Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Tracton Abbey
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
St. Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
17/6/1928
Appointments
Turner’s Cross PP : 31/8/1965 – 4/1/1973
Innishannon PP : 11/6/1963 – 31/8/1965
South Parish Adm. : 2/9/1957 – 11/6/1963
Turner’s Cross CC : 28/1/1948 – 2/9/1957
South Parish/Turners Cross CC : 20/10/1934 – 28/1/1948
Chaplain, Convent of Mercy, Bantry : 1/10/1932 – 20/10/1934
Ministry Abroad/Southwark : 1928 – 1932
Notes
During his appointment in the Diocese of Southwark, London, Fr. Coveney acted as chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk.
He was a grand-nephew of Very Rev. Daniel Coveney, P.P., Enniskeane (1867-1977). He was a nephew of the cousins; Fr. Daniel Coveney, C.C., Farran (1895-1899) and Very Rev. Patrick Coveney, P.P., Tracton (1925-1931).
He was an uncle of Most Rev. Archbishop Patrick Coveney, Apostolic Nuncio to Greece.
Date Of Death
4/1/1973
Place Of Death
Bon Secours Hospital, Cork
Place Of Burial
Christ the King Church Grounds, Turners Cross, Cork
Obituary
The concelebrants ot the Solemn Requiem Mass were, Very Rev. Joseph Murphy-O’Connor, P.P., Farranree; Fr. Jerome C. Lynch, C.C., St. Patrick’s and Rev. Patrick G. Collins, C.C., Turners Cross. The master of ceremonies was Fr. Declan Crowley, C.C., Turners Cross.