Edward Doody

Edward John Doody (15 December 1903 − 9 April 1968) was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop.

Born in Brisbane, Doody was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on 12 March 1927, and was later parish priest of Nambour.[1] Doody was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale, Australia in 1948 and died in 1968 while still in office.[2]

He worked to improve conditions for local Aborigines. From 1958 he received debutantes at an annual Aboriginal Ball.[3]

In the 1950s, he was a strong supporter of B. A. Santamaria's fight against Communism.[4]

He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 and contributed to discussions on clerical celibacy and tradition.[5]

References
  1. The ten Catholic bishops of Armidale, Star Community 8 Feb 2012.
  2. Edward Doody
  3. Historic Aboriginal debutante ball, Star Community 6 June 2012.
  4. B. Duncan, Crusade or Conspiracy? Catholics and the Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2001, pp. 292, 330-1, 345, 371.
  5. J.J. Murphy, The Far Milieu Called Home: Australian Bishops at Vatican ll (The Final Session: 1965), Australasian Catholic Record, 80 (3), (2003), 343-369.


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