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Mass of Fr Len Bibo
Priest
of the Diocese of Cairns
11th
October 1928 - 24th July 2009
Requiem Mass –
St Monica's Cathedral Cairns - 30th July 2009
Len was born on the 11th of October, 1928, to Jack and Vera, the third &dest of nine children. He grew up at Greenslopes on the south side of Brisbane, and attended St. Joachim’s primary school at Holland Park and St. Joseph’s at Kangaroo Point.
After completing his Scholarship year at St. Josephs, Len worked for a few years, first alongside his father, a carpenter, and then for a legal firm in Brisbane. But Len was obviously contemplating a different kind of service, and he entered Pius XII Provincial Seminary at Sanyo. Len completed his remaining four years of school at the Seminary, continued to study for the priesthood, and was ordained in 1955.
At that time the Cairns Diocese had a great need for priests, and Len answered the call to come to Cairns, where he remained for all of the years of his priestly ministry. Len loved far north Queensland, and served in the parishes of North Cairns, Tully, West Cairns, Malanda, Thursday Island, Cooktown and Cape York Peninsula. It is perhaps in his ministry to remote areas of Cape York Peninsula that Len found his niche and was happiest. For more than two decades, in a succession of dusty but reliable four wheel drives, he travelled extensively throughout Cape York Peninsula, living his Gospel message as an intrinsic and respected part of the communities he served.
Len was known as a great storyteller, and his travels certain’ provided him with much rich material. He was also an avid reader, and never ceased collecting books and educating himself on a wide range of subjects. He was always popular with children, whether in a parish school, on a cattle station or at family gatherings.
Unfortunately his characteristic self-sufficiency was countered by declining health, and he was forced to retire from his beloved bush travelling. Due to further health problems, he was admitted to Bethlehem Nursing Home, Len died peacefully on the afternoon of Friday 24th of July.
Len is survived by his two sisters, Mary and UrsWa, and by his brothers John, Tony, Terry and Bernard. They and their families, along with the many people of far north Queensland whose lives Len touched, will remember him fondly in their prayers. He is mubh loved and will be greatly missed.
