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The following is a list of deceased priests who have served in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

Recently Deceased

Fr Lewis Fenton (04/08/1931 - 09/07/2023). Fr Lewis was ordained a priest on 24 July 1954.

Necrology

JANUARY

6	Rev Patrick McCormack	d. 1951
7	Rev Patrick Davoren Rev James Fletcher	d. 1975 d. 2006
10	* Rev James Hennebry	d. 1935
11	Rev Joseph O'Donohue Rev Patrick Healy	d. 1945 d. 1903
15	Rev Gerard Patrick Youll Rev Colin Barker	d. 1969 d. 2002
17	Rev Thomas Cronin Most Rev Phillip Wilson	d. 1971 d. 2021
18	Rev Joseph Kelly	d. 1917
21	Rev Thomas Purtell	d. 1967
22	Rev Patrick O'Quinlivan Rev Rory O'Moore Very Rev Allan Hart	d. 1869 d. 1944 d. 2019
24	Rev John Lavery	d. 1998
25	Rev Cornelis Petrus Martens	d. 1984
29	Rev Daniel Linehan	d. 1997

FEBRUARY

1	Rev Michael John Hanrahan	d. 1988
2	Rev Robert O'Shea	d. 1940
3	Rev James Hanly * Rev John O'Connor	d. 1895 d. 1940
4	Rev Philip Ryan	d. 1980
10	Rev John Jensen	d. 1967
11	Rev James Kelly	d. 1912
13	Rev James Costello	d. 1932
14	Rev Alexander McDonnell	d. 1945
16	Rev Thomas Mulcahy	d. 1969
17	Rev John Lynch	d. 1884
18	Rev James Meagher	d. 1927
19	Rev John Curran Rev Edward Jordan	d. 1942 d. 2002
21	Rev Patrick Corcoran	d. 1929
22	Rev Hugh Cullen Rev Peter Cogan	d. 1925 d. 1935
25	Rev Barry O'Hearn Rev Hugh O'Neill	d. 2001 d. 1896

MARCH

3	Rev John Kavanagh	d. 1937
4	Most Rev Edmund Gleeson	d. 1956
6	Rev John O'Flynn	d. 1939
7	Rev Patrick Carey	d. 1949
9	Rev Florence McAuliffe	d. 1921
12	Rev Harry Cressy	d. 2001
16	Rev James Joseph Morrissey	d. 1969
20	Rev Joseph Philip Bernasconi Rev David Joseph Gooud	d. 1967 d. 2003
21	Rev John Foley	d. 1913
23	Rev Patrick Grace	d. 1953
27	Rev William Hourigan	d. 1964
28	Most Rev Patrick Dwyer Rev Edward Quinn	d. 1931 d. 1965

APRIL

5	Rev Reginald Callinan	d. 2022
9	Very Rev Vincent Casey	d. 2010
10	Rev Patrick Hand	d. 1910
12	Rev Patrick Hallinan	d. 2009
13	Rev Leo Daniel Driscoll Vincent Gerard Ryan	d. 1987 d. 2022
15	Rev M.ichael Dwyer OSB Rev Michael Barron	d. 1884 d. 1876
18	Rev James Thomas Walsh	d. 1959
19	Rev Thomas Hayes Rev Harold Campbell	d. 1976 d. 2008
20	Rev Patrick Magennis	d. 1866
21	Rev Patrick Cullen	d. 1921
22	Rev John Tierney Rev Thomas Lynam Rev Ron Pickin	d. 1896 d. 1992 d. 2015
23	Rev John Patrick Kelly Rev James Saunders Very Rev Paul Cullinane Simms	d. 1951 d. 2015 d. 2017
24	Rev Edmund Mahony	d. 1845
25	Rev James McGough Rev Thomas Darcy	d. 1910 d. 1910
28	Rev John Quinn	d. 1988
29	Rev James Flynn	d. 1908

MAY

1	Rev Patrick Finn	d. 1932
7	Rev Peter Williams	d. 2012
8	Rev John Rigney	d. 1903
11	Rev Eugene Luckie	d. 1883
15	Rev John Delaney	d. 1990
16	Most Rev Charles Davis	d. 1854
18	Rev John Upton	d. 1953
20	Rev Patrick Lynch	d. 1892
21	Rev William Morrissey	d. 1940
24	Rev James Gleeson	d. 1939
28	Rev Daniel Aherne	d. 1909
28	Fr Paul O'Neill	d. 2021
30	Rev Patrick Murphy Rev Martin O'Connor	d. 1907 d. 1951
31	Fr John McEnearney	d.2019

JUNE

2	Rev Cornelius Coghlan OP	d. 1872
3	Most Rev Leo Clarke Rev John O'Carroll	d. 2006 d. 1896
5	Rev Gerard Flatley	d. 1996
6	Rev Bernard McCosker	d. 1968
8	Rev Patrick Joseph Dunne	d. 2006
10	Rev Michael Farrelly Rev Francis Coffey Rev Laurence O'Dwyer * Rev John Murray	d. 1962 d. 1973 d. 2008 d. 1946
12	Rev Lex Levey	d. 2021
13	Rev John Joseph Barry	d. 1989
16	Rev Jeremiah Morrissey Rev Patrick Duggan Rev Brian Gibbons Rev George Nugent Rev Kenneth Hodgson	d. 1896 d. 1965 d. 2010 d. 2012 d. 2018
17	Rev Brian Bailey	d. 2016
18	Rev Constance Fontaine Rev Thomas Meagher	d. 1902 d. 1902
20	Very Rev Daniel Forde	d. 1980
28	Rev Joseph O'Carroll Rev Michael Forde	d. 1869 d. 1937

JULY

4	Rev John Woods	d. 2015
5	Rev Francis Kilgallin Rev Michael O'Dwyer Rev Joseph Clare Rev Anthony Stace	d. 1953 d. 1979 d. 2000 d. 2007
6	Rev John Alfred Newton	d. 1979
9	Most Rev James Murray Rev James Hughes Rev Lewis Fenton	d. 1909 d. 1996 d. 2023
14	Rev Peter Roche	d. 1935
15	Rev Patrick Kenyon	d. 1870
16	Rev Henry Ward	d. 1957
21	Rev Roland Smyth	d. 1997
22	Very Rev Roger Kennedy	d. 1994
25	Rev Peter Meagher Rev John Burke Rev Brian Walsh	d. 1924 d. 1995 d. 2002
28	Very Rev Patrick Cotter	d. 2007
31	Rev Horace Whibberley	d. 1951

AUGUST

1	Rev Maurus O'Connell OSB	d. 1901
6	Rev Michael Bourke	d. 1982
13	Rev William Sullivan Rev Thomas Rogers Rev Patrick Flynn	d. 1921 d. 1923 d. 2004
16	Rev Austin Hayes	d. 2005
19	Rev Terence Sylvester	d. 2004
21	Rev Harry Fenton Rev Philip Purcell	d. 2001 d. 2007
23	Rev Florence Richard Ryan	d. 1971
26	Rev Cornelius McAuliffe Rev Patrick Joseph Flanagan Rev James Brennan	d. 1937 d. 1972 d. 1979
27	Very Rev Francis Coolahan	d. 2000
29	Rev Clive Peter Damian Magill	d. 2013

SEPTEMBER

3	Rev Patrick Ryan	d. 1913
5	Rev Martin Kehoe	d. 1943
6	Rev Rene Cusse, Augustinian Rev Edward Troy	d. 1866 d. 2002
7	* Rev James O'Brien	d. 1940
8	Rev James O'Donnell	d. 1938
9	Rev John Francis Kelly	d. 1966
11	Rev Peter Julian Brock	d. 2014
14	Rev Archibald McMullen	d. 1922
16	Rev John Kenney	d. 1886
20	Rev John Gahan	d. 2015
21	Rev Mark Carlton	d. 1956
22	* Rev John Norris	d. 1947
24	Most Rev. John Toohey	d. 1975
27	Rev Bernard Murphy Rev Peter William Quirk	d. 1863 d. 1991
28	Rev James Ryan	d. 1908
29	Rev Thomas English Rev Matthew O'Donovan	d. 1895 d. 1999
30	Rev Tom Brennan	d. 2012

OCTOBER

8	Rev Patrick O'Regan Rev Bertram Watson	d. 1928 d. 1947
11	Rev Bernard McKiernan Rev James Thomas McNamara Rev Martin Joseph Brennan	d. 1927 d. 1956 d. 1970
12	Rev Eugene Sheehy	d. 1896
14	Rev Michael McAuliffe	d. 1938
15	Rev William Peters	d. 2000
17	Rev Patrick Helferty	d. 2001
18	Rev Robert Rugers	d. 1990
20	Rev Florence O'Donoghue	d. 1992
25	* Rev Thomas Hilly	d. 1945
27	Rev William O'Reilly Most Rev Ernest Tweedy	d. 1922 d. 1965
28	Rev Michael Dargan	d. 2015
29	Rev Michael Keenan Rev Michael Kiernan	d. 1928 d. 1939
31	Rev Gregory Ross	d. 1997

NOVEMBER

1	Rev Thomas Kennedy	d. 2006
2	Rev Terence Hornery	d. 1997
5	Rev Thomas Cook	d. 1952
6	Rev Thomas.Gloster Rev William Joseph Cantwell Rev Glen Walsh	d. 1969 d. 1984 d. 2017
7	Very Rev Vincent Francis Dilley	d. 1984
9	Rev James Doran	d. 2002
10	Rev James O'Reilly Rev Cornelius O'Regan	d. 1916 d. 1943
12	Rev John Dunne Rev Michael Ryan	d. 1867 d. 1887
13	Rev John Coady Most Rev William Wright	d. 1959 d. 2021
14	Rev Denis Corrigan	d. 2013
17	Rev Seamus McErlean	d. 2019
19	Very Rev Francis O'Gorman Rev John Marshall	d. 1935 d. 1956
22	Rev John O'Dwyer	d. 1973
27	Rev Bernard Kennedy	d. 1997
28	Very Rev Victor Francis Peters Rev Michael Moylan	d. 1960 d. 1971

DECEMBER

6	Rev Henry William Hughes	d. 2017
8	Rev Lachlan Larkin	d. 1990
10	Rev Thomas Joseph O'Sullivan	d. 2003
11	Rev Michael John Fitzgerald	d. 1986
12	Rev Michael Matthews Rev Patrick O'Leary	d. 1882 d. 1898
14	Rev Christopher Dowling OP	d. 1873
15	Rev Philip Ryan	d. 2017
20	Rev Dermot Heffernan	d. 1973
21	Rev Edmund McGrath Rev Thomas Michael Purcell	d. 1919 d. 1978
23	Rev Patrick Murtagh Rev Norman Andrew Withnell	d. 1877 d. 1987
26	Rev Thomas Quigley	d. 1957
28	Rev Thomas Nealon	d. 1913
29	Rev John O'Reilly	d. 1898
31	Rev James Garvey Rev Joseph Walsh	d. 1884 d. 1993

* Buried at Sandgate Cemetary, but did not serve as priests within the diocese.