Rev Bernard Carey CSSp

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Bernard

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Carey

Order:

CSSp

Date of Birth:

28-May-1865

Place of Birth:

Rathkeale, Co Limerick

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

1887

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ireland

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

22-Nov-1932

Place of Death:

Trinidad

Country of Death:

Overseas

Date of Burial:

1932

Place of Burial:

Trinidad

Country of Burial:

Overseas

Find A Grave URL:


Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Ballarat Ballarat18881890Linane Vol 2
Sydney St Benedict's1892Linane Vol 2
Sydney Cathedral1898Linane Vol 2
Items per page:
0 of 0


Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 22:

Carey, Bernard, CSSP, Irish
Very Experienced Holy Ghost Father
An old newspaper printed near Ballarat, the 'Gordon Advertiser' refers to Bernard as being a most capable teacher while he was stationed at the Holy Ghost College (a forerunner of St. Patrick's) in Ballarat, from '88 to '90. We might add that he would seem to be a very experienced missioner as well, having given service in many places, later mentioned. He was born on 28 May 1865 in Ratheale [sic], County Limerick, being the child of James and Margaret (nee O'Malley). He studied at Rockwell College, County Tipperary, and at Blackrock College, Dublin - training centres in particular for entrants to the Holy Ghost congregation. He was ordained in 1887 or 1888, and arrived with the first contingent of Holy Ghost Fathers on 4 November 1888 by steamship 'Ormuz'. The story of the Holy Ghost Fathers in Ballarat is a sad one. Deaths of young men, conflicts among themselves, and a sturdy argument with the irascible reigning Bishop, James Moore, made their stay a short one, of less than three years. Bernard returned to Blackrock College in 1890. He then seems to have left the Order and to have joined the Archdiocese of Sydney. Directory tracings: St. Benedict (1892), St. Mary's (1898). For a period he was secretary to Cardinal Moran. He rejoined his Order in 1899 and gave 32 years of service in Ireland, Zanzibar, U.S.A., and Trinidad. And there he met his end on 22 November 1932, at the age of 67.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 1)
Ref.: Father John Ryan C.S.Sp., Blackrock College, Dublin.