William Edward Murray
William Edward Murray AM (born February 16, 1920 in Leichhardt , New South Wales , Australia , † April 21, 2013 in Randwick ) was Bishop of Wollongong .
Life
William Murray studied at St. Columba Seminary in Springwood, New South Wales, and De La Salle College in Marrickville, New South Wales. The Archbishop of Sydney Norman Thomas Gilroy donated to him on 21 July 1945 in the St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney , the ordination . Murray graduated from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome with a degree in international law; he received his PhD in social sciences from the University of Sydney .
Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Wollongong on June 5, 1975 . The Archbishop of Sydney, James Darcy Cardinal Freeman , gave him episcopal ordination on July 21, 1975 at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Wollongong ; Co- consecrators were Thomas Vincent Cahill , Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn , and James Patrick Carroll , Auxiliary Bishop in Sydney.
On April 12, 1996, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. Murray died at the age of 93 in a Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney.
In 1988 he was made a member (AM) of the Order of Australia .
Web links
- Entry on William Edward Murray on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 22, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shannon Tonkin: Former Wollongong bishop dies, aged 93. Illawarra Mercury, April 22, 2013, accessed April 22, 2013 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Absolem McCabe |
Bishop of Wollongong 1975–1996 |
Philip Edward Wilson |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murray, William Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murray, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leichhardt |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 2013 |
| Place of death | Randwick |