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] He publicly opposed the discrimination precluding Asians migrating to Australia.[4]
In the 1950s, he was a strong supporter of B. A. Santamaria's fight against Communism.[5] He was also a supporter of the New England New State Movement,[4] and a member of its executive council, from 1949.[6]
He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 and contributed to discussions on clerical celibacy and tradition.[7]
References
edit- ^ The ten Catholic bishops of Armidale Archived 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Star Community 8 Feb 2012.
- ^ Edward Doody
- ^ Historic Aboriginal debutante ball Archived 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Star Community 6 June 2012.
- ^ a b ""NEW STATE TO BE A REALITY"". Scone Advocate. 12 February 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ B. Duncan, Crusade or Conspiracy? Catholics and the Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2001, pp. 292, 330-1, 345, 371.
- ^ "NEW STATE MOVEMENT". The Northern Champion. 18 June 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ 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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