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Rev Bartholomew Kaveney

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Bartholomew

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Kaveney

Order:

Date of Birth:

04-Jun-1886

Place of Birth:

Southland

Country of Birth:

New Zealand

Date of Ordination:

08-Dec-1913

Place of Ordination:

St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin

Country of Ordination:

New Zealand

Ordination Diocese:

Dunedin

Seminary:

Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, New Zealand

Date of Death:

31-Mar-1935

Place of Death:

Carterton

Country of Death:

New Zealand

Date of Burial:

03-Apr-1935

Place of Burial:

Carterton

Country of Burial:

New Zealand

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159042360



Biographical Notes

Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand Tablet, 11 December 1913, p 35, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT19131211.2.56:

The Rev. Bartholomew Kaveney, of Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, was raised to the priesthood on Sunday, December 7, by his Lordship the Bishop. The impressive ceremony took place in the Basilica, South Dunedin, and was witnessed by a large congregation, which included the mother, sisters, and brother of the newly-ordained priest. Rev. Fathers Delany and D. O'Neill (South Dunedin), Liston (Rector), Scanlan, and Collins (Holy Cross College) were present in the sanctuary. Rev. Father Kaveney, assisted by the Rev. Father Collins, celebrated his first Mass in the chapel of the Convent of Mercy, South Dunedin, on Monday morning, among those present being several of his relatives from Wrey's Bush. The music of the Mass was sung by the Sisters of Mercy.

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Ordination details: Holy Cross College Students Ordained to the Priesthood, New Zealand Tablet, 29 April 1925, p 29, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT19250429.2.38. "Adm., St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin."

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Personal, Evening Star, Dunedin, 1 April 1935, p 9, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19350401.2.94:

Word has been received by Bishop Whyte of the sudden death last night of the Rev. Father Kaveney, of Carterton. He was formerly administrator of the cathedral parish in Dunedin, but had been in the Wellington diocese for a few years.

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The Rev. Father B. Kaveney, Southland Times, 2 April 1935, p 7, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19350402.2.63:

(Per United Press Association.) Carterton, April 1. The death occurred here, suddenly, of the Rev. Father Bartholomew Kaveney, a well-known Catholic priest in the Wairarapa, Southland and Otago districts.

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Obituary. Rev. Father B. Kaveney, Dominion, Wellington, 2 April 1935, p 2, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19350402.2.8:

The death occurred on Sunday night of the Rev. Father B. Kaveney, of Carterton. He had been at Carterton for five or six years, before which he was at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin. He was born in Southland and educated at the Holy Cross College, Mosgiel.

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Funeral Notice, Wairarapa Age, 3 April 1935, p 1, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19350403.2.2.4:

The Funeral of the late Rev. Father Bartholomew Kaveney will leave St. Mary’s Church, Carterton, to-day (Wednesday) April 3, 1935, at 11.15 a.m. for the Clareville Cemetery.
Solemn Requiem Mass at 10 a.m.
D.T. King, Funeral Furnisher. Broadway, Carterton.