Rev Wesley Heading
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Wesley
Middle Names:
Ernest
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Heading
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Adelaide SA
Country of Birth:
Australia
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ordination Diocese:
Port Pirie
Seminary:
St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide, Australia
St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Adelaide SA
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Jamestown SA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Pirie | Port Pirie | 19 | Dec | 1954 | 3 | Feb | 1955 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |
| Port Pirie | Peterborough | 3 | Feb | 1955 | 3 | Feb | 1957 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |
| Port Pirie | Renmark | 3 | Feb | 1957 | 15 | Mar | 1961 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |
| Port Pirie | Berri | 15 | Mar | 1961 | 25 | Apr | 1962 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |
| Port Pirie | Port Pirie | 25 | Apr | 1962 | 13 | Apr | 1966 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |
| Port Pirie | Minnipa | 13 | Apr | 1966 | 31 | Jan | 1972 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |
| Port Pirie | Whyalla | 1 | Feb | 1972 | Apr | 1977 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||
| Port Pirie | Snowtown | Apr | 1977 | 21 | Oct | 1981 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | ||
| Port Pirie | Jamestown | 21 | Oct | 1981 | 13 | Apr | 1994 | 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:
Heading, Wesley Ernest
Born: 4/9/1923 in Adelaide, SA.
Apprenticeship Whyalla - electrician.
Received into the church: December 1945 at Whyalla by Fr Timothy Toal.
Studied at St Francis Xavier's, Adelaide, and St Patrick's, Manly, NSW.
Ordained: 28/7/1954 at Port Pirie, SA.
Worked in Port Pirie 19/12/1954-3/2/1955; Peterborough 3/2/1955-3/2/1957; Renmark 3/2/1957-15/3/1961 ; Berri 15/3/1961-25/4/1962; Port Pirie 25/4/1962-13/4/1966; Minnipa 13/4/1966-31/1 /1972; Whyalla 1/2/1972-April,
1977; Snowtown April, 1977-21/10/1981; Jamestown 21/10/1981-13/4/1994.
Died: 13/11/2005. Buried at Jamestown.
Big man in various ways. Builder - killed all weeds by covering them with concrete.
Thought up the names 'Priests' Sustentation Fund'. I wonder how and why?
He was restless in retirement - first at Wallaroo, then Crystal Brook, Snowtown and finally in Adelaide.
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)