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don Bernard Francis Vella

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand
Death: January 15, 1995 (61)
Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine Street, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand (Cancer)
Place of Burial: Plot 352/369A, Roman Catholic Section 2, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Francis Vella and Mary "Molly" McLeod Vella
Brother of Sister Mary Stephen Vella; Private; Private and Private

Occupation: catholic priest
Managed by: Private User
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Immediate Family

About don Bernard Francis Vella

Primary education at Sacred Heart Parish School and at the Marist Brothers.

Secondary schooling at St Patricks College in Cambridge Terrace.

Three years at Victoria University. Double degree in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.

Entered Marist Seminary at Greenmeadows in 1953.

Professed in the Society of Mary at the Highden Novitiate in Feb 1955 and was ordained at Sacred Heart Basilica (now the Cathedral) on 19 July 1959.

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don Bernard Francis Vella's Timeline

1933
November 6, 1933
Wellington, New Zealand
1995
January 15, 1995
Age 61
Home of Compassion, 2 Rhine Street, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
February 1995
Age 61
Karori Cemetery, Plot 352/369A, Roman Catholic Section 2, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand