Rev Joseph Doyle

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Joseph

Middle Names:

Henry

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Doyle

Order:

Date of Birth:

1831

Place of Birth:

Kilkenny

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland

Date of Death:

11-Jan-1901

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1901

Place of Burial:

Rookwood NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149139348

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Armidale Rocky Mouth (Maclean)1875Campbell; ACD 1878 p 52
Armidale Narrabri1880Campbell; ACD 1882 p 85
Armidale Murwillumbah1883Campbell
Lismore Port Macquarie1892Campbell
Lismore West Kempsey1893Campbell
Lismore Smithtown18941897Campbell
Lismore West Kempsey18981900Campbell
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Biographical Notes

T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Doyle, Joseph Henry

Born Kilkenny Ireland 1842, exact location and date unknown. Details of education unknown. Studied at Maynooth. Date and place of ordination unknown. He was a nephew of Jeremiah Joseph Doyle. After ordination he worked in the USA before coming to Australia in 1875. He became the first resident priest at Maclean, then known as Rocky Mouth, and built the presbytery there in 1877. He also was briefly in Narrabri (1880). He transferred to Murwillumbah in 1883 and built the church in that town. Other appointments were to Port Macquarie 1892, West Kempsey 1893, Smithtown 1894-97, West Kempsey 1898-1900 where he became ill and went to Sydney for treatment. On occasions he was chaplain at Trial Bay prison, South West Rocks. He died in Sydney on 11 January 1901 after a long illness. He was buried at Rookwood.
(Sources: FJ 19 Jan 1901 p 18, 2 Feb 1901 p 17, Kelly, MDHC A-Z D90).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)