Name Patrick Dwyer | Died 1931 | |
Patrick Vincent Dwyer (1858-1931), who was the first Australian born Roman Catholic Bishop. Born on the 21 August 1858 at Albury, New South Wales, to William Dwyer, schoolteacher, and his wife Anastasia, née Dermody, both his parents were from Kilkenny, Ireland. He was educated at St Stanislaus College (Bathurst), and on encouragement from Bishop James Murray he went to study for the priesthood in Clonliffe College Dublin in Ireland and the Pontifical Urban University of Propaganda Fide in Rome gettin ordained on 4 March 1882 after which he return to Australia.
He was appointed coadjutor to Bishop Murray his mentor, and then Bishop in 1909 of Maitland, New South Wales, Bishop Murrays death.
His Brother Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer DD (1869-1939) also studied in Dublin and Rome and became a priest and served as a Bishop of Wagga.
His nephew Francis Aloysius Dwyer (1902-1953) was a supreme court judge of New South Wales.
Bishop Patrick Dwyer died of coronary vascular disease on 28 March 1931 and was buried in the Sacred Heart Church.