Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer
Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer (born October 12, 1869 in East Maitland , New South Wales , † October 11, 1939 in Wagga Wagga , New South Wales) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Wagga Wagga .
Life
Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer was born in 1869 to the teacher William Dwyer and his wife Anastasia (nee Dermody). His parents were originally from Kilkenny , Ireland . He was the younger brother of Patrick Vincent Dwyer .
Dwyer attended St Aloysius College in Sydney and St Patrick's College in Goulburn . In 1888 he went to Clonliffe , Ireland and in 1891 to the Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide in Rome . After his ordination by Cardinal Vicar Lucido Maria Parocchi in Rome on May 24, 1894, Dwyer worked briefly in Ireland before returning to New South Wales. Once there, he went to Goulburn and taught for two years at St Patrick's College . He then worked in Gundagai and Wagga Wagga, became school inspector of the diocese and continued his work in Albury and Yass . In 1912 Dwyer became parish priest in Temora .
After the diocese Wagga Wagga was established in July 1917 from cessions of territory from the diocese of Goulburn , Pope Benedict XV appointed. Dwyer on March 14, 1918 as the first bishop of the new diocese. On October 13, 1918, the Apostolic Delegate in Australia, Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo , donated him episcopal ordination . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Goulburn, John Gallagher , and his brother Patrick Vincent Dwyer, Bishop of Maitland .
During his tenure, St Michael's Cathedral in Wagga Wagga was completed in 1925 . In 1932 he took part in the World Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Dwyer died of coronary heart disease in Wagga Wagga on October 11, 1939 and was buried in the cathedral .
Like his brother, Joseph Dwyer was very interested in culture. He spoke fluent Italian and studied the botany of the Australian flora . Since 1920 he was a member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales .
Web links
- McMinn shared apartment: Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1966–2012 (English).
- Entry on Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Wagga Wagga 1918–1939 |
Frances Augustin Henschke |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dwyer, Joseph Wilfrid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Maitland , New South Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1939 |
| Place of death | Wagga Wagga , New South Wales |