Death of the Rev. Father Mackintosh, Parnell.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 7, 12 February 1903, Page 15

Death of the Rev. Father Mackintosh, Parnell.

(From our Auckland correspondent.)

The Rev. Father Mackintosh, assistant priest at Parnell, died suddenly on Saturday, January 31. He had been ailing for gome time, and the jury at the inqueßt returned a verdict, in accordance with the medical evidence, of death from syncope. The deceased priest had been two years in this diocese. For years he was administrator of the Glasgow Cathedral, which, owing to ill-health he was obliged to relinquish, and carae on a long sea voyage to the Colony. On his arrival here he succeeded the Rev. Father Patterson in the charge of Otahuhu and Howick, whence he was sent to Parnell. The announcement of his death in the churches on Sunday morning caused a profound sensation. The funeral took place on Mcnday morning from the Church of St. John the Baptist, Parnell, where a Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Patterson, assisted by the Rev. Father Purton, 0.5.8. In the choir the following priests were present and sang the appropriate music : "Very Rev. Dr. Egan, 0.8.8., Very Rev. Father Fitzgerald, 0.F.M., Rev. Fathers Kehoe, Buckley, Furlong, and Holbrook. After Mass the absolutions were given by the Rev. Father Kehoe. The funeral procession was most imposing, and proceeded to the Otahuhu cemetery, where his Lordship the Bishop met the oortege. Here also the Very Rev. Monsignor Paul, V.G., a?id Father MoGuineas met it. Father Kehoe conducted the service at the grave, where the Bishop delivered a panegyric on the departed priest. A large number of mourners assembled to pay their tribute of respect to the deceased.— B.l.P.