Rev Timothy Guinee SJ
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Rev
First Name:
Timothy
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Guinee
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SJ
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Banteer, Co Cork
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Melbourne VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
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Boroondara, Kew VIC
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Australia
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Biographical Notes
Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Guinee, Timothy
Teacher, pastor; born Banteer, Co Cork, Ireland, 3 August 1851; died Sydney, 5 November 1919, aged 68.
Timothy Guinee entered the Society at Milltown Park, 12 November 1874, studied philosophy at Laval, France, and Milltown Park. He taught French, mathematics and physics at the Crescent, Limerick, 1880-81, and also at Tullamore College, 1882-85. The long course in theology followed at Louvain, 1885-89, then he taught for the university examination at Clongowes for a year before tertianship at Tronchiennes, 1890-91. He taught at Mungret, 1891-01, being prefect of studies, 1895-01, and also at Galway, 1901-02, where he was also prefect of studies.
He arrived in Australia, 8 October 1902, and taught at Xavier College and St Patrick's College, 1902-13. Then he engaged in parish ministry at Hawthorn, 1913-15, North Sydney, 1915-16, and Sevenhill, 1916-19. He was superior for the last few years of his life, finally dying of cancer of the throat.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)