Rev Denis Gilmore SJ
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Rev
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Denis
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Gilmore
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SJ
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Liverpool
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England
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Place of Death:
Sydney NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
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Gore Hill NSW
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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:
Gilmore, Denis
Pastor; Irish, born Liverpool, England, 20 October 1906; died Sydney, 12 December 1961, aged 55.
Denis Gilmore entered the Society at Tullamore, Ireland, 1 September 1927, and was a home junior at Rathfarnham, 1929-30. Philosophy followed at Tullamore, and regency at St Ignatius' College, Riverview, 1934-37. Theology was at Milltown Park, and tertianship at Rathfarnham, 1937-42.
He returned to Australia and Xavier College, 1942-43, but was more suited to parish work. He worked in the parishes of Norwood, 1944-45, Lavender Bay, 1945-53, North Sydney, 1953-54, Richmond, 1954-58, and finally with ill health, at Canisius College, Pymble, from 1958, where he was spiritual father.
He was very like Father Sidney McEwan in appearance and had a beautiful singing voice. He suffered from heart disease for some years, and died suddenly at morning-tea.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)