McNamara, Donatus, 1931-2021, Capuchin priest

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        10 September 1931-5 July 2021

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        John McNamara was born in Glin, County Limerick, on 10 September 1931. He was baptised in the Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Glin in the Diocese of Limerick. He attended the national school in Glin after which he received his secondary education at Rochestown College in County Cork. He was admitted to the Capuchin novitiate in Rochestown on 3 October 1950. Following his temporary profession in Rochestown a year later, he was transferred to St. Bonaventure’s Friary in Cork from where he attended University College Cork for three years, after which he was conferred with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He made his perpetual profession in St. Bonaventure’s on 4 October 1954 and then made his way to Ard Mhuire Friary in Donegal for theological studies. He was ordained to the priesthood by William McNeely, Bishop of Raphoe, in St. Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny on 15 May 1958. Later that year, he commenced Canon Law studies in Rome and obtained a Licentiate in 1960. On 17 August 1960, Fr. Donatus departed for the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). He first served as assistant pastor in St Therese’s and in Maramba, both in the Livingstone Diocese, from 1960 to 1963. He then went on to teach seminarians in St. John’s in Mongu, in Limulunga and in Nalionwa (Kalabo) from 1964 to 1978. He was rector of the school at Limulunga from 1965 to 1978. He returned to Ireland in 1978, when he became a member of the staff at Rochestown College, teaching there for the next ten years. In 1988 he was appointed Mission Secretary and worked out of the mission office at the Church Street Friary in Dublin. In 1998, he returned to Zambia. He was posted to Malengwa Friary in Mongu, the capital of the Western Province in Zambia, and was appointed chaplain to Mongu Teacher Training College. After a two-year stay (2008-10), in St. Pio Friary, Fr. Donatus was transferred to the recently built Capuchin novitiate at the Camerino Friary in Lusaka, where he lived until his death on 5 July 2021. He was buried in the cemetery attached to the Camerino Friary.

        Baptismal name: John McNamara
        Religious name: Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap.
        Date of birth: 10 Sept. 1931
        Place of birth: Glin, County Limerick
        Name of father: Thomas McNamara
        Name of mother: Brigid McNamara (née Egan)
        Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1950
        Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1951
        Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1954
        Date of ordination (as priest): 15 May 1958
        Educational attainments: BA, 2nd class hons. (1954); Licentiate in Canon Law, Rome (1960)
        Missionary activities: Travelled to Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 17 Aug. 1960. He returned to Ireland on 10 Aug. 1976. He returned to Zambia in Sept. 1998.
        Date of death: 5 July 2021
        Place of death: St. Clare’s Hospital, Makeni, Lusaka, Zambia
        Place of burial: Cemetery, Capuchin Novitiate, Camerino Friary, Lusaka, Zambia

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