Rev Joe Phillips OCarm

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Elzear

Middle Names:

Augustus

Preferred Name:

Joe

Surname:

Phillips

Order:

OCarm

Date of Birth:

21-Jul-1903

Place of Birth:

Hamilton VIC

Country of Birth:

Australia

Date of Ordination:

28-Jun-1936

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

28-Nov-2002

Place of Death:

Port Pirie SA

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

2002

Place of Burial:

Melbourne VIC

Country of Burial:

Australia

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Biographical Notes

Coorparoo, Qld; Hilton, WA; Alberton, Port Pirie, Whyalla, SA

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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:
Phillips, Elzear Augustus, OCarm

Born: 21/7/1903 in Hamilton, Victoria (his baptismal certificate says Elzai).
Ordained: 28/6/1936. "Father Joe." Member of the British Empire.
Distinguished career as Army Chaplain in North Africa; Palestine; Syria; Papua New Guinea; Japan Occupational Forces and Korea.
Came to Diocese in 1970 and supplied in most parishes.
Died: 28/11/2002 in Port Pirie. Aged 99 years. Buried in Melbourne.

(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)