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Vale Fr Justin King SJ

The Funeral Mass for Fr King will take place at 12 noon, Tuesday 21 February at Saint Ignatius' Church, Norwood.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of FATHER JUSTIN ERNEST KING SJ, who died at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 13 February 2017, aged 79 years and 8 months.

Fr Justin King SJ

Fr Justin King SJ

June 1937 — Born in Drummoyne, NSW

1946-54 — Educated at St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, NSW

1955-56 — Novitiate at Loyola College, Watsonia, Vic.

1957-59 — Philosophy at Loyola College, Watsonia, Vic.

1960-61, 1966 — Regency at St Patrick’s College, East Melbourne

1962-65 — Campion College, Kew, Vic.: BA and BSc at University of Melbourne

1967-70 — Theology at Canisius College, Pymble, NSW & Jesuit Theological College, Parkville, Vic. (1969-70). Ordained priest on 13 Dec 1969

1971 — Iowa City, USA: studying Science Education

Sept 1971-May 1972 — Tertianship at St Beuno’s, Flintshire, UK (tertian instructor: Paul Kennedy SJ)

1972 (Sept-Dec) — Xavier College, Kew, Vic.: teacher (Religion, Maths)

1973-78 — St Aloysius’ College, Milsons Pt, NSW: teacher (Religion, Science), assistant to prefect of studies and sportsmaster, primary school chaplain, co-ordinator of Junior Science, assistant chaplain to Cadets (1977)

1979-81 — St Leo’s College, Brisbane, Qld: vice-rector, prefect of studies and discipline, Physics tutor

1982-90 — Athelstone, SA: chaplain at St Thomas More College, Salisbury

1991-95 (Easter) — Canisius College, Pymble, NSW: socius to master of novices, assistant minister, vice-rector (1993)

1995-2000 — Aquinas College, North Adelaide, SA: vice-rector, minister, chaplain at University of Adelaide, chaplain to collegians and alumni

2001-09 — Manresa, Hawthorn, Vic.: chaplain at Loyola College, Watsonia

2010-17 — Sevenhill, SA: assistant in parish, member of Ignatian Centre of Spirituality

Funeral Mass: 12 noon, Tuesday 21 February at Saint Ignatius’ Church, Norwood, followed by interment at West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, at 2.30pm.