John Cani

[2] He was ordained a priest in 1859, and accompanied the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Brisbane, Dr. James Quinn, to Queensland.

[2] Ten years later Dr. Cani was made Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Northern Queensland.

While he recovered from the fever, he remained in poor health and died from heart failure at his residence in Rockhampton on Thursday 3 March 1898 aged 62.

On Saturday 5 March 1898, a Solemn Requiem Mass was held at St Joseph's Pro-Cathedral after which he was buried in South Rockhampton Cemetery.

[6] On 22 July 1902 his remains were exhumed and re-interred in St Joseph's Cathedral in a "brief but impressive" ceremony.