Rev Patrick Mooney
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Rev
First Name:
Patrick
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Surname:
Mooney
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Place of Birth:
Loughrea, Clonfert, Co Galway
Country of Birth:
Ireland
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
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| Maitland-Newcastle | West Maitland | Jun | 1886 | Maitland Mercury, 1 June 1886 | |||||
| Maitland-Newcastle | Singleton | 1887 | Singleton Argus, 16 November 1887 | ||||||
| Maitland-Newcastle | Gunnedah | ACD 1887 p 173 |
Biographical Notes
Shipping Intelligence. Hobson's Bay. Arrived—Feb. 18, The Argus, Melbourne, 19 February 1886, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6084719:
Austral, R.M.S.S. (Orient line), 5,588 tons, A. Charlton, from London 6th January [...] Passengers [...] For Sydney.—From London: [...] Rev. P. Mooney [...]
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Celebration of Marriages, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 1 June 1886, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18877372:
The following persons have been registered at the Registrar General's Office for the celebration of marriages:—[...] Roman Catholic Church diocese of Maitland): Rev. W. Burke, Newcastle, and Rev. P. Mooney, West Maitland.
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Local and General, Singleton Argus, 16 November 1887, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82615245:
On Sunday last an old and esteemed resident of Singleton, Mrs Catherine Heaney, died at her mother's residence. Mrs Heaney, who was 48 years of age, lived in this district all her life, and for the last few years had been suffering, but about six weeks ago she became seriously ill, and on Sunday last peacefully passed away. Her remains were interred yesterday in the Roman Catholic cemetery. Solemn Requiem Mass and office for the repose of her soul were celebrated in St Patrick's Church [...] The Rev M. Foran (Pastor of the district), Rev Fathers Sheehy and O'Donohoe (of Maitland), Rev J. Morrissey (of Branxton), Rev P. Mooney (of Singleton), and Rev J. Flynn, (the brother of the deceased lady), chanted the solemn office for the dead, Fathers O'Donohoe and Flynn being the chanters. The office concluded, the Solemn Requiem Mass was sung, Father Flynn being the celebrant, with Fathers Sheehy and Mooney as Deacon and sub-Deacon respectively. [...]
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Shipping Intelligence. Hobson's Bay. Arrived—June 24, The Argus, Melbourne, 25 June 1891, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8629281:
Oroya, R.M.S.S. (Orient line), 6,057 tons, E.E. Lavington commander, from Sydney 22nd inst. Passengers [...] For London—[...] Rev. P. Mooney, [...]
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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Mooney, Patrick
Born January 1862 Loughrea, Diocese of Clonfert, Co Galway. Educated at St Brendan's Loughrea. Studied at All Hallows. Ordained to Sub-Diaconate at All Hallows in 1882. Date of ordination to the priesthood unknown. May have been ordained for Sandhurst diocese. There is a report of him preaching at Sandhurst (Bendigo) in 1885. He was based in Gunnedah August 1886 to August 1887, when it was still part of the Maitland diocese, and then in Dungog in 1890. No other details of movements are known. Date and place of death unknown. Place of burial unknown.
(Sources: Campbell, Advocate 10 Sep 1881 p 8, 12 Aug 1882 p 15, 11 Apr 1885 p 17, 9 May 1885 pp 16, 17, MDHC A-Z M104).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)