From the Archives

Vale Fr. Ian Mackintosh OMI

(Rector of Mazenod College 1978-1983)

Ian Joseph Mackintosh was born on the 7th November 1939, in Geelong, Victoria, and was educated at St Joseph’s College, Geelong.

He joined the Oblates in 1959 and did his scholasticate studies at Cedara, South Africa. Fr. Ian became Rector of Mazenod College WA in 1973 and then Rector of Mazenod College VIC from 1978 to 1983. In 1984 it was back to Mazenod College, WA as Head of Religious Education for nearly six years, before a final school appointment teaching at Iona College until the end of 1992.

Fr. Ian then moved to parish work - twelve years at St John Vianney’s, Springvale North, firstly as Assistant Parish Priest, then as Parish Priest. From 2005 to 2010 he was Parish Priest at Sorrento, then spent six years as Parish Priest at Dernancourt, Adelaide before his final appointment as Parish Priest of Sorrento in 2017.

In January 2020, Fr. Ian retired to Camberwell Community House where he died suddenly on the morning of February 19, 2021.

Here are some photos looking back at Fr. Ian Mackintosh’s time at Mazenod College.