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John Alphonsus Heavey (1868-1948) was a
Roman Catholic
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bishop in
Queensland
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, Australia. He was the
Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown and the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Cairns
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.
Early life
Heavey was born on 13 November 1868 in
Roundwood
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Geography
Roundwood is located where the R755 road ...
,
County Wicklow
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, Ireland
or in
Ballyhaunis
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It is thought that the town grew up around St Mary's Augus ...
,
County Mayo
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.
Religious life
Heavey was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in
Rome
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as a member of the
Augustinian Order
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on 23 May 1891.
He served as professor and prior of the order in
County Wexford
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, Ireland, before being appointed in 1914 as
Vicar Apostolic of Cooktown in
North Queensland
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, Australia.
At the time the
Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown
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was established in 1877,
Cooktown
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was expected to become the major town in North Queensland, but his predecessor Bishop
James Murray had relocated the headquarters of the vicariate to
Cairns
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circa 1904, as it had become the major town in the area.
Heavey's journey to Australia involved a number of misadventures. His first voyage on hit a buoy which caused damage to the ship's hull and it began to take on water and had to return for repairs. When the ship departed again, it collided with a Belgian ship, but was found not to have sustained significant damage, so the journey continued, but news of German warship
SMS ''Emden'' being in the vicinity (
World War I
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having commenced) required the ship to travel with "lights out" until arriving at Fremantle in January 1915.
In 1941, the Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown was elevated to become the
Diocese of Cairns with Heavey as its first Bishop.
Death
On 12 June 1948, Heavey died in Cairns. His funeral was held at
St Monica's Cathedral in Cairns with the
panegyric
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Etymology
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preached by
Archbishop of Brisbane
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James Duhig
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.
He was buried in the
Martyn Street Cemetery Martyn may refer to:
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*Martyn (given name)
See also
*Martin (disambiguation)
*Marten (disambiguation)
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in Cairns.
See also
*
Catholic Church in Australia
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References
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1948 deaths
Augustinian bishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Cairns
People from County Wicklow
1868 births