Michael Kelly (bishop)
Michael Kelly | |
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4th Archbishop of Sydney | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Archdiocese | Sydney |
Installed | 16 August 1911 |
Term ended | 13 February 1850 |
Predecessor | Cardinal Patrick Moran |
Successor | Sir Norman Cardinal Gilroy KBE |
Other post(s) | Archbishop of Achrida |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1 November 1872 by Bishop Thomas Furlong |
Consecration | 20 July 1901 by Cardinal Francesco Satolli |
Personal details | |
Born | Waterford, Ireland | 13 February 1850
Died | 8 March 1940 Sydney, Australia | (aged 90)
Buried | St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney |
Nationality | Irish Australian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Parents |
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Occupation | Australian Catholic Prelate |
Alma mater |
Styles of Michael Kelly | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Grace or My Lord Archbishop |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Michael Kelly, Count of the Holy Roman Empire (13 February 1850 – 8 March 1940) was an Irish-born Roman Catholic clergyman who became the fourth Archbishop of Sydney.[1][2]
Early life
Born at Waterford, Ireland, to James Kelly, a master mariner,[3] and Mary née Grant, Kelly was educated at Christian Brothers’, Enniscorthy and the Classical Academy, New Ross.
Kelly received his seminary formation at St Peter's College, Wexford and the Irish College in Rome, before being ordained at Enniscorthy on 1 November 1872 by Bishop Thomas Furlong.
Kelly served on the staff of the House of Missions, Wexford and was made vice-Rector of the Irish College, Rome, in 1891.[3] In 1894 Kelly become Rector of the Irish College in Rome and as such an important figure in Anglophone Catholicism.
Episcopal ministry
Elected Archbishop of Achrida In Partibus Infidelium and coadjutor cum jure successionis of Sydney on 20 July 1901, Kelly received episcopal consecration as Coadjutor Archbishop on 15 August 1901 at St Joachim's Church, Rome, by Cardinal Francesco Satolli.
Kelly eventually succeeded to the See of Sydney on 16 August 1911 on the death of Cardinal Moran.
During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Kelly publicly criticised the federal government's "impious refusal" to allow Catholic priests to minister to dying victims, in particular nurse Annie Egan who died without receiving the last rites. He sent a telegram of protest to acting prime minister William Watt, and then when no response was received attempted to enter the North Head Quarantine Station, where he was told he would be arrested if he attempted to enter.[4]
As Archbishop Kelly continued his crusade for temperance and he undertook extensive fund-raising for Catholic schools. It is estimated £12,000,000 was spent on scholastic and church properties from the time of Kelly's arrival in Sydney until his death. St Mary's Cathedral was completed in 1928 and statues of Kelly and Moran stand in the main portal.[3] He took a less belligerent attitude to sectarian tensions and political questions such as Irish affairs than Archbishop Mannix of Melbourne.[5]
In recognition of his extensive service to the Church, Kelly was named Bishop Assistant at the Papal Throne and Count of the Holy Roman Empire on 25 June 1926. Kelly died in Sydney aged 90, still of sound mind.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Archbishop Michael Kelly". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. David M. Cheney. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ O'Farrell, Patrick (1983). "Kelly, Michael (1850–1940)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 556–558. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d Percival Serle (1949). "Kelly, Michael". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ Adams, Michael (3 December 2018). "How one woman's death from Spanish flu caused outrage in Australia". News.com.au. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ P. O'Farrell, Archbishop Kelly and the Irish question, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, 4 (3) (1974), 1–19.