Francis John Doyle
Francis John Doyle MSC (born October 6, 1897 in Noorat , Victoria , Australia , † November 4, 1973 in Port Moresby , Papua and New Guinea ) was Bishop of Sideia in the territory of Papua and New Guinea , which was then part of Australia.
Life
Francis John Doyle attended Catholic schools in Richmond, Victoria and Melbourne . He joined the Congregation of the Sacred Heart Missionaries at and received on 30 November 1926 in Sydney , the ordination . He then initially worked in Thursday Island on the northern tip of Australia. From 1930 he worked temporarily on the island of Samarai , which belonged to the territory of Papua , but then returned to Thursday Island. In 1938 Doyle became principal of Downlands College, a school of Sacred Heart missionaries in Toowoomba, Queensland; later he served in a parish in Randwick , a suburb of Sydney.
1951 appointed Pope Pius XII. Francis John Doyle as Prefect Apostolic of Samarai . The Apostolic Prefecture was converted into a Vicariate Apostolic in 1956 . Doyle as Vicar Apostolic was ordained bishop in Randwick in 1957 by the Apostolic Delegate to Australia, Archbishop Romolo Carboni . Doyle was named titular bishop of Onuphis in Egypt. In 1966 the Apostolic Vicariate became the Diocese of Sideia , of which Francis John Doyle was the first bishop until his age and health-related resignation in 1970. Doyle was titular bishop of Árd Carna in Ireland until his death .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Sideia 1966–1970 |
Desmond Charles Moore MSC |
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| SURNAME | Doyle, Francis John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian clergyman, Bishop of Sideia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Noorat Victoria , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1973 |
| Place of death | Port Moresby , Papua and New Guinea |