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- Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy KBE (22 January 1896 – 21 October 1977) was an Australian bishop. He was the first Australian-born cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy KBE (22 January 1896 – 21 October 1977) was an Australian bishop. He was the first Australian-born cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896-1977), Catholic cardinal, was born on 22 January 1896 at Glebe, Sydney, second of six children of William James Gilroy and his wife Catherine, née Slattery, both native-born and of Irish descent.
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Birth. 22 January , 1896 Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Death. 21 October , 1977 (aged 81) Lewisham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Religious Influence.
Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy KBE (22 January 1896 – 21 October 1977) was an Australian archbishop. He was the first Australian-born cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He became a priest in 1923. He was Archbishop of Sydney from 1940 until his retirement in 1971.
Overview. Norman Thomas Gilroy. (1896—1977) Quick Reference. (1896–1977) became Australia's first native-born Catholic cardinal in 1946, six years after his appointment as archbishop of Sydney. Gilroy entered the priesthood after his return to Australia from service as ... From: Gilroy, Norman Thomas in The Oxford Companion to Australian History »
Gilroy rose steadily in the Catholic Church and was appointed Archbishop of Sydney in 1940 and Australia’s first Cardinal in 1945. He presided over rapid growth in the Catholic school system and in 1969 became the first Catholic Cardinal to be knighted since the Reformation.
Jun 18, 2018 · Norman Thomas Gilroy was one of the most significant figures in 20 th Century Australia. John Luttrell’s Norman Thomas Gilroy: An Obedient Life is the first substantial biography written about him – but the Sydney Morning Herald, in the city where Gilroy lived for most of his life, declined to review the book or even report its launch.
