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About Help Contact login Rev Patrick Tighe SJ Title: Rev First Name: Patrick Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Tighe Order: SJ Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1866 Place of Birth: Dublin Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 05-Apr-1920 Place of Death: Sydney NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1920 Place of Burial: Gore Hill NSW Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300744108 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Tighe, Patrick Missionary, retreat director; born Dublin, Ireland, 2 August, 1866; died Sydney, 5 April 1920, aged 53. Patrick Tighe was educated at Belvedere College, and graduated with an arts degree from the Royal University, Dublin. He entered the Society at Tullamore, 7 September 1891, was a junior preparing for public examinations at Milltown Park, 1893-94, and studied philosophy at Enghien, Champagne. He taught for a few years, 1896-1900, at Mungret, studied theology at Posilipo, Napes, 1900-1904, and did tertianship at Mold, Wales, the following year. He was a rural missioner, and involved in parish work in Limerick, 1905-10, except for a time as socius to the master of novices at Tullamore, 1906-07. He gave retreats, stationed at Gardiner Street, Dublin, 1910-12, and for a short time was rector of Mungret, 1912-13. Because of ill health was sent to Australia. He worked first at Lavender Bay, 1913-15, and then, 1915-17, was military chaplain at the No 1 General Hospital, Heliopolis, and latter served with the 15th Battalion AIF in France and Belgium. He returned to Australia and to the parish of North Sydney after the war. Tighe was a remarkable speaker, preacher and retreat-giver, but had a weak chest. The latter raised speculation as to how he was accepted into the military. He had been suggested as master of novices in Australia, and probably performed the duties for the first few months in 1914, but because of ill health another Jesuit was chosen. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Patrick

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Tighe

Order:

Date of Birth:

02-Aug-1866

Place of Birth:

Dublin

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

05-Apr-1920

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1920

Place of Burial:

Gore Hill NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300744108

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

Missionary, retreat director; born Dublin, Ireland, 2 August, 1866; died Sydney, 5 April 1920, aged 53.

Patrick Tighe was educated at Belvedere College, and graduated with an arts degree from the Royal University, Dublin. He entered the Society at Tullamore, 7 September 1891, was a junior preparing for public examinations at Milltown Park, 1893-94, and studied philosophy at Enghien, Champagne. He taught for a few years, 1896-1900, at Mungret, studied theology at Posilipo, Napes, 1900-1904, and did tertianship at Mold, Wales, the following year.

He was a rural missioner, and involved in parish work in Limerick, 1905-10, except for a time as socius to the master of novices at Tullamore, 1906-07. He gave retreats, stationed at Gardiner Street, Dublin, 1910-12, and for a short time was rector of Mungret, 1912-13. Because of ill health was sent to Australia.

He worked first at Lavender Bay, 1913-15, and then, 1915-17, was military chaplain at the No 1 General Hospital, Heliopolis, and latter served with the 15th Battalion AIF in France and Belgium. He returned to Australia and to the parish of North Sydney after the war.

Tighe was a remarkable speaker, preacher and retreat-giver, but had a weak chest. The latter raised speculation as to how he was accepted into the military. He had been suggested as master of novices in Australia, and probably performed the duties for the first few months in 1914, but because of ill health another Jesuit was chosen.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Patrick Tighe SJ

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