Rev Anton Herberg SJ
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Rev
First Name:
Anton
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Surname:
Herberg
Order:
SJ
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Silesia
Country of Birth:
Austria
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Place of Death:
Vienna
Country of Death:
Austria
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Place of Burial:
Lainz, Vienna
Country of Burial:
Austria
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Clare | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||||
| Port Pirie | Jamestown | Jesuit Superior | 1890 | 1894 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||
| Adelaide | Norwood | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||||
| Adelaide | Sevenhill | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants |
Biographical Notes
Not specifically on the Jesuit gravestones where he is buried.
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Fr Frank Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants: Recalling the Spirit of the Deceased Priests of the Diocese of Port Augusta and Port Pirie 1888-2008, 2008:
Herberg, Anton, SJ
Born: 5/2/1840 in Austria.
Entered Jesuits: 30/11/1861, aged 20.
Studied and taught in various places in Europe. Came to Australia after final Vows at Mariaschein on 2/2/1876.
Missionary work in districts of Clare, Undalya, Lower Wakefield, Saddleworth, Mintaro and Manoora. Superior at Jamestown from 1890. Returned to Austria in 1894 and worked and taught there and in Hungary and Bosnia. Came back to Adelaide in 1897 and worked in Norwood and Sevenhill. Returned later to Europe.
Died: 19/1/1914 in Vienna. Aged 73.
"A simple, virtuous, generous and zealous man."
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)
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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Herberg, Anton
Missionary, pastor; born Silesia, Austria, 5 February 1840; died Vienna, 19 January 1914, aged 73.
Anton Herberg entered the Society in Austria, 30 November 1861, aged 20, at St Andrä, and completed his noviciate and rhetoric studies at the same place until 1866. Philosophy followed at Pressburg, 1867-69, and regency as prefect of boarders at Kalksburg, 1870. Theology was at Innsbruck, 1871-73, and tertianship at Prague, 1875. He taught at Linz and Mariaschein, 1874 and 1876, before he left for Australia. Final vows were at Mariaschein, 2 February 1876.
He arrived in Australia on 28 November 1876, and went immediately to Sevenhill, where he was spiritual father and a missionary in the districts of Clare, Undalya, Lower Wakefield, Saddleworth, Montaro and Manoora. He was also a mission consultor and bursar, and superior at Jamestown from 1890. At various times he lectured in moral theology, and taught in the school.
Herberg returned to Austria in 1894 and worked in the tertianship as sub-minister and retreat director. For the next three years he lived at St Andrä, Szatmár (Hungary) and Travnik (Bosnia).
He returned to Adelaide, 3 March 1897, and worked in the parish of Norwood until the following year when he returned to Sevenhill as superior until 1900.
At the end of that year he returned to Europe, and became spiritual father at Laibach in 1901, performing the same duties from 1902-10 at St Andrä. In 1911 he went to Klagenfurt, and finally to Vienna in 1913 until his death from an internal complaint.
His brethren considered him a simple, virtuous, generous and zealous man. He showed great prudence and gave wise advice to people. He showed more than expected joy and patience during his sickness.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)