Patrick Vincent Dwyer
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| Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle | |
| In office 9 July 1909 – 28 March 1931 | |
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| Born | 21 August 1858 West Maitland , New South Wales |
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Patrick Vincent Dwyer (1858-1931) was the first Australian born Roman Catholic Bishop.[1]
Life
Patrick Vincent Dwyer was born on 21 August 1858 at
Father Dwyer served as secretary to Bishop Murray, Bishop of Maitland; and from 1882 to 1889 as diocesan inspector of schools. In 1897, he was appointed coadjutor to Bishop Murray his mentor (the first Australian-born Catholic bishop) and then Bishop in 1909 of Maitland, New South Wales, upon Murray's death. Bishop Dwyer wrote the "Diocese of Maitland" article for the Catholic Encyclopedia.[3]
His brother Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer DD (1869-1939) also studied in Dublin and Rome[4] and became a priest and served as a Bishop of Wagga.[2]
His nephew Francis Aloysius Dwyer (1902-1953) was a Supreme Court judge of New South Wales.
Bishop Patrick Dwyer died of coronary vascular disease in West Maitland on 28 March 1931 and was buried in the Sacred Heart Church.[5]
References
- ^ Patrick Vincent Dwyer 1858-1931, Bishop of Maitland, New South Wales by Paul Gabriel Mulconry, University of New England.
- ^ a b "Patrick Vincent Dwyer & Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer" Dictionary of Australian Biography.
- ^ a b The Catholic Encyclopedia and its makers. New York: The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. p. 51.
- ^ Dwyer, Joseph Wilfrid (1869 – 1939) Biography Australia.
- ^ "Bishop P. V. Dwyer: Death at Maitland". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 27 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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