AUGUSTINIANS IN KYABRAM

The Augustinians began their ministry in the Parish of Echuca and District in the last week of December 1886, and from that date onwards, the priests visiting Kyabram were Augustinians.

THE FIRST THREE AUGUSTINIAN PRIESTS IN THE DISTRICT WERE:

Fr. Joseph A. COLMAN O.S.A Prior & Parish Priest. (Echuca 1886 – 1891).

 Fr. Joseph A. KNOWLES O.S.A. (Echuca 1886 – 1891).

 Fr. Thomas A. MEREDITH O.S.A. (Echuca 1886 – 1891).

THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY:

Fr Laurence FUNCHION O.S.A (October 1887 – 1889).

Fr. Vincent LANDY O.S.A. (October 1887 – 1889).

Fr. Henry ALLEN O.S.A. 1888.

Fr. William O’BYRNE O.S.A . (1891 – 1925)

Fr. James MURRAY O.S.A. (1892 – 1898) Bishop of Cooktown 1898 until his death in 1914.

THE KYABRAM PRIORY WAS BUILT IN 1903 AND KYABRAM BECAME A SEPARATE MISSION FROM ECHUCA IN MAY OF THAT YEAR.

Fr. Thomas MULQUEEN O.S.A. Parish Priest (1903 – 1910)

Fr. John STOKES O.S.A. (1903 – 1908 & 1911 – 1923). Parish Priest 1912 – 1923.

Fr. Edward MALONE O.S.A. (1908 – 1911) Parish Priest 1911.

Fr. Thomas HOYNE O.S.A. (1911 – 1912 & 1955 – 1958)

Fr. Patrick Luke MADDOCK O.S.A. (1911 – 1923. Parish Priest 1931 – 1936 & 1949 – 1953).

Fr. Kieran Laurence GRIFFIN O.S.A. Parish Priest 1923 – 1930.

Fr. Vincent Michael FOLEY O.S.A. (1923 – 1927)

Fr. Finbar O’HEA O.S.A. (1924 – 1930)

Fr. Gabriel LYONS O.S.A. (1927 – 1930).

Fr. John Stanislaus ROCHE O.S.A. (Nov. 1926 – late 1927. 1930 – 1933).

Fr. Vincent Thomas WALSH O.S.A. (1933 – 1937)

Fr. James Augustine GRACE O.S.A. (1933 – 1943) Parish Priest 1937 – 1943.

Fr. Patrick Augustine DOYLE O.S.A. (1936 – 1941)

Fr. Thomas James DOWNEY O.S.A. (1937 – 1941)

Fr. Declan William TREACY O.S.A. (1940 – 1945)              

Fr. James Ignatius KELLY O.S.A. (1943 - ).             

Fr. Joseph PHELAN O.S.A. (1944 – 1951) Parish Priest 1944 – 1948

Fr. Patrick Augustine STOKES O.S.A. (1945 – 1955) Parish Priest 1954 – 1955.

Fr. Finian Patrick TWOMEY (1948 – 1952)

Fr. Sean Kevin ANDERSON O.S.A. (1952 – 1955)

Fr. John Laurence (Larry) MEAGHER O.S.A. Parish Priest 1956 – 1960.

Fr. Phillip Patrick KEHOE O.S.A. (1958 – 1965)

Fr. James Brendan KAVANAGH O.S.A. Parish Priest 1960 -1967.          

Fr. John Senan DORAN O.S.A. (Circa 1963)

Fr. William Bernard CONNOLLY O.S.A. (1965 – 1970)

Fr. Thomas Leonard WOODS O.S.A. Parish Priest 1967 – 1970.

Fr. William Joseph WALLACE O.S.A. Parish Priest 1971 – 1975

Fr. Maurice Albert O’CONNOR O.S.A. (1971 – 1978) Parish Priest 1975 – 1978.

Fr. John Berchmans POWER O.S.A. (1973 – 1974)                  

Fr. Daniel Gregory O’LEARY O.S.A. (1975 - ).                

Fr. Patrick Finian DUGGAN O.S.A. (1975 - ).                   

Fr. John Anthony McGLONE O.S.A. (1976).                   

Fr. John Carthage CLARKSON O.S.A. (1977 – 1981) Parish Priest 1979 – 1981

Fr. Brian Patrick BUCKLEY O.S.A. (1978 – 1984) Parish Priest 1981 – 1983.

Fr. Patrick G. LOVE O.S.A. (1979 – 1981)

Fr. Joseph Colman WALSH O.S.A. (1982. 1990 – 1998. 2005).

Fr. Peter Desmond ROHAN O.S.A. (1981 – 1982)

Fr. James Edward BOLTON O.S.A. (1983 – 1987. May 2000 – June 2003).

Fr. Denis Kevin Kieran O’SHEA O.S.A. Parish Priest 1984 – 1986.                    

Fr. John Louis SULLIVAN O.S.A. (1985 – 1987) Parish Priest 1987.                   

Fr. Paul Donal DEMPSEY O.S.A. (1987 – 1999) Parish Priest 1988 – 1999.

Fr. David John MURRIN O.S.A. (1987 – 1990).                    

Fr. Peter Alan JONES O.S.A. (1988 – 1989)

Fr. John Augustine O’SULLIVAN O.S.A. (1999 – 2000).

Fr. David Martin AUSTIN O.S.A. Parish Priest 1999 – 2005.

Fr. Patrick Stephen BOURKE O.S.A (2003 – 2004)