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William Barry (bishop)

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William Barry
Archbishop of Hobart
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Hobart
In office7 May 1926 – 13 June 1929
PredecessorPatrick Delany
SuccessorWilliam Hayden
Previous postsTitular Archbishop of Pessinus (1919-1926)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart (1919-1926)
Orders
Ordination24 June 1898
by James Moore
Consecration31 August 1919
by Michael Kelly
Personal details
Born(1872-01-01)1 January 1872
Died13 June 1929(1929-06-13) (aged 57)

William Barry (1 January 1872 – 13 June 1929) was an Irish-born Roman Catholic priest who served as Archbishop of Hobart, Tasmania.

Born in 1872, in Midleton, Co. Cork, he was educated locally by the Christian Brothers and at St Colman's College, Fermoy. In 1892 he entered All Hallows College,[1] Dublin to train as a missionary priest. He was ordained in 1898, and posted to the Archdiocese of Sydney, by Cardinal Moran, where he worked at St. Mary's Cathedral.[citation needed]

In 1919 he was appointed co-adjutor bishop of Hobart.[2] Dr. Barry succeeded Archbishop Delany in 1926, to the see of Hobart.[3]

He died on 13 June 1929; he was succeeded by Kilkenny-born and Rome-educated William Hayden.[4]

Archbishop Barry was one of four brothers who became priests,[1] including his brother Rt. Rev. John Barry was also priest and bishop who served in Australia. When appointed to Hobart in 1919, William Barry was succeeded by his brother Tom Barry as parish priest.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b William Barry Archived 10 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Past Archbishops, Catholic Church in Tasmania.
  2. ^ Archbishop William Barry Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ^ Archbishop William Barry Monument Australia
  4. ^ 'Ireland's Empire: The Roman Catholic Church in the English-Speaking World 1829–1914' By Colin Barr, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
  5. ^ All Hallows Annual 1922-24 Archived 14 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine.