Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Unknown
Colleges Attended
Irish College, Paris France
Catholic University, Louvain, Belgium
Details Of Ordination
21/5/1842
Appointments
Watergrasshill PP : 1864 – 30/8/1891
Glounthaune CC : 1859 – 1864
Kilmichael CC : 1858 – 1859
Kinsale CC : 1853 – 1858
Bandon CC : 1845 – 1853
Enniskeane CC : 1842 – 1845
Notes
The following headline appeared in the Cork Examiner on June 21st 1843:
MORE PRIEST HUNTING
Ballineen Petty Sessions
The trial of Fr. Sexton before the Bench of Petty Sessions on June 16th, 1843 was the first real clash between Judge and Priest. The crime for which Fr. Sexton was tried for “was the act of having an avowed disturber of his congregation evicted from the Chapel by Sergeant Meehan a person it would seem to have been in high favour with the judges sitting on the bench”.
Date Of Death
30/9/1891
Place Of Death
Watercourse Road, Cork
Place Of Burial
New Cemetery, Cork
Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. O’Callaghan was the celebrant of the Solemn Requiem Mass at the Cathedral; deacon was, Fr. Patrick O’Connell, C.C., Cathedral; sub-deacon was, Fr. Daniel McNamara, C.C., Cathedral, and the master of ceremonies was, Fr. Cornelius Magrath, C.C., Cathedral.