After attending St Joseph’s Primary Bunbury and then Newton Moore College, 29-year-old Nathan has this week recalled in a special interview that he first started thinking about a vocation to the priesthood in 2011.

Nathan will be ordained a Deacon by Bishop Gerard Holohan at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Bunbury, this Friday 8 October at 7pm.

In a special obituary written by Fr Maurice Toop himself, Perth Catholics gain a special insight in the life of the Perth priest who will be remembered fondly for his dedication to the ministry to indigenous people and love for the many people to whom he ministered in Northbridge, Highgate, Maylands, Northam, Osborne Park and the Diocese of Geraldton. He passed away peacefully on 13 August 2022.