Fr Austin Gogerty, 1917 - 1993
Austin was born in Trim, Co. Meath on the 11th of September, 1917. Having received his primary education locally, his secondary education was in St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan from 1932 to 1936. Following this he did one Rhetoric year in St. Patrick’s College Carlow, entering Kiltegan in 1937. Following the Spiritual Year here, he returned to Carlow for his Philosophy, after which he completed his Theology studies in Kiltegan. He was ordained in December, 1943 but owing to wartime restrictions, he did not travel to Nigeria until 1945.
Reaching Nigeria, he was assigned to the then Vicariate of Calabar. Records indicate that while in Calabar, Austin found himself, according to one scribe ‘builder in residence at Holy Family College, Abak and later engaged in agricultural pursuits in Edem Ekpat’. Shortly after returning to Ireland in 1950 he went to the U.S.A. to take charge of a newly-formed congregation of brothers in the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey and records show a letter from Austin to the then Superior General informing the latter that he had been officially installed as Superior of the Congregation in October, 1953. He was to continue in this capacity until the end of 1960, when he returned to Ireland.
Early in 1961, Austin re-located to England and ministered in the Archdiocese of Liverpool until the end of 1962, when he returned to Ireland. He also ministered for some time after this in New York and Florida. Afterwards he returned to Ireland and for some time he ministered in Baltinglass. In the mid-sixties, Austin began his final period of ministry, this time in the Diocese of Meath. There he worked in Tullamore, Kilbeggan and in Delvin. In 1984, he transferred to Rosemount and from there, in 1988, he went as Chaplain to the hospital in Navan. He died on the 11th of May, 1993.
Ordained: 1943
Place of Rest: Kiltegan
Austin was born in Trim, Co. Meath on the 11th of September, 1917. Having received his primary education locally, his secondary education was in St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan from 1932 to 1936. Following this he did one Rhetoric year in St. Patrick’s College Carlow, entering Kiltegan in 1937. Following the Spiritual Year here, he returned to Carlow for his Philosophy, after which he completed his Theology studies in Kiltegan. He was ordained in December, 1943 but owing to wartime restrictions, he did not travel to Nigeria until 1945.
Reaching Nigeria, he was assigned to the then Vicariate of Calabar. Records indicate that while in Calabar, Austin found himself, according to one scribe ‘builder in residence at Holy Family College, Abak and later engaged in agricultural pursuits in Edem Ekpat’. Shortly after returning to Ireland in 1950 he went to the U.S.A. to take charge of a newly-formed congregation of brothers in the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey and records show a letter from Austin to the then Superior General informing the latter that he had been officially installed as Superior of the Congregation in October, 1953. He was to continue in this capacity until the end of 1960, when he returned to Ireland.
Early in 1961, Austin re-located to England and ministered in the Archdiocese of Liverpool until the end of 1962, when he returned to Ireland. He also ministered for some time after this in New York and Florida. Afterwards he returned to Ireland and for some time he ministered in Baltinglass. In the mid-sixties, Austin began his final period of ministry, this time in the Diocese of Meath. There he worked in Tullamore, Kilbeggan and in Delvin. In 1984, he transferred to Rosemount and from there, in 1988, he went as Chaplain to the hospital in Navan. He died on the 11th of May, 1993.
Ordained: 1943
Place of Rest: Kiltegan
Fr Austin Gogerty, 1917 - 1993
Austin was born in Trim, Co. Meath on the 11th of September, 1917. Having received his primary education locally, his secondary education was in St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan from 1932 to 1936. Following this he did one Rhetoric year in St. Patrick’s College Carlow, entering Kiltegan in 1937. Following the Spiritual Year here, he returned to Carlow for his Philosophy, after which he completed his Theology studies in Kiltegan. He was ordained in December, 1943 but owing to wartime restrictions, he did not travel to Nigeria until 1945.
Reaching Nigeria, he was assigned to the then Vicariate of Calabar. Records indicate that while in Calabar, Austin found himself, according to one scribe ‘builder in residence at Holy Family College, Abak and later engaged in agricultural pursuits in Edem Ekpat’. Shortly after returning to Ireland in 1950 he went to the U.S.A. to take charge of a newly-formed congregation of brothers in the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey and records show a letter from Austin to the then Superior General informing the latter that he had been officially installed as Superior of the Congregation in October, 1953. He was to continue in this capacity until the end of 1960, when he returned to Ireland.
Early in 1961, Austin re-located to England and ministered in the Archdiocese of Liverpool until the end of 1962, when he returned to Ireland. He also ministered for some time after this in New York and Florida. Afterwards he returned to Ireland and for some time he ministered in Baltinglass. In the mid-sixties, Austin began his final period of ministry, this time in the Diocese of Meath. There he worked in Tullamore, Kilbeggan and in Delvin. In 1984, he transferred to Rosemount and from there, in 1988, he went as Chaplain to the hospital in Navan. He died on the 11th of May, 1993.
Ordained: 1943
Place of Rest: Kiltegan
Austin was born in Trim, Co. Meath on the 11th of September, 1917. Having received his primary education locally, his secondary education was in St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan from 1932 to 1936. Following this he did one Rhetoric year in St. Patrick’s College Carlow, entering Kiltegan in 1937. Following the Spiritual Year here, he returned to Carlow for his Philosophy, after which he completed his Theology studies in Kiltegan. He was ordained in December, 1943 but owing to wartime restrictions, he did not travel to Nigeria until 1945.
Reaching Nigeria, he was assigned to the then Vicariate of Calabar. Records indicate that while in Calabar, Austin found himself, according to one scribe ‘builder in residence at Holy Family College, Abak and later engaged in agricultural pursuits in Edem Ekpat’. Shortly after returning to Ireland in 1950 he went to the U.S.A. to take charge of a newly-formed congregation of brothers in the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey and records show a letter from Austin to the then Superior General informing the latter that he had been officially installed as Superior of the Congregation in October, 1953. He was to continue in this capacity until the end of 1960, when he returned to Ireland.
Early in 1961, Austin re-located to England and ministered in the Archdiocese of Liverpool until the end of 1962, when he returned to Ireland. He also ministered for some time after this in New York and Florida. Afterwards he returned to Ireland and for some time he ministered in Baltinglass. In the mid-sixties, Austin began his final period of ministry, this time in the Diocese of Meath. There he worked in Tullamore, Kilbeggan and in Delvin. In 1984, he transferred to Rosemount and from there, in 1988, he went as Chaplain to the hospital in Navan. He died on the 11th of May, 1993.
Ordained: 1943
Place of Rest: Kiltegan
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
