Francis Lyons 20/12/1921 – 04/09/2011 Frank served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for 62 years. The Archdiocese of Melbourne is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. He was Assistant Priest at the parishes of Healesville, and Armadale, [...]

Kevin Maurice Manning 13/11/1931 – 07/07/2011 A priest for more than 53 years, Kevin served as assistant priest at Geelong, Moonee Ponds, East Kew and Camberwell; administrator of Brighton and parish priest at Mooroolbark, Macleod and Dromana. During the celebrations to mark his Golden Jubilee of Ordination in 2007, Kevin disclosed that it was his parents who had [...]

Michael David Morahan OSA 1952 – 25/06/2011 Michael died unexpectedly in Cairns at 58 years of age. He joined the Augustinians in Brisbane in 1971, studied philosophy at Banyo Seminary, and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In 1978 he was ordained a priest in Brisbane, and later completed a BSc degree in Brisbane and a [...]

Gerald Paul Ryan 27/01/1915 – 16/07/2011 Paul, as he was known, was ordained in 1939 and served as assistant priest at Armadale, Clifton Hill (1942) and South Melbourne (1946), before being made the first parish priest of Blackburn in January 1954. In 1975 he moved to Ormond and then to Greythorn in 1984 until his retirement in 2008. [...]

Leo Edgar Saleeba 04/08/1931 – 02/07/2011 Leo served the Resurrection Catholic Parish Community at Keysborough as parish priest for 15 years from 1984 to 1999 and it was here that friends and family gathered to give thanks for his life. Leo also faithfully served the Melbourne Catholic Church in the parishes of Geelong, Dandenong, Collingwood, Wattle Park, Moorabbin, [...]

Christopher Sheehy 10/06/1948 – 06/08/2011 Chris Sheehy, a Sydney priest well-known for his work on the Marriage Tribunal, died recently at age 63. See the article on Chris online. Download the Sydney Archdiocese obituary for Chris here. (PDF, 78kb)  

Kevin McMoran Sweeney 06/11/1927 – 17/08/2011 Kevin served the Church in a very positive and pastorally enriching manner, giving fine example to both his brother priests and the community for 60 years and the Archdiocese is most grateful for his untiring service to the Church of Melbourne. Kevin was assistant priest at the parishes of Daylesford, Highett, St [...]

Br Ken Eaton (Br Kevin), a Marist Brother of the Ashgrove, Qld, Community, died on 2 July 2011 aged 96. Br Ken was one of the dedicated and talented group of Marist brothers who played a major role in the education and formation of the diocesan clergy at St Columba’s minor seminary, Springwood, in the 1940’s and 1950’s. [...]

The following Priests also returned to the Father in recent months. (No obituaries received.) We hold them in prayer. Arthur Braithwaite MSC 13/05/2011 John Chokolich (Perth) 03/06/2011 Mark Nugent CP 11/08/2011 Charles O’Malley (Perth) 31/08/2011      

Janusz (John) Bartoszek svd 22/05/1936 – 27/03/2011 John was born in Zabrze, Silesia, Poland and at 19 entered the SVD Seminary in Pieniezno and was ordained in 1963. John worked in Poland before coming to Australia in Oct 1966. In May1967 he arrived in the parish of Ambullua PNG and set about learning Pidgin English and then [...]