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'''Patrick O'Reilly''' (1843–1914) was a Catholic priest and educationalist in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland|Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand]]. He was born in [[Rosscarbery]], [[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 College, Auckland#1841 - the original St Peter's|St Peter's Select School]] (Auckland's first Catholic secondary school for boy) and [[St Mary's Seminary]]. He was ordained a 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, New Zealand| Coromandel]] and [[Thames, New Zealand|Thames]] where he built churches and established schools which were "well-run institutions ... models of their kind". O'Reilly assisted [[John Edmund Luck|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 appointed the first Diocesan Inspector of Catholic Schools and was raised 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.<ref>[http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/2o7/1 Carolyn Moynihan. 'O'Reilly, Patrick - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10]</ref> |
'''Patrick O'Reilly''' (1843–1914) was a Catholic priest and educationalist in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland|Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand]]. He was born in [[Rosscarbery]], [[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 College, Auckland#1841 - the original St Peter's|St Peter's Select School]] (Auckland's first Catholic secondary school for boy) and [[St Mary's Seminary]]. He was ordained a 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, New Zealand| Coromandel]] (where in 1864 he baptised [[Matthew Brodie|Matthew Brodie, who was later the first New Zealand-born Catholic priest and became the second Bishop of Christchurch]]) and [[Thames, New Zealand|Thames]] where he built churches and established schools which were "well-run institutions ... models of their kind". O'Reilly assisted [[John Edmund Luck|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 appointed the first Diocesan Inspector of Catholic Schools and was raised 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.<ref>[http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/2o7/1 Carolyn Moynihan. 'O'Reilly, Patrick - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10]</ref> |
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Father Patrick O'Reilly 1843–1914 | |
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| Born | 24 February 1843 Rosscarbery, County Cork  Ireland |
| Died | 25 August 1914 Dunedin  New Zealand |
| Resting place | Otahuhu |
Patrick O'Reilly (1843–1914) was a Catholic priest and educationalist in the Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand. He was born in Rosscarbery, 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's first Catholic secondary school for boy) and St Mary's Seminary. He was ordained a 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 (where in 1864 he baptised Matthew Brodie, who was later the first New Zealand-born Catholic priest and became the second Bishop of Christchurch) and Thames where 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 appointed the first Diocesan Inspector of Catholic Schools and was raised 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]