Rev Charles Church
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Charles
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Church
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Kilrea, Co Derry
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Yorketown SA
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Yorketown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Salisbury | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Adelaide | Maitland | Linane Vol 2 | |||||||
| Adelaide | Yorketown | 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 42:
Church, Charles, Irish
From the 'Old County Down'
Only the bare details about him have as yet been collected. He was born near Belfast in County Down about the year 1848. Priesthood studies were received at Maynooth - from which college he was ordained in 1867 for the Diocese of Down and Connor. He came to Adelaide and gave service at Salisbury, Maitland and Yorketown (1886 Directory). He died in the last-named place on 6 May 1891 at the age of 42. Burial took place in St. Columba's Church Cemetery.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 4)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, per F. & M. Roache, Brooklyn Park, South Australia.