Father Bob Maguire has been remembered as a "rebel" and a "raconteur" at a state funeral for the Roman Catholic priest who died last month.
The 88-year-old, who was a popular media personality through his radio and television appearances with John Safran, was known universally as Father Bob.
He was parish priest of Sts Peter and Paul's Catholic Church in South Melbourne for close to 40 years from 1973 — leaving only after a clash with Catholic Church hierarchy over its mandate that priests retire at 75.
