Also recorded as "D. Caroll Lovatt, died 1859" by Rev. T. Southerwood, A Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests in Australia 1788-2009, p 138. This arises from a misreading of the Latin inscription on Fr Lovat's gravestone, "Rev. D. Caroli Lovat, qui obiit AD 1859" (of Reverend Mister Charles Lovat, who died AD 1859).

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Death, Freeman’s Journal, Sydney, 23 June 1858, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115564365:

We regret to-day to have to record the death, at the age of 58, of the Very Rev. Dean Lovat, who departed this life on Sunday, the 28th inst. He died at the Convent attached to the St. Vincent Hospital, of a painful disease of the heart, which he bore for several months with most exemplary patience and resignation to the Divine will. He went through his studies in one of the Roman Colleges, which was conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, with considerable eclat. He spent some years as Professor in the distinguished College of Stoneyhurst, England, and discharged the duties of a zealous Pastor for some time in the English mission. He arrived in Sydney in 1837, and entered on his missionary duties in this city, and, from that time until his late illness rendered him no longer able to discharge the active duties of a zealous priest, he devoted all his energies to the sacred cause of religion. For upwards of nine years he was the sole Catholic Pastor for the district of Yass, extending all the way to the Murray. His health being rather impaired, by long and incessant journeys through his extensive mission, he was removed to the less laborious one of Liverpool, where he continued until the three months preceding his death, when the symptoms of the disease which proved fatal rendered it necessary to return from that mission to be Chaplain of the Convent and Hospital of St. Vincent, under the care of the Sisters of Charity, and from whom he received the most kind attention up to the moment of his death.

A solemn dirge was chanted for the repose of his soul, on Sunday evening; and High Mass was celebrated by his Grace the Archbishop, at eight o'clock, on Tuesday morning, in the Cathedral. The same placid countenance that distinguished him through life was discernible while his remains lay exposed from 4 o'clock on Monday until 3 o'clock next day, when they were conveyed to their last resting place, attended by his Grace the Archbishop and the Clergy of the city, with several from the country districts. The funeral procession was headed by the office bearers and some members of the Guild, with a large concourse of the faithful. Thus closed the mortal career of this excellent Christian priest. May his soul rest in peace!

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Death of Dean Lovatt, Yass Courier, 26 June 1858, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263872963:

Our readers will learn with feelings of profound regret that the venerable Dean Lovatt died on Sunday morning last at the Convent (St. Vincent) of the Sisters of Charity, at Darlinghurst. Although some eight years have elapsed since the departed minister laboured in the district of Yass, yet was he constantly spoken of by the inhabitants as "the good and charitable Father Lovatt," and was regarded by all — and particularly by those of his own creed — with something like apostolic veneration and respect. To the exertions and liberality of the deceased is Yass indebted for the present Catholic Church and school-house, and the valuable grounds adjacent — and they will remain a lasting monument to his Christian zeal and philanthropy. A more worthily and generally respected ecclesiastic perhaps never descended to the tomb — equally venerated by persons of all religious persuasions. May he rest in peace!

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 50: "Lovat, Charles SJ(S)/Eng./Stonyhurst, P.C.R./Eng., Syd. (Yass etc.) d. 20.6.1858."

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Catholic Parish of St Augustine, Yass, Priests who have served in the Parish of Yass, July 2018, https://staug-yass.org.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/priests_list.pdf, accessed on 24 December 2025: "Rev. Father Charles Lovat, 1839-1848."

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Catholic Parish of St Augustine, Yass, History, available from https://staug-yass.org.au/wp/about/history/, retrieved on 10 November 2025: "Rev Charles Lovat (1839-1849)" [...]