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Father Patrick O'Reilly 1843–1914 | |
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| Born | 24 February 1843 Rosscarberry, County Cork  Ireland |
| Died | 25 August 1914 Dunedin  New Zealand |
| Resting place | Otahuhu |
Patrick O'Reilly (1843–1914) were Catholic priest and educationalist in the Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand. He was born in Rosscarberry, County Cork, Ireland in 1843 and was brought by his parents to Auckland in 1852. He was educated in Auckland at the primary school attached to St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, St Peter's Select School, Auckland and St Mary's Seminary. He was ordained priest on 24 February 1866 and was one of the first Catholic priests to have received most of his training for the ministry in New Zealand. O'Reilly's major pastoral efforts were in Coromandel and Thameswhere he built churches and established schools which were "well-run institutions ... models of their kind". O'Reilly assisted Bishop Edmund Luck in reorganising Catholic education in the Diocese after the passage of the Education Act 1977 which excluded the possibility of public financial assistance for privately-run schools. O'Reilly was appinted the first Diocesan Inspector of Catholic Schools and was appointed to the rank of Monsignor for this work. He remained parish priest of Thames until 1908. After some years of ill-health, he died in Dunedin on 25 August 1914.[1]