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Bishop Foley with, from left Frs. T. Heneghan, D. Fitzparick, J. Mahony and S.O'Connor and some Xavier College Students[early 1960s]
  • Fr. Dennis Fitzpatrick: Lautoka [1952-1971; 1972-1976; Australia [1971-1972], Cathedral [1977-1981], Tamavua [1982-1983]; Xavier College [1984-1986]; Ireland; died in 1989.
  • Fr. Roderick Hoult: Lautoka [ 1952- 1953], Samabula [1954-1956], Nabala [1957-1963]; Nausori [1968-1970], General Council [1970- 1976]; New Zealand; died 1988.
  • Fr. John. J. Loughlin: Nabala [1953-1957]; Samabula [1957-1958]; Lautoka [1959-1960]; Yasawa [1961]; Nausori [1966-1967]; Ba [1968]; Tamavua [1973-1982]; Australia; died in 1999.
  • Fr. Michael Cryan: Xavier College -Ba [1953-1959]; Australia; died in 2007.

Frs. Mick Cryan, Kevin Fleming and John Doyle and children
  • Fr. Patrick. J. Kelly:  Vatukoula [1953-1957], Lautoka [1958- 1969]; Australia, Pakistan and Ireland; died in 2006.
  • Fr. Kevin Fleming: Nadi [1952]; Xavier College, Ba [1953-1960]; Samabula [1961- 1964]; England until 1975; Korolevu [1975- 1986], Vanuatu [1986]; Labasa [1987-1991]; died in Ireland in 1991.
  • Fr. John Doyle:  Nabala [1953-1958]; Vatukoula [1958-1959]; Nabala [1960-1966]; Ba [1967-1977];
  • Labasa [1978-1987]; Sigatoka [1989-1998]; died in Ireland 1998.
  • Fr. Gerry Hurley:  Xavier College [1953-1954]; Nabala [1955- 1956]; Cathedral [1957- 1958]; Britain [1959-1980]; Lomary [1981-1996]; Ireland [1992-2002]; died in Ireland 2002.

Fr. Gerry Hurley annoints an elderly
  • Fr. Martin Dobey:  Yasawa [1953-1959]; Vatukoula 1960-1964; Nabala [1964-1966]; Suva [ 1967-1968]; Lautoka [1969-1979]; Australia [1980-1984]; Naiserelagi [1984-1990]; Labasa [ 1991-2002]; retired 2002-2005 [Ireland]. Died in 2007.
  • Fr. Charles O’ Mahony:  Varoka, Ba [1952]; Tamavua and Suva [1994-2007]; Australia; died in 2013.
  • Fr. Seamus O’ Connor:  Ba [1953-1957]; Samabula [1959]; Ba [1959-1964]; Ireland; retired.
  • Fr. Jim Gavigan: Nabala [1953-1955]; Xavier College [1956-1957, 1960-1964]; Yasawa [1958-1959]; Vatukoula [1964-1970]; Tamavua [1972-1973]; Navesi [1973-1980]; Lautoka [1981-1987]; Tamavua [1987-1995]; Corpus Christi [1996-2009]; retired in Ireland. Died in 1999.
  • Fr. Arthur Tierney:  Lautoka [1953-1958]; Samabula [1958-1959]; Vatukoula [1959-1961; 1964-1966; 1977-1979]; Xavier College [1963-1964]; Lautoka [1967]; Tamavua [1969- 1972]; Ireland [1972-1976], Tanna [1980-1985]; Vanuakula [1985-1988]; Raiwaqa [1989-1993]; Suva [1993-2001]; died in 2001.