Rev Charles Dillon
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Charles
Middle Names:
Joseph
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Dillon
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Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Burnley, Ontario
Country of Birth:
Canada
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
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Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Berlin MI
Country of Death:
USA
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Grand Rapids MI
Country of Burial:
USA
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale | Quirindi | Curate | 1909 | Campbell | |||||
| Armidale | Bundarra | Curate | 1910 | Campbell |
Biographical Notes
T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Dillon, Charles Joseph
A Canadian, date and place of birth unknown. Details of education unknown. Date and place of ordination unknown. He was described as 'a Carthusian monk who was travelling the world, and who just happened along. A most charming man, simple and obliging ... he had no conception of time or space ... he was as hard as nails, tough as wire, swift as a hare, fond of excitement. Moreover his duties did not burden him as he had no sense of responsibility'. His first appointment in the diocese was as assistant priest Quirindi (1909), then Bundarra (1910). He left for Rome in February 1911, shortly after a motor cycle accident between Bundarra and Tingha, which resulted in broken bones. It is believed he re-entered a Carthusian monastery in Calabria, but was heard of in later years as being in Ireland, then in the USA. Date and place of death unknown. Place of burial unknown.
(Sources: Foley, FJ 26 Jan 1911 p 18).
(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)
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ANZCC note, 20 March 2026: Convicted of killing his superior, Fr Henry O'Neill, in 1923, and sentenced to solitary confinement for life; spent the remainder of his life in prison and in hospital detention; see Findagrave record.