father William Francis O'Byrne, which occurred at Port Pirie Hospital yesterday (Tuesday), March 27. For some time the late Father O'Byrne has not been in good health, but his death, occurring after but a brief illness, came as a painful surprise to his many friends, not only in the Port Augusta Diocese, in which be labored, but throughout the whole of this State. For some 26 years he has been attached to the Port Augusta Diocese, and in the North and the Far North he was well known and esteemed by people of all creeds and classes.
Father O'Byrne was born in County Waterford, Ireland, fifty years ago and educated at Mount Melleray. He pursued his theological studies at Rome, where he was ordained Priest in 1908. Port Pirie, his last post, was also the first place to which he was appointed as Assistant Priest to Fr. O'Mahony. From Port Pirie he went to Port Augusta, and later Peterborough. He was appointed Parish Priest of Hawker and later of Port Augusta. At the time of his death he had been for a few months Assistant Priest to Mgr. O'Rourke at Port Pirie, an appointment which his failing health in recent years necessitated. May his soul rest in peace.
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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:
O'Byrne, William
Born: 1884 in Co Waterford, Ireland.
While studying at Propaganda College, Rome, he was described as a "brilliant intellect." Gold Medal in Moral Theology.
Ordained: June, 1908, in Rome.
Diocesan Consulter 1930. Bishop's Secretary 1911.
Worked in Port Pirie 1908; Port Augusta 1911; Peterborough 1911-1915; Hawker 1916; Port Augusta 1920; Port Pirie 1933.
Died: 17[sic]/3/1934. Aged 50. Buried at Port Pirie.
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)