Rev Ted Murray SDB
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Thaddeus
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Ted
Surname:
Murray
Order:
SDB
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Co Sligo
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Ballinakill
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Engadine NSW
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Rupertswood, Sunbury VIC
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Biographical Notes
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:
Murray, Ted, SDB
Born: 1924.
Entered Salesians:1943 in Ballinakill, Ireland. Perpetual Profession on 31/1/1950 at Sunbury, Victoria. Theology at Beckford, England.
Ordained: 18/7/1954 in Ballinnakill, Ireland.
In 1963, aged 49, "Ted was appointed Rector and Principal of Salesian College, Port Pirie. A School of 120 boys from Year Six to Year Ten. During that time he set about the difficult task of raising the standards of an under-resourced school and improving its appearance largely through fund raising by parents and a weekend busy bee program."
His final 20 years were spent in the parish of Engadine, NSW.
Died: 25/11/2001.
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)