Notable South Australians/Rev. Francis Robert Coghlan, B.A.
Rev. Francis Robert Coghlan, B.A.,
WELL known as the Incumbent of St. Bedes, Semaphore, and one of the most eloquent of divines, died June 7, 1885. Educated at an Oxford College, he possessed those qualifications which betoken the accomplished orator, whilst to these were added true kindliness of heart and sympathy for the deserving. Shortly after his arrival he was first engaged in the curacy of Christchurch, North Adelaide, and there established the Christchurch Collegiate School, in which his eminent abilities secured him many pupils. On the death of the late Rev. Jas. Pollitt, Mr. Coghlan was appointed to the incumbency of St. Luke's, Whitmore-square, and this he retained until compelled to resign it by failing health, when he left this cure and went to the Semaphore, where he was associated with the Rev. Mr. Young in a Collegiate School. He was only 40 years of age at the time of his decease.