Thomas Cahill (bishop)

Thomas Cahill
Thomas Cahill, 1953
Born	Thomas Vincent Cahill (1913-02-22)22 February 1913 Bendigo, Victoria
Died	16 April 1978(1978-04-16) (aged 65)
Occupation	Bishop

Most Reverend Thomas Vincent Cahill (22 February 1913 — 16 April 1978) was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop.

Early life

Thomas Vincent Cahill was born on 22 February 1913 in Bendigo, Victoria.

Religious life

Cahill was ordained a priest on 21 September 1935 at the age of 22 and appointed a priest of the diocese of Sandhurst in suburban Melbourne. He was consecrated a bishop shortly before his 36th birthday on 9 February 1949 and appointed Bishop of Cairns in Queensland At the age of 54, he was appointed Archbishop of Goulburn in New South Wales on 13 April 1967.

Later life

Still serving as archbishop, Cahill died of a heart attack in St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney at the age of 65 on Sunday 16 April 1978. He had been admitted to hospital when his health deteriorated during the previous week, having been working hard at his desk until he was taken to hospital.

His funeral was held at St Christopher's Chapel at Manuka in Canberra on Wednesday 19 April 1978, conducted by the Archbishop of Sydney James Freeman. After the funeral, Cahill was privately buried in the crypt of St Christopher's Chapel.

Further reading

• "OBITUARY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, , no. 15, 562. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 April 1978. p. 2.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)