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About Help Contact login Rev Harold King SJ Title: Rev First Name: Harold Middle Names: Gerard Preferred Name: Surname: King Order: SJ Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1920 Place of Birth: Sydney NSW Country of Birth: Australia Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 10-Feb-1966 Place of Death: Melbourne VIC Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 14-Feb-1966 Place of Burial: Boroondara, Kew VIC Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208219333 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: King, Harold Administrator; born Sydney, 22 July 1920; died Melbourne, 10 February 1966, aged 45. Harold King received his early education at the Convent of Mercy, Rose Bay, before he moved to Melbourne, and was educated at St John's, Hawthorn, and Xavier College. He entered the Society at Loyola College, Watsonia, 16 February 1937, and continued there with his juniorate and philosophy studies until 1943, when he went to Xavier College and Kostka Hall for regency, 1944-46. He studied theology at Canisius College, Pymble, 1947-50, and did tertianship at Sevenhill, 1952. He taught at Campion Hall, Point Piper, 1951 and 1953, was minister at Sevenhill in 1954, and then minister and procurator for the Indian Mission at the provincial residence, 1955-65. He was a quiet, pleasant man of small stature, but physically very fit and strong, regularly 'working out' at a local gym. He began the province archives and was a very hard worker for the mission, being in charge of the Melbourne mission office for 11 years. It was he who added important additions to the Power Street Office, himself doing much of the laboring work with the Jesuit brothers. In this work he was appreciated for his efficiency, unobtrusiveness, selfless devotion to duty and above all his kindly gentleness and thoughtfulness. His work was mainly in the background, listening to and supporting his lay collaborators. He wrote letters of thanks to each of the benefactors to the mission personally, and edited and distributed the mission magazine Hazaribag. He toured the Indian mission in 1956, to assess the work done and to try to meet problems and needs. He probably placed excessive strain on his heart because he had a heart attack two years before his death, but this did not interfere much with his workload. Other work included the direction of a young men's Sodality at St Patrick's College every Thursday night. He also said Mass at Loreto Convent, Toorak, for the boarders and community. He was highly regarded by the volunteer staff at the mission office. King was a humble, unpretentious man, caring nothing for praise so long as the work continued. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Harold

Middle Names:

Gerard

Preferred Name:

Surname:

King

Order:

Date of Birth:

22-Jul-1920

Place of Birth:

Sydney NSW

Country of Birth:

Australia

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

10-Feb-1966

Place of Death:

Melbourne VIC

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

14-Feb-1966

Place of Burial:

Boroondara, Kew VIC

Country of Burial:

Australia

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208219333

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

Administrator; born Sydney, 22 July 1920; died Melbourne, 10 February 1966, aged 45.

Harold King received his early education at the Convent of Mercy, Rose Bay, before he moved to Melbourne, and was educated at St John's, Hawthorn, and Xavier College.

He entered the Society at Loyola College, Watsonia, 16 February 1937, and continued there with his juniorate and philosophy studies until 1943, when he went to Xavier College and Kostka Hall for regency, 1944-46. He studied theology at Canisius College, Pymble, 1947-50, and did tertianship at Sevenhill, 1952.

He taught at Campion Hall, Point Piper, 1951 and 1953, was minister at Sevenhill in 1954, and then minister and procurator for the Indian Mission at the provincial residence, 1955-65.

He was a quiet, pleasant man of small stature, but physically very fit and strong, regularly 'working out' at a local gym. He began the province archives and was a very hard worker for the mission, being in charge of the Melbourne mission office for 11 years. It was he who added important additions to the Power Street Office, himself doing much of the laboring work with the Jesuit brothers.

In this work he was appreciated for his efficiency, unobtrusiveness, selfless devotion to duty and above all his kindly gentleness and thoughtfulness. His work was mainly in the background, listening to and supporting his lay collaborators. He wrote letters of thanks to each of the benefactors to the mission personally, and edited and distributed the mission magazine Hazaribag. He toured the Indian mission in 1956, to assess the work done and to try to meet problems and needs. He probably placed excessive strain on his heart because he had a heart attack two years before his death, but this did not interfere much with his workload.

Other work included the direction of a young men's Sodality at St Patrick's College every Thursday night. He also said Mass at Loreto Convent, Toorak, for the boarders and community. He was highly regarded by the volunteer staff at the mission office.

King was a humble, unpretentious man, caring nothing for praise so long as the work continued.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Harold King SJ

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