AUSTRALIA: DEATH OF RETIRED PRIEST- FR. EDWARDS

ARDIOCESE OF CANBERRA PRESS RELEASE: The funeral Mass for Fr Fred Edwards, who died peacefully on Wednesday morning in Sydney, will be held in Goulburn next Tuesday.

Fr Edwards, who was 79, was parish priest of Grenfell, Braidwood and Gunning between 1979 and his retirement in 2000. He also served at Goulburn, Queanbeyan, Tumut and Cootamundra.

Fr Edwards was born in Sydney in 1932 and attended Beda College in Rome before being ordained in St Paul's Outside-the-Walls by Cardinal Cicognani on 26 March, 1966.

He had been a high care resident at Holy Spirit, Croydon, for the past four years after moving to Sydney to be closer to family. He is survived by his sister June Fardouly and brother Ron.

The funeral Mass will be held at 10.30am on Tuesday, 7 June, at Sts Peter and Paul Old Cathedral, Goulburn. He will be buried in Woden cemetery, Canberra.

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