Burke, Eustace, 1914-1949, Capuchin priest

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Burke, Eustace, 1914-1949, Capuchin priest

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24 December 1914-2 October 1949

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Baptismal name: John Burke
Religious name: Fr. Eustace Burke OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 24 Dec. 1914
Place of birth: Ballyhesty, Whitechurch, County Cork
Name of father: John Burke (Farmer)
Name of mother: Margaret Teresa Burke (née Murphy)
Date of parents’ marriage: 9 Feb. 1909
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1934
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1935
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1938
Date of ordination (as priest): 14 June 1942 (St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal)
Educational attainments: BA (1938)
Missionary activities: Travelled to the Prefecture of Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) in November 1942. He was initially stationed in the Sichilli mission in Barotseland, but a serious illness necessitated his transfer to Livingstone where he ministered until August 1947. He was then transferred to South Africa and was appointed pastor of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town.
Date of death: 2 Oct. 1949
Place of death: St. Joseph’s Sanatorium, Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa
Place of burial: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa

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