Deceased
Parish Of Birth
Courceys
Colleges Attended
St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co Kildare, Ireland
Details Of Ordination
St. Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
20/6/1926
Appointments
Enniskeane PP : 23/3/1962 – 26/6/1964
Holy Family, Priest-in-charge : 26/6/1954 – 23/3/1962
St. Finbarr’s Seminary, Farranferris : 1926 – 26/6/1954
Notes
His appointment as Priest-in-Charge (P.I.C.) at the Holy Family Church (Military Hill, Cork) was the first appointment following the transfer of the church from the Methodist Community.
Holy Family Church began its life as a Roman Catholic Chapel on the 23rd October 1949, when Bishop Cohalan of Cork consecrated it.
Date Of Death
26/6/1964
Place Of Death
Bon Secours Hospital, Cork
Place Of Burial
Church of the Immaculate Conception Grounds, Enniskeane, Co. Cork
Obituary
His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Lucey, Bishop of Cork and Ross, presided at the Solemn Requiem Mass. The celebrant of the Mass was, Very Rev. Timothy A. Coffey, P.P., Crosshaven; deacon was, Fr. Patrick Walsh, St. Finbarr’s College, Farranferris; sub-deacon was, Fr. Cornelius J. White, St. Finbarr’s College, Farranferris, and master of ceremonies was, Very Rev. Dr. Carthach McCarthy, President, St. Finbarr’s College, Farranferris.