Bishop John Barry
Title:
Bishop
First Name:
John
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Barry
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Freemount, Co Cork
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Maynooth, Co Kildare
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Melbourne
Seminary:
St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Lewisham, Sydney NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Reinterred: Sts Peter & Paul Old Cathedral, Goulburn NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Dandenong | Curate | ADB; Linane Vol 1 | ||||||
| Melbourne | St Kilda East | Curate | ADB; Linane Vol 1 | ||||||
| Melbourne | Mansfield | Parish Priest | 1907 | 1912 | ADB; Linane Vol 1 | ||||
| Melbourne | Balaclava | Parish Priest | 1912 | 1917 | ADB; Linane Vol 1 | ||||
| Melbourne | St Patrick's Cathedral | Administrator | Mar | 1917 | 1924 | ADB; Linane Vol 1 | |||
| Melbourne | Melbourne | Chancellor | Mar | 1917 | ADB | ||||
| Canberra and Goulburn | Goulburn | Bishop | 5 | Mar | 1924 | 1938 | ADB; Linane Vol 1 |
Episcopal Ordinations Table
Diocese | Day | Month | Year | Place | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canberra and Goulburn | 29 | Jun | 1924 | St Peter and Paul's Cathedral, Goulburn | Australia |
Biographical Notes
Fourth Bishop of Goulburn, NSW.
Australian Dictionary of Biography entry: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barry-john-67
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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 20:
Barry, John, Most Rev., Irish
Shrewd and Kindly Shepherd in Goulburn
b. Freemount, Co. Cork 1875; ed. Fermoy, Maynooth; ord. 1899; served in Melb. Dioc. at Dandenong, St. Kilda East, Mansfield, Balaclava 1912-17. Adm. St. Patrick's Cathedral 1917-24. Consec. for Goulburn in 1924. Jovial and kindly man with everyone, but especially with his priests. d. 22.3.1938; age 62;
buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Kenmore.
(See Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 3)
Ref.: Goulburn Church Archives (per Mgr. E. Favier, Red Hill, A.C.T.)