Rev Gerald Byrne

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Gerald

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Byrne

Order:

Date of Birth:

1837

Place of Birth:

Co Clare

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

24-Jun-1865

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ireland

Ordination Diocese:

Melbourne

Seminary:

All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland

Date of Death:

27-Nov-1898

Place of Death:

VIC

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1898

Place of Burial:

Melbourne VIC

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131032705

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Melbourne South MelbourneLinane Vol 2
Melbourne North MelbourneLinane Vol 2
Melbourne EssendonLinane Vol 2
Melbourne St KildaLinane Vol 2
Melbourne SaleLinane Vol 2
Melbourne TarravilleLinane Vol 2
Melbourne MeredithLinane Vol 2
Melbourne GordonLinane Vol 2
Melbourne Keilor/Essendon18851887Linane Vol 2
Melbourne WilliamstownLinane Vol 2
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Biographical Notes

Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 3:

Byrne, Gerald (Sen.), Irish
Builder at Williamstown, Melbourne
Gerald Byrne was a hardy warrior who endured many hardships, especially during his time in Gippsland in the 1870s. He came from County Clare, studied at All Hallows, and was ordained by Cardinal Cullen on 24.6.1865. He arrived in Melbourne on the 'Champion of the Seas' on November 2. Places of service: South Melbourne, North Melbourne, Essendon, St. Kilda, Sale, Tarraville (living for a time at Stratford), Meredith (3 years), Gordon, Keilor-Essendon 1885-7. While Pastor at Williamstown he built a part of the present church, and churches at Newport and Werribee. Influenza gripped him seriously in 1898. After recovery parishioners arranged for him to take an interstate trip. He returned from Sydney apparently in good health, but a few days after his return suffered a fatal heart seizure. Date of death was 27.11.1898, and the age 61. Burial took place in the Mortuary Chapel of the Melbourne General Cemetery.
(Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 10)
Ref.: MDHC Files, Fitzroy & Torquay, per Late John Gargan, Meredith, Vic.