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About Help Contact login Rev Edward Corish SJ Title: Rev First Name: Edward Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Corish Order: SJ Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1862 Place of Birth: London Country of Birth: England Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 08-Jan-1951 Place of Death: Melbourne VIC Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 09-Jan-1951 Place of Burial: Boroondara, Kew VIC Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208182256 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Corish, Edward Teacher and pastor; born London, 14 December 1862; died Melbourne, 8 January 1951, aged 88. Edward Corish was English, and received his early education from the Benedictines at St Augustine's, Ramsgate. Despite this background, he entered the Irish noviciate at Dromore, 29 November 1884. He was a junior at Milltown Park and Tullamore, 1886-89, and did one year of philosophy at Milltown before teaching at Clongowes College, 1890-93, and Mungret for the following two years. Theology studies were first at Milltown Park, and then at Tortosa, Aragon province, and he was apparently ordained with a dispensation because of ill health. He spent 1897-99 teaching at Mungret, followed by tertianship at Tronchiennes. Teaching at Belvedere College followed where he was also minister and prefect of the Church. He arrived in Australia in November 1902 and taught at Xavier College until 1908. He was also minister. Then followed many years in parish work, first at Lavender Bay, 1908-13, then North Sydney, 1913-18, and 1922-23, where he was also superior; Hawthorn, 1918-22; and Norwood, 1923-31, where he was also superior for some time. He returned to North Sydney, 1931-34 and to Hawthorn, 1934-40. While in North Sydney, he turned a factory into the well-known Manresa Hall. Hawthorn parishioners spoke of his kindness and fine social gifts. He had a wide circle of friends. Generous and unselfish, efficient and resourceful, he was ever at the ready to help a needy person. He treated everyone equally, and all thought themselves to be his friend. From 1940-48 he was spiritual father and examiner of candidates at Canisius College, Pymble, and he was sent finally to Loyola College, Watsonia, to pray for the Society. His early ill-health accounts for the sporadic nature of his studies in philosophy and theology and for the fact that he was not professed. In Australia, no one would have thought that he had ever suffered from ill health. He was a most zealous man, a whirlwind of activity, throwing himself heart and soul into any work that he was given to do, and doing it very well. He was most kind and charitable, always ready to give a helping hand to others. As a superior, he had the fault of not allowing sufficient scope to his subordinates. He was a man of very fixed views. When he came up against men with decided views of their own, such as Joe Gates and Basil Loughnan, he did not get on so well with them. But nothing could efface the great work that he did, especially at North Sydney and Norwood. He had a fine old gentlemanly manner, with a clear English accent. While at Pymble, he gave a monthly day of recollection to Cardinal Gilroy. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Edward

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Corish

Order:

Date of Birth:

14-Dec-1862

Place of Birth:

London

Country of Birth:

England

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

08-Jan-1951

Place of Death:

Melbourne VIC

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

09-Jan-1951

Place of Burial:

Boroondara, Kew VIC

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208182256

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Corish, Edward

Teacher and pastor; born London, 14 December 1862; died Melbourne, 8 January 1951, aged 88.

Edward Corish was English, and received his early education from the Benedictines at St Augustine's, Ramsgate. Despite this background, he entered the Irish noviciate at Dromore, 29 November 1884. He was a junior at Milltown Park and Tullamore, 1886-89, and did one year of philosophy at Milltown before teaching at Clongowes College, 1890-93, and Mungret for the following two years. Theology studies were first at Milltown Park, and then at Tortosa, Aragon province, and he was apparently ordained with a dispensation because of ill health.

He spent 1897-99 teaching at Mungret, followed by tertianship at Tronchiennes. Teaching at Belvedere College followed where he was also minister and prefect of the Church.

He arrived in Australia in November 1902 and taught at Xavier College until 1908. He was also minister.

Then followed many years in parish work, first at Lavender Bay, 1908-13, then North Sydney, 1913-18, and 1922-23, where he was also superior; Hawthorn, 1918-22; and Norwood, 1923-31, where he was also superior for some time.

He returned to North Sydney, 1931-34 and to Hawthorn, 1934-40. While in North Sydney, he turned a factory into the well-known Manresa Hall. Hawthorn parishioners spoke of his kindness and fine social gifts. He had a wide circle of friends. Generous and unselfish, efficient and resourceful, he was ever at the ready to help a needy person. He treated everyone equally, and all thought themselves to be his friend.

From 1940-48 he was spiritual father and examiner of candidates at Canisius College, Pymble, and he was sent finally to Loyola College, Watsonia, to pray for the Society.

His early ill-health accounts for the sporadic nature of his studies in philosophy and theology and for the fact that he was not professed. In Australia, no one would have thought that he had ever suffered from ill health. He was a most zealous man, a whirlwind of activity, throwing himself heart and soul into any work that he was given to do, and doing it very well.

He was most kind and charitable, always ready to give a helping hand to others. As a superior, he had the fault of not allowing sufficient scope to his subordinates. He was a man of very fixed views. When he came up against men with decided views of their own, such as Joe Gates and Basil Loughnan, he did not get on so well with them. But nothing could efface the great work that he did, especially at North Sydney and Norwood. He had a fine old gentlemanly manner, with a clear English accent. While at Pymble, he gave a monthly day of recollection to Cardinal Gilroy.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Edward Corish SJ

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