Rev Mathias Hager SJ
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Rev
First Name:
Mathias
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Surname:
Hager
Order:
SJ
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Salzburg
Country of Birth:
Austria
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Place of Death:
Adelaide SA
Country of Death:
Australia
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Sevenhill SA
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Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Sevenhill | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||||
| Adelaide | Bungaree | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||||
| Adelaide | Georgetown | Jesuit Superior | Aug | 1876 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||||
| Adelaide | Burra | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||||
| Adelaide | Norwood | 1889 | Dec | 1890 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants |
Biographical Notes
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:
Hager, Matthias, SJ
Born: 5/2/1831 in Salzburg, Austria.
Entered Society of Jesus: 17/3/1854.
Arrived at Sevenhill 14/4/1867. Worked with Aborigines at Sevenhill and Bungaree. In August 1876 he was appointed superior at Georgetown. He also spent time at Burra. Transferred to Norwood 1889.
Died: 27/12/1890 in Adelaide. Aged 59. Buried in the Church Crypt at Sevenhill.
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)
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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Hager, Matthias
Missionary, pastor; born Straßwalchen, Salzburg, Austria, 5 February 1831; died Adelaide, South Australia, 27 December 1890, aged 59.
Matthew Hager received his early education in Salzburg and secondary education with the Benedictines, studying the classics and humanities. He entered the Society at Baumgartenberg, Upper Austria, 17 March 1854, followed by rhetoric studies after vows. Philosophy followed, 1857-58, at Posen, Hungary, and regency was teaching seminarians at the College at Linz, 1859-62. Theology was at Innsbruck, 1863-65, with tertianship in Lavanttal, 1866.
Hager arrived at Sevenhill, South Australia, 14 April 1867, and for a few years taught in the school and performed pastoral ministry in Burra and Mintano. He also ministered to the aborigines at Sevenhill and Bungaree. In 1870-71 he was spiritual father and taught Latin.
In 1873 he was in charge of the St Francis Xavier's seminary, Adelaide, and worked in the parish of Hectorville. In August 1876 he was recalled to Sevenhill and was appointed superior at the parish of Georgetown until 1880. He returned then to Norwood and worked the parish of Hectorville for ten years, building a residence for the Sisters of St Joseph. He was also energetic in fund raising for the Propagation of the Faith, even in Victoria and Tasmania. Upon his death he was buried in the crypt under the church at Sevenhill.
(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)