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About Help Contact login Rev Joseph Peters SJ Title: Rev First Name: Joseph Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Peters Order: SJ Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1840 Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria Country of Birth: Germany Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 06-Dec-1895 Place of Death: Norwood SA Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1895 Place of Burial: Sevenhill SA Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191705517 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Peters, Josef Missionary, pastor; born Munich, Bavaria, 17 August, 1840; died Norwood, South Australia, 6 December 1895, aged 55. Joseph Peters, whose real name was Fensterer, was the son of a Bavarian general. He had a brilliant course of studies at the Augsburg gymnasium and the Gregorianum at Munich. He became a doctor of theology in 1863, and was ordained in the same year with a dispensation for his youth. From 1863-69 he was chaplain and tutor in the household of Prince Wallenstein, and from 1869-70 was parish priest of Kempten. He was a military chaplain in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71. As the Bavarian authorities opposed his entering the Society, he changed his name to Peters and fled to Austria, and then, to be quite safe from extradition came to Australia. He entered the Society noviciate at St Andrä, Austria, 30 September 1871, and arrived at Norwood, South Australia, with Anton Reshauer, 6 February 1874. Peters remained in the Norwood parish for the rest of his life, being superior for the last four years, 1891-95. He spent much of his time giving missions and retreats, for which he was in ever-increasing demand, not only in South Australia, but also in Victoria and NSW. He was a good accountant, clearing the debt on the parish church. His untimely death, from a kidney complaint, was very rapid, and he was buried in the Sevenhill crypt. He was reported to be a kind, generous and tender man, being all things to all people. In memory of him, the people of the parish donated a church window representing the Good Shepherd, and an organ was installed in January 1897. It did not take long to defray these expenses. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Joseph

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Peters

Order:

Date of Birth:

17-Aug-1840

Place of Birth:

Munich, Bavaria

Country of Birth:

Germany

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

06-Dec-1895

Place of Death:

Norwood SA

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1895

Place of Burial:

Sevenhill SA

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191705517

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

Missionary, pastor; born Munich, Bavaria, 17 August, 1840; died Norwood, South Australia, 6 December 1895, aged 55.

Joseph Peters, whose real name was Fensterer, was the son of a Bavarian general. He had a brilliant course of studies at the Augsburg gymnasium and the Gregorianum at Munich. He became a doctor of theology in 1863, and was ordained in the same year with a dispensation for his youth. From 1863-69 he was chaplain and tutor in the household of Prince Wallenstein, and from 1869-70 was parish priest of Kempten. He was a military chaplain in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71. As the Bavarian authorities opposed his entering the Society, he changed his name to Peters and fled to Austria, and then, to be quite safe from extradition came to Australia.

He entered the Society noviciate at St Andrä, Austria, 30 September 1871, and arrived at Norwood, South Australia, with Anton Reshauer, 6 February 1874.

Peters remained in the Norwood parish for the rest of his life, being superior for the last four years, 1891-95. He spent much of his time giving missions and retreats, for which he was in ever-increasing demand, not only in South Australia, but also in Victoria and NSW. He was a good accountant, clearing the debt on the parish church. His untimely death, from a kidney complaint, was very rapid, and he was buried in the Sevenhill crypt. He was reported to be a kind, generous and tender man, being all things to all people. In memory of him, the people of the parish donated a church window representing the Good Shepherd, and an organ was installed in January 1897. It did not take long to defray these expenses.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Joseph Peters SJ

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