Rev Nicholas Binsfield SM

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Nicholas

Middle Names:

John

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Binsfield

Order:

SM

Date of Birth:

12-May-1834

Place of Birth:

Country of Birth:

Luxembourg

Date of Ordination:

1859

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

19-Apr-1923

Place of Death:

Greenmeadows

Country of Death:

New Zealand

Date of Burial:

Apr - 1923

Place of Burial:

Taradale

Country of Burial:

New Zealand

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194384831

Appointments Table

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Role
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Start Year
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Wellington New PlymouthLinane Vol 1
Wellington GreymouthLinane Vol 1
Wellington NelsonLinane Vol 1
Christchurch ChristchurchLinane Vol 1
Christchurch RangioraLinane Vol 1
Christchurch AshburtonLinane Vol 1
Christchurch TimaruLinane Vol 1
Wellington BlenheimLinane Vol 1
Wellington MeeaneeLinane Vol 1
Wellington NapierLinane Vol 1
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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:

[...] The Rev. Father Nicholas Binsfeld, S.M., was born in Luxembourg in 1834 and arrived in New Zealand in 1869, being first stationed as chaplain with the military forces at New Plymouth. Later he served on the West Coast and in Canterbury, and in 1891 joined the staff of St. Mary's Scholasticate at Meeanee in 1891. He died at Greenmeadows in 1923 in his ninetieth year. [...]

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 26:

Binsfield (or Binsfeld), Nicholas, Very Rev. SM, Luxumberger, Visitor
On New Zealand Mission for Many Years
b. 12.5.1834 in Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; ord. 1859; prof.: 1861. Served in London, Dundalk, Louisiana (U.S.A.), New Caledonia. Arr. in N.Z. 1869, serving in New Plymouth as a Military Chaplain, Greymouth, Nelson, Christchurch, Rangiora, Ashburton, Timaru, Blenheim, Meeanee, Napier, Wairoa, Feilding, Meeanee, Reefton, Wanganui. As well he found time to visit Sydney several times to collect for persecuted priests in Germany. He went into retirement at Greenmeadows where he died on 19.4.1923 at the age of 88. He celebrated a diamond jubilee of priesthood in 1919.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 5.)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, based on Marist Year Book 1927 and information from Fr. J. Hosie, Marist Historian, Syd.

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NZBDM deaths index: 1923/4603, Binsfeld, Nicholas John, aged 88 years.