DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED TASMANIAN PRIEST.

New Zealand Tablet, 28 August 1919, Page 19

DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED TASMANIAN PRIEST.

The Right Rev. Mgr.. Gilleran, V.G., died somewhat unexpectedly at Highbury Private Hospital, Hobart, on Wednesday morning, August 6. He only entered the hospital on the previous Saturday. The late Mgr. Gilleran, who was in his 67th year, was a native of Roscommon. His studies were made at the diocesan seminary, and at All Hallows. He was ordained in 1876, and went to Tasmania in the same year. He was stationed first at Campbell Town, and afterwards at New Norfolk, St. Joseph’s, Hobart, and Latrobe. From the latter place he was appointed Vicar-General, and Administrator of St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Holy Father made him a Domestic Prelate in 1908. Mgr. Gilleran was a man of great activities ; his long residence in the archdiocese made him familiar with all public wants, and he took a leading, part in Catholic public movements.. •,