Joseph Dalton (priest)
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Joseph Dalton (2 December 1817 – 4 January 1905) was an Irish Jesuit priest born in Waterford.[1]
He was educated at the Jesuit colleges of Clongowes Wood College and St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg and entered the Society of Jesus in December 1836.[1] He was ordained in 1850.[2] He studied and served at various Jesuit institutions in Ireland and returned to Tullabeg where he had also taught in 1839–1840 and served as Rector from 1861–1865.[3]
He led the first Irish Jesuit mission to Australia in 1866.[4] He was responsible for the development of a number of churches and educational institutions.[5] He oversaw the transfer of St Patrick's College, East Melbourne to the Jesuits and subsequently purchased land in 1872 upon which Xavier College, Kew, was built. It opened in 1878.[1]
He also served in New Zealand for a time, where in 1878 he founded Saint Aloysius’ College, Dunedin.[6]
In Sydney, he founded Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview & St Aloysius' College. He was Rector of Riverview, New South Wales.[7] After his retirement in 1883 he lived at Riverview, where he died on 5 January 1905.[1]
The Chapel of Riverview was later erected to his memory.[1]
His younger brother James was also a Jesuit priest.[2]
