St Patrick's - Priests and vocations

Catholic Church Kilsyth

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PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS OF ST. PATRICK'S PARISH
Parish Priests - Curates - Religious - Vocations - Visiting Priests

There was a mission at Kilsyth from 1840 -1865 Rev. Fathers MacLachlan and Gillon served Kilsyth from Lennoxtown.

PARISH PRIESTS OF ST. PATRICK'S PARISH

Rev. John Galvin	1865-1873
Rev. Jeremiah Bric	1873-1873
Very Rev. John Canon Murphy	1873-1889
Very Rev. Michael Canon Turner	1890-1903
Right Rev. Mgr. Patrick MacNamara	1903-1938
Very Rev. Michael Canon Downey	1938-1955
Very Rev. Thomas Canon McGarvey	1956-1972
Very Rev. Denis Canon O'Connell	1972-1987
Very Rev. Karl Canon Kruger	1987-1989
Rev. Bernard Doonan	1989-1990
Rev. Charles Barclay (Parish Administrator)	1990-1991
Rev. Gerard R. Hand	1991-2006
Rev. James G Tracey	2006-present

ASSISTANT PRIESTS

Rev. John M. Murphy (the first assistant Priest)	1881-1885
Rev J Andrew Macintyre	1899-1900
Rev. Edward Blake	1903-1915
Rev. Daniel Murphy	1915-1923
Rev. James Harold	1923-1928
Rev. James F. Maxwell	1928-1930
Rev. John McGettigan	1930-1938
Rev Patrick C. Lynch	1931-1932
Rev. Francis Kerr	1938-1940
Rev. Edward Gilchrist	1939-1940
Rev. Thomas A. Watt	1940-1942
Rev. Thomas McCarville	1942-1947
Rev. Edward McKay	1942-1944
Rev. John C. Barry	1945-1946
Rev. Francis Thomson	1946-1948
Rev. James Brennan (ord. 1945)	1947-1961
Rev. William Anthony	1948-1956
Rev. Matthew Donaghue	1956-1958
Rev. Patrick McNulty	1958-1961
Rev. Gerald McCabe	1961-1968
Rev. Michael Bell	1961-1972
Rev. Andrew Shiels	1968-1971
Rev. Keith O'Brien	1972-1974
Rev. Desmond McKeever SPS	1973-1974
Rev. Brian Byrne	1974-1976
Rev. Robert McGarrigle	1974-1981
Rev. Joseph Portelli	1981-1983
Rev. Joseph McIntyre	1983-1985
Rev. Thomas Mullen	1985-1987
Rev. George Paul	1987-1989
Rev. William Brennan	1989-1990
Rev. Steve Gilhooley	1990-1993
Rev. Jeremy Bath	1993-1996
Rev. Chris Heenan	1996-1998
Rev. Scott Deeley	2004-2008

VISITING PRIESTS AND DEACONS

Rev. John Deighan	August - September 2011

SUPERIORS & SISTERS OF ST. ANDREW'S CONVENT

Sister M. Dolores	1974-1976
Sister M. Agnes	1976-1983
Sister M. Andrew	1983-1986
Sister Mary Clement O'Connell	19??-19??
Sister Mary Michael	19??-19??
Sister Mary Angela McFaul	19??-19??
Sister Mary Adelaide	19??-19??
Sister Mary Joseph	19??-19??
Sister Mary Gertrude	19??-19??
Sister Bernard (the last Superior)	19??-19??
Sister Regina	19??-19??
Sister Anne Mary	19??-19??

VOCATIONS FROM KILSYTH

Priests

Religious

"A community which is poor
in vocations impoverishes the
whole Church; but a community
which is rich in vocation
enriches the whole Church"
John Paul II

Rev. William O'Raw

Sister Mary Ann McCart

Rev. Thomas Rice, C.M

Sister Mary Rose Fitzsimmons

Rev. David Brown

Sister Carmella Murphy

Rev. Patrick Kelly

Sister Margaret Dempsey

Rev. John Callaghan

Sister Mary of the Angels

Rev. John Gordon

Brother James Murphy