Monsignor Joseph Collins
Title:
Monsignor
First Name:
Joseph
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Preferred Name:
Surname:
Collins
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Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Larach, Co Derry
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
All Hallows, Dublin
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Sydney
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Rookwood NSW
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Subiaco | Chaplain, Benedictine Convent | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Sydney | Cathedral | 1874 | 1876 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Sydney | Newtown | 1877 | Linane Vol 2 | ||||||
| Sydney | Queanbeyan | 1881 | 1882 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Sydney | Waterloo | Parish Priest | 1882 | Linane Vol 2 | |||||
| Sydney | Sydney | Secretary to Cardinal Moran | 1885 | Linane Vol 2 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, pp 67-68:
Collins, Joseph, Rt. Rev., Irish, Golden Jubilarian
Impressive Record in Waterloo, Sydney
Born in Larach or Kilrea, County Derry on 12 February 1848; child of Michael and Alice (Mulholland); educated at McCluskey's School, Targaruel, and at All Hallows where he was ordained in mid-June 1873; made a Monsignor in 1916, previously being an Archpriest. He died on 25 June 1926 at the age of 78, having attained a Golden Jubilee. Resting place: Rookwood. But the in-betweens to the raw details are probably of more importance. He arrived in Sydney on Christmas Eve 1873 and for the 53 years of priesthood service would accomplish things that would give joy and pride to the Angels. Curate days were spent as Chaplain at Subiaco Benedictine Convent, at St. Mary's Cathedral (1874)(1876) at Newtown (1877); Queanbeyan (1881)(1882). In 1882 he commenced his long career as P.P. of Mount Carmel, Waterloo. The 34 year old grew up and aged with his parish, where there was little to boast of when he arrived. He brought the Sisters of Mercy in 1883, and the Patrician Brothers in 1886. A Presbytery was built in 1889, and a Girls' High School in 1891. In less busy days he was Secretary to Cardinal Moran - and that at the time when the latter received the Red Hat (1885). The St. Vincent de Paul Society was established in his parish in the same year. St. Vincent's Church in Redfern St. was another 'feather in the cap' - but the list of achievements given here is far from complete. The verdict of an "impressive record" is certainly justified.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 8)
Ref.: St. Mary's Archives, Sydney.