Rev Matthew Kearney SM

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Rev

First Name:

Matthew

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Surname:

Kearney

Order:

SM

Date of Birth:

1845

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Ireland

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Date of Death:

17-Apr-1894

Place of Death:

London

Country of Death:

England

Date of Burial:

Apr - 1894

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Biographical Notes

Catholic Church. Pioneer Priests. Labours in Early Days. A Notable Band, Evening Post, Wellington, 24 February 1938, p 20, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380224.2.174:

[...] Arrived with Archbishop Redwood
The Rev. Father Matthew Kearney, S.M., was born in Ireland in 1845 and arrived in New Zealand in 1874, in company with Bishop Redwood. At first he was attached to the parish of Thorndon. In 1875 he was appointed to the charge of Te Aro, and during his rectorship he built a new presbytery in Boulcott Street. He remained for three years at St. Mary of the Angels and was later stationed in London, where he died on April 17, 1894. [...]