Rev Edward Meehan

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Edward

Middle Names:

Francis

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Meehan

Order:

Date of Birth:

30-Sep-1911

Place of Birth:

Co Leitrim

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

23-Jun-1940

Place of Ordination:

All Hallows, Dublin

Country of Ordination:

Ireland

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland

Date of Death:

18-Jun-1979

Place of Death:

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1979

Place of Burial:

Coffs Harbour NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123794454

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Armidale ArmidaleAssistant Priest1946Campbell
Armidale GunnedahCampbell
Armidale MoreeCampbell
Armidale BingaraLocum Tenens19521953Campbell
Armidale MoreeCampbell
Armidale East Tamworth1955Campbell
Armidale West TamworthCampbell
Armidale South TamworthParish PriestCampbell
Armidale ?Diocesan Inspector of Schools19541961Campbell
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Biographical Notes

T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Meehan, Edward

Born Co Leitrim, Ireland on 30 September 1911. Details of education unknown. Studied at All Hallows College, Dublin. Ordained at All Hallows on 23 June 1940. Details of his assignments between 1940 and 1946 are unknown. Arrived in the Armidale diocese in 1946. He was first appointed as assistant priest Armidale, then to Gunnedah and next to Moree. He spent some months in Bingara in 1952-1953 as locum tenens, and then returned to Moree. He was next transferred to East Tamworth in 1955, and also spent some time at West Tamworth He subsequently became the first parish priest, South Tamworth, at a time when 'there were only wheat paddocks and galahs', according to fellow priest Maurice Tully. He lived in his new parish in a caravan and constructed the first church/school building. He held university qualifications in Education, and was appointed Diocesan Inspector of Schools by Bishop E J Doody, holding that office from 1954 to 1961. He was followed in that position by D G J Walker. After he resigned his parish (date unknown) he retired to Boambee, near Coffs Harbour. He died on 18 June 1979, and was buried in Coffs Harbour cemetery.
(Sources: Coffs Harbour Advocate 22 Jun 1979 p 8, AAHC, Advocate 22 Aug 1940 p 4, 8 Apr 1948 p 4, 18 Dec 1952 p 2, O'Connor, headstone).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)